39 Years Ago: Creature Catalogue was released.
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39 Years Ago: Creature Catalogue was released.
It collected all the creatures first presented in the #dnd adventure modules to that time. It describes over 200 monsters, each features an illustration and is indexed by habitat.
#TBThursday #tbt
Creature Catalogue
Creature Catalogue is a Basic Dungeons & Dragons accessory published in 1986 by TSR, Inc. Creature Catalogue describes over 200 monsters, most of which had been collected from D&D rules and modules, as well as 80 new monsters which had never been printed before; each monster is illustrated and...
Forgotten Realms Wiki (forgottenrealms.fandom.com)

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39 Years Ago: Creature Catalogue was released.
It collected all the creatures first presented in the #dnd adventure modules to that time. It describes over 200 monsters, each features an illustration and is indexed by habitat.
#TBThursday #tbt
Creature Catalogue
Creature Catalogue is a Basic Dungeons & Dragons accessory published in 1986 by TSR, Inc. Creature Catalogue describes over 200 monsters, most of which had been collected from D&D rules and modules, as well as 80 new monsters which had never been printed before; each monster is illustrated and...
Forgotten Realms Wiki (forgottenrealms.fandom.com)

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Pretty sure this book was specifically for the Basic branch (B/X, BECMI, RC). My long-lost copy had a different cover, but it was essentially the same book. A lot of the creatures were reprinted in the Mystara Monstrous Compendium Appendix for AD&D 2e.