Iadace and welcome to this week’s Cypher Chronicles! Let’s dive right in.
Product News
- We are taking pre-orders for Strange Revelations: Ten Instant Adventures for The Strange. Protect Earth from a malefic Lovecraftian entity. Search for salvage on a derelict spacecraft. Set off into the dark energy of the Strange itself to defend the Orb of Worlds. Strange Revelations is a must-have for beginning and veteran GMs of The Strange, and anyone who’d like to play RPGs as easily and spontaneously as board games!
- The Cypher System XP Deck is available now! Get it in print or PDF from the MCG Shop or DriveThruRPG…or in your mailbox if you pre-ordered it, because all those orders have shipped!
Other Exciting Things
- Have you heard this interview Shanna did with Patrick E. McLean on How To Succeed in Evil? Don’t miss out on hearing Shanna and Patrick talk about villains who love kittens and other weirdly wonderful topics.
- Jennifer, our new customer service guru, is busily answering questions and responding to queries! We had a bit of a backlog due to the recent fulfillment, but we should be able to catch up quickly. If you are awaiting a response from us, you won’t be waiting much longer.
- 94% of backers have completed BackerKit for Numenera: Into the Ninth World Kickstarter…huzzah! Thank you for your quick responses.
- Today is Zoa Smalley’s birthday! If you received your print edition of Into the Night recently, chances are she helped pack it. If you see her online today, please wish her a happy birthday!
- Shoutout to our NINTH WORLD RETAILER and ULTIMATE RETAILER backers of Numenera: Into the Ninth World! Please give them some love:
Get Inspired
- NASA announced that salty water has been discovered flowing on the surface of Mars. What does this mean for the possibility of Life on Mars?
- Rabbitfish “watch each others’ backs” when feeding, which is a complex social behavior that most people wouldn’t expect of fish. Makes you wonder, doesn’t it? We can totally imagine these creatures evolving
Behind the Scenes
Ten new Instant Adventures™ are heading your way soon, courtesy of Strange Revelations. Like Weird Discoveries, Strange Revelations includes two pieces of art per adventure that the GM can show to players at critical junctures, such as this wonderful creature by artist Joe Slucher:
Isn’t the creature simply adorable?
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