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August 15, 2013
Bruce!
Today we announced that Bruce Cordell will be joining our team at Monte Cook Games as a Senior Designer. You can read the official press release here. Bruce and I have been friends since the 8th grade. We met, appropriately enough, because we both played games. We were in shop class, and he was making …
August 14, 2013
Numenera Primer
Numenera launches today! If you’ve just heard about this game for the first time, let me give you a brief overview, and some places to start looking for more information. Numenera is a new science fantasy tabletop rpg. It’s something that we launched via Kickstarter last year, and now it’s finally available! First of all, …
August 13, 2013
Cards? Cards.
With the launch of the Numenera corebook, we are also launching two different card deck products from DriveThruCards. You can get these as pdfs (so you can print out the cards yourselves) or as POD, so you can get them on professionally printed, quality cardstock. Most Kickstarter backers are getting at least the pdf versions …
August 12, 2013
Putting the Play in Roleplaying
A good game is all about choices. The players should make real, meaningful choices, and those choices should have a real effect on the game. It all comes down to where you put the variables. The variables—that is to say, the meaningful choices—are where the smart play happens. Variables Before the Game Even Starts In …
August 11, 2013
Kickstarter Fulfillment Update
Well, last week was a tough week. As you might have read, one week ago my father passed away. I was very much “out of commission” for most of the week. We had to cancel our trip to London and Nine Worlds Geekfest. Shanna and I did, however, make it to the warehouse in Atlanta …
August 10, 2013
Find Something To Love
One of the many stories about my dad told more than once this week goes back to when he was mayor of the small town that I grew up in. At the end of his first term, he was up for reelection and his opponent ran a campaign of mischaracterizations, half-truths, and some outright lies. …
August 6, 2013
My Dad
I don’t share a lot of personal information on my blog or elsewhere anymore. As I’ve grown older, I’ve become more private. I prefer to have my work speak for me, and keep my work more separate from my private life. But today I’m going to break from that, at least for a moment. My …
Thank You
As I write this, I’ve just finishing signing about 2,000 books. The Numenera corebook and Player’s Guide PDFs are out to Kickstarter backers and preorder customers. A sample of the print versions of both books is on my desk at home, and all of these books and ebooks, plus a number of support products, will …
July 31, 2013
Getting Ready for GenCon
GenCon is just two weeks away, and we’re getting ready for all the cool events we have planned. Charles Ryan, Shanna Germain, and I will all be there from Monte Cook Games, plus we’ll have on hand editor Ray Vallese, and Ninthworldhub.com coordinator David Wilson Brown. Plus, Robin and Colin from 3lb Games (creators of …
July 30, 2013
Important Info for Kickstarter Backers and Preorder Customers
This post is directly specifically toward Numenera Kickstarter backers and preorder customers.PDFs will be available to you on Thursday! You’ll get sent an email from DriveThruRPG. This means, first and foremost, make sure you can get emails from them. This entails two things. If you have ever been to their website, you might have been …
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