RPG Hidden Gems 2025 w/ Lucas White

Axe of the Blood God: An RPG Podcast

Kat Bailey

Leisure, Video Games, Technology

4.5 • 709 Ratings

🗓️ 22 December 2025

⏱️ 107 minutes

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Summary

Like a cave behind a waterfall or a treasure chest just out of the camera's view, so to will these games make you feel special just by the nature of finding them. Some of 2025's best RPG experiences are tucked away in the corners of your local digital storefront but luckily Eric, Nadia, Victor, and special guest Lucas White are here to point you in the right direction. Whether you're looking for a mystery dungeon, a first-person dungeon crawl, or something with a bold art direction like you've never seen; this list will have something for you to cap off your year! Tune in to live recordings of the show every Saturday morning at https://www.twitch.tv/bloodgodpod, subscribe for bonus episodes and discord access at https://www.patreon.com/bloodgodpod and celebrate our 10th Anniversary with new merch at https://shop.bloodgodpod.com Also in this episode: Don't support retro handhelds that perpetuate the military industrial complex Larian under fire for use of genAI Falcom under fire for use of genAI Update on Horses League of Legends 2? Note: Microsoft and the Xbox brand remain subjects of the BDS (Boycott, Divestment, Sanctions) movement for their complicity in the ongoing apartheid and genocide of Palestine. In the interest of journalism we've chosen to cover Microsoft but encourage you to visit https://www.bdsmovement.net/microsoft for more information. Timestamps: 5:36 - Main Topic - Hidden Gems of 2025 1:16:16 - Random Encounters 1:40:16 - Nadia's Nostalgia Nook Music Used in this Episode: Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III] Pub - [Lunar Knights] Adventurer's Guild - [Wizardry Variants: Daphne] Games Mentioned in this Episode: Shujinkou Romancing SaGa Minstrel's Song Remastered International Ys: The Oath in Felghana Road to Empress Crescent Tower Angeline Era Capcom Picross Battle Suit Aces House of Necrosis Lunacid: Tears of the Moon Suikoden I & II Remaster Sunderfolk Artis Impact Look Outside Wizardy Variants: Daphne Baroque-ya Quartet OFF He Is Coming Fantasy Life i: The Girl Who Steals Time Wagotabi Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Hello and welcome to another episode of Acts of the Blood God an independent RPG podcast.
0:19.8	I am Eric Van Allen, one of your co-hosts here celebrating
0:22.4	the yule-tide joy of of christmas at blood god i don't know we we need like a version of the blood
0:29.8	god uh holidays that is very bloody for us nydia do you have any ideas uh i was just going to
0:37.2	introduce myself by saying ding fries are done ding fries ding, fries are done, ding, fries are done.
0:41.3	But now you made me think, so.
0:42.8	Uh-huh, uh-huh.
0:45.1	I like to do that to my co-hosts is to make them come up with things on the spot.
0:48.8	Isn't that right, Victor?
0:51.9	Yeah, coffee cup window plan. Yeah Coffee cup
0:54.9	Window plant
0:58.5	Improff
1:00.5	Am improv am I right
1:00.9	We've got Ding Frieser done
1:02.7	And coffee cup window plant
1:04.2	Joining us as our special guest for this episode
1:07.2	Lucas White
1:08.5	What do you think we should call the holidays around here to Axe the Blood
1:10.8	Garden Hmm Uh episode Lucas White what do you think we should call the holidays around here to ask the blood god hmm completely lost I had something and it just disappeared
1:19.2	into the I saw the idea leave your eyes it was crazy I just
1:24.4	did that Windows error sound.
1:28.6	I watched the man deflate.
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