LitRPG Podcast 208 - No Mistakes, Disgardium Book #3, 7 Days Later, Press Start: System Discovered
LitRPG Podcast 209 - A World Called Memory, Gnosis, Skyclad, GAME WORLD
Jan. 17th, 2020
Hello everyone, welcome to episode 209 of the LitRPG podcast.
I’m Ramon Mejia. I’m here to bring you the latest LitRPG news, reviews, and author interviews. We have 6 new reviews just for you.
New Releases and Reviews:
A World Called Memory (06:24)
Good slice of life LitRPG
Score: 7.7 out of 10
Gnosis : Book1: The Paladin's Quest (A LitRPG novel) (09:23)
Fairly decent tabletop LitRPG
Score: 7.2 out of 10
Skyclad (Fate's Anvil Book 1) (14:13)
Good storytelling, naked MC, fun Loofah
Score: 7.8 out of 10
GAME WORLD: LitRPG GameLit Adventure (17:13)
Not a story, mostly chat transcript and code
Score: 4 out of 10
Ian’s (Eye-Ann) Picks of the Week (18:43)
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New Segment from Ian Mitchell a long time LitRPG community member who reads and reviews as much as me. He was nice enough to agree to join the LitRPG Podcast family as a new reviewer.
Mayor Jack is back
Score: 8.3 out of 10
No Mistakes (World of the Changed Book #1): LitRPG Series
Pretty intense
Score: 8.2 out of 10
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LitRPG News
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Out Now!
Outpost 7 a Gamelit LitRPG dungeon core adventure: Book Two The Dark Exchange
Succubus Dungeon: Divine Overlord: A Lewd Saga Adventure
Mind's Journey: The King's Quest
Stellar Survival Quest: Section Commander: A Sci-Fi LitRPG
New LitRPG Audiobooks
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Upcoming LitRPG:
Dungeons of Strata (Deepest Dungeon 1) (Jan. 20th, 2020)
7 Days Later 2: A Post Apocalyptic Gamelit Survival Horror (Jan. 23rd, 2020)
Quest for Dominion: A LitRPG Saga (Hero Online Book 4) (Jan. 24th, 2020)
Viridian Gate Online: Darkling Siege (The Viridian Gate Archives Book 7) (Jan. 28th, 2020)
GUARD [Web of Worlds: Empire] A LitRPG Series (Jan. 29th, 2020)
The Crafter's Dilemma: A Dungeon Core Novel (Dungeon Crafting Book 3) (Jan. 30th, 2020)
Endless Fantasy Online: The Elk Kingdom (Jan. 31st, 2020)
Tusk and Blade (Exodus Online - Book 1) (Jan. 31st, 2020)
Ultima : A LitRPG Journey (Legends Online Book 4) (Jan. 31st, 2020) https://amzn.to/2sl315R
Season One (Bloodgames Book 1) (Jan. 31st, 2020)
Battle Master: The Blood Crown Book 1 (A LitRPG Adventure) (Feb. 4th, 2020)
The Last Time Loop: Max of the Rebellion (Volume 2): A Time Travel LitRPG Series (Feb. 4th, 2020)
Tales of a Northblood: Winter's Breath: A LitRPG Saga (Feb 4th, 2020)
Skull and Thrones: A LitRPG/GameLit Adventure (The Bad Guys Book 3) (Feb. 6th, 2020)
Dark Academy [Transformation. Book IV] LitRPG series (Feb. 7th, 2020)
An Equation with One Unknown (Invasion Book #2): LitRPG Series (Feb. 10th, 2020)
The Art of Deception (World of Karik Book 2 Part 2): LitRPG Series (Feb. 13th, 2019)
Pearl of the South (World of the Changed Book #2): LitRPG Series (Feb. 14th, 2020)
The Second Betrayal: A Fantasy LitRPG Adventure (Divine Apostasy Book 2) (Feb. 14th, 2019)
*Sequel to Shade’s 1st rule*
Gods of Ash and Amber: A Gamelit Novel (Seeds of Chaos Book 4) (Feb. 29th, 2020)
Path of Soul: BlackFlame Online Litrpg/Gamelit Universe (Glory of Formation Emperor Book 3) (Feb. 29th, 2020)
The Incarnator (Project Stellar Book 1): LitRPG Series (March 9th, 2020)
The Dark Continent (Underdog Book #3): LitRPG Series (March 20th, 2020)
Quest for Freedom: A LitRPG Saga (Hero Online Book 5) (March 30th, 2020)
Sentenced to Troll 3 (April 1st, 2020)
Eastbound and Town: A LitRPG/Gamelit Adventure (The Good Guys Book 8) (April 2nd, 2020)
Dragon Heart: Sea of Sorrow. LitRPG wuxia series: Book 5 (April 15th, 2020)
Warsinger: A LitRPG Dragonrider Adventure (The Archemi Online Chronicles Book 4) (May 1st, 2020)
Onto New Releases and Reviews
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New Releases and Reviews
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A World Called Memory
A World Called Memory
-A Fantasy LitRPG Novel-
By the year is 2049 there have been a number of significant advances in medicine, technology, trade, and social reform. The modern world has improved in many ways, but Cordaen just doesn’t really fit within its constraints. Getting his hands on some illicit technology, he decides to finally take the plunge; full consciousness transfer to another world, another life, and a fresh beginning.
