The Liminal Shore
Voices of the Datasphere, the first book of the Liminal Shores Kickstarter campaign, focuses on the datasphere, the mysterious network […]
Edge of the Sun
The sun is destined to destroy its children. Eventually, it will swallow all the planets closest to it and eject
Playtesting The Stars Are Fire
A science fiction tabletop RPG might be thought of differently than a fantasy game. And by differently, I mean implicitly
Playtesting The Stars Are Fire
Voices of the Datasphere
One of the topics about the Ninth World that I’ve been asked about the most—to the surprise of no one—is
My Love for RPGs Led Me to Numenera
My Love Affair with RPGs My first experience with roleplaying games was at Scout camp. The older Scouts, huddled around
My Love for RPGs Led Me to Numenera
Designing for Surreality, Secrets, and a Supreme Experience
When Monte first discussed Invisible Sun with everyone here at Monte Cook Games, three things stuck out to me that
Designing for Surreality, Secrets, and a Supreme Experience
Making Levels Matter for Cyphers and Artifacts
One of the key features of Numenera Destiny is that PCs will have a robust and detailed set of rules
Making Levels Matter for Cyphers and Artifacts
Shaking Up Your Followers
Follower (noun): someone that a character has inspired (or asked) to come work with them or assist them for an
Smoothing Out the Rules
One of the things we wanted to do while updating the Numenera corebook to Numenera Discovery and Numenera Destiny was to
Numenera Salvaging and Crafting
Which came first, the Wright—a type begging for an interlocking crafting subsystem to support their play—or a salvaging and crafting
Numenera Salvaging and Crafting
Numenera Callouts and Compatibility
When we first starting talking about creating Numenera Destiny and Numenera Discovery, we agreed that we wouldn’t make these new
Numenera Callouts and Compatibility
Giving Players More Choices
Numenera Discovery was an opportunity for the designers to take a hard look at Numenera player characters with a more