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Axe of the Blood God: An RPG Podcast

The Best RPG Starter Towns w/ Michael Higham

Axe of the Blood God: An RPG Podcast · January 26, 2026

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01:24:53 - 01:25:12

... Like it does interesting things with like the magic systems and all that, but I think the novelty, the things that Fable as a franchise hangs its hat on, it's not combat. It's like, you know, when you talk about Witcher 3, you can like the Witcher 3's combat, but that game isn't necessarily known for its combat, right? ...

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... and the new Fable. And yeah, like you said to Eric, like we didn't even talk about combat because it's kind of like, okay, cool. That's how it works. That's all I need to know. It's not, this isn't like a combat, Fable was never really a combat centric game. Like it does interesting things with like the magic systems and all that, but I think the novelty, the things that Fable as a franchise hangs its hat on, it's not combat. It's like, you know, when you talk about Witcher 3, you can like the Witcher 3's combat, but that game isn't necessarily known for its combat, right? I feel similarly about Fable. And then so yeah, it's the town stuff. It's the social sim, it's the choice and consequence and how this particular franchise does choice and consequence. And yeah, those are the things I'm excited about most. ...

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