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What lies beneath? Nolzur’s Marvelous Ankheg

July 22, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

WizKid’s Nolzur’s Marvelous Ankheg is an unpainted mini that you can pick up for a little over ten bucks.

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: diorama, minis, monsters, wizkids

The Average Fantasy Bestiary (2.0) contains remarkable insights into D&D monsters

June 3, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Dragons appear 42 times in 50 popular D&D books (which you can see listed below), and then Goblins and Zombies each appear 28 times.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bestiary, Dungeons & Dragons, monsters, stats

The Botanical Bestiary: A Leshy-only monster manual for 5e and Pathfinder 2e

June 3, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Botanical Bestiary will have stats for D&D 5e, and a variant will have one for Pathfinder 2e; both include 50 forms of Leshy.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters, monsters, pathfinder

These monster books are scary great, but plagued by fakes

May 31, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

If you must have a Tom Taggart original, and it doesn’t have to be a monster for your books, then there is some good news.

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: Etsy, monsters

Fresh out of bugbears

May 22, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Hedge Dweller went to the hobby store to try and pick up some bugbear miniatures, but they fresh out. The solution was to improvise!

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: monsters

Cuddle these D&D monsters in bed

May 4, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

The D&D plushy of a Displacer Beast that Entertainment Earth can offer. It’s part of a Kidrobot lineup that includes a plushy Mimic, an Owlbear and even a Beholder.

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, monsters, plushies

Comic: When the monster under the bed makes its move

April 24, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

How do you deal with the monster under your bed?

Filed Under: Comics Tagged With: humour, monsters

400 grimdark monsters for 5e’s Grim Hollow

April 19, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

With Grim Hollow: The Monster Grimoire, the Australian publishers are leaning into their strengths and focusing on grimdark monsters and art. They’ve already scooped a “Project We Love” label and smashed their US$20,000 goal with US$130,000 pledged in hours.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: ghostfire gaming, grim hollow, kickstarters, models, monsters

Henry: The 50% hungry, 50% angry mimic

April 17, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Henry was created by Girl Junk who describes “him” as 50% hungry and 50% angry.

Filed Under: Art Tagged With: characters, monsters

Free to Download: 6 monsters

April 7, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The preview suggests we’ll get the Knacker, Quicksilver Troll, Spell-Thief, Holigean and Swamp Boulder among the collection.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Dungeons & Dragons, free to download, handimonsters, handiwork games, Jon Hodgson, monsters, Patreon, Scott Purdy

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