diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index f39c5c2..a87b4ae 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -50,6 +50,7 @@ CXXSRC=\
 	src/ChunkManager.cpp\
 	src/BuddyManager.cpp\
 	src/GroupManager.cpp\
+	src/Monitor.cpp\
 
 # headers (for timestamp purposes)
 CHDR=\
@@ -88,6 +89,7 @@ CXXHDR=\
 	src/ChunkManager.hpp\
 	src/BuddyManager.hpp\
 	src/GroupManager.hpp\
+	src/Monitor.hpp\
 
 COBJ=$(CSRC:.c=.o)
 CXXOBJ=$(CXXSRC:.cpp=.o)
diff --git a/src/Monitor.cpp b/src/Monitor.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6058933
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Monitor.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,127 @@
+#include "CNShardServer.hpp"
+#include "PlayerManager.hpp"
+#include "CNStructs.hpp"
+#include "Monitor.hpp"
+
+#include <cstdio>
+
+static int listener;
+static std::mutex sockLock; // guards socket list
+static std::list<int> sockets;
+static sockaddr_in address;
+
+// runs during init
+void Monitor::init() {
+    listener = socket(AF_INET, SOCK_STREAM, 0);
+    if (listener < 0) {
+        perror("socket");
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    int opt = 1;
+    if (setsockopt(listener, SOL_SOCKET, SO_REUSEADDR, &opt, sizeof(opt)) < 0) {
+        perror("setsockopt");
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    address.sin_family = AF_INET;
+    address.sin_addr.s_addr = INADDR_ANY;
+    address.sin_port = htons(8003);
+
+    if (bind(listener, (struct sockaddr*)&address, sizeof(address)) < 0) {
+        perror("bind");
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    if (listen(listener, SOMAXCONN) < 0) {
+        perror("listen");
+        exit(1);
+    }
+
+    std::cout << "[INFO] Monitor listening on *:8003" << std::endl;
+
+    REGISTER_SHARD_TIMER(tick, 5000);
+}
+
+// XXX
+static bool transmit(std::list<int>::iterator it, char *buff, int len) {
+    int n = 0;
+    int sock = *it;
+
+    while (n < len) {
+        n = send(sock, buff+n, len-n, 0);
+        if (n < 0) {
+            perror("send");
+            close(sock);
+            it = sockets.erase(it);
+            return false;
+        }
+    }
+
+    return true;
+}
+
+// runs in shard thread
+void Monitor::tick(CNServer *serv, time_t delta) {
+    std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(sockLock);
+    char buff[256];
+    int n;
+
+    auto it = sockets.begin();
+    while (it != sockets.end()) {
+        int sock = *it;
+
+        n = send(sock, "begin\n", 6, 0);
+        if (n < 0) {
+            perror("send");
+            close(sock);
+            it = sockets.erase(it);
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        for (auto& pair : PlayerManager::players) {
+            n = std::snprintf(buff, sizeof(buff), "player %d %d %s\n",
+                    pair.second->x, pair.second->y,
+                    PlayerManager::getPlayerName(pair.second, false).c_str());
+
+            n = send(sock, buff, n, 0);
+            if (n < 0) {
+                perror("send");
+                close(sock);
+                it = sockets.erase(it);
+                continue;
+            }
+        }
+
+        n = send(sock, "end\n", 4, 0);
+        if (n < 0) {
+            perror("send");
+            close(sock);
+            it = sockets.erase(it);
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        it++;
+    }
+}
+
+// runs in monitor thread
+void Monitor::start(void *unused) {
+    socklen_t len = sizeof(address);
+
+    for (;;) {
+        int sock = accept(listener, (struct sockaddr*)&address, &len);
+        if (sock < 0) {
+            perror("accept");
+            continue;
+        }
+
+        std::cout << "[INFO] New monitor connection from " << inet_ntoa(address.sin_addr) << std::endl;
+
+        {
+            std::lock_guard<std::mutex> lock(sockLock);
+
+            sockets.push_back(sock);
+        }
+    }
+}
diff --git a/src/Monitor.hpp b/src/Monitor.hpp
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..c654b5a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/src/Monitor.hpp
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+#pragma once
+
+#include "CNProtocol.hpp"
+
+#include <list>
+#include <mutex>
+
+namespace Monitor {
+    void init();
+    void tick(CNServer *, time_t);
+    void start(void *);
+};
diff --git a/src/main.cpp b/src/main.cpp
index f00dadd..ee9220f 100644
--- a/src/main.cpp
+++ b/src/main.cpp
@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 #include "TableData.hpp"
 #include "ChunkManager.hpp"
 #include "GroupManager.hpp"
+#include "Monitor.hpp"
 
 #include "settings.hpp"
 
@@ -37,6 +38,8 @@
 CNShardServer *shardServer = nullptr;
 std::thread *shardThread = nullptr;
 
+std::thread *monitorThread = nullptr;
+
 void startShard(CNShardServer* server) {
     server->start();
 }
@@ -101,6 +104,7 @@ int main() {
     TransportManager::init();
     BuddyManager::init();
     GroupManager::init();
+    Monitor::init();
     Database::open();
 
     switch (settings::EVENTMODE) {
@@ -119,6 +123,7 @@ int main() {
     shardServer = new CNShardServer(settings::SHARDPORT);
 
     shardThread = new std::thread(startShard, (CNShardServer*)shardServer);
+    monitorThread = new std::thread(Monitor::start, nullptr);
 
     loginServer.start();