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* Fear the Boot's Age of Conan guild has migrated to the PvE server, Set. * We'll be doing several panels and a live recording at Gencon. Be sure to check out the schedule here. * We're still planning our social gathering for the Thursday of Gencon. Details here. * A brief introduction of Pat. * A profile of Chad's GMing techniques. * Conducting a player revolt against the Game Master. Hosts: Chad, Dan, John, Pat

Chris has sent me the video file for episode 100, and I'm doing final clean-up now. In the meantime, enjoy this preview clip of the show!

* The new portal will be uploaded shortly. If you actually have a recipe for gamer muffins, feel free to post it before the old forums get shut down! * Don't forget to let us know if you'll be stopping by our gathering at Gencon! * A copy of Earthshaker! gets us talking about anachronism and genre-mixing in RPGs. * Identifying and remedying boring Game Masters. Hosts: Chad, Dan, John

* Fear the Boot moves...upstairs. * The new portal is still on its way and should be up soon. * If you're going to be at Gencon, there's a get-together for FtB listeners being planned. Be sure to stop by the forum thread and be counted so we can get a venue of the appropriate size. * John's acceptance speech from the Robin D. Laws award can be found here. * Back into the gamer's closet. This time around we discuss Run out the Guns, the Battletech Centers, and Star Ace. * How to draw out shy players and get them more involved in your roleplaying game. Hosts: Chad, Chris, Dan, John

* Chris' Battletech romance of his wife...?! * The dark history of Dan, Tex, and Chris. * Crappy Kahlua and high quality water. * If you're playing Age of Conan, stop by and check out our guild! You can find details here. * A big thanks to forum user, CigarSmoker, for the cigars he's been sending us! * How do you handle permanent character death in a roleplaying game that allows for so many ways to come back from the dead? * OBJECTION! * How should the availability of resurrections affect an RPG setting and its population? Hosts: Chad, Chris, Dan, John

* Chris tries to blame Dan for his flatulence. * A shout-out to Halbert for giving Dan a code for an item in Age of Conan! * How our review show won't be a review show. If you want to start getting ready for that show, the first two topics we'll be discussing are Frank Miller's graphic novel, Dark Knight Returns, and the RPG, Justifiers. (Our forum user, JamsTheHobbit, provided us with a link to a Savage Worlds conversion you can find here.) * Running a roleplaying game with young children present. The foam dice Dan describes are item #10966 in this catalog. * Introducing older children to the RPG hobby. Hosts: Chad, Chris, Dan, John

* Phil's wisdom on packaging. * Join Phil in developing his sci-fi setting, Red Earth Saga. * An in-depth explanation of Fear the Boot's future. * BATMAN! * Dan and the great Lord of the Rings movie marathon escape. * Incorporating side games into a roleplaying game. Hosts: Chad, Chris, Dan, John, Phil

* Here's your chance to support a gamer-driven charity for a women's shelter! Click here for more information. * Some changes coming to Fear the Boot. * John's first brush with D You can find the Reaper Mini site Dan mentioned here. * Roleplaying games that are old, obscure, or simply never played. * How to create conflict amongst your players in an RPG. Yes, you read that right! Hosts: Chris, Dan, John

* How not to get the ladies to join your roleplaying game. * Choose your own adventure books that play like RPGs. * The rational place for gamer shame. (For anyone that's confused by Chad's use of the word, hoosier, it's local slang that has nothing to do with Indiana University athletics.) * If you're interested in joining our Age of Conan guild, you can find all of the information here. * Deciding on -- and handling -- the amount of party in-fighting you want in your roleplaying game. Hosts: Chad, Chris, Dan

* An update on episode 100. * Fear the Boot has started an Age of Conan guild, House Nachash, on the Stormrage server. You can find more information here. * This episode brought to you by Gorkamorka! The forum user, that is, not the game. * Can you change power-gamers into roleplayers? * What we hate about higher education. * Adding spice to the backstory of an RPG's setting. Hosts: Chad, Dan, John, Matt

In this interview we talk with Luke Crane from The Burning Wheel. Hosts: Dan, John, Luke, Matt Guests: Luke Crane

In this interview we talk with Luke Crane from The Burning Wheel. Hosts: Dan, John, Luke, Matt Guests: Luke Crane WARNING: This version of the interview contains uncensored language. If you wish to get a clean version of the interview, it is available on the feed.