Cordaen has to fight for every inch of success, but he finds his new life gratifying and surprising in ways that the old one never was. Who said violence and bloodshed were never good? Under the right circumstances, it seems to be what’s actually helping him to evolve and grow, and maybe even be a better person. The intense pressure of facing death, perversely, is keeping him alive in more ways than one. He just has to watch out for others more violent and less scrupulous than he is.
Follow Cordaen’s travels as he attempts to master his new avatar and gain real understanding of A World Called Memory.
Memory will remind you of what you already know, it will tease you with the familiar; with archetypes, mythology, and fable. But it also has a fresh perspective that is unique and alive.
A Fantasy LitRPG series of great depth and colour, with a huge multi-layered game world; including a massive RPG website and an evolving database of items, lore and game statistics. AWCM has a unique combination of classes, races, class abilities, monsters, gods, hundreds of illustrated magic items, in-depth world history and lore, and vividly detailed full-colour maps.
My Opinion: 427 pages, $4.99, Available On Kindle Unlimited
A rather good slice of life story that had me interested from the very first pages. It’s set up as an upload to a fantasy RPG world but has a good bit of detail in character creation and gamer thinking. The main character is in the game world by the 5% mark and the adventures and use of RPG powers are well written, well thought out, and just fun to read. Characters are well fleshed out and there’s really good world building that makes shopping for new gear as interesting as the well written combat.
On the game mechanic side of things, it’s fairly familiar with characters sheets, skills, magic, item descriptions, and other notifications. There’s a fair bit of crunch here, but not so much that it interrupts the flow of the story.
Overall, I liked the balance between the fantasy story and the game mechanics and enjoyed following the MC as he went on his adventures. I hope to read another in the series soon.
Score: 7.7 out of 10
Gnosis : Book1: The Paladin's Quest (A LitRPG novel)
Darrell was fed up with his life. All he wanted to do is have friends play RPG’s that he had created. His in depth research took a turn when he tried to create some atmosphere.
Drawn into a fantasy world that is based on his work Darrell must survive, and level up so that he can leave.
Will Darrell be able to navigate his new existence as a Paladin and complete his quest to rid the Realm of an evil army?
With forces arrayed against him that he neither understands, nor can combat properly, his quest may be harder than he first realises.
Influenced by tabletop fantasy RPG’s, Gnosis: The Paladin’s Quest is the first book in a new LitRPG series.
Start your next adventure here!
My Opinion: 293 pages, $3.99, Available On Kindle Unlimited
A transported to a RPG world story where the RPG rules are based on a table top game, not a video game. There are character sheets, though the main characters (MC) don't gain many levels. Skills increase though so there is some progression. The most common game mechanic seen is the passing or failing of various skills checks. You don't see the actual rolls or DCs, just whether the MCs pass or fail. There are damage notifications in fights too and there's a little class building at the beginning in the character creation section.
Story wise, it's fairly slice life. The Mc is sent to this RPG world on behalf of a goddess after accidentally summoning her. He finds allies, goes on quests, kills monsters, and gets involved in a few plots. Some of the adventures are fun, others have more intrigue, and a few were plain. It felt like a DM was running a casual campaign where there's no big plotline, just some goals for the various characters. Decent enough.
