Staying Alive is significantly tougher when Eldritch Horrors rip up your city's streets... Humans love to be scared, at least appropriately. Monte Cook described this as the ‘Good Uncomfortable’ in the Cypher System Rulebook. The world is rife with horror, from thrillers and slashers, to zombies, to fear-filled storm drains bearing the visage of a … Continue reading Review: Stay Alive!
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Review: The Stars are Fire
Who doesn't love the cinematic tension and feel of a good space battle? Science Fiction. I've loved it since I was a child. From the Robotech cartoon, to original Battletech from FASA with the cardboard stand-ups. From Orson Scott Card's Ender's game to (much later) the Honor Harrington saga by David Webb. From Wing Commander … Continue reading Review: The Stars are Fire
Review: The Sun Below – That’s How the Light Gets In
Published by Dread Unicorn Games, LLC, © 2020 The third adventure from John W. S. Marvin of Dread Unicorn Games, ‘The Sun Below: That’s How the Light Gets In’, is based on the Numenera setting and requires a Numenera book to run it. Discovery and Destiny are recommended but not required as he has a … Continue reading Review: The Sun Below – That’s How the Light Gets In
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
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