On Structure and Make-Believe
What is the value of play? How does it differ between children and adults? Dominique Dickey is MCG’s talented intern, …
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 …
Introduce Yourself in Your Best Game Ever
Your Best Game Ever devotes five chapters exclusively to being a great player. Today we bring you an excerpt about how …
Overcoming the Invisible Barrier—Playing Your Best Games Online
Like most advice, gaming advice is contextual. The techniques for creating wonderful gaming experiences vary based on whether you’re a GM …
Overcoming the Invisible Barrier—Playing Your Best Games Online
Nonhuman Followers
The follower rules introduced in Numenera Destiny assume that the player characters (PCs) are selecting human followers (or creatures that …
Numenera Crafting Made Easy
Numenera Destiny introduces robust salvaging and crafting rules that let characters convert the remnants of the prior worlds into beneficial …
What’s In Your Best Game Ever?
Last week, we announced our next big thing: Your Best Game Ever! Not a rule book, but a tool book, …
A New Cypher System Rulebook
When we were finishing the new Numenera books, Discovery and Destiny, one of the first things that playtesters asked us …
Broadcasting From Studio Colossus
The MCG team has lately been exploring broadcasting our games and other related content on Twitch for everyone to enjoy. …
Back to the Past? Inspirational Material For Unmasked
The 1980s are very “hot” right now. We have a new season of Stranger Things, new sequels for Blade Runner …
Why Decks Rock
My introduction to roleplaying was the D&D Basic Set (blue box), which I got for Christmas of 1979. Within a …
Getting Weird in the Ninth World
The world of Numenera, the Ninth World, set a billion years in the future, is a strange place. It’s a …