Third, we're starting a contest with prizes sponsored by GeekLabel.com. Listen to the episode for details and post your entry in the forum area linked below.
Our discussion topics for this episode are the use of time travel in your game and running roleplaying games when long distances separate your players.
At the start of this episode, we mention a WoW guild Fear the Boot listeners and hosts have started. If you're interested in joining, you can find details at: http://www.feartheboot.com/forum/viewforum.php?f=18
After that, we give our follow-up on Gencon, some response to the discussions our "freak show" commentary in episode 13 started, and offer advice for dealing with absentee players in your roleplaying game.
The reason we went to Gencon this year was to participate in a big podcasting event called "Gencon Almost Live". Though we screwed up and didn't find our way into the mix, we still hope you guys will head over and check it out. You can find the stuff at...
http://genconlive.dragonslanding.com/
If you want to hear our brief and tragic take on Gencon, scroll down right here to episode 14.
Our Gencon experience was short and fruitless. We start off the episode by explaining what happened and then offer some advice on allowing players to run multiple characters during the same game.
This episode was recorded in an unusual way, so the bells and whistles of our main episodes aren't there. In fact, it seems closer to a bonus episode.
This episode was supposed to be our farewell to John, who's leaving for Rome soon. However, it quickly degrades into tangents about travel, foreign beer, and international family.
WARNING! WARNING! WARNING! This show is far edgier than anything we have ever done before. We poke fun at some very serious issues, but please keep in mind we're just joking. If you're easily offended, this is probably not the episode for you.
As always, please keep in mind that these bonus episodes are not on the same topics or of the same quality as our normal work. We do not script, edit, or quality control these extra shows.
Episode 13 indeed!We
found ourselves down a host and had several other problems getting this show ready. But we made it through
nonetheless.In this episode, we talk about
how our roleplaying games have changed as we got older, RPG novels, and the art and science of
playing non-humanoids.
Hosts: Chad,
Dan, Dawn
UPDATE: True to form, unlucky episode 13 got uploaded wrong. If you picked up this episode and it had a length right around one hour, please download again. The correct version should be 54 minutes. I apologize to anyone that picked up our unedited mess.
This episode is all about the roleplaying environment, both inside and outside of the game.We talk about the best sort of room to game in, eating while gaming, using mood music, and we offer advice to Game Masters on creating a good setting.
It's also worth mentioning that within the first minute or two, Chad derailed this show with the most memorable tangent I'm guessing we'll ever have.
