Once we get coherent (16:33), the topic is things we’ve not been able to do yet in our gaming career but really want to someday.

Hosts: Beth, Chad, Dan, John, Pat

FAIR WARNING: This episodes is quite a bit more crass and directionless than our normal episodes.

* (0:00) A bonus episode disclaimer, followed by an explanation of why they don’t really work.

* (2:23) Explaining the so-called crimson (or scarlet) pumpkin.  You can find one here, in case you live near Chris.

* (4:47) Exhibit A: Chris’ first time out drinking.

* (12:09) Exhibit B: Chris and the character scars.

* (18:32) Exhibit C: Master Threeballs and the jocks’ junk.

Hosts: Chris, Dan, John, Pat, Wayne

* (0:47) Why we’re doing a bonus episode, and Pat’s favorite (non-existent) Care Bears.

* (1:34) Introducing Bloodmoon Goblins, a Pathfinder supplement John is creating.  He needs our help funding it, so you can find the donation site, promo video, and reward options on his Kickstarter site!

* (7:58) Pat and Dan trade gifts (though Dan’s ends up with John).  This leads into a variety of stories that were probably best left untold.

* (19:10) Pat learns about the origin and history of the Bellamy salute.

* (22:08) The host division over the upcoming Rise of the Planet of the Apes movie.  (“Upcoming” when this was recorded, now in theaters.)

* (33:16) Conjecture about our weekly D&D campaign, whether it’s about to die, and (if that happens) what opportunities that presents for the show.

* (35:57) Two upcoming charity auctions.

Hosts: Dan, John, Pat, Wayne

Hosts: Chad, Dan, Mikey, Pat, Wayne

Hosts: Chris, Dan, Johann, John, Pat, Wayne

Guest: Jim

NOTE: This is the last of our holiday break bonus episodes.  If I have sufficient time to edit, I may release a regular episode later this week.  If not, expect things to be back to normal next week!

* (5:10) How we each got our start in roleplaying games.  What attracted us to the hobby and which titles we played first.  In case you’re curious, here are the rules to four-card golf.

* (36:27) Christmas traditions in each of our families and how we’re trying to keep them alive in a time of increasing commercial and social pressure.

Hosts: Chad, Chris, Dan, Pat, Wayne

* (0:55) The unpleasantness of audio editing.

* (3:40) If you could relocate yourself to a fictional setting, which one would it be?

* (15:34) A discussion regarding the believability of the Cursed With Awesome trope.

* (23:54) Vampires, otherkin, and otakukin.

Hosts: Dan, Johann, Pat, Wayne

* (1:11) The TOFTBCH network is still open for sign-ups and available for anyone with some free time during the con.

* (2:49) Getting Pat to talk.

* (8:38) Pat on GM favoritism.

* (18:15) Adaptions into roleplaying games.

* (31:00) Getting cheated out of results.

* (41:34) No one takes Wayne’s characters seriously.

* (52:08) Mispronouncing words and other geek hypocrisy.

Hosts: Chad, Chris, Dan, Pat, Wayne

* (0:07) Chad’s dad and 24.

* (12:16) The TOFTBCH network is back for Gen Con 2010!  If you want to be involved (and believe me, you do) be sure to sign up here.

* (16:41) Con Planner is now open for use by other conventions!  You can see the list of features in development on the About page.

* (19:10) A bunch of stuff about Dr. Who.  For anyone that’s interested, here’s Haunted St. Louis and Haunted Missouri.

* (41:40) A near miss on an actual RPG topic leads to a discussion about pets and their rare involvement in RPG sessions.  The website I mentioned is Dog Breed Info.

Hosts: Chad, Chris, Dan, Pat, Wayne

* (1:56) Why you don’t want to miss the Wing Night beforehand.

* (2:40) Some highlights for people that aren’t going to the con.  If you want to help promote the con, you can find a Fear the Con 3 flyer here.

* (5:08) Sign-up and find information at http://www.fearthecon.com or http://www.conplanner.com.

* (8:05) Con Planner’s privacy policy.

* (9:15) We’re at a new hotel this year.

* (9:50) Ticketing details.

* (11:57) Fear the Fruit.

* (12:48) A call for Game Masters!

* (15:03) The roommate thread and carpooling thread.

