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Review: A Major Minor Problem (Cypher System)

Product: A Major Minor Problem (PDF)Author: H. OsbornePublisher: Unformed WorldsSystem: Cypher SystemSummary: Step aboard the Desperate Measures in A Major Minor Problem, our second sci-fi adventure.  In this two-sided adventure, you can choose to play as the capable crew of the Desperate Measures or as a group of resourceful young privateers striving to save their world. Will you discover the truth in time to stop an…

Crowdfunding Spotlight: Secrets of the Sylvera Academy

Product: Secrets of the Sylvera Academy (Kickstarter)Author: W. Adam ClarkePublisher: Single Step GamingSystem: Dungeons & Dragons 5eSummary: From the Kickstarter – The Secrets of the Sylvera Academy is a 5E Compatible source for new spells with new art, fiction, & EIGHTY NEW SPELLS levels C to 9Pledge Tiers: From $5 up to $100Kickstarter Ends: April…

Let’s Talk About: Bright Lunar Night (Cypher System)

Oh, you haven’t heard yet? That’s OK! Bright Lunar Night is our just-published adventure over at DriveThruRPG. It’s built for the Cypher System from Monte Cook Games using the Cypher System Open License. Bright Lunar Night is a short, campaign-opening adventure. It’s 8 pages long and set in a Science-Fiction universe where humanity has colonized…

Review: Unframed – The Art of Improvisation for Game Masters

Product: Unframed – The Art of Improvisation for Game MastersAuthor: Multiple – Edited by Martin RalyaPublisher: Engine PublishingSummary: Unframed collects the wisdom of 23 top designers and gaming industry veterans, and offers 23 perspectives on improvisation. Running the gamut from old-school to indie, and featuring tips specifically for game masters as well as techniques any…

Generating a Short Adventure

A quick setup for a one-session adventure for a sci-fi setting It’s getting late. Your regular GM needed the week off, and you said you’d take over for a one-shot – but you were just too busy to find something. You need an adventure, fast. Or at least, fast enough. Everyone said they wanted some…

Busy Wyvern Adventures & Supplements

If you don’t see what you want in the world, then create it and put it out into the world. That was the philosophical force behind our first two “creations” in the RPG space. Two years ago, as we started this blog, we had an idea for a short adventure that could launch a campaign…

Review: The Stars Are Fire (Cypher System)

Product: The Stars Are Fire (Print & PDF)Author: Bruce R. CordellPublisher: Monte Cook GamesSystem: Cypher SystemSummary: Expanding upon the “Science Fiction” genre chapter in the Cypher System Rulebook, this added supplement gives you all the tools to take sci-fi games in the Cypher System to the next level. It contains plotting advice, breakdowns of the genre, additional rules, random tables,…

Review: Godforsaken (Cypher System)

Product: Godforsaken (Print & PDF)Author: Monte Cook & Sean K. ReynoldsPublisher: Monte Cook GamesSystem: Cypher SystemSummary: Expanding upon the “Fantasy” genre chapter in the Cypher System Rulebook, this added supplement gives you all the tools to take fantasy games in the Cypher System to the next level. It contains plotting advice, breakdowns of the genre, additional rules, ancestries, creatures, cyphers,…

Review: The Game Master’s Book of Traps, Puzzles and Dungeons (5e)

Product: The Game Master’s Book of Traps, Puzzles and Dungeons (Print) (PDF)Author: Jeff AshworthPublisher: Jeff AshworthSystem: 5e, but can be used for inspiration in almost any systemSummary: The Game Master’s Book of Traps, Puzzles and Dungeons provides GMs with endless options for populating their adventures with challenging riddles, puzzles, spiked pits, Rube Goldberg-style deathtraps and…

Comparing 5e Creatures to Cypher System

With all the excitement around trying out new systems, many groups and GMs are going through a crash course or steep learning curve this week. If you’re transitioning from 5e to Cypher System, particularly if you’re trying to continue an existing campaign or adapt a 5e resource you already have, at some point you’ll have…

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