Fear the Boot

* Learning a little more about Pat. * Power 16 II rolls on!  This week is the second round of the Denny’s League . * Can’t Stop the Serenity charity. * Some mathematical facts about 153. * Reverse picture-preview episode.  The 10 pictures forum users submitted to inspire this episode can be found here . Hosts: Chad, Dan, John, Pat

* You can find Chad’s Twitter feed here . * Power 16 II, round 2 of the Shadowrun League. Get your votes in! You can find the on-going bracketology thread here . * When is it too soon? * Handling failure as a Game Master. Hosts: Chad, Chris, Dan, John, Pat

* Power 16 II continues!  It’s time to vote on the first round of the Denny’s League .  You can find the bracketology thread here . * Wii Fit. * Chad gets screwed by another video game. * Breaking the fourth wall of electronic games.  You can see Project NATAL here and Milo here . * Player Character failure in roleplaying games. Hosts: Chad, Chris, Dan, John, Pat

* Star Trek Bridge Commander and other Star Trek video games. * The Power 16 2 begins today!  The first round of competition within the Shadowrun League will run for a week or two.  Get your votes in here! Remember that we’re giving away Catalyst gift cards, so if you want to enter for those, be sure to leave your name and email address at the end of the poll. * Aliens in television and movies. *...

* Chad’s personalized mug. * Fear the Boot TOFtBCHes at Gencon!  If you want to be a part of the action, get signed up ! * Power 16 II, starting next episode! * Television ratings, cancellations, and DVRs. * Adding depth to your player character. Hosts: Chad, Chris, Dan, Pat

* Is it fair to prejudge a movie based on its trailers? * Fear the Boot float trip and camping trip June 5th – 7th.  You can find the Facebook event page here and forum thread here . * Fear the Boot TOFtBCHes at Gencon!  If you want to be a part of the action, get signed up ! * Mistrust at the gaming table. Hosts: Chad, Chris, Dan, Pat

* "Dan's not quite long enough" has concluded.  However, this cause still goes on, so if you want to make a donation, please do so here .  You can now see Chad bald and Dan with short hair . * If you register for the forums and don't get your confirmation email, send a message to the General Mailbox with your forum user name.  Don’t expect a confirmation email from us, since that will probably be...

* If you register for the forums and don’t get your confirmation email, send a message to the General Mailbox with your forum user name. * "Dan's not quite long enough" is in its last week!  To make your donation to March of Dimes' Raina's Wings charity, do so here .  You can see Chad bald on our forums . * Skies of Glass comic artist search!   The character document is here .  Send submissions or...

* “Dan’s not quite long enough” continues!  To make your donation to March of Dimes' Raina's Wings charity, do so here . * Skies of Glass comic artist search!   The character document is here .  Send submissions or questions to skiesofglass@gmail.com. * Concepts we all understand but can’t quite define. * Broadening Dan’s horizons. * How to overcome the roadblocks to running a super hero game. Hos...

* “Dan’s not quite long enough” has started!  To make your donation to March of Dimes’ Raina’s Wings charity, do so here . * Fear the Boot community’s Neverwinter Nights mod . * We discuss a commentary by Isaac Asimov on whether “true” science fiction can ever sell in a mass market. * Why Dan struggles constructing super hero campaigns. Hosts: Chad, Chris, Dan, Pat

* A big thanks to the guys at The Core gaming shop in Cedar Falls, Iowa. * Things that wouldn’t work as roleplaying games.  Apparently clips of The Letter People aren’t hard to find. * Playing animals or anthropomorphic animals in a roleplaying game.  You can see a picture of the guy that inspired this show on our forums . Hosts: Chad, Chris, Dan, Pat

* Dan’s not quite long enough. * Chris introduces his son’s friends to D&D. * We ponder why video games aren’t held to the same product standards common to every other industry. * Roleplaying with your kids.  The toy company Pat mentions is Schleich (WARNING: this site plays music when you open it).  The roleplaying game Chad keeps referring to is QAGS . Hosts: Chad, Chris, Dan, Pat

* This show was recorded while on a Gamer Adventures trip. * Fear the Boot will soon be joining the Pulp Gamer network. * Introducing Darren Lacoste, winner of Mayfair’s Catan tournament. * Gamers as an underserved demographic. * Expanding the appeal of gaming. * Areas we’d like to see focus on the gaming demographic, and what we can do to help make that happen. * A look at what’s coming up at May...

In this interview we talk with Trampas Whiteman from Dragonlance Nexus . Hosts: Chad, Dan, Pat Guests: Trampas Whiteman

* Jeffcon at Just For Fun in Peoria, IL. * Playing villainous characters. * Adding cults to your roleplaying game. Hosts: Chad, Chris, Dan, Pat

* You can see the trunk monkey videos here . * Preparing a con game.  Really good advice, presented with really questionable sound quality. Hosts: Chad, Chris, Dan, John, Pat…and a whole lot of con attendees

* You can still pre-register and pre-pay for a few more days on the convention website . * 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 Syb...

* Raina’s Wings.  You can donate here and read the full story behind this charity on our forums . * Remembering the importance of player contribution to an RPG’s unfolding story. * Fear the Con !  You can see Dave’s account of the pirate ship building on his blog . * Getting over the GM jitters. * Handling a group where the players have mixed RPG experience levels. Hosts: Chad, Dan, Pat

* Pat hasn’t played Oregon Trail…?  If you want to play around with Logo, there are some modern adaptations in Flash . * RPGs in a bad economy. * Shepherding your off-topic players. * Know when it’s time to end your campaign. Hosts: Chad, Chris, Dan, Pat

* Making Ed’s kids gamers. * The real reason we play MMOs and the lack of innovation in the industry. * Media companies don’t realize what year it is. * Are RPG companies adapating to meet changing consumption patterns? * War Pig Radio .  You can find the update on its status here . * RPG Countdown . Hosts: Dan, Ed, John, Pat

* A viewing of Mobile Suit Gundam 00 leads to a broader discussion of anime.  The anime Chad recommends is Planetes and Last Exile . * Heroes of Lesser Earth . * Fear the Boot’s Twitter feed can be found here . * Game Master handouts and other visual aids for players. * Tangible goodies that sometimes ship with video games and roleplaying games. Hosts: Chad, Chris, Dan, Pat

* Funny names, Johnny Cash, and the Gamer Adventures cruise. * Some events going on outside of Fear the Con : a wing night on Thursday, March 5th and a Watchmen viewing on Friday, March 6th. * A possible Rifts movie ?  If you want to join the letter campaign, you can find details here .  If you hadn’t heard about the Uwe Boll / Blizzard conversation, read on . * Gryphcon in Ontario, Canada. * From...

* Direct-to-video, low budget, art house, and “ scam ” movies.  And, yes, Snakes on a Train is a real movie. * What the small RPG publishers have (and don’t have) in common with small movie studios. * What art form are RPGs most like to you? * Getting your players to roleplay. Hosts: Chad, Chris, Dan, Pat

* Pat turns 35, and how our perceptions of age change with age. * Pirates of the Cursed Sea .  I found some pictures of a play area similar to the one I saw at Gencon. * Fear the Con 2.  You can buy your ticket, see the games, and sign up to play on the website .  The comedian Chad mentioned is Mikey Mason . * Pacing a game so it doesn’t drag on too long or conclude too quickly. * A round-robin ga...

* The things we do for this hobby. * Fear the Con 2!  You can find more information on the forum or the con’s website . * Getting more in-character and how it helps or hurts a game.  You can find the movie of James Earl Jones counting to 10 here . * People you would love to LARP with. Hosts: Chad, Chris, Dan, John, Pat