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This was the initial volume in the Monstrous Compendium series, for the [[Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition|second edition]] of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game, published in 1989. Most of the monsters for Volume One were taken from previous first edition AD&D books; the monster entries were greatly expanded and in most cases each monster now filled an entire page and had an all-new illustration. The Monstrous Compendium series consisted of a pack of 5-hole punched loose-leaf pages rather than an actual book, designed to be arranged to the player's preference. Volume One of the Monstrous Compendium was packaged in a box, which contained the pack of monster sheets as well as a binder intended to store the sheets for Volumes One, Two, and Three. The pack consisted of 144 pages, unnumbered, and included a "How To Use This Book" page, with an alphabetical index to Volume One on the back, 4 pages of monster summoning and random encounter charts, and a blank monster sheet to be photocopied, with the remainder consisting of the monster descriptions. Also included were 8 full-page illustrations on heavier card stock.

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This was the second volume in the Monstrous Compendium series, for the second edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, published in 1989. As with Volume One, most of the monsters for Volume Two were taken from previous first edition AD&D books, with greatly expanded entries that now filled an entire page and had an all-new illustration. Volume Two was packaged in a wraparound cover, and the pages were designed to fit in the binder that came with Volume One of the Monstrous Compendium. The pack consisted of 144 pages, unnumbered, and included a 2-page alphabetical index to Volume One and Volume Two, 10 pages of monster summoning and random encounter charts, and a blank monster sheet to be photocopied with a sheet of instructions for the blank monster form, with the remainder consisting of the monster descriptions. Also included were 8 full-page illustrations on heavier card stock.

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This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for use with the [[Dragonlance]] [[campaign setting]] for the [[Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition|second edition]] of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game. The pack consisted of 96 5-hole punched loose-leaf pages, unnumbered, and included a "How To Use This Book" page, a page with alphabetical index, 4 pages of random encounter charts, and 2 pages with the compiled game statistics, with the remainder consisting of the descriptions of the fictional monsters. Also included were 4 full-page illustrations on heavier card stock.

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This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for use with the [[Greyhawk]] [[campaign setting]] for the [[Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition|second edition]] of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game. The pack consisted of 64 5-hole punched loose-leaf pages, unnumbered, and included a "How To Use This Book" page with an alphabetical index, 4 pages of random encounter charts, with the remainder consisting of the descriptions of the fictional monsters. Also included were 4 full-page illustrations on heavier card stock.

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This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for use with the [[Oriental Adventures]] [[campaign setting]] called [[Kara-Tur]] for the [[Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition|second edition]] of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game. The pack consisted of 64 5-hole punched loose-leaf pages, unnumbered, and included a "How To Use This Book" page with an alphabetical index and 4 pages of random encounter charts, with the remainder consisting of the descriptions of the fictional monsters. Also included were 4 full-page illustrations on heavier card stock.

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This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for use with the [[Dark Sun]] [[campaign setting]] for the [[Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition|second edition]] of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game. The pack consisted of 96 5-hole punched loose-leaf pages, unnumbered, and included a 4-page "How To Use This Book" section with random encounter charts, with the remainder consisting of the descriptions of the fictional monsters. Also included were 4 full-page illustrations on heavier card stock.

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This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for use with the [[One Thousand and One Nights|Arabian Nights]]-themed [[Al-Qadim]] [[campaign setting]] for the [[Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition|second edition]] of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game. The pack consisted of 64 5-hole punched loose-leaf pages, unnumbered, and included a "How To Use This Book" page with an alphabetical index, a one-page index of appropriate monsters for the Al-Qadim setting from other books of the ''Monstrous Compendium''-series, 2 pages of random encounter charts, and a sheet with the compiled game statistics, with the remainder consisting of the descriptions of the fictional monsters. Also included were 4 full-page illustrations on heavier card stock.

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The Monstrous Manual was printed after the completion of the loose-leaf Monstrous Compendium series, in 1993. This book was "created in response to the many requests to gather monsters into a single, durable volume which would be convenient to carry." The Monstrous Manual compiled all of the monsters from Monstrous Compendium Volumes One and Two, as well as many creatures from subsequent volumes, and revised and updated the entries; however, some entries were condensed from previous Monstrous Compendium entries. The book is 384 pages; pages 3-4 contain the "How To Use This Book" section, pages 5-374 contain the monster descriptions, page 375 contains the instructions for the blank monster form and 376 is the blank monster form itself, pages 377-379 contain various monster summoning tables and randomly generated encounters involving non-player characters, and pages 380-384 contain an index for the book.

