Once again I will look at these 5 monsters and rate each of them as useful to me or not and then total that as a mark out of 5.

Acephalos - Although the art makes the creature seem unique to my world, I do not have a place for them in my game.

Lemurian - Forgotten race of psionic humanoid, yep can easily fit into my campaign of emerging psionic power.

Oklod - A little weird but usuable for my robgoblin mount next week, course I'll have to swip out the dire platypus from book 1

Synaltren - mmmmmmmmm, it could be the art or the devastating array of attack forms, but i love this guy. I might switch out the fire for a radiation attack in a modern or future game

Emulok - Tired, I am so tired of Beings of Order making robots, its overdone in my opinion. However if I give them a technorganic disease like Warlock, from New Mutants, then I can find a spot for them.<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: Art Multi-genre support ALternate campaign ideas<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

A rating out of five based upon how useful I think the monsters are:

Idos: A race of lungfish humanoids, seems strange to me at first, but from the artistry of their armour I'm thinking that I would introduce them as a race of reclusive artificiers of legend.

Bosch Fiend: This reminds me so much of the old Hordling creatures. They will be the first fiendish outsiders much new campaign entertains.

Cacophany Beetle: For me he can only be the result of a nuclear devastation. d20 future

Guuloth: The lord of vice will make a nice addition to my pantheon of evil. Hopefully their will soon be a monstrous humanoid or humanoid race that worships him in an upcoming CW

Higgus: No, can't do it. It was hard accepting the old needleman into my game I just can't do it for a Man Cactus.

<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: Art Multigenre support Alternate campaign suggestion<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

A rating out of 5 on the usability of this pack for my campaign:

Bioaegis: This seems like potentially one of the creepiest templates if handled properly. I view it as a must have for d20 future and must find a way to make it work in d20 fantasy (could be an awakened alien entity that forcibly binds with creatures)

Femiax: Although I hate fey creatures, I've been considering using these as victim creates who have their innate magic sucked out of them by an ambitions cabal of wizards that will eventually become nagpas.

Jabberwock: unsure if I will ever use him but I've always loved the poem so he is a keeper.

Lurg'Zul: Very cthulhuesque, my player absolutely refuse to play in my CoC campaign something about it being to bleak and hopeless so I'll just have to bring the cthulhu monsters to them instead. Mwahahahahahahahahaha

Vulgrex: possible use in modern sci-fi, but I would put these weird things in d20 fantasy without increasing stats and making them a large weird creature<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: Art Multi-genre support Campaign options <br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Excellent<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

Another chance to think about the usability of each of these monsters in my campaign.

Dharka: I really like to concept of certain monsters naturally skipping into some prestige classes. I hope to make Dharka one of my new creatures soon. (I can also include legends of these strange beasts growing into dragons.)

Mox: Immediately accepted into my campaign although I may add some paralysis to them and make them related to the Grell.

Orlin: Interesting concept and could make for an interesting humanoid campaign. I can see the called by some inferior races for the genecide of the Orlin

Thanal: Usable as described I would add +1d6 damage to all attacks against an opponent with a non-neutral portion of alignment for each portion. So +2d6 against CE/LG/LE/CG

Xores: My new earth humanoid psychic warriors although I'll probably make them appear more crystalline

<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: Art Multi-genre Campaign themes<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: OGL that doesn't allow for the creature's name to be used, which forces publishers to rename the creature when used. <br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

I really enjoyed this product.

Especially because the company has gone the extra distance to provide notes for each creature to operate in different genres and conversion notes to used them with a variety of d20 based games.

There are 5 creatues and 1 template

And one of the creatures is a "Dire Platypus" Who as a DM has not wanted to lay the smackdown on a bunch of snotty players with a quirky, nay even goofy monster. (He will make an appearance in my campaign soon.)<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: Psionic Template Erodaemon (For the more mature game) <br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

Okay this one I got for the Big Bad/Great Goodly template. The big bad wolf was just something I had to have. Here piggy, piggy, piggy. The other monsters are well thought out and look balanced. Again the D20 stats are avaiable and the pictures and NPC examples will help in running these monsters in any D20 campaign. One note: the Star Titan picture looks Kirbyesque. I look at that and have VERY fond memories of the old comics monsters done by him!<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: Portrait format! Thank you!<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: Nothing this time!<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

