Hello, backers—

It’s still the first day of this campaign, and already you’ve blasted through our first stretch goal! The expansion to Numenera is unlocked, and the book is getting bigger and better with more creatures, locations, and numenera items, all of which will be brand new! Who knows what else we’ll dig up in the archives through this campaign??

If you’ve backed one of our recent campaigns (Cypher, for example, or The Magnus Archives: Tangled in the Web), you might recall that sometimes we add a fun extra bonus reward to every stretch goal. We’re excited to be doing that with this campaign, too!

So, as a thank-you for unlocking this first goal, in addition to expanding Numenera we’re also giving every backer this vinyl sticker:

It’ll look great on your laptop, water bottle, car, or whatever you like to decorate. And it’s yours, free, as a bonus reward, no matter what pledge level you’ve chosen to back!

And it gets better: we’ll add another sticker, chosen by you, the backers, as a special thank-you every time you unlock a stretch goal. More on that below.

The Amber Archive isn’t a single place in a single location, but rather a vast, connected network of knowledge and technology centers spread throughout the Ninth World, accessible only to those who learn how to gain access to its secrets. Over the aeons, the connections between the locations have become worn and broken, much like the archives themselves, and getting from one to the other is difficult and dangerous…

Introducing Tales from the Amber Archive, a collection of standalone adventures that send the characters to the far reaches of the Amber Archive.

In each of these adventures, characters are invited to explore one of the archive locations, perhaps to steal something priceless, to conduct repairs, to rescue someone who went in before them, or to clear the way of dangers in advance of the arrival of others. The adventures will be in our innovative “instant adventure” format, which requires very little GM prep and lets you jump into play quickly.

You can integrate the adventures into your own campaign, run them as one-shots, or even make Tales from the Amber Archivesinto a longer campaign, as characters who visit all the locations have the opportunity to repair the network and bring the archive back to its full glory once again!

This is an entirely new book. It will be available as an add-on, and added automatically, in print and PDF, to the rewards of backers at the ALL-IN (print and PDF) pledge level, and in PDF only for the ALL-IN (PDF only) pledge level. We’ll unlock this brand new instant-adventure book when we reach 1800 backers.

Let’s have another bonus reward to go with this stretch goal. Which sticker should we unlock?

Vote for your choice, and we’ll make it a free bonus reward for every backer when we unlock the upgrade!

Remember, this campaign’s goals are based on the number of backers who discover and pledge to this campaign. And a crowdfunding campaign soars when—and only when—its backers help spread the word. That means you! You can right-click to copy these graphics to share them and help spread the word about Numenera and this campaign:

Thanks for your support!

—Team MCG

 

Hello, backers—

What a great first day we’ve had (and it’s far from over)! Since funding, we have all been happily busy managing the frenetic early hours of the campaign. Now that things are a little less hectic, let’s talk about stretch goals!

Every crowdfunding campaign lives or dies by the enthusiasm its backers bring to it. If you’re excited about Numenera, sharing that excitement is the best way to help us reach stretch goals. In fact, it’s the only way—we hit stretch goals based on the number of backers we bring into this campaign. We’re doing our best to reach as many gamers as we can, but we need your help! 

Most of the backers so far (including, probably, you) are already Numenera players and fans—gamers who know about Numenera and why it’s such a great RPG experience. But if this campaign is really going to soar, we need to reach out to gamers who aren’t already in the loop.

Here are some graphics to help spread the word about this campaign; right click to download them and share on your social media, Discord server, or anywhere you talk about games. (You can also check out MCG's social media for posts you can easily share.) With every new backer drawn in, we get closer to unlocking…

Numenera includes extensive lore and setting information; loads of weird Ninth World creatures and encounters; new cyphers, artifacts, and adventures; and a ton of options for making Ninth World characters you’ll love playing. This is a meaty setting book, drawing on years of Numenera gameplay and development, and fully updated and filled with art, creatures, numenera items, and adventures—but we want to add even more!

A lot of this content is new, but some of it will be familiar to those of you who’ve played Numenera over the years—we need to cover the basics, include creatures, locations, and numenera items that are foundational to the setting, and help new GMs experience the wonders of these places just like you did. Through this stretch goal we’ll increase the book significantly, and all of this additional content will be completely new.

We’ll unlock this Numenera expansion when we reach 1250 backers! We look forward to more expansions and upgrades, along with other items and a few surprises, through future stretch goals as you help this campaign soar!

—Team MCG 

Thank you, backers!

We are returning to the Ninth World! 

Shanna, Sean, Bruce, and Monte—and all of us here at the small team that makes up MCG—are thrilled to return to the world that launched our company. Numenera is so close to our hearts, and we’re really glad and gratified to see how much you embrace it, too. Drawing on years of Numenera gameplay and development, we’re confident that this new edition will present all the mystery, astonishment, danger, and wonder the Ninth World is famous for. 

We’re not stopping here, however! The team has loads of ideas to expand, improve, and build upon this new edition of Numenera—and this campaign still has weeks to bring them to fruition. With your help, we hope to unlock a bunch of cool stretch goals. 

And we’ll start doing so soon, as the rush of the first day calms down just a bit. Those of you who are long-time Numenera fans and MCG-crowdfunding veterans know the drill: keep the momentum up, and we’re sure to start blasting our way through goal after goal! Who knows what we’re bound to find within the Amber Archive…?

For now, please accept our sincerest gratitude for your support of this campaign. Numenera has been at the core of Monte Cook Games since the very beginning, and it’s a setting that's uniquely near and dear to us. We’re so excited to share this new phase of the Ninth World with you all!

—Team MCG