Episode 176 – party leaders and RP sidebars

* (0:29) Fear the Con 3 sign-up has begun! * (1:44) Thanking our secret Santas.  Legos, Confessions of a Part-time Sorceress, Master of the Game, and SPANC. * (8:40) Swapping games to expose people to new material. * (10:53) The original Fear the Boot logo. * (11:36) Setting up this episode and the next one. * (12:04) Leadership and structure in a roleplaying game party. * (13:59) How leadership helps the Game Master. * (14:59) Players that reject any form of authority. * (19:30) Picking the right player to be in charge. * (23:42) Keeping leadership from becoming a railroad. * (27:32) Making an ever-present NPC leader work. * (35:26) Dealing with the guy that will not tolerate any structure in the party. * (38:41) When having a boss is too close to real life. * (42:13) The role of a GM when players are doing sidebar RP. * (44:34) The GM shouldn’t kill the moment. * (47:17) How the GM can profit from what he overhears. * (48:18) Dealing with bored players outside of the RP sidebar. * (50:55) GMs not being overly helpful. * (55:35) Intrusion by other player characters. * (59:53) Player etiquette. Hosts: Chad, Dan, Pat, Wayne