It Came From the (MCG) Blog!

Welcome fellow Cypher System fan. Below you will find a compiled index of the blogs and advice columns written by the Monte Cook Games staff and published on www.montecookgames.com. I don't list every post ever here (I'm only one man!), but I cross reference to those that are useful to players or GMs.

Beyond the Book
All of these are useful for all of the Cypher System games, BTW.

• Numenera Gamemastering Tips by Monte 
• Using Points for Defense by Monte
• Companions in Numenera by Monte
• Optional Rule: Effort for NPCs by Monte
• Asset Limits by Charles
• Large Battles in the Cypher System by Monte
• What's the Deal with Cypher Levels by Monte 
• Recursions—Static or Evolving? by Bruce
• Using Skills to Paint a Picture by Dennis
• Transcending Difficulty 10 in Gods Of The Fall by Bruce
• Also really useful for GMs looking to run Superheroes in Cypher System!!
• One Billion and Five Years Ago: Numenera the Beginning by Shanna
• Why Decks Rock by Charles

Your Game

• How Story Gives Life to Mechanics by Bruce 
• Using Real-World Photography As Adventure Prompts by Bruce 
• Character Development by Monte 
• Notes on a Cypher System Session by Monte 
• Using Props in RPG Games by Bruce
• Using Numenera Character Options for The Strange by Bruce 
• Using The Strange Character Options for Numenera by Bruce
• Strange Revelations Pairings by Bruce
• Building an Adventure around an Item by Charles
• Breathing Life into Your Encounter by Bruce 
• The Asset Deck by Monte 
• Make a Creature in Ten Minutes or Less by Charles
• Bodies In Translation – Gear and Foci vs. Stat Pools In The Strange by Bruce
• Mining GM Notes for Ideas by Dennis
• The Fear Factor by Charles
• The Demogorgon of Modern Gaming Life by Shanna
• Thanksgiving Oddities by Sean
• Adding a New Person to Your Established Gaming Group by Shanna
• Getting Weird in the Ninth World by Darcy
• Bite-sized Inspiration by Darcy
• I'm mentioned in here!

NANEWGAMO
(all posts by Charles except as noted)

• 2015
• Welcome, and Let’s Get Started!
• Let’s Get Down to Brass Tacks!
• It’s Week Two! Let’s Talk Setting and Rules.
• Let’s Have a Look at the Adventure!
• Dressing Things Up a Bit
• Encounters—The Meat of the Adventure
• Gathering Your Gear
• It’s Game Time! (And a Bit About Characters)
• 2016 
• Welcome, and Let’s Get Started!
• Initial Planning for Your Game Session
• It’s Week Two! Let’s Talk Setting and Rules.
• Let’s Have a Look at the Adventure!
• Dressing Things Up a Bit
• Encounters—The Meat of the Adventure
• Gathering Your Gear
• It’s Game Time! (And a Bit About Characters)
• One New GM’s Experience by Tammie
• 2017
• Welcome, and Let’s Get Started!
• Initial Planning for Your Game Session
• It’s Week Two! Let’s Talk Setting and Rules
• Let’s Have a Look at the Adventure!
• Encounters—The Meat of the Adventure
• Dressing Things Up a Bit
• Gathering Your Gear
• It’s Game Time! (And a Bit About Characters)

Player Perspectives

• An In-Depth Look at Running Weird Discoveries by Jeremy Land
• Enjoying Gen Con as a Cypher System Fan by Scott Robinson
• Applying Effort to your One-Shots by Darcy Ross
• The Happiest Place On Earth for Four Days by Troy Pichelman
• GMing with a Partner (in Crime) by Darcy Ross
• Yes please, Evie! by Evie Walls
• Rolling for Social Skills by Teófilo Hurtado Navarro 
• Learning Through Play by Brian Kurtz
• Play Games and Talk Cyphers on Discord by Al Mejias

Monte Says

• The Spirit of Numenera
• Plots in RPGs
• Putting the Play in Roleplaying
• Iadace
• Timekeeping in Numenera
• Adjectives Rather Than Tiers
• Do Not Let the Dice Fall Where They May
• Don't Skip the GM Section
• Table Solutions
• PCs Versus NPCs
• Adding Technology to the Ninth World Can Be Tricky (But Fun)
• David Bowie
• A 1 is Not a Fumble
• Use Your Passion
• Gotta Do My Homework
• Comics Old and New
• Share the Cost
• Ptolus 10 Years Later
• Character Control and Narrative Control
• Changing the Way We Play
• The Theme of Invisible Sun
• Seventeen Invisible Sun Stories
• The Guiding Hand
• Invisible Sun Design Diary 1: Stats
• Invisible Sun Design Diary 2: Acquiring Different Abilities with Different Experience Points
• Invisible Sun Design Diary 3: Visual and Tactile Design
• Invisible Sun Design Diary 4: Long Form Magic
• Invisible Sun Design Diary 5: The Vislae Ghost Play Experience
• Invisible Sun Design Diary 6: We Need Secrets
• Invisible Sun Design Diary 7: The First Session
• Invisible Sun Design Diary 8: Emergent Story
• Invisible Sun Design Diary 9: Surreal Gaming
• Invisible Sun Design Diary 10: The Sooth Deck

Cypher System
A series by Monte about designing, running, and playing the Cypher System

• Logic as the Core Mechanic
• Player Authority
• Player Authority and the GM
• Playing the Character You Want Part 1
• Playing the Character You Want Part 2
• Easy on the GM Part 1
• Easy on the GM Part 2

Other

• Ordering Art For Games by Bruce
• Sciencing Up Predation by Shanna
• Words Like Magic: My Secret Card Trick for Writing a Book by Shanna
• Logan as a Cypher System Character by Sean
• Bullet Journaling for GMs and Players by Shanna
• A Strange Answer to Fermi’s Paradox by Bruce
• Player Tested, Dinosaur Approved by Shanna
• Artist Spotlight: Anton Kagounkin Magdalina by Sean

Last Updated 22-Oct-2017