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Independent Coverage 📜 17+ Year Archive 🎲 Crowdfunding Tracked 🔥 Updated 4 weeks ago

Monte Cook Games Archive

This topic hub collects Geek Native's reporting on Monte Cook Games (132 articles), filed primarily under Tabletop & RPGs. Coverage began in 2009 with The Diamond Throne.

Connected Topics: Cypher System Backerkit Free League Publishing Wizards of the Coast

Routinely Itemised: RPG #382

October 10, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Wizards of the Coast staff move to unionise, Adrian Tchaikovsky pens a 5e setting, and The One Ring breaks Free League crowdfunding records.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Adrian Tchaikovsky, Free League Publishing, goodman games, Monte Cook Games, routinely itemised, star wars, steve jackson, The One Ring, wizards of the coast

Routinely Itemised: RPG #378

September 12, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Monte Cook Games adapts Black Sun, Munchkin comes to 5.5e, and Tabletop Scotland breaks attendance records in this week’s comprehensive RPG news summary.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: brotherwise games, cold city, discworld roleplaying game, Dungeons & Dragons, Fantasy Grounds, handiwork games, hot war, Mistborn, Modiphius Entertainment, Monte Cook Games, routinely itemised

Rebecca Roanhorse’s Black Sun series gets tabletop adaptation from Monte Cook Games

September 5, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Monte Cook Games announces the Between Earth and Sky RPG based on Rebecca Roanhorse’s bestselling trilogy, alongside UK Cypher demos at Tabletop Scotland

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Asmodee, cypher, dark sun, Monte Cook Games, tabletop scotland

Cypher – Advanced!: Expanding the core mechanics

August 19, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Monte Cook Games has launched the Cypher—Advanced flash campaign on BackerKit, introducing new modular rules, genres, and over 100 creatures for your roleplaying games.

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

Routinely Itemised: RPG #372

July 31, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Catch up on the latest RPG news as Gen Con approaches. Wizards of the Coast sees leadership changes, while Vampire 6e and new D&D titles are announced.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Catalyst Game Labs, cypher system, dark sun, john hight, Monte Cook Games, R. Talsorian Games, routinely itemised, Vampire: The Masquerade

Numenera: Strand short film returns as The Amber Archive eclipses original 2012 funding

March 2, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Ninth World returns in Numenera: The Amber Archive. Explore the mechanical shift to the Cypher System and the 10-year legacy of the stunning Strand short film.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: backerkit, cypher system, Monte Cook, Monte Cook Games, Numenera, Sean K. Reynolds, short film, uk games expo

Numenera: The Amber Archive announced as new edition of the Ninth World RPG

January 29, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Monte Cook Games announces Numenera: The Amber Archive, a new edition of the acclaimed science-fantasy RPG that expands the Ninth World without a reboot.

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

The Human Touch: The growing list of tabletop companies banning AI

January 15, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood 3 Comments

Discover which tabletop gaming companies have banned generative AI. From Games Workshop to Paizo, we list the publishers committed to human-made roleplaying games.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: artificial intelligence, Chaosium, Free League Publishing, kobold press, magpie games, Modiphius Entertainment, Monte Cook Games, Renegade Game Studios, stonemaier games, wizards of the coast

Old Gods of Appalachia: Return to the Darkest Hills

January 4, 2026 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Step into the alternate Appalachia of the Old Gods. Download the complete Cypher System horror roleplaying game collection from Monte Cook Games, including the core rulebook, character options, and haunting adventures.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: bundle of holding, bundles, cypher system, Monte Cook Games, old gods of appalachia

Monte Cook Games Launches Flash Sale for Rare Deluxe RPGs

November 21, 2025 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Monte Cook Games creates a limited-time BackerKit store for rare deluxe editions of Old Gods of Appalachia, The Magnus Archives, and the Cypher System.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: crowdfunding, cypher system, Monte Cook Games, old gods of appalachia

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