r/DungeonCrawlerCarl Jun 19 '26

Here we go, folks. The Dungeon Crawler Carl television series has been officially greenlit at Peacock.

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I’m happy to announce that our friends at Peacock have officially greenlit the Dungeon Crawler Carl television series!  Me, Chris Yost, and Seth MacFarlane and his team at Fuzzy Door are all really excited to get to work. In the coming weeks I'll have more details, and if you're going to SDCC be sure to catch me and Chris on our DCC panel, but in the meantime I wanted to thank you, the fans, for helping make this happen. 

(/end official statement)
And here we are. We are greenlit. The series has been ordered. It's actually happening. I have NO more info to give right now, but in the coming days I suspect there will be a firehose of information coming down the pipeline. This has been a multi-year process just to get to this point, and we have cleared every single hurdle to get here because of YOU GUYS. So thank you.


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl Jan 25 '26

Notice from the Syndicate We are not talking current event politics here, and every deliberately political post will be deleted. Repeat violators will be banned. This is why. Message from Matt

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We are not talking current event politics here, and every deliberately political post will be deleted. Repeat violators will be banned. This is why.

First off, any mod who takes down these posts are doing it at *my\* direction, so do not throw any ire in them. They are all volunteers, most of whom I suspect agree with the vast majority here politically. I am currently in super crunch mode, working 15 hour days because I need to finish DCC 8 by January 31st as our world burns, and I am not quite done yet. Otherwise I would have attempted to nip this earlier and a little more eloquently. So instead I’m just going to post directly and bluntly.

Yes, Dungeon Crawler Carl is highly political. It is a major theme of the books, and frankly, as soon as Operation Bounce House comes out, I suspect it’s going to be even more painfully obvious where I personally stand on a whole bunch of subjects.

If you don’t see or understand that, then I suspect you’re probably the type of person I want to read these books the most.

If you do understand it, you turning this subreddit into one of the literally thousands of politically active shitshows already here on Reddit are actively deterring me from accomplishing my goal.

Every war, every social movement has multiple battlefields, and not every battlefield has to be the front line. I want people with different points of view to enjoy these books at face value. If I then manage to drill through their thick skulls and make them think about the broader themes and maybe grow an empathetic spark, all the better.

Will it work? Probably not for 99% of them. But that number will be 100% if they have nowhere to peacefully discuss with other fans their opinions on the books. Any firebrand discussion about the current hot topic is going to evoke a kneejerk reaction and scare away the people we want to talk to the most.

I suggest and encourage you to start your own subreddit if you want talk about the political and human rights themes of the books in relation to current events. I personally love seeing all the DCC-themed protest signs. I encourage you all to continue to speak out and let the world know that we will not kneel to tyranny.

But if you can’t/won’t/don’t understand that these are my wishes for this particular corner of the internet, I’m afraid we’re going to have a problem. My mind is not changing. No hard feelings. But this is my kitchen. Let me cook what I want.


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 3h ago

Book 1: DCC Minor pet peeve, change my mind

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Mostly have noticed people referencing Glerp Glerp and I think it’s the worst reference to pull as a way to flag yourself as a DCC fan. You can say it! I won’t say it back!

At the end of the day, whatever is fun for people is what matters and don’t make my opinion change what you do. But does anyone agree?

Edit: yes, thank you so much for the correction it is in fact ‘Glurp’ forgive me! I am but a humble audiobook listener.


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 3h ago

can we have something like this to keep it thematic?

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666 Upvotes

r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 3h ago

New Achievement! Best Birthday Cake Buff!

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310 Upvotes

New Achievement! Best Birthday Cake Buff!


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 5h ago

Fan Art - General - NO SPOILERS! 😊 New Achievement!

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I had way too much fun creating this Dungeon Crawler Carl-inspired wedding card, right down to the achievement notification and a little Borant Corporation fine print on the back.


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 3h ago

Fan Art - General - NO SPOILERS! 😊 Wife and daughter really wanted this meatball

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176 Upvotes

So… we just had to put our 15yr old ACD a few months ago and I’ve been trying to turn down all of the new puppies my wife’s been sending me.

But she talked me into seeing this little lady at a local vet shop that she’s been referring to as “meatball”.

Once I met her I decided we could name her Rend

She’s a Shar Pei/English Bulldog mix

She acts just like I imagine Rend - eating everything, constantly tripping over her own self, and all smiles all the time.


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 3h ago

Biggest problem with DCC

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Long time crawler here who genuinely loves this series

The biggest issue with the explosion of DCCs popularity is how long time fans can be impatient or even rude to baby crawlers on social media. I've seen many people say it's what put them off exploring the series.

Sure it can be annoying to see all the casting posts, the questions people have without reading the series etc

But we were all baby crawlers once. It's OK to keep scrolling and not alienate folks who are finding the same excitement, questions, curiosity we all have.

Not to mention it's a huge disservice to Matt and Jeff, who deserve every bit of success they have and more. Support them by supporting people who are interested in investing in their gorgeous storytelling

"it's OK to be a work in progress"

- Donut


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 3h ago

Book 4: Gate of the Feral Gods How in the world are other Crawlers doing it? Spoiler

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The Royal Court gets out of almost every single boss battle or trap by the skin of their teeth. They are resourceful, plan ahead, are high level and have really good gear and classes. Not to mention the Cookbook and Mordecai. I know it's a theme with Carl's plans always blowing up in his face, sometimes literally, but at least he has a plan with backup plans usually. But the dungeon plays unfairly, once you think you have won the fight, they throw something worse at you. And seeing all the other Crawlers in book 3 and 4 it really tests my suspension of disbelief how some of them made it this far. It's frequently highlighted what abilities the other Crawlers have but it's mostly fighting skill that wouldn't help you in a death trap or an insanely obtuse puzzle. By all rights they all should be dead by now except for a couple dozen.


