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Author Interview with Paul Bellow

We’ve done a couple dozen author interviews over the last year or so, and I thought it was finally time for me to step out from behind the curtain for …

Author Interview with Jonathan Smidt

by Paul Bellow

Another author interview! We asked Jonathan Smidt some questions about writing and what he’s been working on lately. He’s been writing Dungeon Core Online over at Royal Road in his …

D&D Memes: Rogue Edition

by Paul Bellow

Truth be told, Gord the Rogue is likely one of our favorite rogues due to nostalgia, but D&D is full of all sorts of rogues. In the earliest D&D edition, …

LitRPG: My Journey From Adult to PG

by Paul Bellow

Enjoy this new Guest Post by Prax Venter. Multiple authors and fans have expressed interest in my experience with self-publishing both Erotic-Harem and Non-Erotic Non-Harem novels. They are referring to …

Author Interview with Jeremy Fabiano

by Paul Bellow

Jeremy Fabiano is an emerging author of several exciting genres which include: LitRPG, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Post Apocalyptic, Medieval Post Apocalyptic and Non-Fiction. He read his first fantasy book at …

D&D Editions: Advanced Dungeons & Dragons (1977-1985)

by Paul Bellow

This is the third part in our ongoing series looking at all the D&D editions over the years. Enjoy! Original Dungeons and Dragons was a success on a scale that …

D&D Memes: Dungeon Master Edition

by Paul Bellow

Welcome to our first collection of DnD memes – a loot box if you will. If you like this post, be sure to stop by the LitRPG Reads Facebook page …

Designing Believable LitRPG Mechanics

by Paul Bellow

New guest post by Edwin McRae, author of Warlock: Reign of Blood. Even though I’ve designed narratives for several video game RPGs like Path of Exile and Ashen, I’ll be …

Author Interview with Frank Albelo

by Paul Bellow

We have another LitRPG author interview with Frank Albelo who wrote The Hall and is working on some other great projects. He writes in his bio, “I am a Civil …

Best D&D Books with Rogues

by Paul Bellow

The rogue is one of the building blocks of a good D&D party. They can sneak, disarm traps, pick locks, and take care of many of those pesky social checks …

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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.

Enjoy your stay and reach out on Twitter or Discord if you want to make contact.