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Exploring the Best MMORPGs of 2024: A Comprehensive Review

MMORPGs (Massively Multiplayer Online Role-Playing Games) continue to be a cornerstone of the gaming community, offering expansive worlds, immersive stories, and endless adventures. This article reviews and discusses the most popular MMORPGs in 2024, highlighting their unique features and what makes them …

Throne and Liberty: First Impressions and MMORPG Gameplay Overview

by Heidi Jiang

As an avid gamer and MMORPG enthusiast, I’ve eagerly anticipated the release of Throne and Liberty. This game, developed by NCSoft, promises to bring a refreshing take on the MMORPG genre, blending classic elements with modern innovations. Over the past few days, …

Is Ashes of Creation MMORPG a World of Warcraft Killer in 2024?

by Ken Chan

The MMORPG landscape has been defined by World of Warcraft (WoW) since its monumental launch in 2004. Over the years, many games have tried to challenge WoW’s dominance, but few have succeeded. Enter Ashes of Creation, a game that has been generating …

Morrowind or Oblivion First? A Guide for Elder Scrolls Newcomers

by Kiera Mensah

The Elder Scrolls series is a beloved franchise that has captivated gamers for decades with its rich lore, expansive worlds, and immersive gameplay. If you’re new to the series, you might be wondering where to start: “The Elder Scrolls III: Morrowind” or …

The Role of Ancient Languages in DND Campaigns

by Ken Chan

Using Comprehend Languages to Unravel Ancient Mysteries in DND 5e Language barriers can serve as powerful storytelling devices in Dungeons & Dragons (DND) campaigns, adding layers of mystery, intrigue, and complexity to the narrative. By incorporating ancient languages into your campaign, you …

How to DM Wars, Big Battles, and Massive Combat in DND

by Kenny Kings

Dungeons & Dragons (D&D) is a game that primarily focuses on the adventures of a small party of characters navigating a world of high fantasy. However, as campaigns progress, these stories often expand into grander narratives, sometimes involving large-scale battles and massive …

Single-Class Parties in DND 5e: Oops All Bards Edition!

by Heidi Jiang

Creating a party around a single class? Madness, you say? Perhaps, but it’s also a delightful kind of madness. In a game designed for diverse skill sets and talents, forming a single-class party introduces a level of difficulty and hilarity that you …

100 Shadowfell Encounters for Spooky DND Campaigns

by Isaac Hanson

The ruins of an old keep on a hilltop, haunted by ghostly figures and surrounded by dense fog.

The Shadowfell, a plane of existence where darkness reigns and shadows hold sway, presents adventurers with a world of eerie gloom and sinister wonders. This realm, also known as the Plane of Shadow, mirrors the material world in a twisted, shadowy form, …

What is LitRPG Reads?

Simply put, LitRPG stories take place in a game (or gamelike) world with rpg-style progression. Basically, an RPG in narrative format. RPG + Books = LitRPG! The term LitRPG was originally coined by three Russian authors back around 2010. I cover a lot of Dungeons & Dragons and Tabletop RPG content here too!

About LitRPG Reads

Paul Bellow is a LitRPG author, decades-long gamer, RPG game developer, and publisher of several online communities. In other words, an old school webmaster.

He also developed and runs LitRPG Adventures, a set of advanced RPG generators powered by GPT-3 AI. Here at LitRPG Reads, he publishes articles about LitRPG books, tabletop RPG books, and all sorts of DND content that's free to use in your personal tabletop campaign - i.e. non-commercial use.

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