RPGFan's Random Encounter
Join the staff of RPGFan as they discuss the latest news and topics in the world of role-playing games.
- Update frequency
- every 13 days
- Average duration
- 88 minutes
- Episodes
- 338
- Years Active
- 2010 - 2025
18 - Deus Ex: Ace Attorney
Rob, Stephen, John and Zack sit down for another exciting Random Encounter! This week our adventurers discuss Stacking and Dragon Age: Origins before Zack and Stephen start talking about Deus Ex... y…
17 - Handheld RPGs (and Dragon Age)
We're back with the regular party and ready for another Random Encounter! Rob, John, Stephen and Zack sit down and discuss Lord of Arcana, Ghost Trick: Phantom Detective, Dragon Age: Origins, The Wor…
16 - The Soundtrack Episode
A quintet of RPGFan editors present... a soundtrack spectactular! With John and Zack away for the week, Pat, Dennis and Derek join Rob and Stephen for a lengthy discussion on their favorite RPG sount…
15 - New Vegas, Golden Sun, and Back to the Future
Join the editors of RPGFan for an extra-long end of the year episode of Random Encounter. In this episode, we discuss the new DLC for Fallout: New Vegas, Infinity Blade, Ace Attorney Investigations: …
14 - 999 and Mobile Games
We're back to four party members for the first time in over a month, and we've got plenty of games to talk about. Bryan brings some more iOS games to the table with The War of Eustrath, Scarlett and …
13 - Chaos Rings in the Nightmare
It's another handheld-heavy week as the editors of RPGFan come together once again to discuss the entrancing 9 Hours, 9 Persons, 9 Doors, the conventional Chaos Rings, and the down-right confusing Kn…
12 - Handheld RPGs and Tangents
Podcast Newbie Bryan Grosnick saves the day as another regular goes down for the count, bringing with him news from the handheld front of Ys SEVEN, Crimson Gem Saga, Ash and more. Throw in a hint of …
11 - Complying with the Rules
With one of our party members down for the count, can our three remaining editors win this Random Encounter? Join us as we talk about Fallout: New Vegas, Temple of Elemental Evil and rules compliancy…
10 - Infinity Engine Re:Coded
This time on the Random Encounter we discuss Phantasy Star Portable 2, Kingdom Hearts Re:Coded, 3D Dot Game Heroes, and the recent re-releases of the Infinity Engine games (Baldur's Gate, Planescape:…
9 - Atelier Rorona, TGS 2010, and More
How many chronicles could a Valkyria Chronicle chronicle if a Valkyria Chronicle could chronicle chronicles? How much fun could it be to run an RPG item shop? Is Darkdeath Evilman really evil? And wh…
8 - NieR, Ys SEVEN, and Recettear
In which our trusty heroes discuss Ys SEVEN, NieR, indie-JRPG Recettear, and The World Ends With You, which leads to a discussion of player control and AI in RPGs.
After the end of the show Rob tal…
7 - Definitely Not About StarCraft 2
The latest episode of your friendly neighborhood podcast is now available for your listening pleasure. We discuss all sorts of things that are not StarCraft 2, like Arc Rise Fantasia, DeathSpank, Dra…
6 - Dragon Quest IX: Strange Journey
This week's episode of the podcast includes discussions on the following RPGs:
Half Minute Hero, Magic: Clash of Heroes, Mass Effect 2 (again?!), the possibilities of RPGs on Kinect, Eschalon: Book 2,…
5 - A Little Bit of Everything
This week's episode of the podcast includes discussions on the following RPGs:
Lunar Harmony of Silver Star, Parasite Eve, Final Fantasy XIII, Dragon Quest IX, Persona 3 Portable, Tales of Innocence, …
4 - P3P and BBS
Join the editors of RPGFan.com as we talk about the (at the time) unreleased Persona 3 Portable, import Kingdom Hearts: Birth By Sleep, and more. Ready to hear John ramble on about how he liked playi…
3 - E3 2010
We've got a special edition of Random Encounter for you this week. Instead of our regular podcast format, this edition is all about E3 2010. Our host Rob welcomes 3 of our editors who went to E3 and …
2 - RPG Pet Peeves
This week, our podcast team welcomes RPGFan editor Neal Chandran as a guest and discuss among many other subjects, their RPG pet peeves.
Featuring: Robert Steinman, Dennis Rubenshteyn, Zack Pintchik, …
1 - Pilot
Over the years, RPGFan has tried to keep itself up with the times by adding new things such as a Twitter account, a Facebook page and... errr... that's about it actually. Ok, so maybe we haven't kept…