On the Men of the Rings this week the guys talk top things a newbee should know when starting the game. Also Battle Ready with Penkir, The Moors with Malori, Lord of the Rings Online news and your comments and questions. Thanks for listening and please leave us a comment.show links: ettenmoors rank guide, rank by picture, mines of moria mini game, welcome back week, pic of the week

* Episode 100 is coming up next. If you have any questions for that show, please send them quickly to Dan or Luke. Also, there may be only a bonus episode since, since 100 will take two weeks to prepare. * Don't forget Diecon, particularly if you're into Warmachine. * The end of Living Greyhawk and start of Living Forgotten Realms. * Playing a robot in a roleplaying game. * Comparing point-buy and random rolling for RPG character creation. * What gets us to keep playing a video game. * Balancing adversity and challenge in a game. Hosts: Dan, John, Luke, Matt

* Chris is finally on the podcast, despite being a host for several months. * A big thanks to James, Christopher, and all the folks at I-Con! Also, congratulations to Christopher for his impending fatherhood. * Converting Adam into the gaming fold, and what kept him from trying out gaming sooner. * A shout-out from Matt to the folks of MidSouthCon. * Players that are a destructive influence to your roleplaying game. * Game Masters that control their players by simply blocking their progress in an RPG. * Fear the Boot's Age of Conan guild. * Don't forget to send your episode 100 questions to Dan or Luke! Hosts: Chris, Dan, John, Luke, Matt

* For episode 100, we'll be taking your questions about our views, hosts, or anything else you want to talk about. So please send your questions to Luke or Dan! * If you're in the St. Louis area or interested in Warmachine, don't miss Diecon at the end of May! * This past week, Dan was a guest host on two shows. The first is the Gamer Traveler episode in which Dan discusses his cruise. The second is Kore News with Walt Snider. If you'd like to discuss the topics on Walt's show, be sure to visit his forum! * Karla talks about how many chairs have been destroyed in this house, and Luke recants. * Drawing your players into the start of a roleplaying game campaign. * Designing races for your RPG. And don't miss this segment's objection! Hosts: Dan, John, Karla (briefly), Luke, Matt, Tex

In this interview we talk with Erik Mona from Paizo Publishing. Hosts: Dan, Luke, Matt Guests: Erik Mona

* Host absence and...murder...? * Dan and John will be in New York this weekend for I-Con 27! While there, Fear the Boot will be receiving the Robin D. Laws Award for Excellence in Gaming. * If you're in the St. Louis area or a big WarMachine fan, please stop by Diecon in late May. * If you're interested in helping start a con in or around Richmond, VA, please check out this site! * Trampas reviewed Fear the Con in episode 13 of Dragonlance Canticle. * Be sure to check out Chris Engler's new podcast, Wapcaplets! * How to handle uncomfortable social situations when hosting a game. * Tips for running an epic-level roleplaying game. Hosts: Dan, Luke, Matt

* John and Dan will be I-CON 27 in New York, April 4 - 6. We've also found out we're to be awarded the Robin D. Laws Award for Excellence in Gaming while there! * If you sent Dan any emails between March 17th and March 20th, please send them again. * If you'd like to see our first Skies of Glass review, you can find it on RPG Realms in their entry for March 19, 2008. * We're working on a dedicated host to improve website performance. * White Wolf's Graduate Your Game initiative. * Settings that have been designed to work with a variety of RPG systems. * Using external inspiration to assist with character creation. Hosts: Dan, John, Luke, Tex

* John and Dan will be I-CON 27 in New York, April 4 - 6. * Skies of Glass, Tier 1, is now available in the Resources section of our site. * Kerrigan, Conan, and Luke's crappy gaming PC. You can find Tara Strong's credits on IMDB. * Do people take gaming too seriously? * A more detailed look at board games. You can find more info on Atomic Earth here. Hosts: Dan, John, Luke, Matt

* John and Dan will be I-CON 27 in New York, April 4 - 6. * Skies of Glass, Tier 1, will be released as a PDF document when the next episode drops. * Ah, the Dragonlance episode. Be sure to check out Trampas' podcast, Dragonlance Canticle. * We would like to thank the following folks for supporting Fear the Con... Stacey and Margie for their work on concessions CJ, Karla, and Kim for taking care of admission and door prizes Tony Mast for Fear the Froot AlexH Chris Engler Martian Bob Sawtooth 12 to Midnight Atomic Earth Catalyst Games Gamer Ground Pinnacle Polymancer magazine White Wolf the St. Louis warmachine community ...and most of all, the excellent gamers that showed up to make this con work! * Our Flickr account can be found at http://www.flickr.com/groups/feartheboot/. * What we learned from running this con. We think this information could help out anyone that's interested in running a con or just curious what goes on behind the scenes. Hosts: Dan, John, Luke, Matt

* Fear the Con on March 8th! Don't forget World Wide Wing Night at Side Pockets the Friday before, eye exams from Luke the Sunday after, and Fear the Froot during the event. * An FtB commentary track you can play along with Dragonlance: Dragons of the Autumn Twilight.

