Fear the Boot, RPG Podcast

* (0:24) A joke to an AI becomes a show topic. * (2:48) Characters born in a cursed forest, without sunlight. * (7:48) Characters who compulsively collect…feathers…? * (13:18) Characters who accidentally caused a rebellion. * (19:29) Characters with an unusual knowledge of fungi. * (25:03) Characters who cannot stand the sight of open water. Hosts: Dan, Julia, Mary, Wayne

* (0:29) Switching to a bucket list of what we want to play. * (1:30) Wayne wants to play Dresden Files. * (4:13) Dan still wants to play an Injustice game. * (6:11) Mary wants to play a necromancer. * (9:05) Doug wants to play Stargate (or something like it). * (10:18) Wayne wants a settlement building game. Rebuild 3 demands FTB-9000 [https://rebuild.fandom.com/wiki/Equipment#Books] compliance! * (14:38) Dan wants to play ourselves. The End of the World [https://www.fantasyflightgames.com/en/news/2014/9/3/the-end-of-the-world/]. * (18:08) Mary wants to play multiple characters. * (22:25) Doug wants to play Greek mythology. * (26:00) Wayne wants to play a Sliders [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sliders_(TV_series)] game with plenty of alternate history. * (28:50) Dan wants to play Battletech (plus Mechwarrior). * (30:17) Mary wants to play a group of paladins (with strong nods to David Eddings’ The Elenium [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Elenium]). * (35:37) Doug wants to play assistants to Cold War spies. Hosts: Dan, Doug, Mary, Wayne

* (0:29) The bucket list of games we want to run. * (1:31) Doug’s long-term campaign. * (3:10) Wayne’s Fallout [https://modiphius.net/en-us/pages/fallout-the-roleplaying-game]: St. Louis game. * (7:03) Dan’s Battletech: Silver Scorpions game. A Fabian war [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fabian_strategy]. * (9:37) Mary’s Castle Ravenloft / Curse of Strahd game. * (12:41) Doug’s western game. * (14:58) Wayne’s campaign based on The Quiet Year [https://buriedwithoutceremony.com/the-quiet-year]. Decuma [https://goldenlassogames.itch.io/decuma] and Home [https://deep-dark-games.itch.io/home]. * (18:57) Dan’s Hunter game. Dayshift [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt13314558/], watchable on Netflix. Judgment: Apocalypse Survival Simulation [https://store.steampowered.com/app/455980/Judgment_Apocalypse_Survival_Simulation/]. * (22:39) Mary’s Mummy game. Spirit of the Century [https://evilhat.com/product/spirit-of-the-century/]. * (25:40) Doug’s Midgard [https://koboldpress.com/midgard/] campaign. * (26:51) Whatever Wayne backed last on Kickstarter. Right now, that’s Planet of the Apes [https://www.magnetic-press.com/official-planet-of-the-apes-rpg-preregistration/]. * (29:47) Dan’s Battletech: Solaris VII game. * (33:36) Mary’s Oregon Trail (with dragons). Hosts: Dan, Doug, Mary, Wayne

* (0:30) An old Apple //c computer and early computer RPGs. * (4:16) Transitioning from video games into tabletop RPGs. * (9:44) The expectations players bring from a video game to pen-and-paper games. * (12:41) The tyranny of choice brought on by a lack of a character-driven path. * (18:05) A lack of clear and connected outcomes. * (19:50) Mixing new and veteran players. * (26:13) Expanding intra-party roleplaying. * (28:39) Asking why someone wanted to make the jump. * (35:06) Trying to translate one medium into another. Hosts: Caleb, Dan, Doug, Mary

* (0:29) What is your goal for the first session of a game? * (2:10) Who are these characters really? * (6:08) When the person you wanted to be isn’t who you became. * (11:34) A buffet of NPCs. * (16:14) Keeping the first session low pressure and shorter length. * (20:33) The social leader of the group. * (25:30) The flexibility in session one. Using the first game as a test of session zero. * (33:43) Testing the waters as the Game Master. * (37:09) Using rules and rolls a bit more than you otherwise would. Hosts: Dan, Doug, Mary, Wayne