Fantastic read as always Richard. Q1) Where did you get the cover for Playing the Game?
I will take your recommendation for The Sleeping Dragon, but will probably pass on Dream Park. It sounds intriguing, but I have a feeling the paper-thin female characters will ruin it for me.
I loved what you've said, I've enjoyed some of the litRPGs I've read, but some of them have been painful. (And unfortunately the paper-thin female characters don't seem to have gone away). One that was a bit different that I read recently is "He Who Fights Monsters" - it's got a comedic element that I appreciate and doesn't focus so much on the stats.
Saffy! I'll drop you a line on the cover - I've things to share that aren't quite ready for public consumption, so hold fire 🤣 I very much understand where you're coming from on Dream Park, and it's one of the reasons I made a point to call that out. Books written in 1981 were ... from 1981, and some of these things are just irritating today.
In related news, I've picked up (on a recommendation in this comment section) Quag Keep by Norton - it doesn't review well but IT'S A LOT OF FUN so far anyway. I am only really at the intro part but it's very in my lane. I will add He Who Fights Monsters into the queue 🤣
I had NO IDEA that book existed. Thanks for helping my TBR pile of shame grow 🤣 I just checked out Wikipedia on it (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quag_Keep): "Quag Keep is a fantasy novel by Andre Norton published in 1978. Written after Norton had participated in a session of Dungeons & Dragons with Gary Gygax, it was the first novel to be set in Gygax's World of Greyhawk, and the first to be based on the game of D&D."
Fantastic read as always Richard. Q1) Where did you get the cover for Playing the Game?
I will take your recommendation for The Sleeping Dragon, but will probably pass on Dream Park. It sounds intriguing, but I have a feeling the paper-thin female characters will ruin it for me.
I loved what you've said, I've enjoyed some of the litRPGs I've read, but some of them have been painful. (And unfortunately the paper-thin female characters don't seem to have gone away). One that was a bit different that I read recently is "He Who Fights Monsters" - it's got a comedic element that I appreciate and doesn't focus so much on the stats.
Looking forward to Part 2!
Saffy! I'll drop you a line on the cover - I've things to share that aren't quite ready for public consumption, so hold fire 🤣 I very much understand where you're coming from on Dream Park, and it's one of the reasons I made a point to call that out. Books written in 1981 were ... from 1981, and some of these things are just irritating today.
In related news, I've picked up (on a recommendation in this comment section) Quag Keep by Norton - it doesn't review well but IT'S A LOT OF FUN so far anyway. I am only really at the intro part but it's very in my lane. I will add He Who Fights Monsters into the queue 🤣
I bought both of them roughly when the came out , and before that Andre Norton had one out in 1981 Quag Keep.
I had NO IDEA that book existed. Thanks for helping my TBR pile of shame grow 🤣 I just checked out Wikipedia on it (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Quag_Keep): "Quag Keep is a fantasy novel by Andre Norton published in 1978. Written after Norton had participated in a session of Dungeons & Dragons with Gary Gygax, it was the first novel to be set in Gygax's World of Greyhawk, and the first to be based on the game of D&D."
I now need to track it down. Pray for me.
I would but not sure my knees would take it.😁
If I was transported to a fantasy world with my knees I’d be eaten in 13 seconds. It’s got to come with a full makeover (like Old Man’s War) 🤣