Dungeon Core 101

A Gamelit Adventure (Dungeon Core 101, Book 1)

By: R.J. Triveri

Narrated by: Kevin Kemp

What if you got a second chance...as a dungeon?

Every beginning is also an end. Rem, the Foxkin Oracle of the Wildwood, knows this better than most, seeing as he is on his second life. Most people don't get another chance at the whole life thing after a stupidly oversized adventurer's hammer uses their head to paint a tree, but a goddess on the Pantheon of the Divine sees great potential in Rem.

Granted salvation by his Patron, Rem becomes a Dungeon Core, a magical entity tasked with creating the trials essential to helping adventurers become the true warriors they were meant to be. In his new existence as a Dungeon Core, Rem can create minions to fight for him, design magical loot of immeasurable power to reward those who overcome his obstacles, craft spells that will affect the entire world, and do more for his clan than he could possibly imagine. Just as soon as he passes his classes and ranks up....

Welcome to Ansith's Academy for Dungeon Training and Combat. Welcome to Dungeon Core 101.

©2020 R.J. Triveri (P)2021 Podium Audio

needs to get the second book narrated

desperately looking forward to hearing the next book it's still out of Kendall though for those who want to read it. I will be doing so but it would be nice to hear it as well.

Well written, excellent narration, dogshit teacher

Triveri writes very well, with engaging characters and a very interesting world setup. Many of the characters have flaws and complexities that are clearly well-considered and react in appropriate ways. Kemp’s narration compliments this writing very well.

The one major downside to me so far is that Ansith is an absolute abomination of a teacher, and so far no one has called him out on it.

I’m still only halfway through this book. Ansith has so far engaged in: “sink or swim” methodology, abuse of minors, fomenting discord among allies, gaslighting, and victim blaming. This happened over the course of three “lessons.” It’s very clear that Ansith is a megalomaniacal narcissist who wants all his students to simultaneously fear him and believe he is the only one they can trust, so that he can use them as child soldiers in his ongoing war against an enemy that he still has yet to describe in any terms more concrete than “hope you never have to fight them alone.”

Triveri usually seems to have a fairly good grasp on the consequences of his characters’ actions, so I still have hope that Ansith will finally get called out for this behavior, but I’m not holding my breath, either.

Tl;dr, Trigger Warning: Abusive Teacher

Fun

the book is a fun take on dungeon cores and the world building and character building are very good.

great book

funny and while thought out the story was told in a colorful and engaging way

great book with great dungeon core concept

a very different dungeon core story more about core character than the dungeon. the voice acting created good story telling and worked well with the writing style.

Good book

The story had been pretty good and gives a unique spin to the Dungeon Core genre. I hope that the next book will come to Audible soon.

I do wish the narration had been better. For the most part it made me think I was listening to Adrian Bliss in the beginning. Thankfully it did improve some since the early chapters.

Dungeon Core Introduction, Pretty Good

A good first book for someone interested in dungeon core litrpg without wanting to be instantly drown in stats. In story reasons and explanations abound. If you want to jump right into the action, though, this may not be for you.

The narration is mostly great, but there is one character that is voiced in a way so agonizingly annoying that for some people it may be impossible to keep listening. I hope the narrator learns from feedback and never does anything like this fox-spirit voice again. It's in an extremely fake and unnatural sing-song that just rips you right out of everything and makes it impossible to disappear into the story. It's a real tragedy because otherwise, the narrator did quite well.

This book wasn't for me, though not bad!, and the performance of one character almost tanked it, but if you can get past that one character, and don't mind a slower pace / introductory litrpg type book, it may be a great choice for you.

P.S. If this narrator doesn't do voices like this in other books, I'd happily check out everything else he's done.

Kevin Kemp lands a home run.

I love the book. The narration kept me enthralled and I couldn't help but keep listening. This was a well written and masterly narrated book.

Loved it

Super fun listen, excellently narrated. Found the mc’s internal monologue to be witty and fun to listen to. The author is particularly good at slipping world building in without drawing attention to it—just feels natural, like you’re along for the ride. Believable dialogue too which is fantastic—usually that’s what makes or breaks an audiobook for me and this one passed that test with flying colors. Highly recommend!

good but not great

decent story, but written for a younger audience, and some of the holes in the story were a little annoying.