And John saves me another $35

[Kanegrundar]

They've put out everything as a pdf now that they are on drivethru. But generally discounted only about 30% from print cover prices. Which is the one factor why I haven't picked up any of theirs yet, so many others more reasonably priced that I want to get, and so I will get the others first and for the foreseeable future according to my rpg budget.

I picked up the first one in pdf. The only reason I didn't pick up the second was because I saw it in the FLGS before I ever looked on Drivethru. I wish I would have waited or simply just not bought it at all.

Kane

 

[GlassJaw]

I haven't enjoyed Mongoose's products overall but have occasionally found a gem in the rockpile.

I believe that gem is the Conan book. Although I was lucky to have not bought the first printing.

 

[Kanegrundar]

I believe that gem is the Conan book. Although I was lucky to have not bought the first printing.

Babylon 5 RPG was Mongoose's gem for me.

Kane

 

[TroyXavier]

Lone Wolf is good, and I've heard good things about Conan, but anything that's not OGL seems to be beyond Mongoose's ability more often than not.

 

[Tyler Do'Urden]

OGL Ancients and OGL Cybernet R0X0R my B0X0R5.

Other than that, I find Mongoose fairly forgettable...

My gaming dollar goes to Malhavoc and Green Ronin- companies that know how to write for D&D, because their writers made 3e... and they have high editorial standards...

 

[Lucrecio]

I was considering to buy ME 1 or 2. I can see these aren't the best monster books on the crowded d20 market, but which one of them is the worst offender? Are the monsters inside original & usable?

 

[Kanegrundar]

I was considering to buy ME 1 or 2. I can see these aren't the best monster books on the crowded d20 market, but which one of them is the worst offender? Are the monsters inside original & usable?

Check out my reply above.

To sum up, ME1 is better. Both have more errors than needed in a monster book, but ME1 has the better selection of monsters.

Either way, I would buy other books like Denizens of Avadnu, Complete Minions, or Monsternomicon before geting either of the ME books. Even then, pick them up as pdf's (through Drivethrurpg.com) instead of buying print at full price (or the usual 5-10% discounts).

Kane

 

[Ranger REG]

Gee, you sound like Mongoose Publishing should never be in the RPG business.

Sighs.

 

[Kanegrundar]

Gee, you sound like Mongoose Publishing should never be in the RPG business.

Sighs.

Ok...I don't see where that is coming from. I never said that Mongoose wasn't any good at creating and developing RPG's. Mongoose does good work much of the time, Conan and Babylon 5 are testament to that, but they are notoriously bad at editing. (Once again, I must point you to Conan.) Editing mistakes in stat blocks are a big thing in a monster book. Simple truth is the ME line is not nearly as good as a lot of other books on the market. If someone is looking for a book full of good and original monsters, then I'd be doing him a disservice if I pointed him in the direction of ME over better books.

I hope Mongoose can tighten up their editing snaffus even more. THe ME series shows they can do it, but more needs to be done; especially before their HUGE monster book comes out. If it's rife with errors, then they are going to take a bath on it. The amount of errors will drive people away from it; and when the price will likely be so much that it automatically removes it from a lot of potential buy lists, you need to be putting out the best book possible.

Kane

 

[Ranger REG]

Ok...I don't see where that is coming from.

Sorry but I didn't mean my post to be directed at you. It just happened to follow your post.

What I mean to say that the existence of this thread has an anti-Mongoose sentiment, though there are others here who believe otherwise. Granted, I never bought any of Mongoose's earlier works, but I have bought Babylon 5 books. And I like them.

But all of the criticisms mentioned in this thread, you could argue the same for, say WotC.

So, what is the message the thread starter want to send to Mongoose and other publishing companies? Improve their editing performance? It's been sounded off so many times (though all my noises have always been directed at WotC).