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Cypher Chronicles, vol. 2-2018

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Cypher System Creature Deck

Scores of creatures at your fingertips—and your convenience! Build encounters quickly and easily, or create them randomly on the fly. Then give your players a look at their foes before plunging into combat.

The First Day of the Rest of Your Game Mastering Life

Gamemastering. To some gamers, it seems to come naturally, but to others—longtime veterans of gaming, as well as newbies just entering the hobby—it’s a bit intimidating. But running an RPG can be an incredible joy, and GMs keep our hobby thriving and growing.

Cypher Chronicles, vol. 1-2018

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Start Your New Year With New Gamemaster Month

It’s a new year–time to try new things, whether you’re a player or a game master! Join us in the journey to become a game master with New Gamemaster Month, learning to run Numenera, Unknown Armies from Atlas Games, or Trail of Cthulhu from Pelgrane Press. Like in our previous years, all you’ll need is the relevant corebook and a group of friends.

Cypher Chronicles, vol. 46-2017

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MCG on Holiday December 22nd-January 1st

Happy holidays! 2017 has been a thrilling whirlwind of a year for all of us, and we’re looking forward to taking some time off over the holidays to spend with our friends, families, and loved ones (including the furry four-legged kinds). MCG will be closed from Friday, December 22nd to Monday, January 1st.

Shadewalker

Every few years, the massive Shadewalker lifts itself from torpor and rambles to a new location—which forces the citizens of Shadewalker Shanty, the trading settlement that has built up under the Shadewalker’s protective bulk, to relocate their town. For the first time in memory, though, the Shadewalker has done something different. Is the giant machine leading the town into danger?

Go Back to Ellomyr in January

A new season of Cypher Play starts January 15th, and this time we’re visiting Ellomyr, the little village that was the home and story setting of the Numenera 2 Kickstarter. The six scenarios for the Defenders of Ellomyr season of Cypher Play begin a short time before the margr attack on the town. Players will interact with familiar faces like Gurner, Nieten, and Calistina, find out the real reason for the Angry Red River’s deadly history, salvage iotum, craft some cyphers, investigate the...

December: Charity Numenera Twitch Game for Dicember

Tune in Tuesday 12/19 at 9pm ET for a game of Numenera run by MCG’s own Sean Reynolds, with players Shanna Germain, Bear Weiter, Monte Cook, and the Exploding Dice host Askren! Dicember: The Exploding Dice Twitch channel is hosting Dicember, a whole month of streamed RPGs to raise funds for St.