This episode is a preview of season two of The Escape Pod, Sam and Bernard's journey through Square Enix's Star Ocean series. Pitch in at least $1/month at rpgbook.club to access the rest of The Escape Pod as it releases. The Bonus Feed also includes The JRPG Canon (Sam's project to document the opening slice of significant RPGs), Tales of Podcasti…

Thanks for being a supporter of RPG Bookclub! Welcome to The Escape Pod, where we escape from our commitment to play all the Tales Of games by playing all the Star Ocean games! This episode covers the third part of Star Ocean: The Second Story R, covering until the party leaves Linga to go back to Lacuer.…

Content Warnings/Trigger Warnings: Death, dying and variations there upon, feelings of being lost and loneliness, memory loss, mentions of gambling. Show Notes This week, Fiona is playing The Last Tea Shop, a solo journaling game about tea and conversation. Written by Spring Villager, The Last Tea Shop lets players run a tea shop on the border of t…

This Week: We play Persona 3 Reload through 11/5. Next Week: We play some more! Visit rpgbook.club to pitch in and unlock cool rewards, including a weekly bonus episode! Check out https://linktr.ee/rpgbookclub for our Discord server and our socials!By RPG Bookclub

This Week: We play the 2022 indie RPG Franken by splendidland! Get it (free!) here: https://splendidland.itch.io/franken Next Week: We play some more Persona 3 Reload! Visit rpgbook.club to pitch in and unlock cool rewards, including a weekly bonus episode! Check out https://linktr.ee/rpgbookclub for our Discord server and our socials!…

Thanks for being a supporter of RPG Bookclub! Welcome to The Escape Pod, where we escape from our commitment to play all the Tales Of games by playing all the Star Ocean games! This episode covers the second part of Star Ocean: The Second Story R, covering until the party leaves Marze for Harley.By RPG Bookclub

Show Notes To tide us over til our next one-shot, here's a bonus episode where our host and GM Fiona interviews game designer Yvris Burke of Button Kin Games. Established in 2020, Button Kin Games is an independent TTRPG publisher based in Manchester and home to whimsical and strange TTRPGs with unusual themes, and a smattering of D&D 5e content. D…

This Week: We play Persona 3 Reload through 10/5. Next Week: We play some more! Visit rpgbook.club to pitch in and unlock cool rewards, including a weekly bonus episode! Check out https://linktr.ee/rpgbookclub for our Discord server and our socials!By RPG Bookclub

Thanks for being a supporter of RPG Bookclub! Welcome to The Escape Pod, where we escape from our commitment to play all the Tales Of games by playing all the Star Ocean games! This episode covers the first part of Star Ocean: The Second Story R, covering until Claude and Rena leave for Krosse.By RPG Bookclub

This Week: We play Persona 3 Reload through 9/5. Next Week: We play some more! Visit rpgbook.club to pitch in and unlock cool rewards, including a weekly bonus episode! Check out https://linktr.ee/rpgbookclub for our Discord server and our socials!By RPG Bookclub

Thanks for being a supporter of RPG Bookclub! Welcome to season three of Tales of Podcastia, Eternity and Bonds Bookclub! In this series we're covering the "Tales of" video game series in order. This episode covers the ninth and final part of Tales of Eternia / Tales of Destiny II.By RPG Bookclub

Show Notes This week, Fiona tries her hand at building her very own setting prompt by prompt, using Angeline Trevena’s ‘30 Days of Worldbuilding: An Author’s Step-by-Step Guide to Building Fictional Worlds’. Overwhelmed by creating fantasy worlds? Lost in your world? Unsure where to go next? 30 Days of Worldbuilding breaks the task into manageable …

This Week: We play Persona 3 Reload through 7/28. Next Week: We play some more! Visit rpgbook.club to pitch in and unlock cool rewards, including a weekly bonus episode! Check out https://linktr.ee/rpgbookclub for our Discord server and our socials!By RPG Bookclub

Thanks for being a supporter of RPG Bookclub! Welcome to season three of Tales of Podcastia, Eternity and Bonds Bookclub! In this series we're covering the "Tales of" video game series in order. This episode covers the eighth part of Tales of Eternia / Tales of Destiny II, covering up until the end of disc two.…

