The good: Lots of interesting variations on goblins without having to memorize 12 new stat blocks. Very much a good way to spice up a common monster without havign to re-invent the wheel. Or in this case, the wheel with lots of teeth that eventually explodes.

The less good: Some of the restrictions are a little hacky (for instance, there's an exploding goblin that can only be ignited by a particular other version of goblin, which given that the explosive is mundane, seems a strange restriction). One or two of the goblin kin seem like they've got enough difference to warrant a XP recalculation, but don't get one; I haven't done the crunch on this to verify, so I could be wrong on that point.

Special mention: The artwork is outstanding and justifies the price of the download as much as the content.

Overall: This is a great bit of inspirational work. Nothing too mind blowing, but lots of solid "Huh... that's pretty cool". Influences are transparent, if not outright stated, but feels like a solid supplement rather than geekfluff.

If you would like your goblins to be a little less predictable and need ideas, give this a shot. It's worth it.

As someone who has DM'd since 1992, it's been troublesome at times to make goblins relevant throughout adventurers careers. 5th edition started the process on how to do so, and, The Le Games leaped it into a quantum gear. Excellent useage, and very extensive. Recommend highly.

A lovely collection of wee beasties! Just reading the write ups has my DM brain tingling with new ways to vex my players!!

This is a targeted, useful pdf! Goblins are close to the bottom of the food chain so in some settings they are everywhere! Don’t let your goblins get boring.

The PDF is 12 pages, of which 10 are content. The pages are two columns and the text crunch is clearly the focus. The first page has the 5e goblin stat block and then there are 24 roles or unorthodox variations. There are about 2 pages of magic items spread between page 10 and the writeup for the goblin ‘Mad Tinker’. All of the variations embellish the vanilla statblock. This makes it a quick read and easy to implement. You can cut & paste the text to share with your players but its mostly DM stuff.

Unorthodox Goblins has great and welcome ideas. My chief criticism of this edition is that there are no new statblocks and no real template data that would include updated challenge rating etc… Having that information available would save a step for encounter building.

I don’t hesitate to recommend ‘Unorthodox Monsters: Goblins’. Interesting low level monsters are vital because they are so much of the game world. Product variations really suggest scenarios and stretch the goblin to be a better monster. Expanded tribe, or higher level encounters could use these ideas to flesh out the goblin hierarchy and make more of their racial character. There is a lot of use in this!

Full Disclosure - I won this pdf in a contest but I'm not beholden to its authorpublisher. These are my views.

At first glance you may think "I don't need any extra source material for goblins. They're just fodder anyway!" but this short and simple booklet completely made me rethink how to use goblins for my campaigns!

This book contains the quirky and vile little buggers you're used to and enhances them into truly disgusting wretches that will kill each other, kill themselves, and even eat one another for benefit in combat, as well as for the sheer enjoyment of it.

Because of this little PDF, I am now writing a campaign centered around goblin rituals and culture that my players are going to love!