RPG Bookclub
384 episodes - English - Latest episode: 18 days ago - ★★★★★ - 13 ratingsJoin Sam, Bernard and Trish as they play through classic RPGs together, pausing each week to talk about what has happened so far, and speculate, and discuss, and all those good things that bookclubs do.
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Xenogears - Part 3 - Operation Rescue Margie
September 26, 2018 04:56 - 2 hours - 83.7 MBThis week, we explore a town so cool it has its own World Map, go to an admittedly shitty fair, fight in the Tenkaichi Budokai, swim in the sewers, and do a broken stealth mission to save a princess/nun/person. We also meet chu-chu! Currently, Sailor Eli has some technical issues keeping him from recording, but our friends on twitter, RPGSite have been playing through Xenogears (with different stopping points than us) on their youtube, and the playlist is here. Next week, we play all th...
Xenogears - Part 2 - Grahf and the Stalactite Cave
September 16, 2018 05:06 - 1 hour - 72.4 MBThis week, we drive a cool ass dune buggy, punch a worm, meet someone who wants to kill god and definitely killed our dad, then we get arrested, and fight a pirate, and then team up with that pirate to escape a cave! Currently, Sailor Eli has some technical issues keeping him from recording, but our friends on twitter, RPGSite have been playing through Xenogears (with different stopping points than us) on their youtube, and the playlist is here. Next week, we play all the way through ou...
Xenogears - Part 1 - Lahan and the Forest Dungeon
September 16, 2018 03:21 - 2 hours - 82.9 MBSorry for the delay everyone, our editor's AC has been out for about a week, and has been unable to edit, but here it finally is! This week, we flash back to the past, then forward to the future, then back a day or two, then blow up a town and feel really bad about it. Then we fight a dinosaur with a Space Lady! Currently, Sailor Eli has some technical issues keeping him from recording, but our friends on twitter, RPGSite have been playing through Xenogears (with different stopping poin...
Sailor Moon Another Story - Epilogue
September 04, 2018 06:02 - 2 hours - 86.1 MBThis time: We meet up LIVE in our Discord to talk about general thoughts on the game, and Sailor Moon in general, and also manage to get lost in TVTropes via our own tangents. Next Time: We are playing Xenogears up until you can save on the world map after beating the Forest Dungeon. It's available on the PSP, Vita, PSTV, and PS3 for 10 bucks. And if you get the original copy, it was available on the PS1. If you have the game in a version where you can use gameshark codes (ps1/psp/vita...
Sailor Moon Another Story - Chapter 5 - After the Battle
August 20, 2018 17:25 - 1 hour - 81.4 MBThis time: We Beat the game, and Spiffl improves his microphone! We face our demons, find a final form, and teach Eli about Homestuck. Sailor Eli's Playthrough of Chapter 5 Next Time: We talk about Sailor Moon: Another Story as a whole, and Sailor Moon's other forays into gaming, and chat with you guys, live this Wednesday, the 22nd. Since there isn't an easy way to give the people who made the game money, you can give the licensee some ducats, and watch Sailor Moon Crystal on Hulu, or...
Sailor Moon Another Story - Chapter 4, Part 2 - ... And Friends!
August 15, 2018 03:32 - 1 hour - 60.5 MBThis time: We play the rest of Chapter 4 of Sailor Moon: Another Story for the Super Famicom, and watch ourselves die, and not much else. Sailor Eli's Playthrough of Chapter 4, Part 2 Next Time: We beat the whole game! Since there isn't an easy way to give the people who made the game money, you can give the licensee some ducats, and watch Sailor Moon Crystal on Hulu, or buy Sailor Moon Manga/Anime directly from Viz. We also close up the poll for our next game, and.... XENOGEARS...
Sailor Moon Another Story - Chapter 4, part 1 - Hostility...
