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Numenera: The Amber Archive

Created by Monte Cook Games

The wondrous and inspiring science-fantasy RPG Numenera returns in a new edition filled with new art, creatures, lore, numenera items, and adventures. Step into the amazing Ninth World—a critically acclaimed, fan-loved RPG setting like none other!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

OK, Let’s Start Reaching for Stretch Goals!
about 1 month ago – Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 11:25:19 AM



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!

How Do We Unlock New 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…

Our First Stretch Goal: Expanding Numenera!

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 

Wow! We Are Funded Already!
about 1 month ago – Tue, Feb 10, 2026 at 09:09:14 AM



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