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  • #8439
    Tizzy
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    I’m not complaining, willing to try give it a go.

    I do think loyalty to ones underlings is very important. Particularly since I always end up as an underling.

    One of these days, I want to be the Dread Dark Lord Tizzy….

    #8437
    Tizzy
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    Interesting.

    You know what also would have been fun…is if something happened to zap all the undeadites out into the real world and he/his game self and NPC’s could begin over running the “real world”

    Hah hah. I love that conceit! “Real World” Everyone know the Real World was a tightly scripted, faux-reality series. Why Thomas Convent types always want to get back to that place is beyond me. Bleck!

    #8436
    Gelcube
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    Oh! I forgot about [url=https://www.amazon.com/Overlord-Vol-1-Undead-King-ebook/dp/B01CO4B3BO/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=]Overlord[/url]! This is a link to the original light novel. The first three have been translated to English. There’s also a one season anime that covers Vol. 1-3, and a manga series.

    #8435

    I loved Dungeon Keeper! Don’t remember playing it for that long for some reason…compared to Doom or MMORPGs later…you know, I think I still have the box for it in my pile of ancient disks.

    War of the Overworld looks very interesting…however, that’s one more time suck than I need, I’m already overloaded with distractions…but it will haunt me….I’ll pray to Tiernon not to get sucked into it.

    #8434
    GameGraphix
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    Reminds me a bit of the Dungeon Keeper games

    [size=7][url=https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dungeon_Keeper]Dungeon Keeper[/url][/size]

    Or maybe this one – just found the site with a quick Google search of the terms “game dungeon core beast core”

    [size=7][url=http://buy.wftogame.com/]War of the Overworld[/url][/size]

    may have to give this one a try8-[

    #8433
    Tizzy
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    Yes, Beast Core as well, OK, so it’s not me just completely missing out.

    I wonder if there is some game out there that has these cores? Perhaps that is what they are basing it on.

    #8449
    Iume
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    Finished Ancient Ruins. Much better than the usual dungeon stories — of which there are few good ones. This story didn’t get bogged down in game mechanics and instead incorporated the dungeon into the world’s setting in a much more natural way. I found that refreshing rather than seeing YET ANOTHER rehash of a game’s mechanics with a clumsy exposition.

    #8453
    GameGraphix
    Member

    Another +1 for Ancient Ruin – I really enjoyed it – thanks for the tip!

    Another book that I just finished was

    [size=7][url=https://www.amazon.com/Growing-Pains-Proving-Wade-Adrian-ebook/dp/B01N6RB788/ref=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&qid=1488160207&sr=8-5&keywords=proving+ground]Growing Pains: The Proving Grounds by Wade Adrian[/url][/size]

    It seems to be the 3rd book in this world – but they seem to be stand alone novels – haven’t read the others in the series.

    A bit different from the normal LitRPG – doesn’t focus on the mechanics / leveling aspect…

    MC is a coma patient that is hooked up to a new VR MMO via an experimental neural interface – he “wakes” up on the game companies servers (while his body is still in a coma) and is helped by various company employees to get use to the game. He can’t remember his life before hand and the only benefits he has is that he can access some of the game interface functions faster then a normal player using VR gear.

    Plot does not revolve around him leveling, but actually helping the game company employees when a rogue programmer tries to destroy the game world – the only world he has.

    #8452
    EyeDeKay
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    [quote=Iume;6738]

    As such I’d recommended to any LitRPG readers the following superhero tales:
    – Confessions of a D-List Supervillain
    – In Hero Years I’m Dead
    – Please Don’t Tell My Parents I’m a Supervillain
    – Sensation (Kid Sensation)
    – Velveteen Vs.
    [/quote]

    The plot kinda meanders, but this is a decent Super villian story. Written by the guy who wrote waldo rabbit. https://www.amazon.com/Dr-Anarchys-Rules-World-Domination-ebook/dp/B01GAO9HP8/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1488055816&sr=1-8&keywords=waldo+rabbit

    #8451

    [quote=Christopher Cope;6749][size=6]I thought it funny when I read a 2 star review of one litRPG book that boiled down to “Too much story, not enough game mechanics”[/size][/quote]

    So, that person is clearly a GM, who loves reading the manuals to different games…I’m guessing hir idea of enjoyable non-fiction would be spending an evening curled up with the CRC Handbook of Chemistry and Physics.

    As far as Pocket dimensions…something that was cut out of Book II was the Seas of Astlan storyline with three of the brigands who stole “the book” and are currently on Captain Asmeth’s ship sailing south along the coast of Oorstemoth.

    They have a portable hole outfitted with bunkbeds and their chests, they open it up, climb down in, and have a draw string mechanism to close the hole behind them. It’s very safe camping, because from outside, their is just a tiny hole on the ground, very hard to find in the dark.

    Of course, given the people inside, anyone finding the hole would be best off to leave it alone.

    #8448
    Gelcube
    Member

    Please return to your point of origin, or the nearest convenient parallel dimension.

    I never thought about that. What if the Tartarus AI falls in love with Tom?

    #8454

    Please Don’t Tell My Parents I’m a Supervillain is ok, but the later books are a real letdown.

    #8450

    [size=6]I thought it funny when I read a 2 star review of one litRPG book that boiled down to “Too much story, not enough game mechanics”[/size]

    #8455
    Mikey
    Member

    [quote=Tizzy;6725]Yes, Beast Core as well, OK, so it’s not me just completely missing out.

    I wonder if there is some game out there that has these cores? Perhaps that is what they are basing it on.

    [/quote]

    http://www.wuxiaworld.com/cores-in-chinese-cultivation-novels/

    [img]https://immortalmountain.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/demonic-core.jpg[/img]
    [img]https://immortalmountain.files.wordpress.com/2016/11/dan.jpg[/img]

    http://www.wuxiaworld.com/general-glossary-of-terms/

    [quote]
    Magical Beasts (魔兽 móshòu) – animals capable of cultivation. Some are innately magical and simply grow stronger over time, while others must actively practice a cultivation method. They tend to be much more intelligent than mundane animals, and some are capable of speaking in human languages. Magical Beasts which have reached a high stage of cultivation may even be able to take on a human form.

    These Beasts often possess a Core (魔核 móhé) (妖核 yāohé) within their bodies which contains their essence and/or cultivation base. Cultivators highly prize these Cores and will hunt the Beasts to obtain them. The Cores are generally either consumed by a cultivator to increase their cultivation base or used in the production of magical items.

    Some novels give the Beasts slightly varying names such as Demonic Beasts (妖兽 yāoshòu) or Spirit Beasts (灵兽 língshòu), but they’re all essentially the same sort of creature. The names of the Cores vary similarly.
    [/quote]

    #8456
    Gelcube
    Member

    [size=6]Reading Book Three of the Slime Dungeon ([url=https://www.amazon.com/Dungeons-Child-Slime-Dungeon-Chronicles-ebook/dp/B06XBN27FS/ref=asap_bc?ie=UTF8]The Dungeon’s Child[/url]). It’s pretty funny so far. Doc really is kind of dumb. But his core is in the right place. Right next to his pixie’s house!
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