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Delve into our stories on Cypher System. This collection covers topics in Tabletop & RPGs, Interviews, and TV.

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Free to Download: The horror RPG Old Gods of Appalachia has a preview

June 20, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Old Gods of Appalachia is a horror podcast, an eldritch fiction audio play set in an even darker world akin to ours.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cypher system, free to download, old gods of appalachia, Shanna Germain

Harrow – The Blighted Plane: Fantasy meets post-apocalypse meets crystal punk for the Cypher System

April 9, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The RPG will use Monte Cook Games’ excellent Cypher System. It is embedded in a challenging (to survive) setting and yet manages to evoke some hope.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cypher system, kickstarters

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

RPG Publisher Spotlight: Of Gods and Gamemasters

March 18, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Jack Kellum was a combat medic for marines and self-taught on myths, legends and religion, which he studied since he was only six.

Filed Under: Interviews, Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cypher system, Dungeons & Dragons, spotlight

Carnival Row 2 trailer hits just as the Carnival Row RPG Cypher System gets some love

January 13, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The setting has a free RPG through a marketing collaboration but does require the Cypher System engine to run. That’s not free but there is a free preview that might be enough to get you started.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs, TV Tagged With: amazon prime video, Carnival Row, cypher system, Orlando Bloom, trailers

Monte Cook Games adds to the Cypher System Open License

January 12, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The update includes new rules, character options, cypher and fantasy creatures. The RPG Godforsaken provides most of the new additions.

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

Genre Police: Generic Police

September 25, 2022 by Ben Jackson-Ellery 2 Comments

But before we begin talking about what generic systems can offer, we have to talk about how I can serve what you are looking for. 

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cypher system, genre police, Legend of the Five Rings, rpg tips, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles

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 reveal the Cypher System Open License

June 7, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

One of this blogger’s favourite RPG systems – and I’ve seen a lot – now has an open license.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Charles Ryan, cypher system, Monte Cook Games

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

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