LitRPG Podcast 165 - Illusionist Bk 2, Alpha World 7, Transformation 2, Shyft, Save Point 2, Into The Game: Dungeon Crawl Quest, and The Land of Trademark Online

Hello everyone, welcome to episode 165 of the LitRPG podcast. For the full show notes visit us at: https://litrpgpodcast.com/litrpg-podcast-165 I’m Ramon Mejia. I’m here to bring you the latest LitRPG news, reviews, and author interviews. I have 7 new reviews just for you. New Releases and Reviews: Viridian Gate Online: Dead Man’s Tide: A litRPG Adventure (The Illusionist Book 2) (14:39) Another good VGO expanded universe novel Score: 7.2 out of 10 https://amzn.to/2IHEkbq Darkhand (Alpha World Book 7) (19:54) Resolving some big plot lines, may end soon Score: 7.4 out of 10 https://amzn.to/2HNVZxb Dark World [Transformation. Book II] (23:05) Loses the RPG Apocalypse aspect, but adds monster wave defense Score: 7.1 out of 10 https://amzn.to/2FZVn5w Shyft - Book 1 - Defender of Gallowind: (A LitRPG Adventure) (27:07) Technical writing fine, but game mechanic issue and repeated information got too frustrating to enjoy Score: 4 out of 10 https://amzn.to/2u8Kes0 Save Point: Reload (Book 2 - Sci-Fi litRPG Series) (35:50) Light LitRPG, but interesting sci-fi Score: 7.5 out of 10 https://amzn.to/2CALeK4 Into The Game: Dungeon Crawl Quest: A LitRPG Adventure (Wizard Warrior Quest) (39:22) Good start, but in-game story issues galore Score: 4 out of 10 https://amzn.to/2BMiUnX The Land of Trademark Online (44:12) Parody and Satire of genre tropes, drama, and authors. Come see if your favorite/least favorite LitRPG author is lampooned. Score: 7.3 out of 10 https://amzn.to/2K1HMOP (Play Music 2) LitRPG News The Perimeter Defense series by Michael Atamanov is now on Kindle Unlimited program. If you’ve been waiting to try it out, now you can. https://www.facebook.com/magicdomebooks/photos/a.1224844880864213/2696690713679615/ The author Warlock: Reign of Blood contacted the podcast to let us know he was doing a promotion for his novel in preparation of book 2 coming out in the future. The giveaway is limited to 100 copies and he has 50 left as of today. https://dl.bookfunnel.com/uun12atkl2 S.L. Rowland, author of Pangea Online series and Sentenced to Troll, was interviewed by the JVJ podcast recently. http://jvjpodcast.com/?name=2019-04-02_s_l_rowland_224.mp3&fbclid=IwAR30dI7Y0hoURwcPIdeLLdcktAv7XnV59AZZsTFH0Xav1dMsx3JVYN59jaE Jeffrey Falcon Logue, author of the Slime Dungeon Chronicles, has released an update on the side scroller game he’s making based on that property. It has a variety of monsters, new locations, new slime powers, and some pretty great music. https://youtu.be/EM8ftuBjNFU Falcon also showed off some early cover art for the 2nd book in his new Dungeon War series. https://www.facebook.com/falconstories/photos/a.323344688002079/873341286335747/ John Van Stry has started a GoFundMe campaign to help cover future legal costs associated with the battle and readers and authors have responded. He’s raised $20K of the $30K goal in just a few days, which reflects the sheer frustration that authors have had with the piracy site ebook.bike You can read a little about many author’s issues with McCrea and his responses at the link below. https://www.gofundme.com/bring-ebookbike-to-justice http://eroticauthorsguild.org/1-main.pdf https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/books/2019/03/09/authors-irritated-by-smug-defence-of-vancouver-website-they-say-is-stealing-their-work.html Charles Dean has issued a challenge. If his favorite fan group, Spoiled Rotten Readers gets 300 followers by the end of April, he will do some special performances that will be live broadcast for all to enjoy. https://www.facebook.com/groups/541733016223492/ Out Now! Dungeon Bringer 2 https://amzn.to/2YIfiwS Battle Royale Online: A LitRPG Adventure https://amzn.to/2K6Dfeg The Founders: Start of Time https://amzn.to/2HXktnx Aeon Chronicles Online: Book 2: Devil's Waltz https://amzn.to/2K6AMAn Hero of Naught: Re-Mastered (Everlife) https://amzn.to/2IddFRX New LitRPG Audiobooks Coast on Fire: An Apocalyptic LitRPG - The System Apocalypse, Book 5 https://amzn.to/2IcfZc4 That’s it everyone! You can follow us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/litrpgpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/LitRPGPodcast Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/geekbytespodcast Our Webpage: www.litrpgpodcast.com Other LitRPG facebook pages https://www.facebook.com/groups/LitRPG.books https://www.facebook.com/groups/LitRPGsociety/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/TheFantasyNation/ (Music 4) Music Credits "Blip Stream" "Mighty Like Us" "Big Shift" "Vivacity" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License h