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Cypher Chronicles, vol. 23-2020

Learning, growing, and exploring through the internet and the datasphere. An interview with Shanna Germain, and an upcoming #SplitTheParty stream with Dominique Dickey. Recommendations for adventure, charity bundles, dino dudes, and much more in this week’s Cypher Chronicles.

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Cypher Chronicles, vol. 22-2020

The Threshold, the Invisible Sun book about the life of a vislae, information about the Labyrinth, and much more, is available to preorder now (it releases in July). Sales of Heist on Miracle IV, a fantastic space adventure, are driving donations for Black Lives Matter. The next #SplitTheParty is about the creative process of RPG writing—so you won’t want to miss it.

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We Are Doubling Our Matching Donation to Black Lives Matter

Last week we were delighted to release Heist on Miracle IV, a new action-packed Cypher System adventure for The Stars Are Fire (or any sci-fi setting) by our now-graduated intern Dominique S. Dickey. We’re donating all proceeds from sales of this adventure for the month of June to the charity of Dominique’s choice, Black Lives Matter.

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The Threshold

What lies beyond the Actuality? What lies beyond the pinnacle of a vislae’s power? The vislae’s road has many steps.

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Table for Two: Running Cypher System for One Player

What does it take to run a Cypher System game for a single player? The Cypher System is extremely flexible—I’ve used it for large groups, like a Predation game Troy Pichelman and I ran across two tables and 12 players, all the way down to one player and one GM, as in the Party of One podcast Numenera episode. Because the Cypher System isn’t built around “game balance” or carefully weighted encounters, you can’t break the game by changing the player count.

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Cypher Chronicles, vol. 21-2020

MCG fans make a nice donation to COVID-19 relief, and another nice one to Black Lives Matter. And we’re fulfilling The Threshold and Beneath the Monolith to backers ahead of plan. An Invisible Sun chat and charity fundraiser with Shanna Germain is on the horizon.

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Heist on Miracle IV

Now through June 30th, all proceeds from sales of Heist on Miracle IV will be donated to blacklivesmatter.com. Monte Cook Games will make a matching donation for the first 500 copies sold during this period.

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Cypher Chronicles, vol. 20-2020

Good heavens—what’s that strange creature? A bevy of strange critters, alien plants on our own earth, exciting fulfillment news for backers, and plenty of delightful recommendations await you in this issue of Cypher Chronicles. You can get Cypher Chronicles, and other MCG news, delivered right to your inbox!

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Beneath the Monolith

The Ninth World comes to Fifth Edition! They say there have been eight worlds before ours. Eight times the people of this planet, over vast millennia, built their civilizations, reaching heights we cannot even fully imagine now.

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Cypher Chronicles, vol. 19-2020

We peek behind the scenes to find out what each person on the team is working on, we celebrate the beginning of the Kickstarter fulfillment of Voices of the Datasphere, we lament the cancellation of Gen Con 2020, but take solace in the creation of Gen Con Online, and we leave you with some really fantastic recommendations—all in this issue of Cypher Chronicles! You can get Cypher Chronicles, and other MCG news, delivered right to your inbox! Enter your email address and click the Subscribe...