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Last week we were delighted to release Heist on Miracle IV, a new action-packed Cypher System adventure for The Stars Are Fire (or any sci-fi setting) by our now-graduated intern Dominique S. Dickey. We’re donating all proceeds from sales of this adventure for the month of June to the charity of Dominique’s choice, Black Lives Matter.

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What lies beyond the Actuality? What lies beyond the pinnacle of a vislae’s power? The vislae’s road has many steps.

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What does it take to run a Cypher System game for a single player? The Cypher System is extremely flexible—I’ve used it for large groups, like a Predation game Troy Pichelman and I ran across two tables and 12 players, all the way down to one player and one GM, as in the Party of One podcast Numenera episode. Because the Cypher System isn’t built around “game balance” or carefully weighted encounters, you can’t break the game by changing the player count.

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MCG fans make a nice donation to COVID-19 relief, and another nice one to Black Lives Matter. And we’re fulfilling The Threshold and Beneath the Monolith to backers ahead of plan. An Invisible Sun chat and charity fundraiser with Shanna Germain is on the horizon.

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Now through June 30th, all proceeds from sales of Heist on Miracle IV will be donated to blacklivesmatter.com. Monte Cook Games will make a matching donation for the first 500 copies sold during this period.

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Good heavens—what’s that strange creature? A bevy of strange critters, alien plants on our own earth, exciting fulfillment news for backers, and plenty of delightful recommendations await you in this issue of Cypher Chronicles. You can get Cypher Chronicles, and other MCG news, delivered right to your inbox!

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The Ninth World comes to Fifth Edition! They say there have been eight worlds before ours. Eight times the people of this planet, over vast millennia, built their civilizations, reaching heights we cannot even fully imagine now.

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We peek behind the scenes to find out what each person on the team is working on, we celebrate the beginning of the Kickstarter fulfillment of Voices of the Datasphere, we lament the cancellation of Gen Con 2020, but take solace in the creation of Gen Con Online, and we leave you with some really fantastic recommendations—all in this issue of Cypher Chronicles! You can get Cypher Chronicles, and other MCG news, delivered right to your inbox! Enter your email address and click the Subscribe...

In this issue of Cypher Chronicles, we bring you an announcement of masks themed with MCG art in our Redbubble store, a look at our hot-off-the-presses advanced copy of Voices of the Datasphere (bask in its beauty, and prepare to dive into a whole new facet of the Ninth World!), an update on our supply chain (including updates on production of The Threshold and Beneath the Monolith!), inspiration for your Cypher games, and we reminisce about the Company of the Black Lantern.

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A magic-filled missive from Monte Cook Games! An excerpt and art preview from We Are All Mad Here, details from the datasphere, spell resources for the savviest vislae, upcoming stream announcements, and recommendations for games and inspiration from us geeks at home. You can get Cypher Chronicles, and other MCG news, delivered right to your inbox!

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