Menu
News
All News
Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
Pathfinder
Starfinder
Warhammer
2d20 System
Year Zero Engine
Industry News
Reviews
Dragon Reflections
White Dwarf Reflections
Columns
Weekly Digests
Weekly News Digest
Freebies, Sales & Bundles
RPG Print News
RPG Crowdfunding News
Game Content
ENterplanetary DimENsions
Mythological Figures
Opinion
Worlds of Design
Peregrine's Nest
RPG Evolution
Other Columns
From the Freelancing Frontline
Monster ENcyclopedia
WotC/TSR Alumni Look Back
4 Hours w/RSD (Ryan Dancey)
The Road to 3E (Jonathan Tweet)
Greenwood's Realms (Ed Greenwood)
Drawmij's TSR (Jim Ward)
Community
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Resources
Wiki
Pages
Latest activity
Media
New media
New comments
Search media
Downloads
Latest reviews
Search resources
EN Publishing
Store
EN5ider
Adventures in ZEITGEIST
Awfully Cheerful Engine
What's OLD is NEW
Judge Dredd & The Worlds Of 2000AD
War of the Burning Sky
Level Up: Advanced 5E
Events & Releases
Upcoming Events
Private Events
Featured Events
Socials!
EN Publishing
Twitter
BlueSky
Facebook
Instagram
EN World
BlueSky
YouTube
Facebook
Twitter
Twitch
Podcast
Features
Top 5 RPGs Compiled Charts 2004-Present
Adventure Game Industry Market Research Summary (RPGs) V1.0
Ryan Dancey: Acquiring TSR
Q&A With Gary Gygax
D&D Rules FAQs
TSR, WotC, & Paizo: A Comparative History
D&D Pronunciation Guide
Million Dollar TTRPG Kickstarters
Tabletop RPG Podcast Hall of Fame
Eric Noah's Unofficial D&D 3rd Edition News
D&D in the Mainstream
D&D & RPG History
About Morrus
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles only
By:
Forums & Topics
Forum List
Latest Posts
Forum list
*Dungeons & Dragons
Level Up: Advanced 5th Edition
D&D Older Editions, OSR, & D&D Variants
*TTRPGs General
*Pathfinder & Starfinder
EN Publishing
*Geek Talk & Media
Search forums
Chat/Discord
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
NOW LIVE! Today's the day you meet your new best friend. You don’t have to leave Wolfy behind... In 'Pets & Sidekicks' your companions level up with you!
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
AMA with Bruce R Cordell (The Strange, D&D, Monte Cook Games)
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="BruceRCordell" data-source="post: 6837670" data-attributes="member: 6821968"><p>1) Thanks for being a Strange Superfan, man! You helped make all of this happen. And as of Monday Feb 29th, we delivered every single reward promised for The Strange (the glimmer/fractal Cults, Factions, and Syndicates was the last). If you haven't gotten everything, could you please contact us via the MCG Contact Us page on the MCG site?</p><p></p><p>Here is what you should've received if you were a STRANGE SUPERFAN:</p><p></p><p><strong>Print Books</strong></p><p>Encyclopedia of Impossible Things, MCG 2016 (this was called "Strange Compendium" in the KS)</p><p>Strange Revelations, MCG 2015 (10 Instant Adventures) (called "more Strange adventures" in the KS)</p><p>Worlds Numberless And Strange, MCG, 2015 (this was called "Strange Recursions" in the KS)</p><p>In Translation: The Strange Character Options, MCG, 2015</p><p>The Strange Bestiary, MCG, 2014 [Origins 2015 Nominee] [ENnies 2015 Nominee]</p><p>The Dark Spiral, MCG, 2014 (96 p campaign-style adventure for The Strange)</p><p>THE STRANGE, [ENnies 2015 Winner (Silvers for Setting, Best Game, Art)] [Golden Geek Nominee] [Origins 2015 Nominee]</p><p>THE STRANGE player's guide, MCG, 2014 </p><p></p><p><strong>PDF-only Adventures and Supplements</strong></p><p>Cults, Factions, and Syndicates MCG 2016 (weird organizations)</p><p>Extreme Cyphers, MCG 2016 (super-powerful cyphers, yo)</p><p>Impossible Vehicles, MCG 2015 sweet rides)</p><p>Alternate Origins, MCG 2015 (racial descriptors)</p><p>Mastodon, MCG 2015 (adventure for The Strange that premiered at Gen Con 2015)</p><p>The Estate Dossiers (The Strange), MCG 2015</p><p>Swordbreakers: An Elite Organization of The Strange, MCG 2014</p><p>Conversion Guide (You got Strange in my Numenera!)</p><p>Tales of the Strange (stories)</p><p>Eschatology Code MCG, 2014 (adventure for The Strange that premiered at Gen Con 2014</p><p><em>EDIT: plus a few more including:</em></p><p><em></em>Ohunkakan: The Living Myths</p><p>The Paradox Room </p><p></p><p></p><p>2. I grew up with two fantastic GMs, which I met in my 7th grade shop class: Monte Cook and JD Peterson.