The RPGs of 2025 (with Cameron Kunzelman)

Episode 280

13th November 2025

Kirk, Maddy, and Jason bring on special guest Cameron Kunzelman to talk about this year’s suite of roleplaying games, from Avowed to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 to The Outer Worlds 2. They also talk about Assassin’s Creed’s pivot to RPGs, what an RPG even is, and much more. Plus: Steam Machines! One More Thing: Kirk: Do […]

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Kirk, Maddy, and Jason bring on special guest Cameron Kunzelman to talk about this year’s suite of roleplaying games, from Avowed to Clair Obscur: Expedition 33 to The Outer Worlds 2. They also talk about Assassin’s Creed’s pivot to RPGs, what an RPG even is, and much more. Plus: Steam Machines!

One More Thing:

Kirk: Do The Right Thing (1989)

Maddy: Anniversaries

Jason: King Sorrow (Joe Hill)

LINKS:

Cameron’s new Assassin’s Creed book: https://www.upress.umn.edu/9781517914943/everything-is-permitted/

The Ranged Touch network, with a bunch of his podcasts: https://rangedtouch.com

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