Dungeon Crawler Carl's stratospheric success hasn't been all sunshine and rainbows, and its latest major release has actually been a complete disaster so far. Fans are quickly learning that the once niche self-published LitRPG's growth into the mainstream comes with some major downsides, despite the books themselves being more popular than they've ever been ahead of the highly anticipated release of Book 9.
While the community has already been a bit peeved off at the low-quality merchandise and cash-grab products from the franchise, such as Borant's official trading cards, there's a far more concerning issue with the franchise's official debut in the tabletop space. Namely, the Dungeon Crawler Carl RPG has apparently started arriving to players who supported the game's crowdfunding campaign, and it's safe to say reception has been lackluster at best.
On top of shipments being delayed or hitting retailers ahead of backers, fans are starting to realize the game itself was not ready for launch, calling it "half-baked and incomplete" (via Reddit).
The backlash is laid out in a lengthy Reddit post titled "Just stop defending Renegade," where user judoguy13 argues that the tabletop adaptation lacks some of the most fundamental rules needed...
