Gods' Games We Play, Vol. 1

Gods' Games We Play Light Novels #1

by Kei Sazane

Let the games begin!

In their (overabundance of) free time, the gods grew bored and decided to create challenging battles of wits to spice things up! Their opponent? Humanity! A select few players called “apostles” meet the gods on the spiritual realm’s playing field to beat the deities at their own games. A former god named Leshea has woken after sleeping for thousands of years, and her first demand is to meet “this era’s very best player!” She is introduced to Fay, an acclaimed rookie apostle. Together, they plan to challenge the gods and win the ultimate prize, but no one in human history has managed to clear ten games—because the gods can be capricious, outrageous, and sometimes downright incomprehensible! In the face of absurdity, what can the apostles do but enjoy the contest to its fullest?

Genres: Manga, Light Novel, Fantasy

208 pages, Paperback

Published November 22, 2022

Reviews

[LZRD · Rating 2 out of 5]

Picked up the series after the show and what a difference... and not in a good way. This first book is almost 200 pages of unnecessary exposition and doesn't add anything that the anime showed. Less is more and in this case they did too much, unsure if I'll finish this series out.

[Ravawn · Rating 3 out of 5]

I have to admit, was a little unimpressed with the originality here. This book almost completely reminds me of No Game No Life, but it still stands out in the ways that it has a different backstory here. The backstory of Fae is something that I remained interested in over the course of the novel and the character of Leshea intrigued me. There is not a lot of information about the series is given in the first story but it is still interesting enough to keep me reading. I hope to read the second volume soon.

[Nick · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you like Liar Liar like I do you’ll love this, a light hearted competition series. I decided to buy the novel after one episode. Covers episodes 1-3 of the anime. Only some of the ouroboros game is different, they already know they need to make ouroboros say ouch from a previous game telepath rather than guess with hints from a god’s helper. There is a little world building about the god’s abilities enabling humanity to claim the earth from hostile creatures and environments.

[Sergio · Rating 4 out of 5]

Good book if you want to read an interesting story. Nothing extraordinary but not a bag book whatsoever.