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The Grand Game
by Tom Elliot
A clean, tactical LitRPG survival lane: less about banter and more about cautious optimization under pressure.
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Dropped into a lethal system-run contest, a lone player has to survive dungeons, classes, factions, and hidden rules before the game turns him into someone else's expendable piece.
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