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Torment: The Explorer’s Guide

Explore new lands. Discover new creatures. Unearth new secrets. Pre-order special:Pre-orderTorment: The Explorer’s Guidein print, and get the PDF for free! This is a limited-time offer, good only during the pre-order period. The Torment: Tides of Numeneracomputer game is set in a whole new region of the Ninth World. This book details the weird and […]

Monte Says: Share the Cost

Monte Says is a regular feature here on the Monte Cook Games website, in which Monte talks about topics related to the Cypher System—or anything else on his mind! Tabletop game groups of all stripes always have a “thought leader” (or two). You know—the guy or girl who learns about new games, buys the games, […]

Cypher Chronicles, vol. 23-2016

Iadace and welcome to Cypher Chronicles! Exciting News and Interviews Shanna is the Game Designer Guest of Honor at LepreCon 42 this weekend,at theEmbassy Suites Phoenix North in Phoenix, Arizona. Here isher schedule. “The vibe I got was very much like the superhero comics of my youth filled with characters (the PC’s) who are larger […]

Your Game: The Fear Factor

Your Game is a regular feature here on the Monte Cook Games website, that talks about getting the most out of your RPG experience, including GM and player advice. Horror has been a part of RPGs since the early days—certainly since the initial release of Call of Cthulhu back in 1981. I love the tension […]

Cypher Chronicles, vol. 22-2016

Iadace and welcome to Cypher Chronicles! Exciting News and Interviews “This tome has a secret title,” he said. “It’s called Breath of the Gods.” He slung the book behind him again and reached for her hand. She pulled away. Even without touching her, he could feel her pain. So instead of telling her about the […]

Special Features: Want to Run a Game at Gen Con?

Special Featuresis a regular columnin which MCG team members discuss projects they’re working on, interesting MCG activities, or things that inspire their work. MCG is running a whole load of official games at Gen Con—well over 100. But they’re all sold out, and we’ve heard from the events team at Gen Con that there is […]

Gods of the Fall: Breath of God

The Gods are Dead—Now It’s Your Turn There was a time when gods walked the world. Their magic pervaded the earth and the sky. From their mystical realm of Elanehtar, they brought plenty and pestilence. They judged the living and the dead. Their rule was absolute. Then Elanehtar fell to earth like a vengeful star, […]

Cypher Chronicles, vol. 21-2016

Iadace and welcome to Cypher Chronicles! Exciting News and Interviews If the seas have a ruler, it is the octopus. And what happens when you take the current-Earth baseline and advance it through a billion years of evolution? You getThe Octopi of the Ninth World.Octopiat least as smart as humans, with telepathy and an underwater […]

July: KantCon

KantCon is the Kansas City area’s summer convention, held at the Overland Park Convention Center. Since its founding in 2009, the con has grown every year, probably due in large part to its simple message: Just Game. MCG will have a presence at KantCon this year. Details are still being hammered out, but there are […]

Octopi Week at Monte Cook Games

It is #MCGoctopiWeek here at Monte Cook Games! Octopi are intelligent, adaptable, and resilient creatures.Just reading their description on Wikipedia can inspire all sorts of adventure ideas for a roleplaying game. Our new glimmer,The Octopi of the Ninth Worldtakes that current-Earth baseline and advances it through a billion years of evolution, resulting in creatures at […]