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It’s Raining Cats and Dinosaurs!

Four exciting new adventures, plus lots more! A creature called Kabloom! is stealing all the power from the Flowering Fields.

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Introducing Numenera to Players

One of the things I love about Numenera is that it’s easy to play, which makes it a great roleplaying game (RPG) for newbies to learn. This summer I introduced Numenera to four people—each with very different RPG familiarity and experience—and now they’re all hooked. I explained the setting, asked them what kinds of fantasy characters they normally like to play, and built them similar characters to ease their transition into a new system.

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Cypher Chronicles, vol. 35-2019

A celebration of the diegetic joy of props, an excerpt from the book So, You’re Dead. You’re So Dead by Sofia Garcia, news about Numenera and space elevators, and gorgeous art and other RPGs inspiring us this week! You can get Cypher Chronicles, and other MCG news, delivered right to your inbox!

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Enchiridion of the Path

A journey across realms like no other. A guidebook for that journey—like no other. Wise vislae, have you studied the realms beneath the suns?

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Cypher Chronicles, vol. 34-2019

It’s been an outstandingly busy week here at MCG! But it resulted in free products, new Numenera titles, and books shipping to Cypher System fans the world over! Catch up quickly with the Cypher Chronicles.

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Consent in Gaming

Tackle Mature Content with Confidence! From fending off an attack by bloodthirsty pirates to delving into dank caverns, roleplaying games allow you to explore and experience things you probably don’t want to face in real life—or to approach topics from the perspective of characters who may be very different than your actual self. This shared experience is intended to be fun for all involved, but RPGs can put characters in life-or-death crises, intense emotional situations, or traumatic en...

Carnival Row Comes to the Cypher System!

Today Nerdist Industries announced the release of the Carnival Row Roleplaying Guide, based on the Cypher System. The Carnival Row Roleplaying Guide is available as a free download via the Nerdist website (www.nerdist.

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Cypher Chronicles, vol. 33-2019

Dozens of Ninth World creatures and characters for your gaming table. The solar system scaled to a marble-sized Earth. Invisible Sun back in print.

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The Liminal Shore

Voices of the Datasphere, the first book of the Liminal Shores Kickstarter campaign, focuses on the datasphere, the mysterious network of ancient transmissions and information that sometimes gifts people of the Ninth World with visions and insight. The second book, Liminal Shore, describes a new physical part of the Ninth World unknown to the people of the Steadfast. This part of the world was never influenced by the Order of Truth—it has no common language to unify them, no formal religi...

Cypher Chronicles, vol. 32-2019

An ode to cards and accessories, a roundup of the next week’s storytelling in silico, an AMA with the design team of Liminal Shores, artificial memories created in mice, and more in today’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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