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In reply to hunter2012 • 12:34p, 7/30/25
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agdoc2001 said:
Sounds interesting. I've heard the book series is geared more adult, too much for a 12 year old boy?
It's borderline, adults would probably appreciate the humor more, it has cussing, gore, and they talk casually about sex(though it's mostly for comedic dialogue) but beyond references there are no sex scenes.

Honestly if your kid has played any M rated video games like Grand Theft Auto it's no worse than that.

For this movie or series to be good thought it'll probably have to be R just for the cussing and the gore.


Well no sex scenes except for the Carl & Prince Maestro snick
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1:08p, 7/30/25
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I mean half the series has a talking head of a sex doll. There is a lot of jokes about sex stuff but no specific sex scenes.
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In reply to Madmarttigan • 1:13p, 7/30/25
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I mean half the series has a talking head of a sex doll. There is a lot of jokes about sex stuff but no specific sex scenes.


I know...was just kidding...guess I should've done the winky face
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In reply to Madmarttigan • 1:30p, 7/30/25
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I mean half the series has a talking head of a sex doll. There is a lot of jokes about sex stuff but no specific sex scenes.


Also speaking of sex dolls (courtesy of Skippy the Magnificent) the Expeditionary Force books by Craig Alanson is another great/funny sci-fi series!
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11:20p, 8/3/25
AG
Never tried audio books. Thought I would hate them. Then tried Dungeon Crawler Carl based on this thread. Book 1 had me laughing out loud. Just started book 2. These are amazing!

Thanks OP!
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9:29a, 8/12/25
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Book 5

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4:11p, 8/20/25
Matt announces a stand alone book not in the DCC universe available Feb. 10 he wrote at the same time as Inevitable Ruin.

https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/772005/operation-bounce-house-by-matt-dinniman/

I don't think this bodes well for a release of the next DCC book in the early part of 2026, but who knows, he's picked up the pace on Patreon a little bit with the next installment.

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In reply to Matt_ag98 • 6:22p, 8/20/25
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Matt_ag98 said:
Madmarttigan said:
I mean half the series has a talking head of a sex doll. There is a lot of jokes about sex stuff but no specific sex scenes.


Also speaking of sex dolls (courtesy of Skippy the Magnificent) the Expeditionary Force books by Craig Alanson is another great/funny sci-fi series!


Seconded, trust the awesomeness
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4:06p, 8/22/25
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About 10 chapters into book 1 on audibles. Favorite line so far is "your creature crapped in my mom's ashes" Makes me laugh everytime I think of it and hear it in that voice in my head.
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12:58p, 10/24/25
https://www.reddit.com/r/DungeonCrawlerCarl/s/A6oVL7sWyh

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So a bit of an update on my last enthusiastic post about the release dates of book 8. I had said simultaneous, which caused a minor case of "Yo, Matt, STFU, we didn't confirm nothing yet. *Smack*" amongst my friends at Penguin Random House and Audible. I'm pretty sure Shawn over at the Signed Page/Grim Oak Press actually started crying. So let's rephrase all this.
The ebook will release on 5/12/26, like originally announced.
Audible's audiobook will pub 5/26/26 and will be available for pre-order starting next week.
Ace's hardcover edition will be published 6/2/26, available everywhere books are sold, and will be available for pre-order starting next week.
Additionally, there will be a limited number of trade paperback copies with the Luciano Fleitas cover only available directly from Grim Oak Press, also pubbing 6/2/26. Sign up for their newsletter at www.grimoakpress.com to learn when and how to pre-order. If you ever bought anything from the Signed Page, they're the same, amazing people.
They're doing me a huge favor by allowing me to continue to offer the same paperbacks you've been collecting, so please give them love.
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8:00p, 10/24/25
I have to wonder, as popular as the books are and considering the genre, if this would ever turn into an actual RPG video game?
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In reply to 13B • 10:34a, 10/26/25
AG
13B said:
I have to wonder, as popular as the books are and considering the genre, if this would ever turn into an actual RPG video game?