Again more templates and monsters. The main template in this volume seems to have an Eberron twist to it. Aside from this, nothing spectacular. One can never have too many monsters. The planar information might be useful to those whose players are planar travelers.<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: Standard D20 format for ease of reading.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: I've never really been a big fan of Mythic Earth creatures. I suppose someone could use them though.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

Okay I admit it. I have a weakness for the evil planar creatures. So this volume's coverage of fiends and other creatures from below are a welcome addition to my stable of monsters. My players will hate me soon enough. Thank you.<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: FIENDS!!!!<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: Nothing comes right out and says "this is bad" to me.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

Okay I have a weakness for the Alice in Wonderland/Through the Looking Glass stories, too. This comapny seems to be coming along well with new and revised monster concepts. There are two monsters that when I looked at the picture reminded me of the Ghostbusters cartoon. The one based off the movie, not the other one by Filmation.<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: Alice in Wonderland monsters and the Ghostbuster monsters<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: The pulp based monsters. Well, maybe I could use them somehow too.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Very Good<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

The monsters in this are refreshingly creative and useful, different from the usual monster book fluff (although the platypus is clearly more for comic relief). The art is outstanding and the creatures are well conceived. Very useful for dropping something insidious into the game that your players aren?t used to (like the deadgem). My group generally uses wounds and vitality points, so the variant rules are a big plus for me.

Despite the strengths, I would prefer a portrait format and maybe one or two more creatures for the price. Top notch and professional overall.<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: Artwork, creative monsters<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Excellent<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

Keep an eye on S. Trent Lott and Ronald Smith. If they can really put out a book as good as Creature Weekly Volume 1 fifty-two times 52 times a year, they'll on the design team for D&D 4.0 before long. Buy this PDF now or miss out on the chance to say "I was reading those guys back when they were doing Creature Weekly."<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: 1) These monsters are going to make a big splash in your game. Doesn't matter what game you're playing. Classic D&D - sure, with 3.5 stats if you roll that way. A private homebrew? You'll love the section describing each monster with the most popular variant rules from Unearthed Arcana. Gamma World, d20 Modern or d20 Future? These guys' twisted minds have come up with monsters that fit beautifully into any of these settings, with notes on how to adapt the creature for each one. The Creature Weekly cross-system, cross-genre conversion idea is one of 2004's coolest innovations in OGL design.

2) The erodaemon is a provocative journey into the territory Valar pioneered with Book of Erotic Fantasy and few have dared to go since. If she were the the demo for this PDF, you'd already have bought it. The best illustration in the book, a great use of color art. <br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: Octavirate has pushed back the frontiers of broken content. Many publishers try to discourage re-use of their monsters by designating the monster names as product identity instead of Open Game Content. As a protection scheme, this is kind of like a Kryptonite lock: your bike will still get taken, it's just that they'll leave behind the worthless lock. Broken content is lame, but lots of people do it.

The legal stance expressed in Creature Weekly Volume 1 breaks new ground by designating the name of one of their monsters as a trademark. If this is just a newbie mistake, at least it's a new and ambitious one. But if Octavirate really means what it's saying here, and if they ever get hold of enough money, it'll be like the bad old days when T$R was bullying fan sites witn an overheated legal team working overtime to prevent dilution of their trademarks.

It's nice to share, guys. The Open Game License will be good for you if you loosen up a little.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Excellent<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Very Satisfied<br>

The artwork is of an acceptable quality and I found them useful every now and then. Worth the price.<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: The price is good for the quantity and quality you get<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: A little lacking in variety of expressions on the characters faces<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

Worth buying since you will get some good creatures for a few dollars. Although the dire platypus (and the half dragon version?) are perhaps a little too weird for most games.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

Worth the price you'll pay for it. Like all monster books it contains it good creatures and the less than admirable ones. A nice way to introduce some creatures your players won't have seen before. <br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>

To be honest, I got this product just for the Platypus. Aside from that I found this product similar to others like it. A listing of each monster, the stats necessary to use it in a D20 campaign, and the description and picture. Interesting monsters, but nothing really stand out from the crowd.<br><br><b>LIKED</b>: The Platypus.<br><br><b>DISLIKED</b>: I don't like Landscape pages. Sure this may save on pages, but I prefer portrait when it comes to printing. It stays in my notebook sleeve easier and I don't have to turn my notebook sideways to read the entry.<br><br><b>QUALITY</b>: Acceptable<br><br><b>VALUE</b>: Satisfied<br>