August 08, 2018 23:51 - 1 hour - 64.3 MBThis time: We play Chapter 4 of Sailor Moon: Another Story for the Super Famicom, but stop when we make it to the Moon Kingdom. Before that, we grind in a UFO, and punch a tree, and save Pluto! Sailor Eli's Playthrough of Chapter 4, Part 1. Next time: we play through the rest of Chapter 4 of Sailor Moon: Another Story entitled Hostility and Friends. Since there isn't an easy way to give the people who made the game money, you can give the licensee some ducats, and watch Sailor Moo...
Sailor Moon Another Story - Chapter 3 - The Barazuishiou
July 28, 2018 16:46 - 1 hour - 57.6 MBThis time: We play Chapter 3 of Sailor Moon: Another Story for the Super Famicom, and fight a bunch of old villains, and fall in love with an evil boy from the future. All while appreciating Saturn's turn to being the best like no one ever was. Sailor Eli's Playhrough of Chapter 3 Next time: we play through the first half of Chapter 4 of Sailor Moon: Another Story entitled Hostility and Friends. We will be stopping the first chance you get after getting to the Silver Millenium. Since t...
Bonus Episode - RPGBC Unplugged #1
July 26, 2018 05:05 - 1 hour - 167 MBThis time: Mike and Sam chat about a lot of things, and none of them are RPGs, Bookclubs, or Sailors Moon. Next time: we play Chapter 3 of Sailor Moon: Another Story entitled The Barazuisho Since there isn't an easy way to give the people who made the game money, you can give the licensee some ducats, and watch Sailor Moon Crystal on Hulu, or buy Sailor Moon Manga/Anime directly from Viz. Don't forget that time is running short on our vote between Xenogears and Dragon Quest V! Patrons ...
Sailor Moon: Another Story - Chapter 2 - In Search of the Stones
July 15, 2018 16:14 - 2 hours - 90.5 MBThis time: We play Chapter 2 of Sailor Moon: Another Story for the Super Famicom, and hang out with the Four Main Senshi, who find out that it's not only Japanese men who are the worst, but men all over the world are the worst! Sailor Eli's Let's Play of Chapter 2: Mercury Sailor Eli's Let's Play of Chapter 2: Mars Sailor Eli's Let's Play of Chapter 2: Jupiter Sailor Eli's Let's Play of Chapter 2: Venus Next time: we play Chapter 3 of Sailor Moon: Another Story entitled The Barazui...
Sailor Moon: Another Story - Chapter 1 - Her Destiny
July 07, 2018 16:08 - 1 hour - 65.8 MBThis time: We play Chapter 1 of Sailor Moon: Another Story for the Super Famicom, and do some time space bullshit to fight our old monsters again. Sailor Eli's Let's Play of Part 1 of Chapter 1 Sailor Eli's Let's Play of Part 2 of Chapter 1 Next time: we play Chapter 2 of Sailor Moon: Another Story Entitled Searching for the Stones Since there isn't an easy way to give the people who made the game money, you can give the licensee some ducats, and watch Sailor Moon Crystal on Hulu, or...
Rogue Galaxy - Part 9 - To Eternity
June 29, 2018 14:53 - 2 hours - 82.9 MBThis time: We play Rogue Galaxy through the end of the game, and talk about the let down of the final plot resolution. Recorded live on June 27th, 2018 Sailor Eli's playthrough of Chapter 13 Next time: we play Chapter 1 of Sailor Moon: Another Story for the Super Famicom. Specifically, the fan translation by FuSoYa, which you should be able to find pretty easily. Since this is an old game, that was never released here, and there isn't an easy way to give the people who made the game mo...
Rogue Galaxy - Part 8 - Mariglenn
June 21, 2018 03:18 - 1 hour - 169 MBThis time: We play Rogue Galaxy through Chapter 12: All Good Things, and wrap up the personal plots of all of the party members. Sailor Eli's Playthrough of Chapter 11 Sailor Eli's Playthrough of Chapter 12 We also forget to announce that we have finished up our poll for our second game, and the winner is.... Sailor Moon: Another Story for the Super Famicom. Specifically, the fan translation by FuSoYa, which you should be able to find pretty easily. Since this is an old game, that ...
