The eight RPG publishers that dominate virtual RPG tabletops
Fantasy Grounds published some interesting stats for the year to date, up to the end of Q3 2019 and they reveal what games people are playing there.
Routinely Itemised: RPGs #15
We've made it to Friday again and earned a chance to lean back, take a deep breath and scroll through seven days of RPG industry news.
Monte Cook Games release new Cypher System core rules
At the heart of the system is the promise that GMs get to spend more time inventing exciting stories and characters and less time playing with numbers.
The Official Carnival Row RPG is free to download
The game uses Monte Cooke's Cypher System, which you'll need to play. That's the same mechanics as can be found in Invisible Sun, Numenera as well as popular supplements like Sean K. Renolds' Priests of the Aeons.
Monte Cook announces Numenera 2
At Gen Con 50 Monte Cook Games announced Numenera 2. According to a tweet from Total Party Thrill’s Shane there are two books.
The first is Numenera 2 Discovery which is designed to replace the original Numenera core book but not the whole line.…
Decrypting the Cyphers: A Preview of the Cypher System Rulebook
Sitting down to read – and then review – the Cypher System Rulebook from Monte Cook Games, it had me thinking: what are gamers expecting from this core generic package that they haven’t got in their hands already?…
Cold Blooded Numenera: A Review of Ninth World Assassins
If you have a problem… if no one else can help… and if you can find them… maybe you can hire… a Ninth World Assassin.
While Numenera sets a stage for adventure in the far flung future, after the rise and fall of nine great civilisations, certain things remain the same – like the shadowy types of the criminal underworld.…
Monte Cook & Bruce Cordell team up for The Strange RPG Kickstarter
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Monte Cook and Bruce Cordell are both professional developers, both have had success on Kickstarter and are long time friends. Amazingly, they’ve never worked on a full RPG together.…
