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Announcing the Numenera Cypher Card Creator!

Got a cool idea for a cypher? Wouldn’t it be neat if you could add any cypher you wanted to your Cypher Deck? Now you can: Today DriveThruRPG took the wraps off the Numenera Cypher Card Creator. The Numenera Cypher Card Creator lets you design your own cypher effect cards, just like those in the […]

NaNewGaMo: One New GM’s Experience

January was National New Gamemasters Month, and we here at MCG offered a fun program to help gamerswho have been thinking about GMing, but don’t quite know where to start, run their first games. We set outan eight-part course on how to GM, covering everything from rules to snacks—but mostly focused on the basic confidence […]

Cypher Chronicles, vol. 4-2016

Iadace and welcome to Cypher Chronicles! Exciting News and Interviews Happy birthday, Monte! This weekend, in honor of Monte’s birthday, share photos on social media of you gaming with your friends and tag them with #happybdayMonte! No Thank You, Evil! pre-orders have opened up…if you missed the Kickstarter, now’s your chance to purchaseyour copy and […]

NaNewGaMo: It’s Game Time! (And a Bit About Characters)

This is it: The final session of the National New Gamemaster Month program! We’ve come a long way over the past few weeks, and we’re closing in on your first game session. In NaNewGaMo we’re helping players who feel the urge to run an RPG—to become a GM for the first time—take the plunge. Whether […]

No Thank You, Evil!

A tabletop game of make-believe, adventure, and storytelling for creative kids and their families! Olivia is a Super Smart Princess who Experiments with Science. Rowan is a Cool Robot who LovesOoey Gooey Things. Their best friend tells them that a dragon has stolen all his chocolate coins. They’re the only ones who can enter Storia […]

NaNewGaMo: Gathering Your Gear

It’s the final week of National New Gamemaster Month. Just a few more things to cover before you’re ready to run your game! In NaNewGaMo we’re helping players who feel the urge to run an RPG—to become a GM for the first time—take the plunge. Whether you’re new to gaming or a long-time player who’s […]

Cypher Chronicles, vol. 3-2016

Iadace and welcome to Cypher Chronicles! Exciting New and Interviews Encyclopedia of Impossible Things gives you over 650 cyphers and artifacts to spice up your campaigns! Take a peek at a few now—complete and ready for use—inthe free preview ofEncyclopedia of Impossible Things.And nowthrough February 3, we’llpost a complete new cypher or artifact from Encyclopedia […]

Ten Days of Strange Cyphers (and Artifacts)!

Cyphers sit atthe very heart of the Cypher System. So if I told you we’re coming out with over 400 new ones for The Strange or any Cypher System game (along with 250+ new artifacts), you’d want to know more, right? Well, it’s true: the Encyclopedia of Impossible Things gives you over 650 cyphers and […]

NaNewGaMo: Dressing Things Up a Bit

This is the sixth installment of National New Gamemaster Month! In NaNewGaMo we’re helping players who feel the urge to run an RPG—to become a GM for the first time—take the plunge. Whether you’re new to gaming or a long-time player who’s never happened to take the GM’s seat, we’re making the process of running […]

Gen Con or Bust! (Or: Calling All GMs!)

We at Monte Cook Games are continuing to grow our presence atGen Conin 2016.In 2015, our official events included35 games of the Strange and 35 games of Numenera, for a total of 70 games. Our booth was 600 square feetand we ran several sessions of No Thank You, Evil! in the booth. When event registration […]