Retronauts Vol. III Episode 26: RPG Battle Systems

Retronauts

Technology, Leisure, Games, Video Games

4.5 • 2.3K Ratings

🗓️ 28 July 2014

⏱️ 98 minutes

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Summary

RPG battle systems: What started as a way to simulate the rolling of dice on a Cheetos-stained card table has mutated over the past 30-plus years into something far different from its Dungeons and Dragons roots. And even though Gary Gygax had no idea what a "limit break" was back in the early '70s, this and other additions have made menu-based enemy encounters far more appealing than they used to be. Join Bob Mackey, Ray Barnholt, Jeremy Parish, and GamesRadar's Henry Gilbert as they wait patiently for their little meters to fill up before saying anything important.

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0:00.0	This week on RetroNots, we dream of critical hits against Metal Slimes.
0:03.6	Hey everybody, it's me, your pal Bob Mackie for RetroNots episode 26, and these are my last
0:31.7	last episode of this season, so please enjoy me while I'm still around, people, at least in podcast format.
0:36.2	And today's digitally maybe, I don't know, all my ones and zeros are eroding.
0:41.5	Anyway, today's topic is RPG Battle Systems, and one of my favorite things to play
0:48.0	are RPG, so this is going to be a great conversation.
0:50.1	But before we start, let's see who's here today.
0:52.8	First of all, who is Skyping in as usual?
0:55.0	It's me, Jeremy!
0:56.8	Jeremy, you're on the wrong podcast.
0:59.7	No, we need some RPG references, but I'll figure it out.
1:03.1	Sorry about that.
1:04.1	That's okay, that's okay.
1:05.8	So who else do we have?
1:07.3	Henry Gilbert, Henry Grazer, our old buddy Henry's back, and who else?
1:11.5	And a bar slowly filling up to activate Ray Barnall.
1:14.3	Ray is using his limit break a little too early on this episode.
1:18.3	So yeah, today's topic is RPG Battle Systems, and I have to set the parameters for this
1:22.9	conversation very, very strictly, but I'll get to that in a minute.
1:26.6	First, I want to let you know this episode comes to us from Carrie Hamby.
1:29.4	He pledged the top Return Arts tier, which is a lot of money to come in to record with
1:33.7	us, but he couldn't make it because of certain circumstances.
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