LitRPG Podcast 288 - Reality Benders Book #9, Dungeon Walkers 3, He Who Fights with Monsters 6
LitRPG Podcast 288 - Reality Benders Book #9, Dungeon Walkers 3, He Who Fights with Monsters 6
July 27th, 2022
Hello everyone, welcome to episode 288 of the LitRPG podcast. I’m Ramon Mejia.
I’m here to bring you the latest LitRPG news, reviews, and author interviews. We have 3 new reviews just for you.
New Releases and Reviews:
The Mysteries of the Relict Pyramid (Reality Benders Book #9): LitRPG Series (14:08)
Gnat is back
Score: 7.7 out of 10
Dungeon Walkers 3 (18:37)
The slice of life nature of the story was still entertaining
Score: 7.5 out of 10
He Who Fights with Monsters 6 (23:51)
A LitRPG Adventure (He Who Fights with Monsters, Book 6)
Yaay. It's pretty much the best expression when I get to enjoy another book in the series.
Score: 8 out of 10
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LitRPG News
The good folks at Soundbooth Theater, the narrators for the hit LitRPG series Dungeon Crawler Carl, have released a stand alone song in the voice of Princess Donut from the same series. It’s a surprisingly good song but really meant for some fun for fans of the series.
You can hear it on YouTube or download it on the Soundbooth Theater site for Free, though any tips you give will be donated to ASPCA.
Download for Free: https://soundbooththeater.com/shop/audiobooks/wondercrawl/
Out Now!
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Dungeon of Pride: A LitRPG Level-Up Saga (The Seven Deadly Demons Book 3)
Throne of Sails: A LitRPG/GameLit Series (World of Magic Book 4)
Apocalypse Online 4: A Post-Apocalypse Litrpg Adventure
Arise: Dark Crusader: A Dark LitRPG Adventure
Foundations: A LitRPG Adventure (Tower of Somnus Book 1)
King Minos 2: Poseidon's Revenge (A City-Building LitRPG Series)
Revenging Dungeon: A Dungeon Core GameLit Fantasy (Monster Haven Book 2)
The Great Core's Paradox: A LitRPG Adventure
Black Tie Villainy: A LitRPG Adventure (Vaudevillain Book 2)
The Empire: A LitRPG Cultivation Saga (Infinite Realm Book 4)
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Casual Farming 2: A Slow Living LitRPG (Sowing Season)
Rebellion: A Litrpg/Gamelit Trilogy (Last Born of Ki'darth Book 2)
The Change: A Livestreamed Dungeon Crawl LitRPG (The Rise of the Winter Wolf Book 2)
The Sixth Rune: A Fantasy LitRPG Adventure (Divine Apostasy Book 6)
Overlord of the Dungeon (In the System Book #4): LitRPG Series
The First Thane: A LitRPG Series (Saga of the Seer Book 2)
Immortal Kings: A LitRPG Adventure (The World Over Book 2)
The Legend of Randidly Ghosthound 3: A LitRPG Adventure
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In Another World, I Must Train my Dungeon: A LitRPG Adventure (In Another World... Book 2)
The Next Step: A LitRPG Cultivation Series (Cultivator vs. System Book 2)
Rains of Liscor: Book 7 (The Wandering Inn)
The Tenth Realm: A LitRPG Fantasy series (The Ten Realms Book 12)
Out of Play (Disgardium Book #11): LitRPG Series
Hunger: A LitRPG Adventure (Unbound Book 3)
New LitRPG Audiobooks
Rains of Liscor The Wandering Inn, Book 7
Rising Insanity An Outcast in Another World, Book 3
The Reincarnated Core Volume 6 Towers of Acalia, Book 6
Dwarf City Dragon Heart, Book 14
Control System Natural Laws Apocalypse, Book 3
Information Is Power World Keeper Book 9
Raising Allies New Game Minus Book 2
In Another World, I Must Train My Dungeon
The Nexus Knight - The Nexus Games, Book 2
The Legend of Randidly Ghosthound 3
A LitRPG Adventure (The Legend of Randidly Ghosthound, Book 3)