Rogue Galaxy - Part 7 - Last Trip to Rosa
June 14, 2018 16:14 - 1 hour - 67.1 MBThis time: We play Rogue Galaxy through Chapter 10: The Illusory Oasis, and have a whole lot of family drama goin' on. Sailor Eli's Playthrough of Chapter 9 Sailor Eli's Playthrough of Chapter 10 Reminder that this is the last week that patrons can vote on our next game, either Sailor Moon Another Story and Magic Knight Rayearth, both for the Super Famicom, and both not released in America, so a fan translation patch and an emulator will be how we play these games. Patrons can vote h...
Rogue Galaxy - Part 6 - Alistia and the Libra King
June 07, 2018 03:45 - 1 hour - 60.9 MBThis time: We finish up Chapter 8, but after we take a vacation on the optional Dungeon/planet Alistia. Sailor Eli's Playthrough of Alistia! Sailor Eli's Playthrough of the Libra King ruins Reminder that patrons can vote on our next game, either Sailor Moon Another Story and Magic Knight Rayearth, both for the Super Famicom, and both not released in America, so a fan translation patch and an emulator will be how we play these games. Patrons can vote here! Next time! We Play throug...
Rogue Galaxy - Part 5 - Cancer King and Leo King Ruins
May 31, 2018 04:57 - 1 hour - 42.1 MBThis time: We play start making our way through Chapter 8, but Zerard is toooooo long, so we stop early, and just talk about the dungeons on Vedan and Juraika Sailor Eli's Playthrough of the Cancer King Ruins Sailor Eli's Playthrough of the Leo King Ruins Reminder that patrons can vote on our next game, either Sailor Moon Another Story and Magic Knight Rayearth, both for the Super Famicom, and both not released in America, so a fan translation patch and an emulator will be how we ...
Rogue Galaxy - Part 4 - Vedan and Rosan Ruins
May 24, 2018 04:35 - 1 hour - 71.2 MBThis time: We play chapters 6 and 7 of Rogue Galaxy, encompassing the trip to Vedan, and the return trip to Rosa! Sailor Eli's Playthrough of chapter 6 Sailor Eli's Playthrough of Chapter 7 We also announce our next two games that you can vote on for the Patreon! Sailor Moon Another Story and Magic Knight Rayearth, both for the Super Famicom, and both not released in America, so a fan translation patch and an emulator will be how we play these games. Patrons can vote here! Next tim...
Bonus #2 - Eternal Senia
May 19, 2018 16:24 - 1 hour - 67.6 MBThis time: We play Eternal Senia! It is a FREE, you heard me, FREEE ARPG made in RPG Maker, available on Steam. It plays like Ys, and is realllyyyyyy good, with great music. Download it from here. Sailor Eli's playthrough of most of this game Next time! We will back on track to play up until the end of Chapter 7 of Rogue Galaxy. If you aren't playing on PS4, it kind of happens without fanfare, but after a dungeon on Rosa(!) there is a boss fight you can't win, after which it takes you ...
Rogue Galaxy - Part 3 - Zerard
May 10, 2018 00:53 - 1 hour - 67.7 MBThis time: We play chapters 4 and 5 of Rogue Galaxy, encompassing all of Zerard, the Capital Planet! Sailor Eli's Playthrough of chapter 4 Sailor Eli's Playthrough of Chapter 5 Next time! We will play up until the end of Chapter 7 of Rogue Galaxy. If you aren't playing on PS4, it kind of happens without fanfare, but after a dungeon on Rosa(!) there is a boss fight you can't win, after which it takes you to the Dorgenark automatically, and you can save at that save point. That's where w...
