Cypher Unlimited

Alphadean and (kind of)Spiggs had to pleasure of sitting down with Charles M Ryan of Monte Cook Games to discuss New Gamemaster Month, 2025! If you are a newcomer to TTRPGs and wanting to learn how to be a gamemaster or a long-time player wanting to see what the other side of the GM screen looks like, this is the perfect program for you! Not just Numenera, but New Gamemaster Month covers a bunch o...

Spiggs18 and Alphadean had to pleasure of sitting down with long time Cypher Unlimited member, first time content creator, Maelfectious! Ever since Numenera Discovery and Destiny came out, Mael has had some thoughts about the complexity of its salvaging and crafting systems. He's finally released his response to it; Maelfectious' Salvaging and Crafting Ruleset! Do you think this was something the...

Ancient got to sit down with Alphadean to discuss Dean's experience at PAX Unplugged this year! He got to play and run a lot of games, meet a ton of people, and got some really awesome stuff! Did you go to PaxU? What was your experience like? And if not, how does Dean experience sound to you? Let us know in the comments! Thanks for watching! If you like our content please hit those subscribe, foll...

Ancient and Spiggs sit down to have a laid-back chat about Cypher and TTRPG related stuff! They discussed things like The Anywhere Door on Moonbeam (MCG's venture into a streaming platform), their old D&D group and how they'll be trying cypher soon, and speculation on what white books we might see next year from MCG! What do YOU hope to see from The Anywhere Door on Moonbeam? What white books...

Spiggs and Ancient got the chance to sit down with Michael Diamond of The Old Ways Podcast! Michael is the founder of The Old Ways Podcast and is quite the prolific creator! Creating since 2019, they've released about 700 episodes on a bevvy of TTRPG topics and actual plays! Thanks for watching! To check out The Old Ways Podcast: https://theoldwayspodcast.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsO3...

Spiggs and Alphadean sit down to discuss Monte Cook Games' most current Backerkit campaign; The Darkest Woods! The Darkest Woods is a system agnostic horror supplement that will allow GMs to let their players explore haunted woods. It is a follow-up to the wildly popular The Darkest House! They also got to discuss Gamehole Con, which Dean just came back from. Dean had a blast there and he regaled...

Sean K Reynolds of Monte Cook Games joins us for another Cypher Book Shorts video! Alpha Dean got to talk to Sean about one his favorite books, the horror book Claim the Sky! Thanks for watching! To check out Claim the Sky — https://www.montecookgames.com/store/product/claim-the-sky/ More from Sean K reynolds — https://linktr.ee/seankreynolds If you like our content please hit those subscribe, fol...

Sean K Reynolds of Monte Cook Games joins us for another Cypher Book Shorts video! Dean got to talk to Sean about the new fan favorite urban fantasy book, It's Only Magic! Thanks for watching! To check out It's Only Magic — https://www.montecookgames.com/store/product/its-only-magic/ More from Sean K reynolds — https://linktr.ee/seankreynolds If you like our content please hit those subscribe, fol...

Sean K Reynolds of Monte Cook Games joins us for another Cypher Book Shorts video! Spiggs got to talk to Sean about one his favorite books, the horror book Stay Alive! Thanks for watching! To check out Stay Alive — https://www.montecookgames.com/store/product/stay-alive/ More from Sean K reynolds — https://linktr.ee/seankreynolds If you like our content please hit those subscribe, follow, and noti...

Sean K Reynolds of Monte Cook Games joins us for another Cypher Book Shorts video! Spiggs got to talk to Sean about a much anticipated title, the cyberpunk book Neon Rain! Thanks for watching! To check out Neon Rain — https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/monte-cook-games/knights-of-dust-and-neon More from Sean K reynolds — https://linktr.ee/seankreynolds If you like our content please hit those su...

Spiggs, Ancient and Dean sit down to recap CypherCon 1.0! We had a fantastic turn out for this year's event, and everyone had a blast playing and running games! But like all things, the experience could definitely be improved. We break down how this CypherCon went and discuss how we might change things for CypherCon 2.0. What would you like to see at CypherCon 2.0? Let us know in the comments! Tha...

From 5/2/2019 The CU team sits Down to chat with Michael Hunt of unMadeGaming. We discussed a wide range of topics like how to get started on Twitch, The history of unmadeGaming, How to recruit players and GM's, what systems work best for streaming games and what we can expect from the guys of unMadeGaming in the future. We had a great time with Michael and learned a lot in the process. Hope you e...

