Humble Beginnings: A Town Building LitRPG

Village Manager, Book 1

De: Andrew Karevik

Narrado por: Stewart Crank

I guess trying to catch the bus with your laces undone isn’t such a smart decision after all…

One fatal collision later, and I’m facing my judgment. As it turns out, I’ve been a lazy sob, and my short, uneventful life of playing games and getting up late wasn’t worth much. And so I don’t qualify to move on to the afterlife.

I try to argue to the goddess in front of me that I do have skills, that it was hard work playing those simulation and management games. But she will not concede.

In the end, I manage to get the benefit of the doubt, and a wager is made. To test my claims, I’ll be sent to a desolate, Level 1 village with the mission to make it thrive. If I fail or die, the goddess will bring me back to my old life, back to the drudge of working at the grocery store.

But that’s not going to happen. I will prove that all these countless hours spent in front of my computer were not in—

Ack, my head! Where the hell have I landed? Looks like a dilapidated farm, with a few huts scattered about. Qualifies as a desolate village, alright. I can’t believe it. This is it! I’m actually doing this! But where do I even begin…Yes, first, find the Mayor…but then what, convince her to hand over the keys so I can work my magic? Could it be that simple?

Oh, there she is. Uh, hello? Hmm, why isn’t she waking up? Maybe I should go look for some quest to do in the meantime. Uh, are these goblins I see there on the road?

“You are under attack!”

Dang.

©2022 Andrew Karevik (P)2023 Podium Audio

Good world building. Good progression. Love it hope there’s another one

Really not long enuff. The passing was very good just wish there was more expecting and explaing with the witches and the magic system. He never really used his manigment spell

great book

good story sound main character a good town building book. Side characters are interesting and it has a plausible story line.

great book

it was a well written story and excellent narration. I can't wait for the next book I will definitely buy it.

Enjoyable Village building

I really loved this book. Kept my attention the entire time. I liked the main character and it was fun to see his ambitions and ideas play out. I think he could negotiate stinger business deals but I felt he was growing and becoming more organized in the end. I had fun and I would love to see where else this story is going. Also interested in seeing a lot more of the lit rpg aspects in the next book. The village interface is not used very often. Overall I’ll definitely be interested in book 2

meh

no real conflict. everything works out. Narration was done well. good story for the Y.A. crowd.

Good start to a new series

Good storyline, clearly one of the plots centered on growth by negotiation and as such was interesting and atypical as a book.

Slow start but gets better.

The economics and politics really kick in later on towards the later half of the book. It really brings it together.

Not entertaining

This is an alright book. I found myself getting bored often, stoping and starting the book.

Looking forward for more

I'm looking forward for the world to grow. This story has some good bones to it but left so much unexplored and untouched. The witches and the dungeon, in particular, beg for more attention. I'll keep tuning in to see where it goes.

write to market

boasts of town building, yet there is basically no town building in the book, instead it's just setting up contacts to later be in a better position