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This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for use with the [[Planescape]] [[campaign setting]] for the [[Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition|second edition]] of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game. The 128-page soft-bound book contains a two pages of explanation about the various entries and a page with a list of monsters from this and other sources by [[Plane (Dungeons & Dragons)|plane]], with the remainder consisting of the descriptions of the fictional monsters.

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This appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series was designed for use with the [[Mystara]] [[campaign setting]] for the [[Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition|second edition]] of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game. The 128-page soft-bound book contains a two-pages content list, a 4-pages "How To Use This Book" section and 5 pages of random encounter charts, with the remainder consisting of the descriptions of the fictional monsters.

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This 64-page unnumbered soft-bound book contains most monster descriptions published in [[TSR, Inc.|TSR's]] products for the [[Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition|Advanced Dungeons & Dragons second edition]] game in [[1993]], as well as fictional monsters of the same year from magazines affiliated with the game. It also includes a two pages ''How to Use This Book'' section, a revised table for calculating experience points and two pages of tips how to use monsters in the game ''Beyond Random Encounters''.

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This 128-page soft-bound book is the second appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series designed for use with the [[Dark Sun]] [[campaign setting]] for the [[Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition|second edition]] of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game. It contains a page with a table of content, a 2-pages "How To Use This Book" section and 3 pages of random encounter charts, with the remainder consisting of the descriptions of the fictional monsters. Some entries also contain the descriptions of individual members of these monster types.

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This was the second appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series designed for use with the [[Planescape]] [[campaign setting]] for the [[Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition|second edition]] of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game. The 128-page soft-bound book contains a two-page "How to use this book" section, two pages of encounter tables for the different [[Plane (Dungeons & Dragons)|planes]] of the game and a one-page alphabetical for all monsters entries published for the setting, with the remainder consisting of the descriptions of the fictional monsters.

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This 128-page soft-bound book is a reprint of the loose-leaf Monstrous Compendium appendices ''MC10 Creatures of Dread'' and ''MC15 Children of the Night'', both designed for use with the [[Ravenloft]] [[campaign setting]] for the [[Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition|second edition]] of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game with a new foreword. It also includes a two-page "How to use this book" section, revised rules for calculating experience points and two pages about encounters in Ravenloft. Appendix I consists of the descriptions of the fictional monsters. Appendix II varies the Monstrous Compendium format to describe individuals of already published monster races and includes a two-page introduction with a list of monsters from other sources suitable for the Ravenloft setting.

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The third appendix to the Monstrous Compendium series designed for use with the [[Planescape]] [[campaign setting]] for the [[Editions of Dungeons & Dragons#Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition|second edition]] of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons focuses mainly on inhabitants of the [[inner plane]]s in the game. The 128-page soft-bound book contains a two-page "How to use this book" section, ten pages about the fictional principles governing those [[Plane (Dungeons & Dragons)|planes]] and their [[ecology]], a 3-page appendix about [[animal]]-like creatures there, a 3-page index with all second edition monsters suitable for the Planescape setting, with the remainder consisting of the descriptions of the fictional monsters.

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The [[Al-Qadim]] ''Land of Fate'' boxed set contains 8 unnumbered 5-hole punched loose-leaf pages in ''Monstrous Compendium'' format.

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The [[Al-Qadim]] ''Golden Voyages'' boxed set contains 4 unnumbered 5-hole punched loose-leaf pages in ''Monstrous Compendium'' format, each with a full-page image of the creature described on the back.

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The [[Al-Qadim]] ''City of Delights'' boxed set contains 8 unnumbered 5-hole punched loose-leaf pages in ''Monstrous Compendium'' format.

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The [[Al-Qadim]] ''Assassin Mountain'' boxed set contains 4 unnumbered 5-hole punched loose-leaf pages in ''Monstrous Compendium'' format.

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The [[Al-Qadim]] ''Secrets of the Lamp'' boxed set contains 4 unnumbered 5-hole punched loose-leaf pages in ''Monstrous Compendium'' format.

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The [[Planescape]] [[Campaign setting|Campaign Setting]] boxed set contains a 32-page ''Monstrous Supplement'' booklet.

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The [[Planescape]] ''Planes of Chaos'' boxed set contains a 32-page ''Monstrous Supplement'' booklet.

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The [[Planescape]] ''Planes of Law'' boxed set contains a 32-page ''Monstrous Supplement'' booklet.

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The [[Planescape]] ''Planes of Conflict'' boxed set contains a 32-page ''Monstrous Supplement'' booklet.

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