Overall, the story was ok. I would have liked to have seen the actual number rolls, and DCs, and gotten a little more class progression. But it's not a badly told story and while I don't think I'd read a second book, this was an ok read.
Score: 7.2 out of 10
Gnosis : Book1: The Paladin's Quest (A LitRPG novel)
Skyclad (Fate's Anvil Book 1)
Morgan Mackenzie had a very bad day. First at work, then at home, and then her bathtub fell through a portal to another world, with her in it. Now she's stuck thousands of miles from any sort of civilization with nothing but the bathtub and a lace puffball scrubby. But she learned magic, so that's sorta nice. Now if only she could find some clothes..
My Opinion: 811 pages, $3.99, Not Available On Kindle Unlimited
A transported to a RPG world fantasy story. The main character (MC), Morgan arrives naked, holding only her loofah. She accidentally kills a series of monsters in her fall and not only gains several levels but a series of achievements and bonuses for doing so while naked and armed. While most of the story follows the heroine as she figures out the rules of this world, how to best survive, magical experimentation, and fights monsters, there are interludes that develop some larger world building and set up other Worldwalkers. Some readers were bothered by the number of interludes, but they all tie together towards the end.
Game mechanic wise the story is fairly crunchy with plenty of details on abilities, spells, skills, and character sheets. It was neat to see the magical experimentation and exploration of class abilities.
Overall, this does some good storytelling. I especially liked LuLu scrubby, the transformed loofah.
Score: 7.8 out of 10
GAME WORLD: LitRPG GameLit Adventure
This is the most interesting LitRPG / GameLit story you will ever read.
Blood. Betrayal. Players. Levels. Artificial Intelligence. Death. Psychology.
Detective Malone enters Game World because his friend Diageo has been murdered. Now it’s humans against machines against artificial life. And now you’ve been given access. Can any player win? Can you win?
NOTE: This story contains LitRPG / GameLit elements such as statistics, leveling and some crafting. Furthermore, this story isn’t “light” or “simple” like some milquetoast romance. You must play to win.
CONTENT WARNING: This book contains references to human sacrifice, loss of humanity, machine supremacy, mental breakdown, artificial intelligence trauma, alcohol, Nordic music, mathematics, syringes, dental implants, megalomania, financial inequality, backdoor code hacking, sexualization of death, Canada and God Mode. You’ve been provided with fair warning.
READ AT YOUR OWN RISK: This book isn’t for children or even young adults. It includes adult language (strong profanity) and will likely offend those who are kind-hearted and gentle-of-spirit. Mature readers only.
My Opinion: 46 pages, $0.99, Available On Kindle Unlimited
This is a mess. There’s no real story as much as blocks of text that look like code notes, or a chat room transcription. There are some thrown in stat and skill increases in there, but they don’t have a reference and much like the rest of the super short text, just kinda exist. I regretted picking this up even as a KU read.
Score: 4 out of 10
GAME WORLD: LitRPG GameLit Adventure
Ian’s (Eye-Ann) Picks of the Week
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New Segment from Ian Mitchell a long time LitRPG community member who reads and reviews as much as me. He was nice enough to agree to join the LitRPG Podcast family as a new reviewer.
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Irrelevant Jack 3
Mayor Jack is back
Reviewed in the United States on January 14, 2020
Format: Kindle Edition
I liked the tone in this one. Nice and upbeat. A combat tower to climb. Townies to interact with. It had some smart fights and some interesting dungeon crawling. He hasn't saved the world yet, but Jack's working on it. Fun, clean, light, quick. It was like good comfort food for my mind.
Score: 8.3 out of 10
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No Mistakes (World of the Changed Book #1): LitRPG Series
5 stars
Title:
Pretty intense
Review:
So many different games come to mind reading this... Fallout, Half-Life 2, even Pokemon Snap. The action and intensity keep up all the way through. When one mission is done there's another needing immediate attention. I look forward to the next one for even bigger explosions. Great start for the series. A lot of action. Not much interaction. Very much like playing a solo game.
Score: 8.2 out of 10
No Mistakes (World of the Changed Book #1): LitRPG Series
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