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The Octopi of the Ninth World

The Secrets of a Billion-Year Empire If the seas have a ruler, it is the octopus. Their empire has outlived the eight Prior Worlds and spans the world’s oceans—all ruled by their queen. Discover the secrets of the Ninth World’s most ancient and, though it is known to few, pervasive cultures in The Octopi of […]

Your Game: Mining GM Notes for Ideas

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. Most game masters (GMs) take a lotof notes during an average game session. These notes usually contain things like: people encountered by the player characters (PCs), […]

Monte Cook Games Announces Organized Play

Fans of Numenera, The Strange, and the Cypher System roleplaying games, along with brick-and-mortar retailers carrying those lines in their stores, can look forward to great game play and a new tool for building local communities for MCG games. Monte Cook Games today announced its new Cypher Play program of organized play for brick-and-mortar retail. […]

Cypher Chronicles, vol. 20-2016

Iadace and welcome to Cypher Chronicles! Exciting News and Interviews A power has awoken against the darkness. A divine spark struck in the hearts of new gods-in-the-making. You have this spark—the seed of godhood within you. Can you restore what was broken before the world vanishes forever into darkness? Can you claim a place for […]

Monte Says: The Twenty Sided Store

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! In my latest visit to one of our ULTIMATE RETAILER stores, I traveled to New York City, specifically Brooklyn, to spend a day at Twenty Sided […]

Your Game: Bodies In Translation – Gear and Foci vs. Stat Pools In The Strange

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. In The Strange, player characters travel into limited worldscalled recursions; seeded from myths, novels, movies, and comics. Each time a PC steps into a new world, […]

Your Game: Make a Creature in Ten Minutes or Less

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. One of the main reasons I love GMing the Cypher System is the low prep time needed to create a memorable encounter. While preparation in most […]

Gods of the Fall

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. 19-2016

Iadace and welcome to Cypher Chronicles! Exciting News and Interviews On Saturday (May 14th), Monte will be a guest atTwenty Sided Storein Brooklyn, New York. The good folks of Twenty Sided Store have planned a fantastic afternoon of activities to celebrate Monte’s visit, so if you’re in the area, come hang out. In preparation for […]

Cypher Chronicles, vol. 18-2016

Iadace and welcome to Cypher Chronicles! Exciting News and Interviews This week we are super happy to welcomeSean Reynolds as Community Relations Coordinator!Sean will grow and support MCG’s multiple, overlapping communities, including retailers as well as gamers congregating and interacting in online communities, through organized play, at conventions, and at their local retail stores.Welcome Sean! […]