Nightworld recaptures the thrilling world of Castlevania from the NES, featuring a big bad vampire, Barnabus, and his legions – skeletons, zombies, frankensteins, mud monsters, harpies, killers, medusas… more than 30 monsters!
One page discusses Barnabus’s objectives, with a simple table offering 10 campaign ideas (some are excellent, others less so). Two pages explain how to use the book (mostly, how to adapt it to your favourite system). The remainder – more than 40 pages – consists of illustrations and brief descriptions detailing the powers and weaknesses of each creature.
Is it useful? Overall, yes, even if some descriptions are a bit lacking. More than a traditional monster book, this is a toolkit designed to help you create monsters for a campaign inspired by Castlevania. But be advised – you’ll need to do a lot of the work yourself. But of course, that’s part of the fun.