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Cypher Chronicles, vol. 19-2018

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No Thank You, Evil! — A Story So Nice We’re Telling it Twice

When we came up with the idea for No Thank You, Evil! back in 2015, we weren’t sure if anyone would be interested in it. A family roleplaying game designed around immersion, inclusion, and being awesome together?

Announcing the Open Secret Sale

We’ve got to make room in our fulfillment warehouse to receive Invisible Sun (have you seen the size of this amazing, beautiful game?!?), so our pain is your gain! With all the beautiful Invisible Sun Black Cubes on the way, and Numenera Discovery and Numenera Destiny hot on their tails, we’re holding a warehouse-clearing sale!

Arkus, Delve, and Wright — Designing New Numenera Types

Numenera Destiny introduces three new types: Arkus, Wright, and Delve. As you can imagine, a lot of design time, iteration, playtesting, and re-design went into their creation in order to make each one shine.

Cypher Chronicles, vol. 18-2018

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The Core of Numenera Discovery and Destiny

Numenera is two books: Numenera Discovery and Numenera Destiny. Numenera Discovery is a revision of the original Numenera corebook.

Starter Kit

I had the great honor of being asked to appear on Geek & Sundry’s Starter Kit show. My role? Run a six-session introductory session of Numenera for a group that’s never played the game before and teach them all the ins and outs.

How the Invisible Sun Directed Campaign Works

When the Directed Campaign launches on June 1st, those GMs who have opted in will gain access to an exclusive website. That will have two main features: A package of downloadable content.

Cypher Chronicles, vol. 17-2018

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Stream Your Game: Tips from Marsie Vellan

Ahoy! The Owl of Lysia is a Cypher System campaign on the high seas of Gallyca with a cast of rascals. The game master, Marsie Vellan, has been playing and worldbuilding in this custom setting for many years but has recently taken it to the big stage: