All the World's Monsters

[bravewolf]

The Chaosium started publishing All the World's Monsters (ATWM) in 1977. It is a compilation of player- & referee-created monsters for OD&D, Arduin, Tunnels & Trolls, and eventually Runequest. Chaosium published three volumes of ATWM in all. Last night, I received a hard bound, single-volume collection of the three ATWM volumes.   

Why did I drop this here? ^Arduin, duh! Among the three books, Hargrave submitted more than 80 monsters! Some appeared in the Grimoires, such as the Hell Maidens & Air Sharks. Too, Hargrave collaborators like Clint Bigglestone have entries in these works, which means there might be even more Arduin material in them.

Any thoughts or observations on ATWM & Arduin?

[Mighty Darci]

I've never seen ATWM and I had no idea that Hargrave was a major contributor to it.

[Mr Darke]

ATWM is a great set of books. It also give a good insight into early D&D and how people were creating content for the game. You can see that the imagination of players was ranging well and ideas were flowing. I would love to have hardcopies.

[bravewolf]

Dec 22, 2017 20:29:01 GMT -5 Mighty Darci said:

I've never seen ATWM and I had no idea that Hargrave was a major contributor to it.

You can order PDFs of all three volumes for $5 apiece at Chaosium’s website:  link