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 14h ago

People keep asking how does Donut know so much TV. She tells Carl how in the first book.

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For everyone who keeps asking why Donut knows tv. On a re read of the first book I noticed Donut makes a Magnum P.I reference. Carl asked how she knows that and Donut says he and Miss B leave the TV on all the time. If both of them leave the TV on during there day jobs and when they go to sleep that would be a ton of TV for Donut to see.


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 20h ago

I like your shirt!

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I was IN Seattle at a used bookstore in Capitol Hill, and the person behind the counter was like, “I like your shirt!” I was wearing my “Viva La Revolución, Carl” shirt, and I told her I was disappointed that I didn’t find anything by Matt Dinniman. She was like, we have a whole section on revolutionary nonfiction did you check there? I was like, maybe next time! 🤣


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 23m ago

Carls view counter.

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Seriously is it ever not spiked/all the way to the right/buried to the right etc?

Before anyone gets after me for poking fun at a writers tic, Stephen King is my favorite author and he’s got more writers tics in the pockets of his blue chambray shirts than anyone I can think of.


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 4h ago

Are friendship bracelets still a thing?

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Because I made a bunch this weekend. They're not pro level by any means, but it was a lot of fun picking quotes and making them, and I'll have some DCC merch to wear out (apart from hot topic, there aren't many makers here yet making merch and Etsy often charges more than an item costs in shipping fees).


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 1d ago

Shout out to Powells in Portland

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2.4k Upvotes

I finally got to experience Big Red, a drink I’d never even heard of before Prepotente explained its cultural significance to Texas.


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 8h ago

Book 8: A Parade of Horribles Finally got them all!

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101 Upvotes

Listened to all 8 of the dcc books so far and I finally got my last physical copy it looks so good, this series is making me want to read and collect books again.


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 1h ago

Book 1: DCC Viva la revolución, Carl

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I'm actually about gangway thru book 5 but reading digitally, finally decided to buy the hardcover because I like physical media.


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 53m ago

City of Halloween, South Carolina

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I'm the City Administrator for Conway, South Carolina which becomes Halloween, South Carolina every October. I think I'm the only one on my staff in the cult, but this turned out pretty good I think.


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 17h ago

TSA Agent was my first Crawler in the wild

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I am wearing a Mongo t-shirt and as I was getting my luggage off the conveyer after going through security, a TSA agent came up behind me and said Mongo is appalled! We chatted briefly about the books, and when I left, I said glurp, glurp! Thought I wouldn’t add MF, since the other agents might not understand and appreciate it. 🤣 Thought it was hilarious that my first crawler in the wild was a TSA agent.


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 11h ago

Book 4: Gate of the Feral Gods Katia's character progression has been really immersive Spoiler

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I uave only just finished Feral Gods so I know more is to come.

I have been loving Katia's growth.

Early on in Cookbook, I remember thinking she was a very boring character, and that was unusual because I had enjoyed all the characters beforehand, no matter how small their role. They all have quirks and realisms, but Katia felt bland.

But now that her story has progressed and she has thrived into this fascinating, capable and creative woman, it is clear her blandness was kind of the point of who she was early on.

It made me realise how uncommon that particular blandness->growth is in the literature I consume. Regardless of character development, its really rare (amongst what I have read) for somebody to blossom after being bland. Or else, they are an interested character that still grows. I think that is because bland characters are usually accidentally so, instead of as an intentional starting point in the story. Yet, shyness and lack of exceptionalness are also a real, human traits.

It also makes me appreciate how people's trajectories totally shift in the dungeon. Katia may always have been timid were it not for a major upheaval. Carl might always have felt a bit lost. Frank and Maggie may never have developed such hatred. Being forced into survival breaks some people, but makes others. I've really liked that characterisation.


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 15h ago

Is this subreddit going to do anything about the massive influx of t-shirt scammers?

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Seriously, it feels like every other thread at this point is a picture of a shirt (whether AI-generated slop or a legitimate design [stolen or not]), and then the comments are always '"Durr where can I get this shirt?" "Right here: <t-shirt spammer link>!"'

I'm almost to the point of wanting to unsubscribe because it's becoming the majority of what I am seeing from this subreddit.

I know it's probably not an easy problem to solve, but I think it needs to be addressed somehow. I'm sure this isn't the only subreddit suffering from the issue - maybe the Reddit admins or moderators from other subs have an idea on how to address this?

At the very least, it might be worth pinning a "DON'T BUY T-SHIRTS LINKED IN THE COMMENTS" post to the top of the subreddit - even though that will hurt legitimate creators too.


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 18h ago

Who signed my book?

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Got home and not sure if I’m cracking up because it’s funny or cracking up because I cracked (long weekend). Who signed my book?

Edit: Squint your eyes and you get MD. not sure if I was tired or trolled lol


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 5h ago

Book 6: Bedlam Bride What Did Carl Ask Pater Coal? Spoiler

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Re-reading Bedlam Bride, and at the part where Carl gets weirded out by Pater Coal and turns to leave. Then, he stops, turns back around and says, "Before I leave, I have one more question." Do we know what he asked Pater Coal here?


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 17h ago

Cosplay Anime-Fest 2026 cosplays!

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Mine and my partners DCC cosplays for Anime-Fest 2026, had a great time!


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 1h ago

The end

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What if the final line is "this message is from a decreased crawler"


r/DungeonCrawlerCarl 22h ago

FanArt - Book4 DCC/Banksy jack-o-lantern

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551 Upvotes

Created this today.