* (16:01) Mikey Mason and the game lending library.

* (17:32) Our vendor will be back.  You can post requests for him here.  You can find Geeky Clean here.

* (19:05) A call to our fellow podcasters.

* (21:38) Come for the con, stay for the caves.

* You can find addresses and maps for the convention center, wing night location, hotel, and (I hope) Watchmen theater in this DOC or PDF.

* If you’re looking for rides, car pooling, or hotel roommates,  go here.

* You can find details on the con shirts in this thread.

* World Wide Wing Night will be at Syberg’s on Dorsett, 7:00pm – Midnight on Thursday, March 5th.

* We’ll keep you guys posted on the Watchmen viewing.

* You can find information on Chad’s cigar even on the forums.

* An FtB commentary track you can play along with Dragonlance: Dragons of the Autumn Twilight.

* Skiing.
* Luke’s musical aspirations.
* Fear the Con.
* Fear the Froot, sponsored by Tony Mast.
* Cartoons.
* Comic books.
* A little bit on the future of Fear the Boot.

Hosts: Chad, Luke, Tex

Details and registration can be found at: http://www.warhorn.net/fearthecon

As for the episode, the title says it all!  This show is about the pitfalls and success stories of internet dating!

Also, don’t forget to vote in the ENnie Awards!  And if you voted early on Monday, they had to reset the votes, so be sure to vote again.

This episode is a review of Anime Central, which was attended by Adam and Melina.  Adam also put together a short film, which you can find here.

While there’s no profanity or explicit material in this episode, it does deal with some sexual themes, so please use discretion when playing it.

Like all Fear the Boot bonus episodes, this show is neither edited nor on our usual subject.  So if this is your first time here, we recommend checking out a regular episode first.

This particular episode is primarily about “gamer shame”, meaning the embarrassment most gamers feel about their chosen hobby.  However, before we get into that, we spend a few minutes talking about turn-based strategy games and waning attention spans.

This episode was intended to be a warm-up for Mike, a new host we’re bringing on at FTB to help out with several new efforts we’re preparing to launch.  However, true to form, we spend most of the show chasing tangents, the largest of which is a discussion on pipes and cigars.

Mike was a bit nervous behind the mic, but that’s alright.  Off the mic he’s just as belligerent as the rest of us, so I know he’ll be a great addition once he’s more at ease.

We also bring Tex back via Skype, since he spent several years living in Europe.  This was a great opportunity for us to test recording with Skype, which is something we may use for interviews in the future.

Before the bonus episode itself, I take a few minutes to address the listeners with an open letter we posted on our forums.  It explains why the design series has been running behind and what we’re doing to address the problem.

If this is your first time here, we suggest checking out a regular episode first!  Bonus episodes are neither on the same subject as our regular shows nor edited the same way.

We intended to make this bonus episode about our take on where Battletech went wrong.  However, we ended up on so many tangents that the show is really more about where creative endeavors in general go wrong.

As you probably know by now, these bonus episodes are neither edited nor quality controlled.  So if this is your first time here, please check out a regular episode to find out what our show is really like.

You guys know the drill.  These bonus episodes are not edited or formatted, so the quality of our normal shows isn’t really there.  We just make these things for fun.

WARNING!  WARNING!  WARNING!  This show is far edgier than anything we have ever done before.  We poke fun at some very serious issues, but please keep in mind we’re just joking.  If you’re easily offended, this is probably not the episode for you.

As always, please keep in mind that these bonus episodes are not on the same topics or of the same quality as our normal work.  We do not script, edit, or quality control these extra shows.

After listening to all three bonus episodes in this series, I think I’d like to re-record these at some point, making them more complete and more serious.  We’ve learned quite a bit even in the short time since these were recorded.  We made these episodes because people asked us how we made our show, not because we considered ourselves particular experts on the subject.

Also, a reminder to everyone that we do not edit these episodes for quality, so expect a lot of background noise and other screw-ups that don’t normally appear in our shows.

The first three bonus episodes talk about the creative, hardware, and marketing aspects of making this podcast.  We made them in response to a listener that asked how we put the show together.  If this topic doesn’t particularly interest you, or you don’t like the prospect of a rather raw recording, you won’t miss too much by skipping over it.