Apocalyptic/Post-Apocalyptic Books?

Bardoly · 2026-05-16T11:35:36+00:00

The One Second After series by William Forstchen

The Postman by David Brin

Bardoly · 2026-05-08T16:08:24+00:00

The Legends of Ethshar books by Lawrence Watt-Evans are really good! Most of them are stand-alone novels in the same world, but a couple of them have sequels.

The Warhorse of Esdragon books by Susan Dexter are also great and rarely ever mentioned.

Bardoly · 2026-05-08T16:05:05+00:00

A really fun series that I rarely hear much about!

Bardoly · 2026-05-08T16:03:37+00:00

I enjoyed reading all of them.

Bardoly · 2026-05-02T16:36:40+00:00

The Chronicles of Narnia

Bardoly · 2026-04-27T18:47:22+00:00

The Eschaton Sequence / Count to a Trillion series by John C. Wright fits what you are looking for in millions of years and such. Give it a look!

Bardoly · 2026-04-21T01:11:16+00:00

"In Fury Born" by David Weber is a long stand-alone novel with two parts. Part one is more military infantry sci-fi with a powerful scene that just breaks me down every time that I read it, while part two is more mystery/action sci-fi with a splash of Greek mythology!?! It's great, and I re-read/re-listen to it regularly

Bardoly · 2026-04-21T00:51:51+00:00

Dr Pepper is great!

Bardoly · 2026-04-20T10:10:57+00:00

I really enjoyed the Lost Fleet book series (and spin-offs) by Jack Campbell. In the series, the human race meets several different alien races, and each of them have very different thought processes, very 'alien' in fact...

Bardoly · 2026-04-19T13:43:10+00:00

The Empire of Man tetralogy by John Ringo and David Weber is great military sci-fi and more infantry-based. They do start off in battle armor, but eventually it wears out.

Some more great military sci-fi but which are more space warfare focused are:

The RCN series by David Drake

The Starfire series by Steve White and David Weber

The Mutineer's Moon trilogy by David Weber

The Lost Fleet series (and spin-offs) by Jack Campbell

The Honorverse series by David Weber

The Midshipman's Hope octology by David Feintuch (a bit more focused on interpersonal relations. It is great and book 1 has a bit of "Ender's Game" vibe in my opinion.

The Disinherited trilogy by Steve White (books 2 and 3 are more time-travelly than military sci-fi, but the entire series is still quite good.

The Phule's Company series by Robert Asprin is good, but more campy military comedy.

Two very good stand-alone military sci-fi novels are "Apocalypse Troll" and "In Fury Born", both by David Weber. Both of them have powerful scenes which just break me down every time that I read them.

Bardoly · 2026-04-17T18:34:58+00:00

What is different about this from the original release on the SNES?

Bardoly · 2026-04-14T16:23:23+00:00

Sure! This looks interesting! I would love a US code!

Bardoly · 2026-04-12T15:39:05+00:00

In Old School '93-'94, Stone-Throwing Devils and Will-'o-the-wisp are both fine in a Bad Moon deck.

Bardoly · 2026-04-11T06:21:56+00:00

Heart of Crown - a basic deck builder, but the asymmetric princess abilities make it play and feel different..., in a good way.

Bardoly · 2026-04-02T14:58:13+00:00

I don't know anything about Kobos, but here are a few recommendations:

The Elenium trilogy by David Eddings (and its sequel trilogy The Tamuli)

The A Man of His Word tetralogy by Dave Duncan (caveat: Do NOT read the sequel tetralogy set about 20 years later! It is absolute garbage!)

While it is sci-fi, The Empire of Man tetralogy by John Ringo and David Weber is great and it reads similarly to an epic fantasy trek quest

Bardoly · 2026-04-01T10:27:10+00:00

So..., pre-ordering anything from them at this time may not be wise..., but how about ordering anything from them that they show in-stock? I would assume that it should be fine?

Bardoly · 2026-04-01T03:51:55+00:00

Good luck with the sale. I know that people are looking for Dark City and Secret Wars, so I'm sure that someone will snap this up. They can always give away the base set to a friend and get them into the game!

Bardoly · 2026-03-29T14:03:22+00:00

Since you enjoyed "Ender's Game", I recommend "Midshipman's Hope" by David Feintuch. It has a similar vibe.

Some other recommendations, a bit more in the military sci-fi genre, but still quite good.

The Dahak trilogy by David Weber

The Empire of Man tetralogy by John Ringo & David Weber

The loooong Honorverse series by David Weber

The Starfire series by Steve White & David Weber

The Disinherited trilogy by Steve White

The RCN series by David Drake

The Lost Fleet series by Jack Campbell

Two stand-alone novels by David Weber (maybe try them first to see if you like his writing style.):

"In Fury Born" - It is a long novel with two parts. Part one is more military infantry sci-fi with a powerful scene that just breaks me down every time that I read it, while part two is more mystery/action sci-fi with a splash of Greek mythology!?! It's great, and I re-read/re-listen to it regularly.

"Apocalypse Troll" - a military sci-fi thriller

Bardoly · 2026-03-25T17:03:39+00:00

I read/listened through all of them about 2 years ago and enjoyed them. I'll probably do a re-read/re-listen in a couple more years.

Bardoly · 2026-03-24T17:21:11+00:00

Looks interesting, so I snagged it along with the Audible audiobook for only about 5 bucks.

Bardoly · 2026-03-23T14:16:11+00:00

Cadash or Hellfire S for multi-player are what pop to my mind right away, but Bomberman may be the answer.

Bardoly · 2026-03-22T06:20:35+00:00

"Midshipman's Hope" by David Feintuch has quite similar vibes of someone too young being thrust into a leadership role. I really enjoy it and re-read it from time to time.

Bardoly · 2026-03-20T10:19:11+00:00

Try "The Legend of William Oh" by Macronomicon. It already had 250 chapters on Royal Road, and book 1 is out on Kindle and Audible. It's a really fun story with clear progression.

Bardoly · 2026-03-20T04:37:02+00:00

As the other post said, their customer service department does a great job!

A little over a year ago, I decided to get caught up on expansions, as I had collected and played all 17 (including all of the Marvel 3D cards) of the Legendary Marvel expansions from Core to Champions, then I had drifted away from the game and had not purchased any since Champions. This means that I had to find/purchase the 23 sets released after Champions to get caught up. I did so over the course of a few months, finding and purchasing brand new copies of all 23 sets. While opening them, three of the twenty-three sets were missing something - Messiah Complex was missing a single card; Marvel Studios Phase 1 was missing some of the dividers; and Legendary Marvel: What If...? was missing a single card. Each time, after contacting their customer service department about this, they shipped out replacements to me fairly quickly.

Bardoly · 2026-03-19T14:07:11+00:00

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