The Centennial Tournament Infinite Realm, Book 3
The Idle System: Redo - The Idle System, Book 8
Black Tie Villainy - A LitRPG Adventure (Vaudevillain, Book 2)
The Great Core's Paradox A LitRPG Adventure
Dead Mech Walking Armored Souls, Book 1
Revenging Dungeon Monster Haven, Book 2
Foundations - A LitRPG Adventure (Tower of Somnus, Book 1)
Returning to No Applause, Only More of the Same
A LitRPG Adventure (He Who Fights with Monsters, Book 6)
Death's Favorite Warlock 3 - Death's Favorite Warlock, Book 3
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The RPG Apocalypse 3 (Aug. 9th, 2022)
The Trickster's Tale 2: Gnome's Don't Rule: (A LitRPG Adventure) (The Tricksters Tale) (Aug. 11th, 2022)
Alpha Physics! Book 6: Home Bound: A LITrpg Apocalypse, changed earth progression fantasy (Aug. 11th, 2022)
The Court Bard (World of Chains Book 4) (Aug. 15th, 2022)
Deathless Dungeoneers : A LitRPG Dungeon Diver Adventure (Aug. 16th, 2022)
Kairos III: War of the Pantheon: A Greek Myth & Pirate LitRPG (Aug. 16th, 2022)
Defiance of the Fall 6: A LitRPG Adventure (Aug. 16th, 2022)
Cane Whirling Lunacy: A LitRPG Adventure (Vaudevillain Book 3) (Aug. 17th, 2022)
Untamed Lands: A Four Laws Litrpg Adventure (Aug. 22nd, 2022)
Noah the Red: A LitRPG Adventure (Neverstone Book 3) (Aug. 23rd, 2022)
Vigil's Justice: A LitRPG Adventure (Vigil Bound Book 1) (Aug. 23rd, 2022)
Germination: A Fantasy LitRPG Adventure (Battle Mage Farmer Book 2) (Aug. 23rd, 2022)
Rogue - A LitRPG / Gamelit Adventure (Legends of the Six Realms Book 1) (Aug. 29th, 2022)
The Primal Hunter 3: A LitRPG Adventure (Aug. 30th, 2022)
A Grave Threat and Ultimate Illumination: A LitRPG Fantasy Adventure (Bone Knight Book 9) (Aug. 31st, 2022)
Harbinger of Destruction: A LitRPG Adventure (July 29th, 2022)
Steamforged Heresy: A LitRPG Adventure (Steamforged Sorcery Book 2) (Sept. 6th, 2022)
Sky Raiders: An Epic Lit RPG Adventure (King's League Book 4) (Sept. 6th, 2022)
Chrysalis 2: Upping the Ante: A LitRPG Adventure (Sept. 6th, 2022)
The Fall of Elysium (The Range Book #5): LitRPG Series (Sept. 9th, 2022)
Dreadwar: A LitRPG Adventure (Badges of Dorkdom Book 3) (Sept. 13th, 2022)
He Who Fights with Monsters 7: A LitRPG Adventure (Sept. 13th, 2022)
Tower Apocalypse 2: An Isekai Apocalypse LitRPG Series (Sept. 25th, 2022)
Prism Academy- Demis: A Litrpg Supers Adventure (Sept. 26th, 2022)
Blackmist: A LitRPG Adventure (My Best Friend is an Eldritch Horror Book 1) (Sept. 27th, 2022)
A Temperamental Enchantress: A LitRPG Adventure (A New Home Book 2) (Sept. 27th, 2022)
Savage Webs: A LitRPG Cultivation Series (Apocalypse Cultivation Book 2) (Sept. 27th, 2022)
Onto New Releases and Reviews
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New Releases and Reviews
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The Mysteries of the Relict Pyramid (Reality Benders Book #9): LitRPG Series
Gnat the Devourer is becoming a more prominent figure in grand space politics. Sure, he may not be totally independent yet, but he has enough leeway to be able to differentiate Earth's interests from those of its Geckho suzerains and act exclusively for the good of his own kind.
Gnat must balance obligations to his almighty suzerains against a desire to advance humanity’s position in space, and his home planet’s search for ever more allies. Although Earth’s masters are not big fans of his independent ways, the great war has shifted the historic balance of forces, and the Geckho are no longer as powerful as they once were, leaving them with no choice but to abide the Kung of Earth’s antics.