From 5/30/2019 The CU team sits Down to chat with David S. Dear the creator of A Ninth World Journal podcast. We discussed a wide range of topics like creating a audio drama podcast , how to build a narrative for a audio show, why Numenera is a perfect choice for a podcast show and what can we look forward to in the future from David and A Ninth World Journal. We had a great time with David  ...

From 3/21/2019 The CU team sits Down to chat with Monica and Andrew Marlowe of Marlowe House. We discussed a wide range of topics like game design, designing for a competitive contest like RPG Superstar, what systems work best for streaming games, learning how to Monica the hell out of something and what can we look forward to in the future from Marlowe House. We had a great time with this talente...

From 5/9/2019 The CU team sits Down to chat with Eric Frankhouse of Eric Frankhouse presents and the 3 time Iron GM winner. We discussed a wide range of topics like Competitive game mastering, Tabletop Cartography, MCG's Kickstarter strategy, adventure structure, Game design, Ancient's lack of pop culture knowledge and what we can expect from Eric Frankhouse in the future. We had a great time with...

From 3/14/2019 The CU team sits Down to chat with Alex Lepera, Pete Sauber and Charlotte Irrgang of Ravendesk Games the creators of VURT RPG. We discussed a wide range of topics like Jeff Noon's excellent Novel series and how they were able to get the license, the mechanics of VURT, why the Cypher System was the best fit for VURT and what can we look forward to in the future from Ravendesk games....

From 2/27/2020 The CU team sat Down with Charles and Tammie Ryan from Monte Cook Games. We had a blast with Charles (COO of MCG) and Tammie (Administration Manager) discussing a wide range of topics. We learned all about all the inner workings of the company, Why Kick-starter works so well for Monte Cook Games, Tips for new game masters and why new game master month is so important to them, What w...

From 4/4/2019 The CU team sits Down to chat with Jeff Dee Co-Creator of Villains and Vigilantes and a famous  artist in the industry for many years. We discussed a wide range of topics like game design, working for TSR and the early years of D&D, designing one of the very first supers rpg's to hit the market , religion in gaming, and what can we look forward to in the future from Jeff Dee...

From 9/5/2019 The CU team sat Down with Bear Weiter the art director of Monte Cook Games. We had a blast with Bear discussing a wide range of topics. We learned all about graphic design in gaming, developing an art aesthetic for individual projects, what art directors are looking for when meeting new artists, the importance of inclusiveness in gaming and all the work it took to create Invisible Su...

From 11/14/2020 The CU team sat Down with Darcy Ross the Community Relations Coordinator for Monte Cook Games. We had a blast with Darcy discussing a wide range of topics. We learned all about how she got started in the gaming industry, what is the asset team all about, what is Darcy favorite MCG products, we learned a little bit about Burn Bryte a new rpg that Darcy helped design made exclusively...

From 2/13/2020 The CU team sat Down with Sean K. Reynolds the author of Monte Cook Games latest Horror setting book Stay Alive!. We had a blast with Sean discussing a wide range of topics. We learned all about all the different horror genres, All about the new mechanics and the toolkit nature of Stay Alive, Tips on running a successful horror game, and everything about the original vampire setting...

With the new Cypher Backerkit wrapping up last week, it's time to dive into it! The CU boys go over all the stretch goals reached, their Backerkit experience, their excitement about the new Cypher A N D the new Backerkit campaign coming from Monte Cook Games; Numenera: Return to the Ninth World! What was the most exciting part of the new Cypher Backerkit for you? What do you think we'll se...

With the new Numenera Backerkit campaign imminent, we had the pleasure of having Monte Cook Games designer Sean K Reynolds on for a Numenera AMA! We got questions from our community through Discord, Bluesky, Facebook and live on air, y'all had some great questions! What answers surprised you the most? What are you most excited for with the new Numenera books? Let us know in the comments! Thank...

With Numenera Day coming January 29th, Ancient and Spiggs sit down to discuss the deets! We go over the times for each shift of games, the games being offered and how to sign up to GM for the event! After the Numenera Day rundown, the CU boys catch up with each other and the chat! We talked about things like how we have been doing lately, our current gaming habits, what would be the hardest books...