Monsters and Manuals

Creator of Yoon-Suin and other materials. Propounding my half-baked ideas on role playing games. Jotting down and elaborating on ideas for campaigns, missions and adventures. Talking about general industry-related matters. Putting a new twist on gaming.

Tuesday, 7 July 2026

I Am Foolish, Wrong and Naughty, and I Apologise

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I believe it is important in life to recognise when one is in the wrong, and apologise. To that end, I have two apologies to make. I owe the...
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Monday, 6 July 2026

Actual Play Recommendations Reviewed and Ranked

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Readers of this blog are people of rarefied tastes and great education and learning, and we should not be surprised to discover there is a h...
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Wednesday, 1 July 2026

Recommend Me and Your Fellow Readers Some YouTube Actual Plays

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What is the state-of-the-art when it comes to Actual Plays on YouTube? If you are reading this blog you are likely familiar with my tastes, ...
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Saturday, 27 June 2026

SomeBing Inspiring

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Like any right thinking person, I hate and fear Microsoft Bing. But on my office computer at work, each day a free Bing wallpaper is downloa...
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Thursday, 18 June 2026

A Hobgoblin of the Very Worst Kind

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One of my offspring is quite attached to a podcast in which a woman very nicely reads (pleasingly unvarnished and unbowdlerised) fairy tales...
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Thursday, 11 June 2026

Satan Helps Elucidate Skywalker's Rescue Plot

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To cut a long story short, I was recently on a long-haul flight and ended up watching  The Empire Strike Back  and part of  Return of the Je...
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Tuesday, 9 June 2026

Why, why, why, Delilah?

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I recently recorded a podcast episode for higher-level backers of the Yoon-Suin 2nd edition kickstarter, in which I was subjected to some to...
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Friday, 5 June 2026

And In My Last Hour I'm a Slave to the Power of Death

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Apropos of nothing, here are eight ideas for megadungeons, each inspired by the title and lyrical themes of  the Iron Maiden album Powerslav...
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Tuesday, 2 June 2026

How to Semiotically Sex Up Your Campaign Setting With Celestial Symbolism

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It's funny how you go down rabbit holes. Last week I happened to be in Lund, in southern Sweden, where there is a very grand and beautif...
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Wednesday, 20 May 2026

The Implied Setting of Mortal Kombat 2 Fighting Arena Backgrounds

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Hear and attend and listen, O best beloved. Once there was a man who had two daughters. Each Saturday, the elder of the two daughters attend...
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