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Cypher System Articles

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

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The best selling generic RPGs of 2019

December 30, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The top ten best-selling generic or multi-genre RPGs published in 2019.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cypher system, drivethrurpg, Evil Hat Productions, FATE, Hero Kids, Monte Cook Games, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, samjoko publishing, savage worlds

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #24

November 29, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In this issue of Routinely Itemised we find out that a row has ended The One Ring, Wizards of the Coast are testing psionics and why we might all soon be talking about the lich-god Vecna.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Achtung! Cthulhu, astral tabletop, Call of Cthulhu, cubicle 7, cypher system, Dungeons & Dragons, genesys, giantlands, Modiphius Entertainment, Monte Cook Games, rick and morty, routinely itemised, the lord of the rings, The One Ring, wizards of the coast, wizkids

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

The eight RPG publishers that dominate virtual RPG tabletops

October 11, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

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.

Filed Under: Sites Tagged With: Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium, cypher system, Dungeons & Dragons, fantasy flight games, Fantasy Grounds, GURPS, Monte Cook Games, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, savage worlds, star wars, starfinder, Steve Jackson Games, virtual tabletop, wizards of the coast

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #15

September 27, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: agon, anvl, Arc Dream Publishing, astral tabletop, black void, Chaosium, cortex, cypher system, Delta Green, dndbeyond, drivethrurpg, Evil Hat Productions, fandom, fantasy flight games, genesys, Green Ronin Publishing, king arthur pendragon, Monte Cook Games, pathfinder, routinely itemised, threefold, Usagi Yojimbo

Monte Cook Games release new Cypher System core rules

September 27, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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.

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

The Official Carnival Row RPG is free to download

September 9, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

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.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Carnival Row, cypher system, free to download, Monte Cook Games

Monte Cook announces Numenera 2

August 17, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

  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. Monte Cook’s latest Numenera release was just a few days […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cypher system, gen con, kickstarters, Monte Cook, Monte Cook Games, Numenera

Decrypting the Cyphers: A Preview of the Cypher System Rulebook

June 18, 2015 by Paul Baldowski 11 Comments

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? The original Numenera setting had a very specific focus and provided the first look at the Cypher […]

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

Cold Blooded Numenera: A Review of Ninth World Assassins

September 12, 2014 by Paul Baldowski Leave a Comment

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 […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: cypher system, Numenera, reviews, rpgs

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