Alzrius
The EN World kitten
Yesterday, I received my print copies of Blood Spawn: Creatures of Light and Shadow and the Savage Coast Monstrous Compendium Appendix in the mail. These were the only two AD&D 2nd Edition "monster books" (for Birthright and the Savage Coast, the latter being a part of Mystara) that never got print releases, instead being put out as free downloads. Getting custom print copies was something I'd wanted to do for a while, and now that I have, it marks another completion of a check-box in my collection: that of the Monstrous Compendia series.
To celebrate mydeepening addiction growing collection of D&D products from what I consider to be the most flavorful edition of the game, I've decided to start another "looking back" thread, in the same vein as my leatherette and limited series threads. This time, we'll be taking a look back at all of the Monstrous Compendiums...and a few more besides:
kill and loot meet and interact with. Given that there's at least one MC proper which introduces individual NPCs rather than generic monsters (hint: It's the second Ravenloft compendium), that seemed like fair game.
I'll reiterate from previous threads that these aren't meant to be full-on reviews, "let's reads," or even proper retrospectives. It's just me waxing nostalgic about each of these volumes, giving myself an excuse to pull them off the shelves and thumb through them again before commenting on whatever thoughts crossed my mind while I did so, and inviting all of you to join in and add your own comments. If history is any guide, I'll probably post a new look-back every week or so.
Now, on to the first of myriad marvelous monster memories!
To celebrate my
- FR7 Hall of Heroes
- MC1 Monstrous Compendium Volume One
- MC2 Monstrous Compendium Volume Two
- MC3 Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix
- MC4 Monstrous Compendium Dragonlance Appendix
- MC5 Monstrous Compendium Greyhawk Appendix
- MC6 Monstrous Compendium Kara-Tur Appendix
- MC7 Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix
- MC8 Monstrous Compendium Outer Planes Appendix
- MC9 Monstrous Compendium Spelljammer Appendix II
- MC10 Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix
- MC11 Monstrous Compendium Forgotten Realms Appendix II
- MC12 Monstrous Compendium Dark Sun Appendix: Terrors of the Desert
- MC13 Monstrous Compendium Al-Qadim Appendix
- MC14 Monstrous Compendium Fiend Folio Appendix
- REF6 Rogues' Gallery
- Monstrous Manual
- MC15 Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix II: Children of the Night
- DLR3 Unsung Heroes
- Monstrous Compendium Planescape Appendix
- Monstrous Compendium Mystara Appendix
- Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendix III: Creatures of Darkness
- Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume One
- Monstrous Compendium Dark Sun Appendix II: Terrors Beyond Tyr
- Blood Enemies: Abominations of Cerilia
- Monstrous Compendium Planescape Appendix II
- Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Two
- Monstrous Compendium Ravenloft Appendices I & II: A Chilling Collection of Ghastly Creatures
- Heroes' Lorebook
- Monstrous Compendium Savage Coast Appendix
- Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Three
- Monstrous Compendium Planescape Appendix III
- Villains' Lorebook
- Monstrous Compendium Annual Volume Four
- Blood Spawn: Creatures of Light and Shadow
I'll reiterate from previous threads that these aren't meant to be full-on reviews, "let's reads," or even proper retrospectives. It's just me waxing nostalgic about each of these volumes, giving myself an excuse to pull them off the shelves and thumb through them again before commenting on whatever thoughts crossed my mind while I did so, and inviting all of you to join in and add your own comments. If history is any guide, I'll probably post a new look-back every week or so.
Now, on to the first of myriad marvelous monster memories!
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