Monstrous Manual

Second edition AD & D is and will always be a great game. This monstrous manual completely replaced my old beat up 3 ring binder style book. The details are complete, and the list extensive enough to populate whole worlds, and many planes. Get this book, and keep it. It has complete lists of everyday critters, races, and beings along with the very rare, and creaturs that make fantasy, well fantastic. You won't be DMing until you have one of these on the shelf. go ahead, pick it up, buy it with confidence.

It's true, and this particular book is an excellant rendition of just how good 2nd edition is. The book gives huge amounts of information on monsters (which is an excellant aid to DMs) and the pictures are great. I highly recommend it for all DMs who have a nostalgia for 2nd Edition, which is all I play.

This book is a good book, almost necessary if you are a DM. It is quite complete, telling you everything you need to know about the creatures. It has everything from Goblins to Dragons to Gelatinous Cubes (one of my personal favorites). If you aren't sure whether you want it or not, you do. :-)

Players and DM's alike, I have been playing role playing games since Tunnels and Trolls came out in the 70's. I used the 3-ring binder for years and the bottom line is that TSR needed a hardcover, bound Monster Book in order to promote the game they developed and sell. How many times would you need to re-issue the 3-ring sheets containing the dragons and the orcs...come on..this book puts all the basics in one book so you can build on it. The annuals come out and if i am not mistaken you can still buy three ring binders and place all the ghouls you want from the boxed sets in there...However i would not think of playing without this book eventhough i can rattle off creatures stats by heart...it is a playing must and well worth the money!

This is the most thorough reference on monsters I have ever seen. With the artwork and descriptions and the stats on all the creatures, it's easy to determine which monsters are fitted for the levels of the characters.