Thanks for being a supporter of RPG Bookclub! Welcome to season three of Tales of Podcastia, Eternity and Bonds Bookclub! In this series we're covering the "Tales of" video game series in order. This episode covers the seventh part of Tales of Eternia / Tales of Destiny II, covering up until the party leaves Balir's castle.…

Show Notes This week, Fiona tries her hand at building her very own setting prompt by prompt, using Angeline Trevena’s ‘30 Days of Worldbuilding: An Author’s Step-by-Step Guide to Building Fictional Worlds’. Overwhelmed by creating fantasy worlds? Lost in your world? Unsure where to go next? 30 Days of Worldbuilding breaks the task into manageable …

This Week: We play Persona 3 Reload through 6/8. Next Week: We play some more! Visit rpgbook.club to pitch in and unlock cool rewards, including a weekly bonus episode! Check out https://linktr.ee/rpgbookclub for our Discord server and our socials!By RPG Bookclub

Thanks for being a supporter of RPG Bookclub! Welcome to season three of Tales of Podcastia, Eternity and Bonds Bookclub! In this series we're covering the "Tales of" video game series in order. This episode covers the sixth part of Tales of Eternia / Tales of Destiny II, covering up until the party leaves Imen for Tinnsia.…

This Week: We play Persona 3 Reload through 4/20 (nice). Next Week: We play some more! Visit rpgbook.club to pitch in and unlock cool rewards, including a weekly bonus episode! Check out https://linktr.ee/rpgbookclub for our Discord server and our socials!By RPG Bookclub

Thank you for supporting RPG Bookclub! Join Sam, Bernard and Matt in their cursed attempt to play through the entirety of Nihon Falcom's Trails series in Bookclub no Kiseki! In our fifth episode on The Legend of Heroes: Trails to Azure, we cover the intermission.By RPG Bookclub

Show Notes This week, Fiona tries her hand at building her very own setting prompt by prompt, using Angeline Trevena’s ‘30 Days of Worldbuilding: An Author’s Step-by-Step Guide to Building Fictional Worlds’. Overwhelmed by creating fantasy worlds? Lost in your world? Unsure where to go next? 30 Days of Worldbuilding breaks the task into manageable …

Trish was out on recording day, and we couldn't get a bonus episode done in time, so here's one from the archives on the bonus feed. If you liked it, consider checking us out at www.rpgbook.club where there's more where that came from. We'll be back with Persona 3 Reload next week, but until then, go play some games! The JRPG Canon theme music is "…

Thanks for being a supporter of RPG Bookclub! Welcome to season three of Tales of Podcastia, Eternity and Bonds Bookclub! In this series we're covering the "Tales of" video game series in order. This episode covers the fifth part of Tales of Eternia / Tales of Destiny II, covering up until the party leaves Gnome Village.…

This Week: We finish Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door! Next Week: We do something to give us a quick break before Persona 3 Reload, idk. Visit rpgbook.club to pitch in and unlock cool rewards, including a weekly bonus episode! Check out https://linktr.ee/rpgbookclub for our Discord server and our socials!…

Thanks for being a supporter of RPG Bookclub! Welcome to season three of Tales of Podcastia, Eternity and Bonds Bookclub! In this series we're covering the "Tales of" video game series in order. This episode covers the fourth part of Tales of Eternia / Tales of Destiny II, covering up until the party arrives in Celestia.…

Show Notes This week, Fiona tries her hand at building her very own setting prompt by prompt, using Angeline Trevena’s ‘30 Days of Worldbuilding: An Author’s Step-by-Step Guide to Building Fictional Worlds’. Overwhelmed by creating fantasy worlds? Lost in your world? Unsure where to go next? 30 Days of Worldbuilding breaks the task into manageable …

This Week: We play Chapter Seven of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door! Next Week: We finish Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door! Visit rpgbook.club to pitch in and unlock cool rewards, including a weekly bonus episode! Check out https://linktr.ee/rpgbookclub for our Discord server and our socials!By RPG Bookclub

Welcome to the JRPG Canon! Sam's project to document the opening slice of as many RPGs as possible, to talk about their game design and fun factor! This episode, Sam is joined by Bernard to discuss the cult Classic Squaresoft RPG: Live-A-Live, specifically its modern remake. If you have an idea for another game for us to cover on the JRPG Canon, he…

