Author: countzeroasl

Review: Numenera (Part 2) – Destiny

Discovery is the soul of Numenera, yes. But what do you do with what you've discovered? With the second release of the Numenera core rules in Numenera: Discovery, the team at Monte Cook Games could have rested on their laurels. The game was, essentially, “complete”, or at least, as complete as it had been. The … Continue reading Review: Numenera (Part 2) – Destiny →

Review: Numenera (Part 1) – Discovery

TM and © 2019 Monte Cook Games, LLC This will be the first of many blog posts reviewing products from Monte Cook Games. With that said, it’s kind of a funny thing, writing this particular blog post that I know people are going to read.  I’ll tell you that I feel an obligation to be … Continue reading Review: Numenera (Part 1) – Discovery →

Why Game Balance Doesn’t Matter…

... in the Cypher System Jumping from one car toward another while capping the driver through the roof? I'll take Bad-ass Super-spies for $500, Alex I have heard the story countless times.  For whatever reason, the one that sticks out most recently lately is the Dungeon & Dragons adventure book Curse of Strahd.  A group … Continue reading Why Game Balance Doesn’t Matter… →

Advancement in the Cypher System

“You don’t earn XP for killing foes or overcoming standard challengesin the course of play.  Discovery is the soul of the Cypher System.”(Revised Cypher System Rulebook, page 11) Having cut my teeth on games such as Dungeons & Dragons, Top Secret, Shadowrun, and many, many other similar ones, I grew up playing in the backyard … Continue reading Advancement in the Cypher System →

I Like Big Decks

“I like big decks and I cannot lieYou other GM's can't denyThat when your party walks into a brand new placeGot that blank look on your faceYou draw cards..."- Count Zero-a-Lot For those who’ve interacted with us online for any length of time over the last six months or so, it probably doesn’t come as … Continue reading I Like Big Decks →