DriveThruRPG is offering the first issue of Cypher Caster Magazine for $4. This is a no brainer for anyone playing and/or interested in Numenera--a good quick read on all the things currently going on with the Monte Cook Games Cypher system--it often reads like an extended press release--but includes a lot of very creative ideas from the community.
The table of contents includes blurb reads:
The first issue of the CypherCaster Magazine includes:
The stunning cover art by Jeff Brown conveys the vast wonder of the Ninth World of Numenera (or perhaps a recursion in the Strange). A copy of the artwork without the masthead and trade dress will be included for use in your games.
- MCG Spring/Summer product preview
- Shotguns & Sorcery interview with Matt Forbeck & Robert Schwalb by Andrew Cady
- Exploring Cypher Space by James Walls
- “Shapes in the Salt”, Numenera short fiction by Jim Ryan
- “Hunting for Krofwarten”, a Numenera adventure by Chris Fitzgerald
- “Estate Files” covering a Norse Mythology recursion cluster for The Strange by Marc Plourde
- “Holstenwall — A Recursion of Gothic Fear” by Scott Robinson
- MCG Fan Relations News
Second issue coming, July 2015
The cover are really is amazing:
And the other art in this issue is fun, playful, and inventive--for example, here is a map:
All of the content is OK, but not all is fantastic--I am mostly interested in Numenera and not that interested in the Strange or some of the other things that MCG has going on. The short fiction was an easy fun read. I hope that they stay focused on that kind of community creativity part of the Numenera community and not to much in the crunch.
I think that this is a great start to a magazine & expect that the next issue will be a lot better.
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