Dungeon of Chance: Even Odds
Serious Probabilities, Book 1
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Narrated by:
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Miles Meili
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By:
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Jonathan Brooks
Summary
In a world dictated by probabilities, Clay was an anomaly....
Thousands of Heroes protect the land, defending against the periodic incursions by gigantic monsters known as World Threats. This was the way it had always been, and Clay Shuntwise was perfectly fine with that. Running deliveries for his family’s shop in the sleepy town of Renton, the young teenager barely even thought about Heroes and their role in keeping the world safe.
That was, at least, until the world came crashing down on him.
Reborn into the brand new and unfamiliar form of a Dungeon Core, Clay struggles through learning more about Heroes and the dungeons they delve through to get stronger. According to the guide that was trying to help him understand his new life, however, because he was a former Hero, Clay should already know most of what he needed to succeed; all of the finer parts regarding the relationship between Heroes and dungeons, including information about probabilities and drop rates, should be common knowledge.
The problem? Despite wishing that he had been that lucky in his past life, Clay had never been a Hero…but now, he might be forced to become one, though not quite in the way he ever expected.
This book contains Dungeon Core, LitRPG, and GameLit elements including dungeon construction and defense, monster summoning, character progression, and a game-like interface. In addition, many of the probabilities the world is based upon are similar to Gacha-type mechanics. Contains no profanity, harems, or explicit sexual content.
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Will be looking out for book 2
great story well narrated
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If you hate cats you might just have found a kindred spirit in this young dungeon core
The gacha dungeon
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Using an idea such as adventurers respawning and thus both them and the dungeon growing in parallel rather than a dungeon being actively altruistic or antagonistic makes a nice change in this sub-genre. There also being more fundamental links between the presence of dungeons and adventurers is an interesting premise to setup as one of the foundations of the world-building too and some of the grindier/gacha aspects of the levelling process also works fairly well as a main mechanic in the world too, the balance of explaining the mechanics sufficiently and avoiding repetition was maintained well in the book too. Oddly enough, despite the name of the book and series, one aspect that didn't really work for me was the focus on the odds and probabilities, it makes sense to know this stuff in the actual games that use such mechanics, but it just felt like pointless padding in this book, although there is still time for it to actually matter in subsequent books.
The performance of the narrator was good overall with suitably distinctive tones for the main cast and avoiding the trap of caricature when voicing characters of the opposite gender.
Overall, a good blend of world-building for the series as a whole and telling enough of a story to make this instalment work in it's own right too.
[Note - I was given this free review copy audiobook at my request and have voluntarily left this review.]
Interesting ideas to start this new series
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Fun and light
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The one thing I love about LitRPG is the stats and there is just the right amount here! I loved every moment of it, although the monster lists did get to be a bit long, but still good.
The main character who became the dungeon core was likeable and his evolution as a dungeon core made sense. I can totally agree with his dislike of cats! He still did a couple of stupid things without asking first but almost all of them made sense. The one exception was where he exchanged life for things he could’ve bought eventually from the store. Oh, yes. The idea of the dungeon core having to “buy” eggs from a store (much like in-game purchases) to randomly get monsters or traps is novel and worked very well.
The reason for dungeon cores (to train heroes) and the reason for heroes (to fight world-threatening monsters) makes sense. The way they are selected and what happens if they decide to quit are also well handled. The main group of 5 heroes was interesting, although I’m conflicted about the support character (you know, the woman with the enormous...). Having no real attack or defense and having to dance and sing to use their power??
The world-threatening event was well handled as well.
Despite one or two niggles there is much more to recommend this book. Well worth a listen and I will definitely get the next one in the series.
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Brilliant! Bring me the next book!
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