Dungeons & Dragons: Monster Manual 5E
A brief update here on D&D related things. I’m still attending and enjoying the D&D Encounters at my local games store. I’ve found that buying the “grab bag” boxes of miniatures can be quite addicting… So far I’ve managed to acquire a few neat pieces though.
Recently, I got my hands on the new version of the Monster Manual and I have to say, I’m very impressed with this book. Back in the 1e days, monster manuals were very thin and contained only black and white artwork. I enjoyed the old 1e books regardless. By the time the 2nd Edition came out, the developer had the terrible idea to release loose-leaf pages of monsters. The plan was for players to create their own monster compendiums using a big white binder, but for me, the pages always got torn or fell out, etc. It was a big pain.
This book on the other hand, is very well put together and feature absolutely breathtaking artwork for each monster. I found the contents of the book itself to cover quite a bit of ground. I see things here that I remember seeing in the old Fiend Folio. I’m very excited to see what might lie in the future monster indexes. So far, I’ve been VERY impressed with this version of D&D.
Dungeons & Dragons Fifth Edition Products:
Starter Set – Starter Set (Stranger Things Edition) – Essentials Kit – D&D vs Rick & Morty
Core Books:
Player’s Handbook – Dungeon Master’s Guide – Monster Manual
Supplements:
Volo’s Guide to Monsters – Sword Coast Adventurer’s Guide – Xanthar’s Guide to Everything – Mordenkainen’s Tome of Foes – Guildmasters’ Guide to Ravnica – Acquisitions Incorporated – Eberron – Rising from the Last War – Explorer’s Guide to Wildemount – Mythic Odysseys of Theros – Tasha’s Cauldron of Everything – Van Richten’s Guide to Ravenloft – Strixhaven: A Curriculum of Chaos
Adventures:
Hoard of the Dragon Queen – Rise of Tiamat – Princes of the Apocalypse – Out of the Abyss – Curse of Strahd – Storm King’s Thunder – Tales from the Yawning Portal – Tomb of Annihilation – Waterdeep: Dragon Heist – Waterdeep: Dungeon of the Mad Mage – Ghosts of Saltmarsh – Baldur’s Gate: Descent Into Avernus – Icewind Dale: Rime of the Frostmaiden – Candlekeep Mysteries – The Wild Beyond the Witchlight
Original Adventures Reincarnated:
Into the Borderlands – The Isle of Dread – Expedition to the Barrier Peaks – The Lost City – Castle Amber – Temple of Elemental Evil
Third-Party Supplements:
Tome of Beasts – Creature Codex – Tome of Beasts 2 – Empire of Ghouls – Midgard Worldbook – Tales of the Old Margreve – Book of Fiends
Tal’Dorei Campaign Setting – Blue Rose Adventurer’s Guide – Book of Fiends
Fifth Edition Foes – Book of Lost Spells – Tome of Horrors – Deep Magic
