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, 8 July 2025

How to Describe a Campaign Setting in One Song or Less

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A long, long time ago, I can still remember when I wrote a post that made me smile. It was called How to Describe a Campaign Setting in Twen...
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Thursday, 3 July 2025

Thoughts on Real World Dungeoneering

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My house has a big and eccentrically designed cellar. The house was constructed around 1930 on a pretty steep hillside that once was riddled...
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Tuesday, 1 July 2025

Towards a Complete List of Excellent Medieval/Fantasy Combat Scenes

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Like, I suspect, 99.9% of my readers, I love a good film combat scene. Some non-fantasy favourites include the big gun battle towards the en...
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Wednesday, 25 June 2025

What Monster Would Satan Be?

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In a flash of idle curiosity today, I asked ChatGPT the following question: If you could be any D&D monster, which would you choose and ...
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Sunday, 22 June 2025

Jellyfish World

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The other morning, I took a walk in the hot June sun along the sea wall by the Firth of Tay , close to where it meets the sea. The breeze sm...
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Monday, 16 June 2025

Ogres, Elves, Evil Phantoms or Giants: YOU DECIDE

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A year and a half ago, I wrote a post reflecting on Seamus Heaney's Beowulf translation, and specifically the passage close to the star...
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Friday, 13 June 2025

DMing Styles: Beethoven to the Beatles

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Speaking in very broad brushstrokes (where would the fun be otherwise?), there have been two different ways to approach making music in the ...
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Tuesday, 10 June 2025

The Great North - Colour Art

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Some little visual treats from Tom Killian's work on The Great North , with extracts of accompanying text, forthcoming via Kickstarter l...
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Wednesday, 4 June 2025

Is It Possible to Make the Hobbyist to Professional Transition?

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The Kickstarter for Yoon-Suin 2nd edition  is finally coming to full fruition with the imminent printing and distribution of physical copies...
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Wednesday, 21 May 2025

Authentic Tribal Warfare on Film, and What It Means

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YouTube's algorithm knows me spookily well. I mostly use the site to watch whisky reviews and Rick Beato interviews (as well as reaction...
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