Today is Monday. It is also "M" Day. Here at The Other Side, Mondays are used for Monstrous Mondays, where I talk about monsters....

"Rübezahl" by Moritz von Schwind (1859)  I am working on a post for tomorrow, and while doing some reading, this guy came up. Sinc...

 Editing continues to Basic Bestiary 1. Right now, I am working under the assumption that is will be one very large book for Vol. 1, current...

 Playing around with different layouts for Basic Bestiary. I did a few, and I didn't like most of them. Not a big deal, I have time. Rig...

Work on Basic Bestiary has picked back up. I have 360 completed monsters for it now. I still have my next pass at editing and mechanics twea...

 On Saturday, February 10th we ushered in the Chinese Year of the Dragon .  Since this is 2024, it is the Year of the Wood Dragon. Reflectin...

 For the next few weeks, I will be posting monsters for use in the various "Powered by O.G.R.E.S." games I work on and use. These ...

 We decorated our "Geek Tree" this past weekend.  Even though my kids are older now and not really "kids" anymore (my ol...

 Just a quick on today. Really busy. I got an email over the weekend asking me to clarify some of my Saving Throw notations on my various mo...

I am now at my last set of gods (or whatever the Fates are), which brings me full circle. Today, I want to talk about the Fates. When I bega...

Ok. Back it! We had some measurable snow here in Chicagoland, and I thought a snow monster might be nice for today. But while working on it,...

 Trying to wrap-up my entries for my Deities & Demigods II: The Black Forest Mythos this week. Here is a monster I have always wanted to...

 Today's monster is a bit based on creatures like the harpy and siren of Greek and Roman myth with features of the Swan maiden of Northe...

I am surprised I have not tried to stat these guys up before this. But this seems the perfect time to do it.   Draugr Draugr are powerful un...

The Romans, Norse, and ancient Germanic peoples all had many monsters that haunted their fears and tales. But they all at least one monster ...