Fear the Boot

* (0:24) Dan will record, anyway. The Pimp's Prayer (NSFW). Brodeur can't cry. Tyromancy, the cheese magic. * (6:39) The lowest form of horror. The 1979 movie, Zombie. The silent film, Un Chien Andalou. Hobo with a Shotgun. * (17:32) A time jump in Brodeur's RPG. * (21:32) Geoff Johns uses physics to make Aquaman a good character. The war between Amazons and Atlanteans. (Correction: The individual that led the defeat of the Amazons was Mopsus the Thracian, not a Theban.) * (32:21) Running a superhero game in the Bronze Age. * (36:29) An RPG with a cartoon aesthetic. Grave of the Fireflies, Wings of Honneamise, Anohana, Kill la Kill, and Bone Tomahawk. * (43:56) Red Dwarf and the assassination of JFK. Pokémon, Star Trek VI, the UN, and the comedy of violent politics. * (48:16) Funny patient names and the Easter Eggs in CMS test data. * (53:55) The life lesson of Ben-Hur. Hosts: Brodeur, Chad, Dan, Wayne  

* (0:27) The Facebook post explaining our site difficulties. * (1:32) The Inkwell Ideas' Kickstarter for Hexographer 2. * (3:14) The cognitive dissonance of many gamers regarding fairness and success. Hosts: Dan

* (0:28) Fear the Boot's crossover with Dead Games Society. Gaming resources that are not sourcebooks. * (3:43) A sad farewell and all our love to Mark. * (4:39) Everyone begs for new chairs. Brodeur plans to steal from Good Will. * (6:10) Game-relevant table talk. Meta-gaming and immersion. * (17:41) When can a character speak and for how long? * (24:59) Action timing in Blades in the Dark. * (32:50) Models of initiative. * (46:15) Pat takes us back to the original point. * (49:13) Letting everyone talk—or not! * (55:25) Chad thanks Brodeur the Elder. Hosts: Brodeur, Chad, Dan, Pat

* (0:29) A loose sound card, Patreon, falling pants, and attack chairs. * (3:42) The TSA, full-body scanners, and having to take your belt off. Wave of babies. * (8:14) RPG people tricks, starting with Dan trolling. * (10:46) Wayne getting the feel of a game. * (12:16) Brodeur interviews himself. * (14:04) Dan CAN judge you. But he rehearses his lines, too. * (16:28) Voices and the methods by which accents can be attained. Theme songs, and more ways to get hyped for a game. * (22:33) Chad's confession: The hit points are a lie. Conceptual damage instead of hit points. * (27:08) It's not fair? * (30:30) Wayne asks why. * (40:37) Naming NPCs after things in the room. * (44:59) Pregame rituals * (47:19) Fortunetelling for your NPCs. Hosts: Brodeur, Chad, Dan, Wayne

* (0:22) Horrible things you can do with Pokémon GO. * (1:04) Augmented Reality and Alternate Reality Games. Drug addiction. * (7:34) Wayne's wrestling efed. Gnarl's adventures on Twitter. * (17:53) Wayne's wrestler's name. * (26:18) The psychology of roleplaying. The freedom that a mask grants, particularly when it's a fully articulated gnoll mask. * (32:30) What would Brodeur say if he had Twitter and a purrsona? Next time, on "Everyone is Furries Furever". Mind-mouth filtering for the good of mankind. Hosts: Brodeur, Dan, Wayne

* (0:33) Moon, Dredd, and Batman v Superman Ultimate Edition. * (8:25) Dan comes up with one nice thing to say about the movie, Battleship. Also, they're voxels, not pixels. * (12:58) Chad recommends The Seventh Seal. * (14:15) Dan's Gnollsona days are to be in their peak soon. * (15:30) All the things worse than gamer categories. The Sokal affair and other uses of world salad. * (18:59) The three facets of GMing, starting with the adversarial. * (21:56) The confederate. * (28:29) The middle ground: the adjudicator. * (33:56) Pat's special dice. Labels are better at describing a moment than the GM. * (36:29) Chad hates the Myers-Briggs test. Dan hates the Keirsey Temperament Sorter, though it isn't mentioned in the show. Hosts: Chad, Dan, Pat

* (0:31) The end of Brodeur's honeymoon with 5th edition D&D and his endless honeymoon with a Marilith. * (4:32) Brodeur denies, as all subs do, that he wants to bang the Marilith. * (14:21) When the whole thing needs to go. * (16:08) Topic of this episode: Sound and music. MyNoise. * (23:17) Issues with sound. Blending soundscapes together. The value of sounds people aren't aware of. Frederic Chopin's Raindrop Prelude. * (38:10) Let's talk about music. The NPR interview with the composer for Epic Mickey. Also, Radio Rivendell. * (43:45) Examples of music as used in Blades in the Dark, video games, and Dan's car. * (53:02) Rapid-fire advice. Hosts: Brodeur, Chad, Dan, John

* (1:19) The requisite disclaimers. * (1:57) How mental health affects gaming, as the person with the condition. * (2:26) Attendance issues. * (5:15) Accepting that some issues can't be dealt with or accommodated in the context of gaming. * (7:02) Some ideas for accommodating attendance issues when you can. * (10:53) Beating yourself up during the game. * (12:12) Accommodating mid-game issues. * (17:37) Being anxious about being anxious. * (22:28) The relationship between depression and self-value. Asking the right questions. * (27:23) Tough thoughts during the downtime. * (31:55) Dan versus the X card. The importance of communicating meaningful information. Applying Hanlon's Razor to issue of offense. * (52:22) Wayne gives his thanks to a group at DruCon. The value of distraction. * (54:49) A big thanks to our Patreon backers! Hosts: Brodeur, Chris, Dan, Wayne

* (0:39) Mental health as a topic, why we're talking about it, and some important disclaimers. * (8:49) Why this relates so closely to gaming. * (13:47) Dan's history and issues. * (18:41) The uniqueness of the conditions when compared to "normal" thoughts. The courage of getting treatment. * (26:04) The anatomy of a panic attack. * (27:24) PTSD can come from any serious trauma. * (28:54) Brodeur's history and issues. * (32:47) The anatomy of PTSD. * (34:39) Wayne's history and issues. * (38:03) Medication as a way to get a handle on an issue. * (40:13) Time does not heal all wounds, but there are ways to cope. The Anxiety & Phobia Workbook. * (46:22) Advice to people that know someone suffering from a mental disorder. Hosts: Brodeur, Chris, Dan, Wayne

* (0:40) Pulp Gamer isn't gone—just the network. * (1:30) Drucon. Special thanks to Adam, Bob, and Derek. * (2:43) Introducing Aisha and thanks to our Patreon backers. Her history with roleplaying games and video games. * (15:32) How some hosts are hard to edit. * (19:58) Our main topic: Old school ideas that still have value. * (27:22) The use of common sense regarding random charts. * (30:37) Something 5th edition brought back: Character Archetypes. * (34:01) Brodeur hates 5th edition and wants it to die. * (34:55) In defense of collars. Or callers. * (38:41) In defense of RP scripts. * (42:13) Brodeur's Sidebars: Exploring things OOC. * (46:41) Box text. * (49:20) Encounter XP. * (54:01) You can welcome Aisha through her forum profile. Hosts: Aisha, Brodeur, Dan, Wayne