This Week: We play Chapter Six of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door! Next Week: We play Chapter Seven of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door! Visit rpgbook.club to pitch in and unlock cool rewards, including a weekly bonus episode! Check out https://linktr.ee/rpgbookclub for our Discord server and our socials!…

Thanks for being a supporter of RPG Bookclub! Welcome to season three of Tales of Podcastia, Eternity and Bonds Bookclub! In this series we're covering the "Tales of" video game series in order. This episode covers the third part of Tales of Eternia / Tales of Destiny II, covering up until the party gets their wind skateboard.…

Show Notes This week, Fiona tries her hand at building her very own setting prompt by prompt, using Angeline Trevena’s ‘30 Days of Worldbuilding: An Author’s Step-by-Step Guide to Building Fictional Worlds’. Overwhelmed by creating fantasy worlds? Lost in your world? Unsure where to go next? 30 Days of Worldbuilding breaks the task into manageable …

This Week: Bernard didn't finish Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door in time, so instead we make predicitions and wishes for the end of the Switch's life cycle and its mysterious successor. Next Week: We play the sixth chapter of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door!By RPG Bookclub

Thanks for being a supporter of RPG Bookclub! Welcome to season three of Tales of Podcastia, Eternity and Bonds Bookclub! In this series we're covering the "Tales of" video game series in order. This episode covers the second part of Tales of Eternia / Tales of Destiny II, covering up until the party decides to go to Inferia City.…

This Week: We play Chapter Five of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door! Next Week: We play Chapter Six of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door! Visit rpgbook.club to pitch in and unlock cool rewards, including a weekly bonus episode! Check out https://linktr.ee/rpgbookclub for our Discord server and our socials!…

Thanks for being a supporter of RPG Bookclub! Welcome to season three of Tales of Podcastia, Eternity and Bonds Bookclub! In this series we're covering the "Tales of" video game series in order. This episode covers the first part of Tales of Eternia / Tales of Destiny II, covering up until the party leaves for Mt. Mintche.…

This episode is a preview of season three of Tales of Podcastia, Eternity and Bonds Bookclub! In this supporter-exclusive series, we're covering Bandai Namco's "Tales of" video game series in order. Pitch in at least $1/month at rpgbook.club to access the rest of Tales of Podcastia as it releases. The Bonus Feed also includes The JRPG Canon (Sam's …

Show Notes To tide us over til our next one-shot, here's a bonus episode where our host and GM Fiona interviews Sam Leigh, award-winning game designer of Anamnesis and the upcoming solo rpg: Death of The Author. Sam (She/They) is an award-winning tabletop game designer from Virginia and the owner of Blinking Birch Games. As well as designing their …

This Week: We play Chapter Four of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door! Next Week: We play Chapter Five of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door! Visit rpgbook.club to pitch in and unlock cool rewards, including a weekly bonus episode! Check out https://linktr.ee/rpgbookclub for our Discord server and our socials!…

Thanks for being a supporter of RPG Bookclub! Welcome to The Escape Pod, where we escape from our commitment to play all the Tales Of games by playing all the Star Ocean games! This episode covers the final part of Star Ocean: First Departure R.By RPG Bookclub

This Week: We play Chapter Three of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door! Next Week: We play Chapter Four of Paper Mario: The Thousand-Year Door! Visit rpgbook.club to pitch in and unlock cool rewards, including a weekly bonus episode! Check out https://linktr.ee/rpgbookclub for our Discord server and our socials!…

Thanks for being a supporter of RPG Bookclub! Welcome to The Escape Pod, where we escape from our commitment to play all the Tales Of games by playing all the Star Ocean games! This episode covers the fifth part of Star Ocean: First Departure R, covering until it's time to head to Fargett.By RPG Bookclub

Show Notes This week, Fiona tries her hand at building her very own setting prompt by prompt, using Angeline Trevena’s ‘30 Days of Worldbuilding: An Author’s Step-by-Step Guide to Building Fictional Worlds’. Overwhelmed by creating fantasy worlds? Lost in your world? Unsure where to go next? 30 Days of Worldbuilding breaks the task into manageable …