This rather nice book arrived this week.
Todd Leback, BX Advanced Bestiary: Vol 1 - Monsters A-D, Third Party Games (2022), 134pp, many illus.
A nicely produced hardback by Third Kingdom Games, the pdf of which is now available on DriveThruRPG. It's a companion to their Populated Hexes series and Old School-Essentials. This volume covers Ape, White (three variants) to Driver Ant* (six vari-ants).
*Though I don't know why this isn't 'Ant, Driver'.
The stated aims are, firstly to take the monsters in the OSE Basic book and expand them with varients and options and, secondly to add some new ones with the same flavour. Typically, an entry gives optional special qualities to add a little spice and then variations on the monster, each with their own stat-block and entries. Perfect for those jaded parties who groan at meeting Wild Boar again!* Because this is supplement to exisiting bestiaries, it doesn't give or repeat the stats or details of the Common or Standard Beast, meaning that you'd have to have both volumes open, so it's probably not best for running encounters on the spur of the moment.
*There are four variants of Boar, and special qualities like 'Hard to Kill' and 'Terrifying Charge'.
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