Show overview
Fear the Boot, Actual Play has been publishing since 2017, and across the 7 years since has built a catalogue of 207 episodes. That works out to roughly 420 hours of audio in total. Releases follow a fortnightly cadence.
Episodes typically run an hour to ninety minutes — most land between 43 min and 3h 29m — with run-times ranging widely across the catalogue. Roughly 53% of episodes carry an explicit flag from the publisher. It is catalogued as a EN-US-language Leisure show.
The catalogue appears to be on hiatus or wound down — the most recent episode landed 1.4 years ago, with no new episodes in over a year. The busiest year was 2018, with 49 episodes published. Published by FearTheBoot.com.
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View all 207 episodesEpoch of Rysos, Episode 14
The technology park turns into liminal horror.
Epoch of Rysos, Episode 13
McCreary Technology Park invites you to see the wonders within! Never mind that it’s been missing for centuries.
Epoch of Rysos, Episode 12
A battered exploratory vessel finds its way home. Does its survivor deserve a second chance at life?
Epoch of Rysos, Episode 11
Wrapping up the case with an explosive ending.
Epoch of Rysos, Episode 10
The party begins to assemble the narrative and motivations for the crime, even as it becomes less clear who’s instigating it all.
Epoch of Rysos, Episode 9
The investigation is interrupted by a visit to a doctor of sophontology.
Epoch of Rysos, Interlude 2
For this game, we developed a planet that will play an important role in the main story, using The Quiet Year. The images below track the colony ship’s progress over time.
Epoch of Rysos, Episode 8
Digging through the lives of a family trapped in a gilded cage.
Epoch of Rysos, Episode 7
Selecting the next job and heading to the capital world of the Corraster League.
Epoch of Rysos, Episode 6
With the body and facts secure, it’s time to decide the first client’s fate.
Epoch of Rysos, Episode 5
Next stop: medical facilities in a system that should be quite a bit safer. Not that life always works out that way.
Epoch of Rysos, Episode 4
The first contract: retrieve a body from a mining station and find out just how much a corpse can be worth.
Epoch of Rysos, Interlude 1
Today, we ditch some stress and get back into gaming by taking a pitstop. Ever wondered about the world of cooking mysteries in the 42nd century? Me neither, but here it is! NOTE: This was a comedy improv game, so it doesn’t conform to the boundaries we usually put on our content.
Gunn for Hire – Episode 31 “Tricky Trixie”
Grace Gunn, Tommy “Bam Bam” Prue and Irving Holt didn’t expect to find themselves sneaking around the Three Spires Country Club this evening in their effort to rescue Trixie from whomever it was that took here – yet, that’s exactly where they find themselves. But even though this wasn’t in their plans, when you put … <a href="http://ap.feartheboot.com/index.php/archives/806" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Gunn for Hire – Episode 31 “Tricky Trixie”</span></a>
Epoch of Rysos, Episode 3
A brief stop in the Atnia Cluster before heading to the team’s first deployment. Concept art for the species mentioned… Asta Freyep Reisian Sirini
Gunn for Hire – Episode 30 “Doublebooks”
Used to be a time when you could get by on your word and a handshake. While that might still be true for some things, here in Chicago, you get a whole truckload of palooks who want to justify their existence with all kinds of paperwork. Sign this document. Fill out this form and Boom! … <a href="http://ap.feartheboot.com/index.php/archives/791" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Gunn for Hire – Episode 30 “Doublebooks”</span></a>
Epoch of Rysos, Episode 2
Final game prep, group creation, and character creation. In case you’re curious, this is what a Sirini looks like.
Epoch of Rysos, Episode 1
Doing a bit of pre-game prep to set some parameters for the game, to make session zero go more smoothly.
Gunn for Hire – Episode 29 “Putting it Together”
Right place, wrong time. Wrong place, right time. Doesn’t matter how you slice it, there’s some places you don’t ever want to be, regardless of the time. And in 1933 Chicago, that place is a speakeasy when the coppers are on the hop. And right now, that’s where Grace Gunn, Tommy ‘Bam Bam’ Prue and … <a href="http://ap.feartheboot.com/index.php/archives/768" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Gunn for Hire – Episode 29 “Putting it Together”</span></a>
Gunn for Hire – Episode 28 “Bellyache Fight”
You ask 10 people what you should do if you get into a tussle, you’re bound to get 11 answers. Regardless of what you’re told, you ultimately gotta know what you want to get out of the fight. And right now, Grace Gun, Tommy ‘Bam Bam’ Prue and Irving Holt just want to get out … <a href="http://ap.feartheboot.com/index.php/archives/765" class="more-link">Continue reading <span class="screen-reader-text">Gunn for Hire – Episode 28 “Bellyache Fight”</span></a>