* (0:49) Fear the Con and its Con Planner site. All our love to Fred.
* (2:47) The Salt in Wounds game setting, and why it intrigues Brodeur.
* (14:40) Unpacking the human psychology of why we like dark things, starting with some examples from Dan’s life. Resident Evil VII and Alien Isolation. Revenge stories.
* (22:40) When these impulses manifest at the meta-game level. The traitor mechanic in many board games.
* (28:09) Feeling bad for the Tarrasque. Butchering a dragon.
* (38:36) The anatomy of what attracts us to evil, and why it can improve us morally. Midnight by Fantasy Flight. The Invitation.
* (46:08) The banality of evil.
Hosts: Brodeur, Chad, Dan, Wayne
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* (0:41) A look back at the Big Board.
* (3:37) Lesson prep for a church and how it demonstrates a social concept that applies to gaming.
* (7:17) Performance by one versus content by all.
* (15:14) Recognizing what’s important to another person.
* (25:01) Whose benefit is the game for? Setting the right level of control.
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* (0:28) Fear the Con’s site is ready.
* (1:13) Our emails have been fixed, including the confirmation for forum signup.
* (8:56) The planned ending for a session of the Actual Play goes awry.
* (14:59) Being fair to your players. The song that inspired the intended scene.
* (21:23) Reinventing the end.
* (22:02) Giving your players the freedom to surprise you.
* (32:16) Changing up instead of panicking or doubling-down.
* (37:50) Planning for the unexpected by looking at what something brings to the game, not how an event might turn out.
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* (0:37) Non-player characters that can be used to guide the party.
* (2:04) Tying the NPC to the group while avoiding them becoming a GMPC.
* (8:14) Needing them all the time is a sign something has gone wrong. Keeping them within their own character limits.
* (15:36) The ways to avoid overshadowing the party with a guiding NPC.
* (25:44) Not giving an NPC a planned future since the story isn’t about them.
* (31:19) Too far on the back-burner.
* (34:12) Giving the NPCs consistency, usefulness, and the same depth as any other character.
Hosts: Brodeur, Chad, Dan, Julia
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* (1:16) Thanks to Sgt. Dan and Mumswear for the shirts.
* (2:33) Thanks to Mark Larson for the Crown Royal bags.
* (5:19) A shout-out to Andrew Martin.
* (7:33) Brodeur’s two episodes on running a game store can be found here and here. Miniature Market’s website.
* (12:49) A non-gamer opens a game store.
* (19:01) Building an FLGS from scratch.
* (26:17) Consolidating overhead expenses.
* (30:34) Separate spaces for pay and play.
* (33:38) The flow of the store.
* (42:27) Integrating a store and website.
* (45:38) The gateways to success no one thinks of.
Hosts: Brodeur, Chad, Dan, Wayne
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* (0:29) Brodeur thanks John Wells, Mark Lawson, and Sgt. Dan for help with Crown Royal bags.
* (2:33) Dan gets a copy of Battletech’s Alpha Strike rules.
* (4:25) A shift—or new fad—in tabletop roleplaying games: consuming play instead of participating in it.
* (12:32) New technologies allowing a new market, misinterpreted as a change in an existing market.
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* (0:18) The Caring Bridge site for Pat.
* (1:50) An update on Pat. (As of the episode release, the information is a bit outdated. Pat is now home on hospice care.)
* (2:47) Whether to continue a game when a player passes.
* (7:31) Keeping mementos from those we’ve lost.
* (13:10) Moving on after loss.
* (19:18) More mementos we’ve kept.
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* (0:28) The father-daughter podcast, Reading Radio.
* (1:57) Brodeur beats the negative association with reading.
* (8:35) Wayne doesn’t have access to a computer and decides to go retro.
* (12:31) The lingering value of the old way of doing things.
* (22:11) The flexibility of a three-ring binder.
* (24:18) Plot powerful.
* (31:43) The appeal of tangibility. Online ordering for Crown Royal bags.
Hosts: Brodeur, Dan, Wayne
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* (0:28) Event signup for Fear the Con 11 is now open. Additional shots at the stretch goals will be coming up in the next few months.
* (2:13) Brodeur’s love for minis. The Toy Soldiers video game. Jim McClure’s Satanic Panic. The Army Painter Quickshade dip.
* (10:21) Drawing inspiration from visual sources, tropes, and other sources.
* (22:41) Daphne vs Velma.
* (23:28) Replacing a character mid-game with one that isn’t socially integrated with the group.
* (31:25) Giving the character room to have a new voice while still being compatible with the group.
* (39:11) Bringing in a geographically distant character.
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