You have to think that's being discussed.
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7:10p, 11/5/25
AG
Matt Dinniman in Dallas for operation bounce house release

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/talk-and-book-signing-with-bestselling-author-matt-dinniman-tickets-1901915704069?aff=ebdssbcategorybrowse
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In reply to 13B • 7:13p, 11/5/25
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13B said:
I have to wonder, as popular as the books are and considering the genre, if this would ever turn into an actual RPG video game?


I'd like to see a show similar to Fallout
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5:04p, 2/13/26
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Bumping, excited to meet him tomorrow
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In reply to Saxsoon • 7:20p, 2/13/26
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Matt Dinniman in Dallas for operation bounce house release

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/talk-and-book-signing-with-bestselling-author-matt-dinniman-tickets-1901915704069?aff=ebdssbcategorybrowse

Has anyone read this yet?
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8:46p, 2/13/26
AG
Love this series. I found out about them when someone brought in kittens named Carl and Princess Donut the Queen Anne Chonk. With a name like that, I had to ask where it came from. Just started book 7.
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In reply to 13B • 8:13a, 2/14/26
AG
Bought it but haven't read it yet. Been reading Eric Ugland's The Good Guys series.

Similar game concept but written very differently.
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In reply to Troy91 • 9:01a, 2/14/26
Troy91 said:
Bought it but haven't read it yet. Been reading Eric Ugland's The Good Guys series.

Similar game concept but written very differently.

I'd be interested in your take when you do. I love DCC but Kaiju: Battlefield Surgeon I absolutely did not. Just wondering if his other works are worth reading or if I should stick to DCC.
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10:41a, 2/14/26
AG
I will probably start reading it this weekend after I pick it up tonight
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11:14a, 2/14/26
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Just was talking to a Half Price Books worker over the phone about the event. The tickets are for 250 people and has a waitlist over 1000
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11:42a, 2/14/26
AG
So, I'm excited about the books getting picked up for a TV series, but at the same time worried about the ability to bring this DCC world to life onscreen. Its gonna require soooo much CGI and if not done properly but instead on the cheap it'll just be a disappointment. I think it's almost better suited as an animated series with incredible voice acting and animation, like Blue Eyed Samurai or The Legend of Vox Machina/Mighty Nein.
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In reply to Troy91 • 11:56a, 2/14/26
AG
Troy91 said:
Bought it but haven't read it yet. Been reading Eric Ugland's The Good Guys series.

Similar game concept but written very differently.


Before you get to book 8 in the good guys series, be sure to start the Bad Guys series, because they begin to cross each other. You can check the publication date to find the right order.

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In reply to zip90 • 12:55p, 2/14/26
AG
I am in book 10. Guess it is time to switch for a bit.

How far into Bad guys do I need to go?
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In reply to Troy91 • 2:12p, 2/14/26
AG
Troy91 said:
I am in book 10. Guess it is time to switch for a bit.

How far into Bad guys do I need to go?

Here is the publication order:
Combined Publication Order - Good Guys & Bad Guys Series:
  • [ol]
  • One More Last Time - Good Guys #1 - 2020
  • Heir Today, Pawn Tomorrow - Good Guys #2 - 2020
  • Dungeon Mauling - Good Guys #3 - 2020
  • Four: The Loot - Good Guys #4 - 2020
  • Dukes and Ladders - Good Guys #5 - 2020
  • Home, Siege Home - Good Guys #6 - 2020
  • The Bare Hunt - Good Guys #7 - 2020
  • Eastbound and Town - Good Guys #8 - 2020
  • Four Beheadings and a Funeral - Good Guys #9 - 2020
  • Scamps & Scoundrels - Bad Guys #1 - 2020
  • Second Story Man - Bad Guys #2 - 2020
  • Skull & Thrones - Bad Guys #3 - 2020
  • War of the Posers - Bad Guys #4 - 2020
  • Seas the Day - Bad Guys #5 - 2020
  • High Gloom - Bad Guys #6 - 2020
  • Eat, Slay, Love - Good Guys #10 - 2021
  • Killing Them Awfully - Good Guys #11 - 2021
  • Wild Wild Quest - Good Guys #12 - 2021
  • Back to One - Bad Guys #7 - 2021
  • A Trick Of The Night - Bad Guys #8 - 2021
  • Flex in the City - Good Guys #13 - 2022
  • Darktown Funk - Bad Guys #9 - 2022
  • Of Slicing Men - Good Guys #14 - 2023
  • On a Throne of Lies - Bad Guys #10 - 2023
  • Bad to the Throne - Good Guys #15 - 2024
  • 2 Lies, 2 Thrones - Bad Guys #11 - 2024
  • One Man's Laughter - Good Guys #16 - (2025)
    • [/ol]
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2:12p, 2/14/26
AG
is the a rip off of Caverns and Creatures?
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In reply to 13B • 3:07p, 2/14/26
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13B said:
Saxsoon said:
Matt Dinniman in Dallas for operation bounce house release

