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MCG on End-of-Summer Break

2018 has been very exciting so far! Invisible Sun, Numenera Discovery, and Numenera Destiny are all in fulfillment and being played around the world. We started a Twitch channel.

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Cypher Chronicles, vol. 34-2018

All the news that’s fit to chronicle. Plus, a flash sale that ends tonight–use the coupon code callisto6 for 25% off digital Cypher System products! Fill out your digital library, or tell a friend so they can follow along and watch the Cypher System in action on Geek & Sundry’s Callisto 6 episode (tonight at 4pm PDT on Twitch).

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NPC Personalities on the Fly – Part 1

If you’re a GM, you probably put a lot of work into significant nonplayer characters (NPCs) for your campaign. Prominent helpful characters who you expect to appear often (such as mentors for the player characters (PCs)) get well-defined personalities, mannerisms, and interesting descriptions because you know the players will be talking to those characters a lot. But players have a habit of taking a sharp left turn from where you expect them to go and end up talking to all sorts of NPCs t...

August: Dragon Con

Dragon Con is a celebration of gaming and geek culture. Monte and Shanna are both guests this year, and each has a fantastic (and long) lineup of appearances that you should check out! Monte’s Event Schedule Friday August 31st 1:

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Cypher Chronicles, vol. 33-2018 – A Love Letter

Parting is such sweet sorrow–Darcy writes a love letter to RPGs as we close out the Your Best Game Ever Kickstarter today, but we look forward to all the great gaming that will be coming our way! 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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A Deeper Look at Your Best Game Ever, Part 3: Character Arcs

In the previous installments, I’ve looked at a couple of areas that we’ll be discussing in Your Best Game Ever to give you a better idea of the planned approach to all the topics we hope to cover. (Check out problem players and playing games online). Today I’m going to discuss one more:

Cypher Chronicles, vol. 32-2018

The Cypher System live in front of an internet audience. A look back at Gen Con. And that one time, at band camp.

Cypher Chronicles, vol. 31-2018

Any week where we inadvertently fuel an RPG rap battle twitter war is… a good week? This week’s Cypher Chronicles brings you fresh news from Gen Con, front lines reporting from the Twittersphere, and what’s inspiring us lately. #RPGRapBattle Once upon a time, Darcy and Troy of the Cypher Speak Podcast were informed that they were in a podcast war with the CypherCast, and presumably the Invisible Sun-focused Incantations podcast.

Inside Stay Alive!

The Your Best Game Ever Kickstarter funded a new 160-page intense hardcover Cypher System book, Stay Alive!, that will cover running and playing a horror game. If you’re curious and excited about what will be in Stay Alive!

A Deeper Look at Your Best Game Ever, Part 2

So, last time, we took a look at a specific issue that Your Best Game Ever will cover and showed the general approach the book will take. This time, we’ll look at another: Playing games online This is a fantastic opportunity that’s really only come to the fore in the last decade or so.