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On this week’s episode, we each try to assemble the ‘dream’ RPG party across 14 categories. Predictably, we each created nightmares instead. You can vote for the winner in our pinned tweet @BackPagePod on Twitter.

This week’s music is from the Final Fantasy VIII soundtrack by Nobuo Uematsu.

Infinite Worlds

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Phantology

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Picks

CategorySamuelMatthew
WarriorCassandra (Dragon Age: Inquisition)Chie (Persona 4)
Black MageVivi (Final Fantasy IX)Nanba (Yakuza: Like a Dragon)
White MageYuna (Final Fantasy X)Sharla (Xenoblade Chronicles)
SupportLiara (Mass Effect 1-3)Taion (Xenoblade Chronicles 3)
TankAuron (Final Fantasy X)Dunban (Xenoblade Chronicles)
RogueVarric (Dragon Age 2 + Inquisition)Imoen (Baldur’s Gate 1+2)
Good HangNick Valentine (Fallout 4)Kim Kitsuragi (Disco Elysium)
Bad HangGoofy (Kingdom Hearts)Tali (Mass Effect 1-3)
Dies/can dieThane (Mass Effect 2)Bob-omb (Paper Mario: The Origami King)
Love InterestSorceress Edea (Final Fantasy VIII)Keira Metz (Witcher 3)
Animal sidekick or annoying childMorgana (Persona 5)The Chocobo Chick (Final Fantasy XIII)
Villain or antihero with a heart of goldHK-47 (Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic)Vernon Roche (The Witcher 2)
Inept party member you’d rather forgetKimahri (Final Fantasy X)Liam Kosta (Mass Effect: Andromeda)
Wild CardDemocratus (Anachronox)Admiral Bobbery (Paper Mario: The Thousand Year Door)

Results

Matthew 58%

Samuel 42%

(285 votes)