First of all, I know it’s been a while since I’ve written here. But I’m not going to apologize, because it’s mainly been because I’ve been really hard at work on the Numenera corebook. I’m so excited how everything’s coming together. The rules are being developed, the official playtest is winding to a close, and the initial draft of the setting portion is getting ready to go to the editor. There’s still a lot to do–a few last, finishing touches on the chapters dealing with creatures and the numenera (the cool stuff you can find and discover), some pre-made adventures, and the GMing chapter. In many ways, that last one is the most important chapter of the book, so I’ve saved most of it for last.

As you’ve hopefully seen, we’ve been getting some great art in from artists, and more comes in each day. Including… dum dum DUM! The cover, which you can see right there to the left. I have to say, I think Kieran Yanner outdid himself on that one. We were so excited to have the cover done, that we decided to launch our preorder campaign for Numenera a bit early. That’s right–you can now preorder your own copy of the 416-page hardcover book (with all that glorious art) if you didn’t get in on the Kickstarter. Plus, to thank you for preordering, you get a copy of the ebook for free. But the preorder offer is only available until the end of May.

One last thing. The Numenera computer game, called Torment: Tides of Numenera, will be having its own Kickstarter soon, so keep your eyes peeled for that. It’s going to be a fantastic game.

Lastly, if you’re on Facebook, make sure you visit and “Like” our Numenera page.

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   Mike Ott · February 21, 2013 at 6:49 pm · Reply

   Do you have an idea when the copies for libraries and such from the kickstarter will be made available for request?
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     Monte Cook · February 28, 2013 at 9:27 pm · Reply

     Probably this summer.
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   Kairam · February 21, 2013 at 7:36 pm · Reply

   The cover is great!

   I hope all Kickstarter backers get their books before everyone else.
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   Andrea · February 25, 2013 at 7:03 am · Reply

   Nice, very nice!!! Will be possible to preorder also the player’s guide?
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     Monte Cook · February 28, 2013 at 9:27 pm · Reply

     Maybe. If there is demand for it.
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   dbm · March 3, 2013 at 3:17 pm · Reply

   Loving the space camel!
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   Andrea · March 7, 2013 at 1:50 am · Reply

   Is there any chance to buy the pdf (or ebook versions) of the books?
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     Monte Cook · March 7, 2013 at 4:37 pm · Reply

     The ebook will be on sale in late July or early August. We might put together a preorder option before that, but the preorder program we have set up now is to help us ensure that we print enough, and for ebooks, that isn’t an issue.
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       Matt · March 8, 2013 at 4:06 pm · Reply

       I don’t suppose there’s any possibility that those who are pre-ordering now might be able to get the ebook version early, is there? (Please, please please!) My group is psyched to play Numenera, but since several of us are college instructors we aren’t able to game often except during the summer. And August is awfully close to the beginning of the fall semester to start a campaign…
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   Scotoma · March 8, 2013 at 4:15 am · Reply

   Honestly, I’m not very enthusiastic about the cover design, even if the individual elements are marvelous drawn. Looks too much like generic fantasy Hollywood movie crap.

   I would have preferred something less flashy and more evocative of the uniqueness of the setting, like the picture with the single monolith in the middle (http://www.numenera.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/BlackMonolith31.jpeg). This would have been a perfect cover.