With gaming pretty much at a stand still, it’s time to dig back through the archives and find that wild and crazy stuff that I should us more often than I do. I did just mention this on the podcast. Give the DM a module and you entertain the party for evening. Give a book of random tables or monster book, they can make a whole campaign. So for this I want to rant about a couple really cool monsters books that may have feel by the wayside.
I’m not going to a full of both here. I think I did reviews before on the old long gone blog. But these two books have a lot in common. There’s totally new monsters that are just down right weird and bizarre and interesting takes or tweaks on existing monsters. In each case, there’s enough background lore to find just the right place in your campaign or a little inspiration to put in your campaign. You gotta mix things up and to keep it fresh.

Dark Wizard Games puts out really cool old school modules and then there’s Monsters of Mayhem No. 1 (hope there’s going to be a Number 2). Monsters of Mayhem is a little gonzo and has just the right amount of humor without going too far. There’s plenty of fun and different stuff that DM can use to spice things up.

The Teratic Tome is much darker and hits the grim-dark, weird-fantasy vibe much more. So the content is a little more mature and you may have to do some adjustments based on your taste but it’s still solid stuff that gives some out of the box inspiration for game masters. There are some creepy weird monters in here but it still a damned good book if want throw some monsters that are really out of the ordinary. And Rafael Chandler has a Kickstarter going on now, the Metallic Tome. Yes I backed it.