About this episode

The episode discusses J.W. Buel's 1887 work 'Sea and Land' and its significance in the context of natural history and RPGs.

In which I make the baseless argument that this is the first Monster Manual . This week on the Vintage RPG Podcast, we're going back in time to 1887 to check out J.W. Buel's unhinged tome of natural history, Sea and Land . 800 pages, with 300 illustrations depicting the natural world at its hungriest. A glorious thing. * * * Instagram? Old news. Join the Vintage RPG Newsletter ! That's where all the cool kids are now! Stu's book, Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground is for sale now! Buy it ! Patreon? Discord? Cool RPG things to buy? All the Vintage RPG links you need are right here in one place ! Like, Rate, Subscribe and Review the Vintage RPG Podcast! Edited by the one and only R. Alex Murray . Send questions, comments or corrections to info@vintagerpg.com . Available on iTunes , Google Podcasts , iHeartRadio , Spotify , YouTube and your favorite podcast clients. The Vintage RPG illustration is by Shafer Brown . Follow him on Twitter . Tune in next week for the next episode. Until then, may the dice always roll in your favor!

Topics covered

• natural history
• Monster Manual
• J.W. Buel
• illustrations
• RPG

Keywords

• Monster Manual
• natural history
• J.W. Buel
• Sea and Land
• RPG
• illustrations
• 1887

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Sea and Land, Monsters, Aliens, and Holes in the Ground

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