From publisher blurb: Q: Forty-two pages! Fuck. A: Yeah. Q: What, pray tell, are The Teratocracies? A: They are the scattered settlements, throughout Broceliande, ruled by monsters, by beasts, by tyrant mutant-lords and their followers. Q: Well that sounds like a standard pulp fantasy trope. A: Yup. That’s why I thought maybe people might want this toy to play with even if they weren’t running games in the chivalrous, fae-haunted wilds of Broceliande. Q: And where are The Teratocracies? A: They are in randomly-generated locations outside the civilized areas, so that adventuring parties can stumble upon them or be sent to find them. Q: How does it work? A: Well first you randomly generate a map location for the settlement the monster runs, then you randomly generate a headquarters from which the teratocrat rules, then you roll a thrall population--the kinds of creatures the monster has charmed or enslaved...got all that so far? Q : Yes I do. A: Well then you roll up some other creatures on the Troublemakers table that are elsewhere in Broceliande that are connected to the settlement, then you see how big the settlement is and then you roll on a big table saying who the Teratocrat is (like: what monster) and what’s special about them and who helps them be monstrous. Q: Are there other resources I can use here? A: Funny you should ask, yes there are. There’s a d1000 Things About Villains table which is mostly mutations but also other things that make villains stand out, there’s a Troublemakers table which is good for generating load-bearing NPCs typical of all the areas in Broceliande and there are town and ruin generators at the end there. Q: Can you do other things with the tables? A: Yeah, you could make a big monster army with it, by rolling more times on the Advisors and Enforcers columns, and rolling more on the Things About Villains table for each unit. You’d use the Advisors as lieutenants. You could even build two teratocracies, roll d20 enforcers for each side and play a little wargame with a friend. Q:I rolled up a Teratocracy and I don’t like it. A: Roll another one. Q: Oh this one is cool I like it. A: See? Wasn’t that fun?