Grand Game 505: A or B
Shael didn’t say anything until we exited the building. He didn’t stay silent for long, though. “What was all that about?” he demanded once we were on the street again.
“That was m...
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Grand Game 504: A Testing Time
Eight hours later, I was at the rebirth well. Waiting.
I didn’t search the village. I didn’t explore the valley beyond. I didn’t do anything except sit and stew. Over what I had to do ...
Grand Game 503: Old Nightmares Rekindled
For an unaccountable time, I stared unseeing at Shael.
Saya dead? Impossible.
“That can’t be right,” I said inanely.
The bard cackled bitterly. “Ah, I wish it wer...
Grand Game 502: Revisiting Old Haunts
Except for a hulking and bearded mereman, the tower’s basement was empty. But that was not to say I did not have cause for renewed surprise. In place of a single nether portal, I found ten—all ...
2024-08-17 06:53:50 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 501: Korg
You have entered sector 65,231 of the Forever Kingdom, an open sector forming part of the region known as Korg. This sector is under the control of the Silach.
The fo...
2024-08-14 04:59:53 +0000 UTC View Post
Grand Game 500: Dungeon Found
You have entered sector 18,240 of the Forever Kingdom.
The nether toxicity at your current location is at tier 4.
Safyre has cast p...
2024-08-12 13:58:19 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 499: Setting Out
You have upgraded Ghost’s draining bite ability to improved draining bite. The second tier of this ability allows your familiar to leech 30% of the damage she inflicts from a single bite ...
2024-08-09 16:51:37 +0000 UTC View PostWeg des Wolfes Hörbuch Vorbestellen (DE Audiobook 2 On Preorder)
The DE (German) version of Audiobook 2 of the Grand Game is out on preorder. It will release on 16 August 2024. You can find the audiobook in the audible store 2024-08-08 13:26:56 +0000 UTC View Post
Grand Game 498: Netherness
72 Days Left for Brokering Peace in Sector 12,560
I rose early the next morning, a habit that had become deeply ingrained in me since my first year-long visit to the tundra. ...
2024-08-07 17:34:43 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 497: Diverging Paths
73 Days Left for Brokering Peace in Sector 12,560
“So, how do we run the stygians out of the sector?” Teresa asked.
For a moment, I didn’t say anything. It ...
2024-08-05 15:30:24 +0000 UTC View PostA Snapshot of Michael's Progress through the Game
Hi all,
I've begun the process (somewhat laborious though it may be) of updating the lore sections of my website TomLitRPG.com. B...
2024-08-03 16:52:52 +0000 UTC View PostBook 7 is finished... on to the next!
Hi all,
Book 7 is finished, and a whole month early at that, lol. Well, not really :) But certainly, in comparison to other books in the series, I have finished it much earlier than the amazo...
2024-08-02 07:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostMichael at the End of Book 7
Player Profile: Michael
Level: 236. Rank: 23. Species: Human. Lives Remaining: 4.
Ghost’s Lives Remaining: 4.
Tr...
2024-08-01 08:00:03 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 496: Hard Decisions
73 Days Left for Brokering Peace in Sector 12,560
The next day, everyone gathered in the den again. It was time for some hard decisions.
I surveyed the faces around me. On my right were...
2024-08-01 07:00:05 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 495: Trouble Comes in Fours
Your nether absorption has increased to level 203.
Six hours later, I was still following the river. The hydras had not deviated course even once, which I took to be an encou...
2024-07-30 07:00:06 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 494: Hidden in the Mist
We set out for the nether portal less than an hour later, Adriel and Safyre having already seen to the necessary arrangements. Our party was larger than I expected and included Adriel, Safyre, myse...
2024-07-29 07:00:04 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 493: Out and About
74 Days Left for Brokering Peace in Sector 12,560
Blood awakening completed.
Congratulations, Michael! You have awakened the greater memory: blood puppet a...
2024-07-26 07:00:10 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 492: Memories
79 Days Left for Brokering Peace in Sector 12,560
You have lost 10 x rank 4 nether protection crystals, the seeking eye of sylvana, the spectacles of ward seeing, a mirror shield, Asm...
2024-07-24 07:01:06 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 491: One House
On the heels of Adriel’s agreement, a surprising Game message unfurled in my mind.
The Adjudicator has allocated you a new task: Found a new House! Your determination to bind dispar...
2024-07-22 07:00:11 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 490: Ancient Debts
“Now, that everyone is caught up,” I said, after I’d explained the contents of the letter and its implication, “Adriel has something that she wants to share.”
I turned to the lich. ...
2024-07-19 07:17:45 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 489: The Nature of Pacts
There was no point in attempting to craft a Pact that stopped the others from betraying me or the House, so I didn’t try.
Any Pact could be broken, after all.
Safyre was living proof ...
2024-07-18 06:35:05 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 488: The Inner Council
80 Days Left for Brokering Peace in Sector 12,560
Tyelin has delivered a promissory note for 200,000 gold to your representative, Nicola, thereby fulfilling his Power’s Pact obligat...
2024-07-17 06:11:52 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 486 & 487 (NEW, rewritten)
Note from Tom: Hi all,
As some of you are no doubt aware, there was a massive influx of comments on the previous chapter (the old chapter 486). I'll admit the number of comments ...
2024-07-14 07:50:26 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 486 [OLD, Replaced]: Reunited
On closer inspection, it was obvious why the oblong building differed from the rest of the structures in the den. It had been constructed for human habitation and, no doubt, had been internally sub...
2024-07-12 04:43:42 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 485: The Wise Old Elders
As we drew closer to the new den—much expanded from the original two dozen igloos I’d constructed—we found a welcome party waiting.
Duggar. Aira. Leta. Sulan.
The dire wolf elders...
2024-07-10 05:28:36 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 484: Welcome Home
Passage completed!
You have entered sector 107 of the Endless Dungeon. This sector is level 3 of 5 of the Guardian Tower, which consists of 5 unclaimable sector...
2024-07-08 04:47:25 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 483: Pit Stop
We couldn’t head directly to the tundra, of course.
With the sector being in a dungeon, we had to use the nether-infested sector as a stepping stone. A few minor preparations were nec...
2024-07-06 11:33:30 +0000 UTC View PostThe Creative Paradox—a Writer’s Perspective
As a writer, I often find myself being pulled in two different directions.
The first—and the one readers definitely want me to go in—is to stay disciplined and finish my current story. Th...
2024-07-05 14:06:07 +0000 UTC View PostGrand Game 482: No Certainties
Aetherstone bracelet deactivated. Remaining stored locations: 1. Charged and unetched gems: 3. Uncharged gems: 1.
I stepped out from the selfsame portal I had a few days ago,...
2024-07-05 05:38:51 +0000 UTC View Post