* Dan's taking a trip to Miami while failing to organize his trip to Gencon. * Fear the Con on March 8th! Don't forget World Wide Wing Night at Side Pockets the Friday before, eye exams from Luke the Sunday after, and Fear the Froot during the event. * D We also offer some advice on meshing subplots with your main plot. * Converting settings across or into rules systems. If you want to see the picture of Chad we mention, the original (potentially not safe for work) is here. The modified picture (safe for work) is here. Hosts: Dan, Luke, Matt

WARNING: The content of this episode is a little more coarse than usual. * BJ's Liquo store...? * How Valentine's Day has destroyed this episode. * Fear the Con on March 8th! Don't forget World Wide Wing Night at Side Pockets the Friday before, eye exams from Luke the Sunday after, and Fear the Froot during the event. * The Hobbit and other classic books. * The evolution of arcade games and how that got us thinking about the evolution of roleplaying games. Hosts: Chad, Dan, John, Matt

* Contrary to what Luke thinks, Furreals are not sexual. * Fear the Boot PSA #2. Here is the relevant link. * Join us for Fear the Con on March 8th! Don't forget to donate to Tony Mast's Fear the Froot. And we hope you'll join us for World Wide Wing Night the Friday night before the con and the eye exams at Meyer Eye Care the Sunday after the con. * The Warhammer 40,000 RPG. * Joseph Campbell's hero's journey and its relevance to running a roleplaying game. Since Tex did so much research, we'll provide a short bibliography of his sources... http://library.thinkquest.org/03oct/00800/journey.htm http://www.jcf.org/about_jc.php https://www.mauiwriters.com/mwconline/transcripts/SW_Vogler_Writers_Journey.pdf http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hero's_Journey#.22The_Hero.27s_Journey.22 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joseph_Campbell http://www.clickok.co.uk/index4.html Hosts: Dan, Luke, Matt, Tex

* Matt's brief introduction. * Skyrocket reminds us of a major perk of the FLGS: the dice bin. * Is it possible to cheat in dice rolling with pure physics? * Fear the Con is still coming up on March 8th, and don't forget Tony Mast's Fear the Froot effort! Please send an email to Luke if you're interested in volunteering to help out at the con. * A shout-out to Lee. * The Fear the Boot hoodies from Geeklabel. * Is gaming without gaming still enjoyable? * Roleplaying games where character creation is more interesting than the game itself. The Hero Game 5th Edition ballistic test can be found here. * RPGs that use GM fiat to make decisions instead of dice. Hosts: Chad, Dan, Luke, Matt, Tex

Since we're releasing a bonus episode in place of the regular episode this week, I'll at least give the show notes in the usual format. Also, we'll be back to a regular episode next week! * 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

* Fear the Con on March 8th! Warmachine tournament and the Watchmen debate. * D The accent CDs from Pulp Gamer can be found here and here. Hosts: Chad, Dan, John, Luke, Tex

* Fear the Con and World Wide Wing Night 4! * If you want a Fear the Boot hoodie, you can find them here. Be sure to type feartheboot (without the quotes) in the coupon field. This offer may be for a limited time only, so if you want it, get it fast! * Luke's Chromehounds group, Iron Tyrants. Friends lists for PS3, Xbox Live, and Wii. * Dealing with that one player in your roleplaying game. * Dan's bad gaming story...finally. * Fear the Boot on Fanboy Smackdown doing an episode about Top Gun. FAIR WARNING! This episode was done at Gencon before we made our promise to lay off certain kinds of language and insulting certain people groups. * Friendly local gaming stores. Hosts: Adam, Dan, John, Luke, Tex

* An introduction of the hosts and their geek interests. * Who the girls love in the sci-fi/fantasy world. * Conventions, Renaissance Fairs, etc. * Ice-O-Hedron gaming con in Toronto. * Fear the Con's masquerade. * Movies they'd love to see made. Hosts: Becky, Katie, Karla, Melina...and Phil