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[Romulus]

I just started reading them and they're pretty immersive imo. Kinda gives you that RPG level up feel but in a book.

"He Who Fights Monsters" seems to be a decent starting point.

Do you enjoy more Stat heavy stories or Gamelit style(less stats)?

What are some of your favorites and why?

 

[Lunarorbit]

I'm late to the party but dungeon crawler carl is fantastic. The author mentions that the main character plays Playstation and there's tons of stats and a focus on them in the book.

I'm actually listening to it on audible so I don't see the way it's presented on page but I highly highly recommend the audiobook. I was never a fan of audio books growing up but they've really grown on me.

 

[GateofD]

Omniscient Reader is probably my favorite

 

[SScorpio]

I really enjoyed Drew Hayes' Spells, Swords, & Stealth series.

It has a group of people playing a TTRPG that end up wiping in the starting area and the NPCs take up the cause. But the players reroll and start over and there's some fantasy world and real world bleed over.

 

[Romulus]

I really enjoyed Drew Hayes' Spells, Swords, & Stealth series.

It has a group of people playing a TTRPG that end up wiping in the starting area and the NPCs take up the cause. But the players reroll and start over and there's some fantasy world and real world bleed over.

Do you enjoy the real world bleed over or just prefer keeping it in the game world?

 

[SScorpio]

Do you enjoy the real world bleed over or just prefer keeping it in the game world?

I don't want to spoil things but it's really well done.

It's in the versus order, the players are around the table in the session, and then end it with what the fuck just happened? It's a key part of the plot and a mystery that runs through the series.

I consumed it via Audible and the narrator did a great job. The books themselves are good, but I've moved a lot of my book consumption to audio books and enjoying them during walks and other exercising.

 

[Romulus]

Started Primal Hunter. I'm hooked.


These are pretty expensive though.

Anyone use royal road? It's free excess to tons of novels.

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

Ones I have liked:

Cradle Series - great introduction to LitRPGS. Really enjoyed it.

All the skills - card based system that works well. Have not started the second book yet. It's C tier for me currently.

Arcane ascension (the first books came out around 2018…and there is some really heavy handed pronoun stuff. That's died off a bit in the last two books).

A Thousand Li series. Martial arts based.

Dungeon crawler Carl (audio books ONLY…the whole series is fucking amazing and is probably the best narration I have ever listened to).

The Primal Hunter (like the concept but the author REALLY drags out some of the stat based parts)

He who fights monsters - I like this series and the narrator BUT there is an awful tendency to have extremely short sentences "blah blah, he said" "blah blah, she replied" "blah blah, he said" and this will go on for several paragraphs sometimes…irks the shit out of me.

 

[LordCBH]

I will always pimp dungeon crawler Carl.

The books are awesome, but the narration for the audiobook ascends it to another level.

 

[Romulus]

Any recommendations on something dark? Is there something like Castlevania?

 

[Miyazaki’s Slave]

Any recommendations on something dark? Is there something like Castlevania?

Dark/gore wise you could try:
Awaken Online (dark)
Kaiju: battlefield Surgeon (gore) also by the same Arthur as Dungeon Crawler Carl.

None specifically set around vampires though that I know of.

 

[NotMyProblemAnymoreCunt]

I just started reading them and they're pretty immersive imo. Kinda gives you that RPG level up feel but in a book.

"He Who Fights Monsters" seems to be a decent starting point.

Do you enjoy more Stat heavy stories or Gamelit style(less stats)?

What are some of your favorites and why?

I'm not a fan of that in anime/manga. I think it's just a lazy way to do magic system. Reason why I love reading The Ancient Magus Bride and I'm planning on reading Clevatess. I just find if the magic system is stat based RPG in a fantasy, I tend find it extremely lazy. There are a few exceptions

 

[jason10mm]

I'm late to the party but dungeon crawler carl is fantastic. The author mentions that the main character plays Playstation and there's tons of stats and a focus on them in the book.

I'm actually listening to it on audible so I don't see the way it's presented on page but I highly highly recommend the audiobook. I was never a fan of audio books growing up but they've really grown on me.

I'm reading that book right now

It's a tricky genre because there is either a lot of meta talk that doesn't really flow well as a story or it just feels like a bad DnD transcript. DCC is pretty good so far. The murderhobo series is maybe TOO math focused. Another one, I forget the name of the series but it has "Naga, Please" in it, is a pretty good balance between the meta of knowing "the rules" and actually telling a good fantasy story. Another fun series is about a mimic that accidentally scores a massive XP kill and levels up to become very powerful.

Then there are the smut ones....maybe for another thread

There was an RPG back in the day, made by Blacksburg Tactical Research Center, where you "rolled yourself" into stats and the premise was a magical d20 transported your gaming group off to have adventures. Fun concept.

 

[TheUnicornGuy]

I thought this was going to be about Ian livingstone/Steve Jackson type books but I'll have a look at some of the stuff listed here anyway if you fellas say they're good.

 

[jason10mm]

I thought this was going to be about Ian livingstone/Steve Jackson type books but I'll have a look at some of the stuff listed here anyway if you fellas say they're good.

I just got the release of the large format reprints of the first 5 fighting fantasy books. LOVED them as a kid. Probably better as an app to track stats and prevent 'cheating', but I'm excited to go through them again

I wonder if they made them for the kindle. That would be AWESOME, as it would be off the phone and its distractions, but still have all the benefit of doing it pen and paper.

Alas, I missed the chance to ask Steve Jackson this at Dragoncon

 

[falconhoof]

Not lit, but basically the same. Radio 4's ElvenQuest is a comedy about a fantasy author pulled into a fantasy world staring Stephen Mangan, Alistair McGowan and Kevin Eldon.