Axe of the Blood God has now officially hit 400 episodes, and what better way to celebrate than return to the root of it all and ask: just what is an RPG? Kat, Nadia, and Eric are joined by The CRPG Book editor Felipe Pepe to discuss what makes a virtual role-playing game different from all the others. Other topics include:

We're still on the Octopath

Is Zelda an RPG?

A revisit of one of our past Pantheon contestants

Nadia's strange, strange trip

Music used in this episode:

Do Your Best! [Breath of Fire III]

A Curious Tale [Secret of Mana]

Mines [Arcanum: Of Steamworks and Magick Obscura]