Monsters! Monsters! is a role-playing game first published by Metagaming Concepts in 1976.
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Description
Monsters! Monsters! is a fantasy system in which the player characters are monsters who prey on adventurers and the civilized world. The game's rules systems are essentially compatible with Tunnels & Trolls.
Publication history
Monsters! Monsters! was designed by Ken St. Andre with Jim "Bear" Peters, with art by Liz Danforth, and was published in 1976 by Metagaming Concepts as a 40-page square-bound book. Monsters! Monsters!, St. Andre's third game, was developed by Steve Jackson based on a design by St. Andre related to his Tunnels & Trolls role-playing game. Metagaming Concepts released a second printing in 1976, which was saddle-stitched. Howard M. Thompson provided illustrations for Monsters! Monsters!
Flying Buffalo got the rights to print a second edition of Monsters! Monsters! in 1979.
Reception
John ONeill of Black Gate comments: "The game is well written, with plenty of delightful Liz Danforth art, and my games library is no longer missing an important piece of gaming history."