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Monte Says: A 1 is Not a Fumble

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! Everyone’s sitting around the table, immersed in the Ninth World. Bruce’s character is talking an NPC into letting him take a look at a strange numenera […]

Cypher Chronicles, vol. 6-2016

Iadace and happy Valentine’s Day weekend. You rock our Ninth World! Click the image to download your own MCG-inspired Valentine’s Day cards: Exciting News and Interviews Move instantly to any location you’re aware of—anywhere.Create a blast equivalent to a small tactical nuke. Conjure a nearly godlike creature to fight on your behalf. Move mountains. Extreme […]

Numenera Gear!

Strut your Numenera stuff! Today we’re pleased to announce that you can get Numenera T-shirts, mugs, phone and laptop skins, and more! Back during the Into the Ninth WorldKickstarter campaign, our backers unlocked a reward: We would offer Numenera T-shirts through a third-party vendor. We thought thiswould be one of the easiest rewards to fulfill: […]

Special Features: Updating the Fan Use Policy

Special Featuresis a regular feature here on the MCG website,in which MCG team members discuss projects they’re working on, interesting MCG activities, or things that inspire their work. This column is written by Charles. I just updatedthe Fan Use Policy. It was high time; while I made only onesubstantive change,a number of the policy details […]

Extreme Cyphers

How powerful can a cypher be? The namesake of the Cypher System, cyphers are one-use abilities (often in the form of items) that characters gain and use over the course of play. Their effects are esoteric and can vary in power. Fortunately, unlike conventional unchanging character abilities, cyphers can only be used once, soeven very […]

Beyond the Book: Recursions—Static or Evolving?

Beyond the Book is a regular feature here on the Monte Cook Games web site,discussing ways to use the Cypher System to run a great game. How does time flow in recursions seeded by specific fictions—does a recursion evolve and generate history, like on Earth, or does it remain static, like a novel on a […]

Cypher Chronicles, vol. 5-2016

Iadace and welcome to Cypher Chronicles! Exciting News and Interviews No Thank You, Evil!, the tabletop game of make-believe, adventure, and storytelling for creative kids and their families, is coming to stores soon. But first, we will deliver it to our amazing backers who made the game possible, and then to those who pre-order it […]

Your Game: Building an Adventure around an Item

Your Gameis a regular column that talks aboutgetting the most out of your RPG experience, including GM and player advice. Over the past couple of weeks we’ve been holding a sort of contest over on the MCG Facebook page. We called it Ten Days of Strange Cyphers (and Artifacts), and each day we featured a […]

June: LepreCon

LepreCon Science Fiction Convention is Arizona’s Annual Sci-Fi & Fantasy Convention with an art emphasis. “Life, the Universe & Everything” is the theme for LepreCon 42 to be held June 23 – 26th, 2016 at the Embassy Suites Phoenix North in Phoenix, Arizona. MCG’s Shanna Germain will be a guest at LepreCon 42, so stay […]

Numenera Miniatures from Reaper

The awesomeweirdness of the Ninth World—now in heroic 25mm scale! Reaper Miniatures produces some of the most awesome gaming miniatures available—including a line of really cool Numenera minis. Sculpted in amazing detail at25mm heroic scale, Numeneracharacter minis and creature minisare offered in conventional pewter and Reaper’s Bonesplastic. And they’re available now atthe MCG shop! All […]