History YMMV / Monastyr

* MagnumOpusDissonance: The creator of this game clearly saw it as his gift to the role-playing world, while ''TabletopGame/{{Neuroshima}}'' was more of a quick job on the side. However, the laid-back macho tone and post-apo craziness of ''Neuroshima'' reasonated with the average Polish gamer a lot more than ''Monastyr'''s Baroque setting and dead-serious melancholic mood. There are rumours it disappointed him so much that it's the real reason why he dropped writing [=RPGs=] and hasn't picked it back up ever since, despite remaining in contact with the fandom.

* DorkAge: ''Monastyr'' was the climax of the ongoing trend in Polish RPG scene to make and run [[DarkerAndEdgier Grittier, Darker and Edgier]] games - and as such, it dialed it up to eleven. The resulting game is so grim and edgy, it eventually spawned a parody in form of ''Agony: The Gloomy RPG''. It also had a long-lasting consequences on the RPG scene as such, since first it equated RPG with "unbearably dark and gritty fantasy" and then, once everyone got sick and tired with it, successfully barred anyone from going back to the hobby, since looking for new players meant you were stuck with [=1d3=] people who came from either ''Monastyr'' or similarly bleak ''TabletopGame/{{Neuroshima}}'' background.

* FandomRivalry: With Polish [[TabletopGame/WarhammerFantasyRoleplay WFRP]] playerbase, since they were both gearing for the same type and style of gameplay, trying to one-up each other who's gonna go grittier.
* NarmCharm: How the game is being treated - and played - nowadays. Everyone and their dog is aware what sort of mess it is, both mechanically and tonally. But it's still picked for one-shot scenarios (which finally allows problems like potential TotalPartyKill to work as a feature) or as a curiosity thing (due to how entertainingly silly the game and its premise are).
* ScrappyMechanic: The RPG. The horribly convoluted [=3d20=] system was created specifically for ''Monastyr''. And it's not that the mechanics are bad by themselves, with loads of exceptions, confusing wording, obvious loopholes and plethora of contradictions - the section for GM openly states to just ''ignore unwelcomed successes'' in case of RNG still favouring players.

* DorkAge: ''Monastyr'' was the climax of the ongoing trend in Polish RPG scene to make and run [[DarkerAndEdgier Grittier, Darker and Edgier]] games - and as such, it dialed it UpToEleven. The resulting game is so grim and edgy, it eventually spawned a parody in form of ''Agony: The Gloomy RPG''. It also had a long-lasting consequences on the RPG scene as such, since first it equated RPG with "unbearably dark and gritty fantasy" and then, once everyone got sick and tired with it, successfully barred anyone from going back to the hobby, since looking for new players meant you were stuck with [=1d3=] people who came from either ''Monastyr'' or similarly bleak ''TabletopGame/{{Neuroshima}}'' background.

* NarmCharm: How the game is being treated - and played - nowadays. Everyone and their dog is aware what sort of mess it is, both mechanically and tonally. But it's still picked for one-shot scenarios or as a curiosity thing, due to how entertainingly silly the game and its premise are.