Rogue Galaxy - Part 2 - Juraika
May 04, 2018 22:36 - 1 hour - 66.1 MBThis time: We play chapters 2 and 3 of Rogue Galaxy, encompassing all of Juraika, the Jungle Planet! Sailor Eli's Playthrough of this chapter! Next time! We will play up until the end of Chapter 5 of Rogue Galaxy. If you aren't playing on PS4, it kind of happens without fanfare, but after you get back to the Dorgenark, you can freely choose your destination. Chapter 5 ends when you select the planet Vedan. If you'd like to play along, It's 15 dollars on PSN, and like, 10 bucks on eBay ...
Rogue Galaxy - Part 1 - The Departure
April 26, 2018 03:33 - 1 hour - 48.1 MBThis time: We play the criminally short first chapter of Rogue Galaxy, and talk about the mechanics, and the different systems, and alll the tutorials. Sailor Eli's Playthrough of this chapter! Jaster's Cheek Hair Battle Recorder Names 1 Battle Recorder Names 2 Next time! We will play up until the end of Chapter 3 of Rogue Galaxy. If you aren't playing on PS4, it kind of happens without fanfare, but on the Jungle Planet, there will be a boss fight that happens after Zegram temporar...
Persona 3 - Epilogue - March
April 18, 2018 15:51 - 1 hour - 62.1 MBWe wrap up our discussion of Persona 3. We'll never talk about it again, except when it inevitably comes up. We talk aobut the Nyx Avatar fight in detail, since we just had to skim it last time, after running out of time. Then we talk about our favorite Social Links we didn't get around to talking about during our main discussion. We then answer questions from Matt_J, Coen, and Esytha Finally we sum up the Answer, and talk about the ambiguity of the ending. We didn't get time t...
Persona 3 - Part 10 - January
April 11, 2018 14:14 - 1 hour - 69 MB**Apologies for the sound quality this episode. Sam's mike was clipping, so it kinda distorted. And he's the one with a degree in this shit.** We beat the game! But we only talk about the cutscene after killing the final Boss, Nyx. We will talk about the Epilogue next episode, when we talk about all our Social Links, and the Answer. This week, we teach a robot to love, and talk about it more than we do the actual plot of this game. Our next Episode, March, will be recorded LIVE in our di...
Persona 3 - Part 9 - December
April 05, 2018 20:56 - 1 hour - 58.2 MBWe play through Persona 3 for the month of December, stopping on the first save point on January 1st. We save the world except we don't. We also Announce our next game, Rogue Galaxy! We will Play until the first save point after the end of Chapter 1 by April 23rd! It's 15 dollars on PSN, and like, 10 bucks on eBay for a PS2 copy. --------------- www.patreon.com/rpgbookclub www.twitter.com/RPGBookclub https://discord.gg/hPHQCrs Sailor Eli on Youtube The views of the Bliz...
Persona 3 - Part 8 - November
March 28, 2018 16:28 - 1 hour - 69.2 MBWe play through Persona 3 for the month of November, stopping on the first save point on December 1st. We save the world except we don't. SEES family photo Mitsuru's new Persona Yukari's new Persona --------------- www.patreon.com/rpgbookclub www.twitter.com/RPGBookclub https://discord.gg/hPHQCrs Sailor Eli on Youtube The views of the Blizzard Entertainment employees on this podcast are solely their own, and do not reflect the views of Blizzard Entertainment.
Persona 3 - Part 7 - October
March 21, 2018 16:41 - 1 hour - 46.4 MBWe play through Persona 3 for the month of October, stopping on the first save point on November 1st. We lose a party member, and digivolve our Personas. Fuuka's new Persona, Juno --------------- www.patreon.com/rpgbookclub www.twitter.com/RPGBookclub https://discord.gg/hPHQCrs Sailor Eli on Youtube The views of the Blizzard Entertainment employees on this podcast are solely their own, and do not reflect the views of Blizzard Entertainment.
Bonus #1 - Space Funeral
March 13, 2018 22:47 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBWe take the week off, and instead of playing 8 hours of Persona, we play all of the 2-hour RPG sensation that is Space Funeral, a weird, gory experimental freeware "Fake RPG" by theCatamites. Join us for a fun, funny, romp through the world of space funeral, and we'll be back for normal episodes next week. If you'd like to play Space Funeral, you can download it from here: Download Space Funeral Downoad the MS Mincho font to make it work Title Screen Opening Room Swamp Trog...
