* 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&D isn't an RPG...?

* Yet another game derailed by a failure of the group template.  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

WARNING: The content of this episode is a little more coarse than usual.

* 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