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Ruin Deck

Generate endless ruins and adventure, in prep or on the fly! The Numenera Ruin Mapping Engine is one of the most popular features of Jade Colossus: Ruins of the Prior World, the essential GM’s companion for adventure building in the weird and wondrous Ninth World.

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Shin Set

The riches of the Ninth World—in your hands! Shins are the universal currency of the Ninth World. Often derived from attractive buttons, baubles, and bits found in ruins of the prior worlds, these shiny items are accepted in trade throughout the Steadfast and across most of the Beyond.

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Cypher Chronicles, vol. 1-2019

Welcome to the future, friends. This new year promises a diverse array of new gaming goodness, new ways to play, and certain new friends to game with (including new game masters). Dive into a few exciting tidbits with me in this week’s Cypher Chronicles!

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Cypher Chronicles, vol. 48-2018

What rolls like a ball, but isn’t? Do you know anyone who really wants to be a GM—but has been hesitant to take the plunge? It’s the last Cypher Chronicles of 2018!

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A Light in the Darkness

Candles, specially-wrapped gifts, good tidings, and a mysterious man in a large red coat. We’re speaking, of course, of the Invisible Sun festival called the Holidays. The end of the year finds itself steeped in mystery and magic so deep that it can be felt even in Shadow.

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MCG on Holiday December 24th-January 1st

Happy holidays! Thank you for helping make 2018 so full of joy for MCG and each of us personally! Thank you for enjoying and streaming and podcasting our games, spreading joy yourselves, and inspiring us with your own creativity.

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Cypher Chronicles, vol. 47-2018

We’re wrapping up the year, and looking forward to 2019 and all the new gamers and gamemasters it might bring. Science brings us strange news of gene activity beyond death, and streams bring us exciting one-night events you won’t want to miss. All in a day’s Cypher Chronicles.

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January Is New Gamemaster Month!

Join Us in January and You’ll Be a GM by February! What do you call someone who’s thought about GMing—who’s maybe always wanted to give it a shot—but who hasn’t quite taken the plunge? Come February, you’re going to call that person a GM.

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Holiday Shipping and the MCG Shop

The holidays are almost here! We love spending time with our families and friends during the holidays, and we hope you do, too. Here are some dates you need to know regarding shipping from the MCG Shop.

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Cypher Chronicles, vol. 46-2018

We’re bringing you a visual tour of PAX Unplugged 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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