Persona 3 - Part 6 - September
March 06, 2018 18:57 - 1 hour - 70.2 MBWe play through Persona 3 for the month of September, stopping on the first save point on October 1st. We're back in school, Kidnap someone, and finish up a bunch of Social Links. Bob Newhart "Stop It" Rogue Galaxy Trailer Okage: Shadow King Trailer --------------- www.patreon.com/rpgbookclub www.twitter.com/RPGBookclub https://discord.gg/hPHQCrs Sailor Eli on Youtube The views of the Blizzard Entertainment employees on this podcast are solely their own, and do not...
Persona 3 - Part 5 - August
February 28, 2018 18:51 - 1 hour - 43.7 MBWe play through Persona 3 for the month of August, stopping on the first save point on September 1st. We have another hallway dungeon, and that's about it. Chariot and Justice designs Koromaru's All Out Attack --------------- www.patreon.com/rpgbookclub www.twitter.com/RPGBookclub https://discord.gg/hPHQCrs Sailor Eli on Youtube The views of the Blizzard Entertainment employees on this podcast are solely their own, and do not reflect the views of Blizzard Entertainment.
Persona 3 - Part 4 - July
February 21, 2018 17:42 - 1 hour - 76.3 MBWe play through Persona 3 for the month of July, stopping on the first save point on August 2nd. We have a non-tartarus dungeon, with actual puzzles, two boss fights, and we talk about LGBTQ+ representation, both in Persona 3, and gaming in general. Michelle Ruff(Yukari) on Behind the Voice actors --------------- www.patreon.com/rpgbookclub www.twitter.com/RPGBookclub https://discord.gg/hPHQCrs The views of the Blizzard Entertainment employees on this podcast are solely t...
Persona 3 - Part 3 - June
February 17, 2018 18:00 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBWe play through Persona 3 for the month of June, stopping on the first save point on July 1st. We explore the first real dungeon, and recruit a party member, Fuuka. Fuuka's Awakening Scene (FES) --------------- www.patreon.com/rpgbookclub www.twitter.com/RPGBookclub https://discord.gg/hPHQCrs
Persona 3 - Part 2 - May
February 06, 2018 18:31 - 1 hour - 64.3 MBWe play through Persona 3 for the month of May, stopping on the first save point on June 1st. We have our first Storyline Boss, The Preistess. BJ Priestess Design Mitsuru lecturing Stupei on the finer points of feminism Ikutsuki's horrible puns --------------- www.patreon.com/rpgbookclub www.twitter.com/RPGBookclub https://discord.gg/hPHQCrs The views of the Blizzard Entertainment employees on this podcast are solely their own, and do not reflect the views of Blizzard...
Persona 3 - Part 1 - April
January 31, 2018 17:49 - 1 hour - 78.3 MBWe play through Persona 3 for the month of April, stopping on the first save point on May 1st. Orpheus/"Eurydice" comparison. Compare the P3P and FES versions of the Awakening cinematic, side by side. Theodore. Ikutski's Haircut The End Battle Screen, as a microcosm of the style of P3 Titular Lines on Twitter --------------- www.patreon.com/rpgbookclub www.twitter.com/RPGBookclub https://discord.gg/hPHQCrs The views of the Blizzard Entertainment employees on this...
Episode 0 - Introduction (2019 Update)
January 30, 2018 15:21 - 53 minutes - 24.6 MBMaddy, Eli and Sam sit down after our first full year on the podcast, and talk about our favorite moments, and re-introduce listeners to the podcast, and what to expect over the first year and beyond. --------------- Ko-fi Twitter Discord Sailor Eli The views of the Blizzard Entertainment employees on this podcast are solely their own, and do not reflect the views of Blizzard Entertainment.