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Fear the Boot Talks Game Scaling in their Latest Podcast Episode
Fear the Boot has released their latest podcast episode #298. * (8:38) Telling a story at varying levels of epic-ness. What it means for a story to be epic. The importance of the small stories, even when told in the context of larger events. Keeping...
PCs Taking Captive in the Latest Fear the Boot Episode
Fear the Boot has released their latest podcast episode with a look at handling PCs becoming captured. * (24:22) Player-characters getting taken into captivity. Giving it the right context. The opportunities it presents. The stories that occur while...
Fear the Boot Talks Mass Combat in Episode 296
Fear the Boot has released their latest podcast episode #296. * (36:48) Handling mass combat in a game while still making the players feel like their characters are an important part of it. Allowing them the most important tasks or a higher level of...
Fear the Boot Talks about Handling Failure
Fear the Boot has released their latest podcast episode #295. * (7:17) The two kinds of failure in a roleplaying game: mechanical failure and story failure. * (10:01) Handling mechanical failure. Identifying whether the problem is a poor understanding...
Fear the Boot Episode 294 is Now Available
Fear the Boot has released their latest podcast episode #294. * (17:13) An object lesson on “forced success”, drawing from our most recent game. * (21:16) Giving success to your characters as a way of keeping the game intact and the plot moving forward....
Part Two About Getting Published from Fear the Boot
Fear the Boot has posted their latest podcast episode 292 with the continuation of their discussion on getting published. * (9:32) Choosing traditional publication versus self-publication. * (18:08) Name placement on a list or bookstore shelf. * (20:17)...
Fear the Boot Episode 291 is Now Available
Fear the Boot talks about publishing in their latest podcast episode 291. * (11:18) What motivated each author to get started. * (17:18) Tips for seeing a project through to completion. Collaboration, accountability to an audience, and the danger of...
Fear the Boot Episode 290 is Now Available
Fear the Boot has released their latest podcast episode 290. * (21:09) Why cyberpunk isn’t as accessible as it used to be, and how Shadowrun bridges that by swapping out certain themes. * (31:49) The persistence of roleplaying games when compared to...
Fear the Boot Talks Abstracting Injury in Episode 289
Fear the Boot has released their latest podcast episode 289. * (11:49) What damage actually represents: injuries versus the loss of will to fight. * (13:53) The relationship between damage, the duration of combat, and the feel of the game. * (18:13) Accumulating...
Fear the Boot Episode 288 Now Available
Fear the Boot has released their latest podcast episode 288. * (28:05) Getting too into a character. The baggage brought to a table, and the blurry line between character and player. Compartmentalizing who you associate with. … Listen Here Support...
A Discussion on Character Wealth in the Latest Fear the Boot
Fear the Boot has released their latest podcast episode #287. * (29:17) The methods for determining a character’s starting cash and gear. * (46:32) Wealth and economy during the course of play. * (54:53) Character wealth from the standpoint of the GM. …...
Fear the Boot Episode 286 is Now Available
Fear the Boot has released their latest podcast episode 286. * (22:12) Getting and maintaining a group’s focus in a game. Allowing for reasonable outbursts of humor and socialization, without letting it disrupt play. I couldn’t find a video for...
Fear the Boot Episode 285 is Now Available
Fear the Boot has released their latest podcast episode 285. * (2:32) The existence or absence of critical miss rules in various systems, and whether they’re needed to add parity to critical hits. * (20:18) Why GMs should not make obfuscation and frustration...
Fear the Boot Continues their Look at Military and RPGs
Fear the Boot has released their latest episode 283 with part 2 of their look at military and role-playing games. * (3:17) The details of military rank structure and the protocol for addressing other soldiers. The importance of how you got your rank,...
Roleplayers Chronicle Correspondent Cape Rust on Fear the Boot
In the latest episode 282 of Fear the Boot, Roleplayers Chronicle correspondent Cape Rust is interviewed about being a gamer in the military. * (27:06) The logistics of carrying and playing games while deployed. You can find Cape Rust’s articles here...
Working with Online Gaming from Fear the Boot
Fear the Boot has released their latest podcast episode 281 with a look at online gaming. * (10:57) The reason we brought Greg on the show: to shed some light on the virtues of online games and how to make them work better than we’ve traditionally done. *...
Fear the Boot Talks Group Templates in Episode 280
Fear the Boot has released their latest podcast episode 280 with a look at the group template. * (14:59) When a group template can backfire, creating a fence that makes it harder to integrate new characters. How the group can work together to integrate...
Fear the Boot Episode 279 is Now Available for Download
Fear the Boot has released their latest podcast episode 279 with a look at what to when players become unhappy with a game. * (39:22) What to do when one or more people are unhappy with the current game. How that displeasure can get confused with genuine,...
Part 2 About Pitching a Game from Fear the Boot
Fear the Boot has released their latest podcast episode 278 with a further look at Pitching a Game. * (1:13) Pitching campaign ideas as a practice exercise, and then grading the pitches. * (1:49) Chris’ pitch. * (12:17) Pat’s non-pitch, which turns...
