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* (0:23) Finding Caleb. Finding gaming.
* (17:18) The historical inevitability of RPGs.
* (22:15) The unusual mechanics of certain weapons. Khopesh.
* (32:12) Distinguishing armor.
* (36:12) Knowing the crunch. Counting references per action.
* (40:26) The brand new player.
Hosts: Caleb, Chad, Dan, Wayne
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* (0:28) Fear the Boot is everywhere! The actual play site, Discord, Facebook, our forums, Patreon, and a whole lot of podcast aggregators.
* (3:30) Handling player-characters that are being kept out of the action.
* (7:56) Let some time pass.
* (10:05) Play a different character.
* (18:32) Hand-wave whatever is benching the character.
* (23:04) The importance of player enjoyment over all else.
* (25:08) Compensate for the problem.
* (30:30) Have the game come to the player.
* (37:32) Be receptive to the Game Master’s help.
* (43:09) Picking a solution for our current game.
Hosts: Chad, Dan, Wayne
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* (0:28) Creating life from lifelessness. Rapidly replacing a player-character that’s died.
* (10:35) Making a character that’s already tied to the party.
* (13:05) An introduction that helps the moment.
* (14:28) Accepting the unanswered questions.
* (18:48) Helping nurture the character concept into the game.
* (21:19) Adjusting the plot to make the character meaningful in the moment.
* (24:50) Chad’s murder mystery. The flow of character growth.
* (31:01) How the murder creates the growth.
* (38:21) Guilt vs evil.
* (41:59) Two knives to the throat, a red herring, and following the law.
* (52:51) Fear the Boot’s Patreon and Discord. You can also now find our show on Spotify (regular show, actual play).
Hosts: Chad, Dan, Wayne
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* (0:47) Derek Knutsen’s Kickstarter for Flower of Heaven.
* (0:57) The Kickstarter for GamersTable, Season 2.
* (1:25) Explaining what we mean and don’t mean by “recycling.”
* (5:51) Reasons not to recycle.
* (9:17) How the What’s Really Going On document helps. Separating the game from the experience.
* (15:13) Embracing the passage of time.
* (18:57) Dan’s own Mandela Effect.
* (24:31) Parallels to playing in a licensed setting.
* (26:47) Running the same campaign for the same players.
* (35:47) Picking a campaign to rerun.
Hosts: Chad, Dan, Wayne
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* (0:41) Derek Knutsen’s Kickstarter for Flower of Heaven.
* (1:27) The Kickstarter for GamersTable, Season 2.
* (2:51) Defining C.A.R. NPCs with a few examples.
* (11:42) Why GMs accept unacceptable behavior.
* (21:34) Minding how an NPC is setup and used.
* (27:35) Advice for players.
* (35:24) Advice for GMs.
* (45:39) Being cognizant of your character’s nature.
* (50:56) Good versus good.
* (52:48) How video games might be helping.
Hosts: Chad, Dan, Wayne
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* (0:27) Never old news! A club eats a mammoth. Or not.
* (3:13) Unintentionally scaring your players out of a course of action.
* (8:50) Players scaring themselves.
* (20:23) The distinction between railroading and GM expectations.
* (22:33) Determining why the players are reticent and addressing that.
* (36:13) Motivation to overcome fear.
* (42:37) Hiding the source of danger. Richard Pryor games.
Hosts: Chad, Dan, Wayne
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* (0:28) The wonderful, illusory door.
* (5:21) A warning to stop here. Hijacking Lasers and Feelings.
* (10:50) Dark improv on a minimal pitch.
* (15:20) The role of the alternates.
* (18:39) The start of the game.
* (25:02) Hijacking the party and hijacking the game.
* (39:06) An NPC becomes the real game.
* (43:55) Counting down.
* (48:08) The missing Ruben. Significance and urgency.
Hosts: Chad, Dan, Wayne
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* (0:17) Thanking the people that made the convention happen.
* (3:35) Mikey Mason’s performance can be picked up here.
* (4:37) Our thanks to St. Charles Nissan.
* (5:29) Heather Phillips does an awesome job on a Masakari for Dan (pic 1, pic 2, pic 3). You can find her portfolio and contact info on Facebook.
* (7:46) Brodeur figures out how to defeat Wayne’s dice magic.
* (11:25) Scooby Doo meets Army of Darkness.
* (17:47) InSpectres and Lasers and Feelings.
* (28:31) A Harry Potter game.
* (34:49) Exiles.
* (39:01) Hitting pretty close to the slot length.
* (50:51) D&D 5th edition, and spending your energy well.
Hosts: Chad, Dan, Wayne
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* (0:30) Setting a boundary on the topic.
* (2:16) Keeping an NPC fair.
* (6:07) Tactical vs compassionate vs in-character.
* (14:01) Enemy fear and greed.
* (33:30) When the enemy’s reality changes. The shock of success.
* (40:24) Playing favorites.
Hosts: Aisha, Chad, Dan, Wayne
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* (0:29) Fear the Boot’s Patreon site.
* (2:05) Dan’s dream comes true!
* (4:49) Relationships between characters. Some examples to set it up.
* (10:07) The difficulty of engineering relationships.
* (17:51) Build common ground. Remember what really matters. Accept reality.
* (23:59) Experiencing the backgrounds—not just writing them.
* (26:05) The relevance of the players.
* (44:39) Show me your war face!
Hosts: Chad, Dan, Julia, Wayne
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