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Free to Download: Planar Character Options for the Cypher System

March 30, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

From a Warrior who Strikes With an Amethyst Fist, channelling power through a psionically resonant prosthetic, to a traveller character with a mysterious cosmic map imprinted on their skin, to a character with the Limbo Touched ability, who can change objects at will—characters with ties to the planes are just a bit different.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Bruce Cordell, cypher system, free to download, Monte Cook Games, planebreaker

Ten Years of Adventure: Limited quantities, limited time for Monte Cook Games’ 10th Anniversary special sourcebook

July 27, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The 212-page hardback collection compiles ten adventures for Numenera, the Cypher System and The Strange.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Bruce Cordell, Charles Ryan, cypher system, Dennis Detwiller, Monte Cook, Monte Cook Games, Numenera, Sean K. Reynolds, Shanna Germain, the strange

Monte Cook Games unveil the Cypher System The Origin RPG

May 19, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

It all starts with strange new memories—memories of an interstellar asteroid killing the Earth!

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Bruce Cordell, cypher system, Monte Cook Games

Free to Download: Monte Cook Games’ Break the Horizon preview

January 27, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Monte Cook Games has a Cypher System expansion to the Ninth World coming with Break the Horizon. It’s a supplement all about the few people in the far future who travel more than a few miles from their homes. The free preview is 13-pages long and contains new mounts, common vehicles and far less common […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Bruce Cordell, cypher system, free to download, Monte Cook Games, Numenera

Planebreaker opens up D&D’s Planes to even low-level characters

October 31, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Planebreaker is a way to get more out of D&D’s Planes earlier in your campaign. Even low-level heroes can get involved.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Bruce Cordell, Dungeons & Dragons, kickstarters, Monte Cook, Monte Cook Games, planebreaker

Monte Cook Games announces Planebreaker for 5e

September 21, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The hardcover will weigh in 192-pages with contributions from Bruce R. Cordell, Sean K Reynolds, and Monte Cook. The campaign is slated to launch in October.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Bruce Cordell, Dungeons & Dragons, Monte Cook, Monte Cook Games, planebreaker, Sean K. Reynolds

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #71

October 23, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Routinely Itemised is Geek Native’s weekly RPG news summary, complete with a roundup of new releases, freebies, interviews and reviews.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 9th level games, adventure system, Arion Games, astate, beadle & grimm's, Bruce Cordell, bundle of holding, Chaosium, Corpus Malicious, cortex prime, critical role, cubicle 7, cyberpunk red, dnd beyond, Dragonlance, Dream Realm Storytellers, Elder Scrolls, en publishing, fat dragon games, Free League Publishing, gama, halloween, handiwork games, idyll creations, Inkwell Ideas, king arthur pendragon, kobold press, Loke BattleMats, lynne hardy, Modiphius Entertainment, Monte Cook Games, mork borg, Nightfall Games, osprey games, Paizo Publishing, R. Talsorian Games, rhianna pratchett, Rivers of London, roll20con, routinely itemised, savage worlds, Shadow of the Demon Lord, soulbound, stargrave, terminator, the grinning frog, the wildsea, vaesen, warhammer, wizards of the coast

Monte Cook Games releases The Stars Are Fire

November 27, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The galaxy-spanning space opera adds creatures, new rules, character options as well as gear and tools suitable for a science-fiction campaign to your Cypher library.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Bruce Cordell, cypher system, Monte Cook Games

Download for free: Numenera’s Building Tomorrow preview

September 5, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Building Tomorrow by Bruce R. Cordell and Sean K. Reynolds will be the first supplement for Monte Cook’s Numenera RPG since the release of the new core books. You’ll have to wait until October for the full edition of Building Tomorrow to be released, but you can take a free PDF download of the preview […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Bruce Cordell, free to download, Monte Cook Games, Numenera, Sean K. Reynolds

Return Man to Dust: A Review of The Dark Spiral

November 17, 2014 by Paul Baldowski Leave a Comment

Every game hopes to bring something new to the table, but as a reader you don’t necessarily grok the setting or the promise from the outset. Sometimes you’re left to your own devices. Other times, the publisher kindly serves up an introductory adventure or – even better – a whole campaign. By offering a set […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Bruce Cordell, Monte Cook Games, reviews, rpgs, the strange

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