</p><p></p><p>3. I did meet Gary Gygax. He wrote a fantastically warm and enthusiastic opening to Return to the Tomb of Horrors, which was both amazing and humbling.</p><p></p><p>4. I listen to all kinds of music. I have a Google Play music subscription, so I'm always listening to something different. Though music without words is best for writing... writing everything but pure fiction, for which I have a specific play list, most of which have words, weirdly.</p><p></p><p>5. That's exactly right--I figured that on my own, I'd finish the book, maybe to a KS for it, then if it did well maybe I'd write a game for it... but with Monte's (and Shanna's) help, we got busy. And now, finally, Myth of the Maker (yes, the very book) will see its debut. I owe him a lot.</p><p></p><p>6. My domestic partner is Torah Cottril who I met at Wizards--she was an editor for D&D and Star Wars and was a member of our fantasy writers group. So, yeah, she's no stranger to strageness. In fact, she was the one who encouraged me to think about leaving Wizards and write my own sci fi after Wizards shuttered their novel department. So I owe her a lot, too.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="BruceRCordell, post: 6837670, member: 6821968"] 1) Thanks for being a Strange Superfan, man! You helped make all of this happen. And as of Monday Feb 29th, we delivered every single reward promised for The Strange (the glimmer/fractal Cults, Factions, and Syndicates was the last). If you haven't gotten everything, could you please contact us via the MCG Contact Us page on the MCG site? Here is what you should've received if you were a STRANGE SUPERFAN: [B]Print Books[/B] Encyclopedia of Impossible Things, MCG 2016 (this was called "Strange Compendium" in the KS) Strange Revelations, MCG 2015 (10 Instant Adventures) (called "more Strange adventures" in the KS) Worlds Numberless And Strange, MCG, 2015 (this was called "Strange Recursions" in the KS) In Translation: The Strange Character Options, MCG, 2015 The Strange Bestiary, MCG, 2014 [Origins 2015 Nominee] [ENnies 2015 Nominee] The Dark Spiral, MCG, 2014 (96 p campaign-style adventure for The Strange) THE STRANGE, [ENnies 2015 Winner (Silvers for Setting, Best Game, Art)] [Golden Geek Nominee] [Origins 2015 Nominee] THE STRANGE player's guide, MCG, 2014 [B]PDF-only Adventures and Supplements[/B] Cults, Factions, and Syndicates MCG 2016 (weird organizations) Extreme Cyphers, MCG 2016 (super-powerful cyphers, yo) Impossible Vehicles, MCG 2015 sweet rides) Alternate Origins, MCG 2015 (racial descriptors) Mastodon, MCG 2015 (adventure for The Strange that premiered at Gen Con 2015) The Estate Dossiers (The Strange), MCG 2015 Swordbreakers: An Elite Organization of The Strange, MCG 2014 Conversion Guide (You got Strange in my Numenera!) Tales of the Strange (stories) Eschatology Code MCG, 2014 (adventure for The Strange that premiered at Gen Con 2014 [I]EDIT: plus a few more including: [/I]Ohunkakan: The Living Myths The Paradox Room 2. I grew up with two fantastic GMs, which I met in my 7th grade shop class: Monte Cook and JD Peterson. 3. I did meet Gary Gygax. He wrote a fantastically warm and enthusiastic opening to Return to the Tomb of Horrors, which was both amazing and humbling. 4. I listen to all kinds of music. I have a Google Play music subscription, so I'm always listening to something different. Though music without words is best for writing... writing everything but pure fiction, for which I have a specific play list, most of which have words, weirdly. 5. That's exactly right--I figured that on my own, I'd finish the book, maybe to a KS for it, then if it did well maybe I'd write a game for it... but with Monte's (and Shanna's) help, we got busy. And now, finally, Myth of the Maker (yes, the very book) will see its debut. I owe him a lot. 6. My domestic partner is Torah Cottril who I met at Wizards--she was an editor for D&D and Star Wars and was a member of our fantasy writers group. So, yeah, she's no stranger to strageness. In fact, she was the one who encouraged me to think about leaving Wizards and write my own sci fi after Wizards shuttered their novel department. So I owe her a lot, too. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Community
General Tabletop Discussion
*TTRPGs General
AMA with Bruce R Cordell (The Strange, D&D, Monte Cook Games)
Top