List of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 1st edition monsters

Encyclopedic cataloguing of monsters dates back to ancient times, for example Pliny's Natural History. However, 1st edition Advanced Dungeons & Dragons was the first game to simulate monsters and magic. The "spread sheeting" of monsters in 1st edition was hugely influential not only for tabletop gaming, but computer games as well. Chroniclers of the art of Dungeons & Dragons Michael Witwer et al. observed that the regular inclusion of images introduced in this edition "made the standard visualisation of monsters just as important as how they were specified and quantified". ==TSR 2009 – Monster Manual (1977)==

This was the initial monster book for the first edition of the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game, published in 1977. the 1st and 2nd editions listed intelligence only, as a characteristic important for creating challenging encounters in the game. == TSR 2012 – Fiend Folio (1981)==

The Fiend Folio: Tome of Creatures Malevolent and Benign was the second monster book for the first edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, published in 1981. While the Monster Manual consisted primarily of monsters previously published in D&D books edited by Gary Gygax, the Fiend Folio consisted mostly of monsters submitted to White Dwarfs "Fiend Factory" column. Don Turnbull, later Managing Director of TSR UK, was the editor for the "Fiend Factory" column, as well as the Fiend Folio, which was billed as "the first major British contribution to the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game system." The monsters in this book are presented in the same format as those in the previous Monster Manual work, and most featured illustrations of the monsters. Also, there are full-page black and white illustrations of various monsters throughout the book. The book contains a foreword on pages 3–4, an alphabetical table of contents on page 5, explanatory notes on pages 6–7, descriptions of the monsters on pages 8–97, a treasure chart on page 99, additional tables and charts for all the monsters in both the Monster Manual and Fiend Folio on pages 100–119, an index of major listings (including the contributor for each monster) on pages 120–124, with an epilogue on page 124. == Monster Cards (1982) ==

Four sets of "monster cards" were released in 1982; each card contained the stats and description of a single monster. They were mostly reprints from the Monster Manual, but three monsters in each set were original, and were reprinted in the Monster Manual II the next year. TSR8009 - Set 1 TSR8010 - Set 2 TSR8011 - Set 3 TSR8012 - Set 4 == TSR 2016 – Monster Manual II (1983)==

Monster Manual II was the third and final monster book for the first edition of Advanced Dungeons & Dragons, published in 1983, and has the largest page count of the three. As with the Monster Manual, this book was written primarily by Gary Gygax. While this book contains a number of monsters that previously appeared in limited circulation (such as in Dragon or in adventure modules), unlike the Monster Manual and Fiend Folio a large amount of its contents was entirely new at publication. The monsters in this book are presented in the same format as the Monster Manual and Fiend Folio. The book contains a preface on page 4, a section entitled "How To Use This Book" on pages 5–7, descriptions of the monsters on pages 8–132, random encounter tables on pages 133–155, and an index of all the monsters in the Monster Manual, Fiend Folio, and Monster Manual II on pages 156–160. Unlike the previous two books, this book does not contain an alphabetical listing of the monsters in the beginning of the book. ==Other sources==

This section lists fictional creatures for AD&D 1st edition from various sources not explicitly dedicated to presenting monsters. TSR 2021 – Dragonlance Adventures (1987) The campaign setting hard-cover book Dragonlance Adventures contains a monster section called Creatures of Krynn. TSR 2023 – Greyhawk Adventures (1988) The campaign setting hard-cover book Greyhawk Adventures contains a section called Monsters of Greyhawk. Dragon magazine The Dragon introduced many new monsters to the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons game. ==See also==