| 1. |
Episode 453 – not expecting the expected |
Aug. 8, 2017 |
| 2. |
Episode 454 – passing notes |
Aug. 17, 2017 |
| 3. |
Episode 455 – negative space |
Aug. 24, 2017 |
| 4. |
Episode 456 – robot beards and circumstance |
Aug. 31, 2017 |
| 5. |
Episode 457 – Gen Con 2017 |
Sept. 7, 2017 |
| 6. |
Episode 458 – playing to the people |
Sept. 19, 2017 |
| 7. |
Episode 459 – sacrifice |
Sept. 21, 2017 |
| 8. |
Episode 460 – for the moment |
Sept. 29, 2017 |
| 9. |
Episode 461 – back to the gold box |
Oct. 6, 2017 |
| 10. |
Episode 462 – the story of a city |
Oct. 13, 2017 |
| 11. |
Episode 463 – winning the consensus |
Oct. 19, 2017 |
| 12. |
Episode 464 – politics |
Oct. 27, 2017 |
| 13. |
Interview 41 – Charles Wellington |
Nov. 2, 2017 |
| 14. |
Bonus Episode 75 – Fear the Con 2018 |
Nov. 7, 2017 |
| 15. |
Episode 465 – agency at the end |
Nov. 16, 2017 |
| 16. |
Episode 466 – gamify your life |
Nov. 22, 2017 |
| 17. |
Episode 467 – serendipity in story |
Dec. 4, 2017 |
| 18. |
Episode 468 – not in a tavern |
Dec. 8, 2017 |
| 19. |
Episode 469 – looks good on paper |
Dec. 15, 2017 |
| 20. |
Bonus Episode 76 – mementos |
Dec. 21, 2017 |
| 21. |
R.I.P. Pat Roper |
Dec. 30, 2017 |
| 22. |
Episode 470 – changing times |
Jan. 3, 2018 |
| 23. |
Episode 471 – a new store |
Jan. 18, 2018 |
| 24. |
Episode 472 – guiding NPCs |
Jan. 25, 2018 |
| 25. |
Episode 473 – not to expectations |
Feb. 2, 2018 |
| 26. |
Episode 474 – for whose benefit |
Feb. 9, 2018 |
| 27. |
Episode 475 – all the ugly things |
Feb. 19, 2018 |
| 28. |
Episode 476 – the B-game |
Feb. 27, 2018 |
| 29. |
Episode 477 – PC-centered design |
March 8, 2018 |
| 30. |
Episode 478 – taking away agency |
March 8, 2018 |
| 31. |
Bonus Episode 77 – coming in 2018 |
March 15, 2018 |
| 32. |
Episode 479 – not that bad of a GM |
March 27, 2018 |
| 33. |
Episode 480 – there and back again |
March 29, 2018 |
| 34. |
Episode 481 – trap card |
April 6, 2018 |
| 35. |
Episode 482 – prologue games |
April 19, 2018 |
| 36. |
Episode 483 – outsourcing NPCs on the fly |
April 30, 2018 |
| 37. |
Episode 484 – non-sequiturs |
May 11, 2018 |
| 38. |
Episode 485 – pets, pets, pets |
May 24, 2018 |
| 39. |
Bonus Episode 78 – a love letter |
June 4, 2018 |
| 40. |
Episode 486 – playing yourself |
June 7, 2018 |
| 41. |
Episode 487 – building relationships |
June 19, 2018 |
| 42. |
Episode 488 – fair-play NPCs |
July 3, 2018 |
| 43. |
Episode 489 – Fear the Con 11 round-up |
July 6, 2018 |
| 44. |
Episode 490 – not the real game |
July 12, 2018 |
| 45. |
Episode 491 – scared away |
July 19, 2018 |
| 46. |
Episode 492 – challenge and response NPCs |
July 31, 2018 |
| 47. |
Episode 493 – recycling campaigns |
Aug. 7, 2018 |
| 48. |
Episode 494 – Genesis |
Aug. 16, 2018 |
| 49. |
Episode 495 – benched characters |
Aug. 29, 2018 |
| 50. |
Bonus Episode 79 – cuirass |
Sept. 6, 2018 |
| 51. |
Episode 496 – mind of a machine |
Sept. 19, 2018 |
| 52. |
