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Author Interview with Blaise Corvin

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Our next interview is with Blaise Corvin. You may know him from the Delvers LLC series, but he’s also written other books. Let’s jump right in. When did you first start writing? I can first remember actually really getting into story after …

RPG Legends: Margaret Weis

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The pantheon of great figures in fantasy is often filled with obscure members. Sure, there are authors like Tolkein and creators like Gygax in there, but most of the names are only known to those who are deeply engaged with the works …

Ten XBox One RPG Games Out Now in 2018

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It’s hard to say that the XBox has always been a great place for RPG fans. The original system had a few stellar exclusives like Knights of the Old Republic, of course, and Mass Effect originated on the 360. Outside of a …

RPG Legends: Gary Gygax

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There are a few names that have absolutely changed the face of the roleplaying world. If you’re a fan of geek culture in general, you probably know one or two. If you’re a member of the general public, though, there’s perhaps only …

Author Interview with James T. Witherspoon

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Another author interview with the wonderful James T. Witherspoon, author of Apocalypse 2020 and White Mountain. Enjoy the interview and stay-tuned for a lot more from us here at LitRPG Reads in 2018. When did you first start writing? I’ve been writing …

Author Interview with Angel Ramon

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It’s time for another author interview. This week, we have Angel Ramon. While new to the LitRPG / GameLit scene, he’s been shaking things up. A resident of Puerto Rico, Ramon has had a tough time in 2017, but he hasn’t let …

Author Interview With Daniel Schinhofen

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We’re back with our second author interview. If you missed the first one, you can still check out our interview with William D Arand. For our second, we have another popular LitRPG author – Daniel Schinhofen. You might know him from Alpha World …

Author Interview with William D Arand

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As first of a series of interviews with various authors, here’s one with William D. Arand. You might know him from the super-successful Super Sales on Super Heroes series or many of his other fine books.

You might even get some details about Super Sales on Super Heroes 3. Yes, it’s coming, and we’re as excited as you are about that news. Without any further ado, here’s our first interview with William D. Arand.

RPG Legends: Blackmoor

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Dungeons and Dragons is the original table top role playing game. While many other games have come and gone, Dungeons and Dragons has maintained its spot at the top of the list. In its early days, though, it wasn’t quite the institution …

RPG Legends: Ravenloft Tabletop Campaign

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D&D’s settings have been, for the most part, different flavors of fantasy. One setting, though, decided to go in a very different directions. Instead of sword and sandals, it went for howling wolves and the children of the night. This setting is …

Jumanji Welcome to the Jungle: LitRPG?

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One of the fun things about LitRPG is that it’s a fairly wide-reaching genre. While there are still relatively few books published under the banner, it’s not hard to go back and find classic works that could fit in today’s genre. Of …

RPG Legends: Al-Qadim

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As Dungeons and Dragons began to find some success with its more popular settings, there was a sense that players wanted more. Most of the settings only concentrated on small areas of their constructed worlds, leaving a great deal of room for …

Piers Anthony: The Magic of Xanth

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In the world of literature, a long-runner might have a dozen novels over the course of a few decades. By those standards, Xanth is something else entirely. With over forty novels released in forty years, it’s a titan of the fantasy genre. …

RPG Legends: Fallout

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Some of the greatest CRPGs were built from the bones of table top games. One series, though, managed to blaze its own trail. Sure, Fallout has its roots on the table and borrows liberally from earlier games, but it’s become something of …

RPG Legends: Shadowrun

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When most people think of role playing games, they think of fantasy settings. After all, the origins of the genre were strongly tinged with fantasy and most of the games that followed tried to copy what was already successful. There have been …

RPG Legends: Spelljammer

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At some point during its development, Dungeons and Dragons just got weird. It took a gamble on embracing every aspect of its cosmology and pushing out settings that seem incredibly odd to today’s players. Fortunately, some of these settings ended up being …

Super Mario RPG

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Anything can be an RPG. All you really need is stats, a story, and a good system in which everything can take place. There’s no better example of this fact than the existence of the Super Mario RPG series. Yes, Super Mario …

Panzer Corps Review

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The transition from the tabletop to the computer screen hasn’t always been easy. Some war games eschew everything that makes tabletop great. Others stick too close to the formula, forgetting why they’d move in the first place. One game that strikes a …