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Rules Lawyers

Knowing the rules is a good thing. Constantly, pedantically correcting everyone else’s knowledge of the rules, or arguing with the GM about the rules, is not. Insisting on always bringing up the rules, contradicting other players or the GM’s knowledge of the rules, or generally quoting the rules “chapter and verse” is called rules lawyering.

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Cypher Chronicles, vol. 17-2019

Beasts invade our reality—from two separate realms. Magic hits the streets. And we’re honored with not one but two nominations for one of the biggest awards in gaming.

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Strife Among the Players

This article is an excerpt from Your Best Game Ever, on preorder now and coming this summer! Strife Among the Players Sometimes there’s going to be drama. Conflict.

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Strife Among the Players – Excerpt from Your Best Game Ever

This article is an excerpt from Your Best Game Ever, on preorder now and coming this summer! Strife Among the Players Sometimes there’s going to be drama. Conflict.

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Pacing Encounters and Sessions Together

This article is an excerpt from Your Best Game Ever, on preorder now and coming this summer! Pacing Encounters and Sessions Together One of the reasons that pacing within a session is so important is that you want every session to feel significant and important. You don’t want everyone walking away from the table saying, “Well, we didn’t really accomplish much tonight, did we?

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Pacing Encounters and Sessions Together – Excerpt from Your Best Game Ever

This article is an excerpt from Your Best Game Ever, on preorder now and coming this summer! Pacing Encounters and Sessions Together One of the reasons that pacing within a session is so important is that you want every session to feel significant and important. You don’t want everyone walking away from the table saying, “Well, we didn’t really accomplish much tonight, did we?

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Cypher Chronicles, vol. 16-2019

New creatures to invigorate your Ninth World adventures, a free Grimmerspace sci-fi horror adventure, a giveaway contest for a deluxe copy of Your Best Game Ever, and an in memoriam tribute to a major influencer for Numenera. 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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Ensuring Player Agency

This article is an excerpt from Your Best Game Ever, on preorder now and coming this summer! Ensuring Player Agency Players control their characters. This means that they have real choices to make, and no one else, including you, can make those choices for them.

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Ensuring Player Agency – Excerpt from Your Best Game Ever

This article is an excerpt from Your Best Game Ever, on preorder now and coming this summer! Ensuring Player Agency Players control their characters. This means that they have real choices to make, and no one else, including you, can make those choices for them.

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Your Best Game Ever

Unlock the secrets of consistently awesome RPG experiences—for players and GMs! We’ve all had them: games where the party clicked perfectly.

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