The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook, by Matt Dinniman

Book 29 for my 2026 goal of 36 books for the year! Still comfortably ahead with my reading. My link to the book is through my bookshop.org affiliate account, which means I may earn a small commission if you buy from there. Okay, I lied. In my last Dungeon Crawler Carl post, I vowed to read another book before continuing the Matt Dinniman authored series. But then I went to the bookstore and bought The Dungeon Anarchist’s Cookbook (2024), decided to sit and read for a few minutes, and… off I went. It says a lot about this series that I haven’t been able to stop reading it — it scratches multiple literary itches for me all at once. There’s the Dungeons & Dragons style of adventure and computer roleplaying game aspects that I am very fond of. There’s the crunchy details of all the loot and insane convoluted plans that Carl and his colleagues concoct that satisfies some neurodivergent part of my brain. And then there’s simply the fact that the story is fun and fast-paced and filled with…