I'm pulling a Retronauts and calling this "Part One" because we barely even got around to talking about the games themselves; instead, Victor, Eric, and Nadia wax philosophical about the seemingly-universal appeal of card games, the stories that can be told with a deck of cards, and how they fit perfectly into the systems and structure of both tabletop games and video games. Maybe in Part Two we'll talk about actual specific video games. Maybe Part Two will be the upcoming Mega Man Battle Network 2 Pantheon episode! Who can say? Go and get a tarot reading and find out!

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Also in this episode:

Corpse Party cancelled
Octopath Traveler 0 Impressions
Canadian Cooking Shows and Human Anatomy

Timestamps:

6:20 Main Topic - Card-Based RPGs

26:44 - History of Decks of Cards

1:17:42 - Random Encounters

1:21:12 - The Tavern - Octopath Traveler 0 Impressions

1:30:40 - Nadia’s Nostalgia Nook

Music Used in this Episode:

Do Your Best - [Breath of Fire III]

Pub - [Lunar Knights]

A Curious Tale - [Secret of Mana]

The Valedictory Elegy (for guitar) - [Baten Kaitos Origins]

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Card-Based RPGs - PART 1: History and Appeal