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Cypher Chronicles, vol. 5-2020

Kaiju, old maps, new GMs, and a peek at the Nightside. Here in this week’s Cypher Chronicles! You can get Cypher Chronicles, and other MCG news, delivered right to your inbox!

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Cypher Chronicles, vol. 4-2020

Darcy showcases her RPG shelfie, waxing nostalgic about her Dungeons & Dragons roots. We squee about great 5e and Cypher System content to come, and recommend videos and podcasts to trip your cyphers. All in this week’s Cypher Chronicles!

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Arcana of the Ancients

There are powers even greater than magic . . .

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Cypher Chronicles vol. 3-2020

The secret lives of snails, a giant load of new products on their way, a mysterious city beneath an even more mysterious spire—and lots more. All in this week’s Cypher Chronicles! You can get Cypher Chronicles, and other MCG news, delivered right to your inbox!

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Announcing Ptolus for 5e and the Cypher System

Want to be notified when the Ptolus Kickstarter launches? Scroll down! Two decades ago, over the course of several years, I ran my own personal D&D campaign set in a huge fantasy city called Ptolus.

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Cypher Chronicles vol. 2-2020

We take a look ahead into 2020, extoll the benefits of New Gamemaster Month, get a list of the best 2019 horror movies, and discover a new-to-us author—all this and more in this week’s Cypher Chronicles! You can get Cypher Chronicles, and other MCG news, delivered right to your inbox! Enter your email address and click the Subscribe button in the right-hand column, and you’ll never miss a post.

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Cypher Chronicles, vol. 1-2020

Ta-da! Welcome to 2020, friends. We bring you musings on gamemastery, Ninth World giveaways and discounts, spooky thrills, and all the space-excitement that the internet has to offer.

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Cypher Chronicles, vol. 48-2019

Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas, and Happy New Year! Welcome to the last Cypher Chronicles of the year. We look back at products released in 2019, we get a sneak-peek inside some mad internal playtesting, we invite those of you who aren’t GMs to give it a go, and much more!

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Cypher Chronicles, vol. 47-2019

Good cheer, charity, and spooky delight await you in today’s Cypher Chronicles! Darcy dives in to our charity opportunities with the MCG Holiday Gift and the Worldbuilder’s charity, and reveals her undying love for the vampires of Stay Alive! You can get Cypher Chronicles, and other MCG news, delivered right to your inbox!

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Stay Alive!

A good scare makes for a great game. It’s the abandoned corridor, the flickering light never quite reaching the deeper shadows. It’s that cry in the distance—a child’s wail, or some weird animal bleating?

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