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/talk-and-book-signing-with-bestselling-author-matt-dinniman-tickets-1901915704069?aff=ebdssbcategorybrowse


I'm planning to pick it up soon. I hear it's quite a bit more political, so I am on the fence about it. I'd prefer not to figure out that one of my current fav authors is going to get all preachy
Has anyone read this yet?
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In reply to YouBet • 3:08p, 2/14/26
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YouBet said:
13B said:
I have to wonder, as popular as the books are and considering the genre, if this would ever turn into an actual RPG video game?


You have to think that's being discussed.


There's a tabletop RPG currently in the works. Haven't heard anything about an actual video game though. It would work well as an extraction game
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In reply to Rule Number 32 • 4:24p, 2/14/26
AG
Rule Number 32 said:
13B said:
Saxsoon said:
Matt Dinniman in Dallas for operation bounce house release

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/talk-and-book-signing-with-bestselling-author-matt-dinniman-tickets-1901915704069?aff=ebdssbcategorybrowse


I'm planning to pick it up soon. I hear it's quite a bit more political, so I am on the fence about it. I'd prefer not to figure out that one of my current fav authors is going to get all preachy
Has anyone read this yet?


I mean the description sounds pretty similar to DCC about a corporation profiting off the death of innocents
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5:17p, 2/14/26
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I had these all on kindle but Half Price Books trotted out copies all of DCC signed by Dinniman. I am a weak man
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In reply to Saxsoon • 10:20p, 2/14/26
AG
What I've read is it is much more serious and more of a commentary on the current political climate. The setting sounds similar to DCC but I've heard it is very different. I'll probably still read it at some point
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1:23p, 2/15/26
I had kinda burnt myself from reading doing a Dresden Files reread plus the new one, but I've got 3 weeks of training so I decided to start DCC. Just started the 2nd book, loving it so far
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In reply to G.I.Bro • 3:12p, 2/15/26
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G.I.Bro said:
I had kinda burnt myself from reading doing a Dresden Files reread plus the new one, but I've got 3 weeks of training so I decided to start DCC. Just started the 2nd book, loving it so far


Dresden is my 2nd favorite series, right behind DCC. Very similar style of comedy and storytelling in different genres. Love both of them
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1:22p, 2/16/26
I have Operation Bounce House on hand to read this week. I have about 50 pages left in This Inevitable Ruin.

On a related note, I was able to get a pair of tickets for the DCC night for a Colorado Avalanche game. Was disappointed though because i wasn't able to get the VIP tickets that included the meet and greet.

https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/colorado-avalanche-dungeon-crawler-carl-matt-dinniman/
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In reply to NColoradoAG • 4:09p, 2/16/26
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NColoradoAG said:
I have Operation Bounce House on hand to read this week. I have about 50 pages left in This Inevitable Ruin.

On a related note, I was able to get a pair of tickets for the DCC night for a Colorado Avalanche game. Was disappointed though because i wasn't able to get the VIP tickets that included the meet and greet.

https://www.cbsnews.com/colorado/news/colorado-avalanche-dungeon-crawler-carl-matt-dinniman/


Damn! I'm not an Avs fan, but I'd definitely pay for a hat or shirt with that Donut/Avs logo on it!
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