This Used to be About Dungeons

This Used To Be About Dungeons #omnibus

by Alexander Wales

This Used to be About Dungeons is a comfy slice-of-life adventuring story that occasionally features dungeons. Updates Wednesdays and sometimes Saturdays.

Mostly it's about walking in the woods with a friend, looking for mushrooms to put in your soup, or haggling with the guy selling squash, or taking care of a neglected garden. It's putting some jam on shortbread biscuits. And yes, sometimes you go down into the dungeons with your friends, and you kill monsters there, or disarm traps, but when you come out, you realize you've found the perfect magic item to give to one of the local kids that helped you out when your cat was sick. Look, the dungeons are always going to be there, and sometimes you need to make a journey to one of the Spirit Gates, or make a pilgrimage with the local Cleric of Symmetry to a holy shrine. Your tour through the local dungeons can wait. You'll have rivalries with other groups, and find some dungeon eggs that need to be carefully incubated in case they turn out to be something valuable, and help a friend to build a fishing weir. There's a big world out there, a mostly tame place with lots of magic, and even more to do and see. Join me, won't you?

Genres: Fantasy

ebook

Published August 6, 2021

About the author

Alexander Wales is the pseudonym of Ben Friesen. Ben is a writer and stay-at-home dad located in Duluth, MN with his wife, their son, and cat.

Reviews

[Петър Стойков · Rating 2 out of 5]

Авторът на една доста добра и мнооооого дълга книга се пробва в комедийния и по-лековат жанр, като според мен изобщо не му се получава.

[William Howe · Rating 5 out of 5]

Still working on it. A very complex world. Not crunchy, but complicated inter-relationships between different types of magic. Neat characters and a modestly paced narrative.

This is a fun read, reminiscent of ‘Beware of Chicken’ in some ways.

[Sunday Okafor · Rating 5 out of 5]

This was one of those books where I just couldn't bring myself to put it down for a sec.It was a very light read and I loved the way the book progressed, taking one step at a time, with no unnecessary drama.
The book dealt with five character who formed a party with the help of our mc, a dude who loved the entire concept of being an adventurer or a dungeoneer as they called it, he reminded me a lot of Lindon from the first book of cradle an over eager teen who has a passion for something with the tenacity to pursue it, and despite what the book title might have you think I'd like to emphasize that "this really is about dungeons". I'm looking forward to volumes in this and I appreciate the work put in to make this book readable, free of errors and quite enjoyable.

[Alex · Rating 5 out of 5]

After reading Worth the Candle, I immediately moved to the author's next major work, This Used to Be About Dungeons. While still in the same genre, sort of, the two stories have much less in common than you might think. Worth the Candle is extraordinary high stakes, both for the characters and the reader, while This Used to be About Dungeons is intentionally a "cozy" read. It's fun, it's light, it's easy...but that doesn't mean it has nothing of literary value.

[Mark Sidarous · Rating 5 out of 5]

Alexander Wales is quickly becoming my favorite author. This book is absolutely enormous and I'm so sad that it's over. The closest thing I can compare it to is saying goodbye to Hogwarts; it's a beautiful world (much more pleasant than Worth the Candle - almost utopian), the characters are wonderful, and the story is cozy and exciting all mashed together. Recommend.

[Summe Mayssami · Rating 4 out of 5]

A fun light read, with a bit of crunch every while or so. A slow, fluffy pace that explores the characters and world to a satisfying degree.

[Zenandroid · Rating 5 out of 5]

Wholesome, good vibes, great character interactions.