Episode 497 – game explainers |
Oct. 4, 2018 |
| 53. |
Bonus Episode 80 – nostalgia |
Oct. 16, 2018 |
| 54. |
Episode 498 – player response to GM error |
Oct. 23, 2018 |
| 55. |
Episode 499 – intent |
Oct. 28, 2018 |
| 56. |
Episode 500 – this is Fear the Boot |
Nov. 6, 2018 |
| 57. |
Episode 501 – gaming anyway |
Nov. 27, 2018 |
| 58. |
Episode 502 – the importance of a character |
Dec. 6, 2018 |
| 59. |
Episode 503 – hating well |
Dec. 20, 2018 |
| 60. |
Episode 504 – PCs like NPCs like PCs |
Dec. 28, 2018 |
| 61. |
Episode 505 – recovering the ending |
Jan. 30, 2019 |
| 62. |
Bonus Episode 81 – epilogue of an epilogue |
Feb. 8, 2019 |
| 63. |
Episode 506 – social contract |
Feb. 15, 2019 |
| 64. |
Episode 507 – Carpenter Yeller Gere |
Feb. 28, 2019 |
| 65. |
Episode 508 – GM Christmas |
March 14, 2019 |
| 66. |
Episode 509 – orphaned NPCs |
March 21, 2019 |
| 67. |
Episode 510 – player Christmas |
March 28, 2019 |
| 68. |
Episode 511 – keeping NPCs on task |
April 6, 2019 |
| 69. |
Episode 512 – NPCs lie |
April 19, 2019 |
| 70. |
Episode 513 – B-plots |
May 1, 2019 |
| 71. |
Bonus Episode 82 – self-insert |
May 16, 2019 |
| 72. |
Episode 514 – from one to many |
May 21, 2019 |
| 73. |
Episode 515 – introducing the new |
May 31, 2019 |
| 74. |
Episode 516 – integrating old and new |
June 13, 2019 |
| 75. |
Episode 517 – pressuring the PCs |
June 21, 2019 |
| 76. |
Episode 518 – swan song |
July 14, 2019 |
| 77. |
Episode 519 – game pitch template |
July 24, 2019 |
| 78. |
Episode 520 – licensing crunch |
Aug. 14, 2019 |
| 79. |
Episode 521 – grinding gears |
Aug. 22, 2019 |
| 80. |
Episode 522 – the onus of recovery |
Aug. 29, 2019 |
| 81. |
Bonus Episode 83 – entertainment club |
Sept. 5, 2019 |
| 82. |
Episode 523 – pacing information |
Sept. 13, 2019 |
| 83. |
Episode 524 – new GM for veteran players |
Sept. 26, 2019 |
| 84. |
Episode 525 – setting as a home for plot |
Oct. 1, 2019 |
| 85. |
Episode 526 – a split party |
Oct. 3, 2019 |
| 86. |
Episode 527 – side plots |
Oct. 21, 2019 |
| 87. |
Episode 528 – hijacking a system, part 1 |
Oct. 29, 2019 |
| 88. |
Episode 529 – hijacking a system, part 2 |
Nov. 1, 2019 |
| 89. |
Episode 530 – a fast read of a character |
Nov. 8, 2019 |
| 90. |
Episode 531 – first-time GM report |
Nov. 21, 2019 |
| 91. |
Episode 532 – reasoning out the random |
Nov. 27, 2019 |
| 92. |
Episode 533 – handling a bully character |
Dec. 5, 2019 |
| 93. |
Bonus Episode 84 – what D&D represents |
Dec. 17, 2019 |
| 94. |
Episode 534 – where you game |
Dec. 24, 2019 |
| 95. |
Bonus Episode 85 – soup and loot |
Jan. 15, 2020 |
| 96. |
Episode 535 – game pitch report |
Jan. 25, 2020 |
| 97. |
Episode 536 – character research |
Feb. 4, 2020 |
| 98. |
Bonus Episode 86 – twenty-twenty |
Feb. 7, 2020 |
| 99. |
Episode 537 – can’t run, can’t play |
Feb. 20, 2020 |
| 100. |
Interview 42 – Decuma |
Feb. 24, 2020 |
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