So, will Earth be able to take this chance and free itself from alien control completely? And if so, is it even a good idea?
And that means one of the human leaders will have to back down.
My Opinion: 495 pages, $6.99, Not Available On Kindle Unlimited
*Full disclosure: I received an advanced copy for review. I purchased a copy when it became available.*
The series is already up to the ninth book and looking back on how it started it's hard to see that it would become a kind of space opera LitRPG story. Most of the fighting happens in space with spaceships and formations and all that large battle stuff. There’s some good conflicts that aren't combat related but a little more related to the alien factions. There’s the same level of progression with skills, levels, and talents that was in the previous books. I think some of the best scenes in the book, for me, were just small interactions between characters that I’d come to really like. This is a good story that I knocked out in just a couple of sittings.
Score: 7.7 out of 10
The Mysteries of the Relict Pyramid (Reality Benders Book #9): LitRPG Series
Dungeon Walkers 3
Since starting a crew— and a relationship— with Cyra and Trish, Stern was hopeful… and nervous. They’d officially registered their crew, Pawsitively Irregular, with their icon depicting a polydactyl cat’s paw.
Leaving Darkstone behind, they arrived in Waterrock, settling in to find more crew members. A lucky encounter introduced them to Cammie and Vulk, dwarven siblings. The two were hesitant, but agreed to a trial run through the local dungeon. That first run went well, and Cammie and Vulk signed on permanently with Stern’s crew; however, the camaraderie was a little lacking, so they spent time in the city, training and getting to know one another.
By the time they’d reached the town of Whitewater, they’d started to gel as a unit both inside and out of the dungeons. During their time together, Cammie and Vulk admitted that they were running dungeons to save their mother, who had been fractured when they were children.
It was after a night out that Vulk met his future wife... and an old enemy came back into Stern’s life. Victor Bloodcoin hadn’t forgiven Stern for his son’s death and, by using Vulk as a hostage, the old mayor forced a confrontation. Once the dust settled, Victor was dead, Vulk had been freed, and Stern had a goal: calling on his family, he had the dwarves’ mother retrieved and reborn, then brought her to the city. The happy reunion allowed Vulk and his lover to settle down and marry.
Cammie stayed on even though her brother had given up running, and the crew headed north toward Mistwood. The writing was nearly on the wall, and emotions were running high. They needed to find more crew members and see how that would affect them— they’d find out when they reached the next city.
My Opinion: 468 pages, $4.99, Available On Kindle Unlimited
the slice of life nature of the story was still entertaining
The beginning of the story wasn’t as engaging as I would have liked and the joke about the group's name got old after the 3rd time. But once the story hits about 20% in, it's a pretty good adventure. I liked the addition of the extra irregular and the bonuses and detriments it caused. It was also nice to finally see those hinted at characters and see relationships advance. The action is as good as the previous books and though there’s no big evil villain plot, the slice of life nature of the story was still entertaining.
Score: 7.5 out of 10
He Who Fights with Monsters 6
A LitRPG Adventure (He Who Fights with Monsters, Book 6)
The world teeters on the brink of destruction.
The people who should be saving the Earth ignore Jason Asano's warnings and choose to loot the house as it burns down around them. He lacks the strength to save the world himself, but resolves to do it anyway, impossible be damned.
The impossible, in this case, means seizing a power that no mortal should touch. It's a choice from which there is no turning back, and marks Jason's first step into a wider cosmos that he is not yet ready to face.
Holding the fate of two worlds in his hands, Jason must decide for himself what home truly means.
My Opinion: 568 pages, $6.99, Available on Kindle Unlimited
Yaay. It's pretty much the best expression when I get to enjoy another book in the series. Jason is still on earth in this book but it does wrap up that arc with some interesting conflicts as earth gets more mana than it can handle. There were a few places towards the end where I thought villain actions felt a little forced, but it wasn’t anything big and the story was still enjoyable.
Score: 8 out of 10
A LitRPG Adventure (He Who Fights with Monsters, Book 6)
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