New Numenera Kickstarter Delves Into Liminal Shores

Monte Cook Games' latest Kickstarter contains three new hardcover Numenera books - Voices of the Datasphere (a 'metaphysical' space), Liminal Shore (a new continent on the Ninth World), and Edge of the Sun (secrets of why the sun hasn't swallowed the earth yet, a billion years from now).

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"Explore a vast new realm. Uncover never-before-revealed secrets of how the ancients shaped the Ninth World. Face the legacy of those secrets—and, possibly, the utter destruction of the Ninth World. The Numenera: Liminal Shores Kickstarter seeks to fund three thematically linked, hardcover sourcebooks containing all new material for the award-winning phenomenon of the Numenera tabletop RPG."

Already at 170K after two days, this looks sure to be another of MCG's half-million-dollar Kickstarters. You can get all three books in PDF for $50, or hardcover for $135.

 

[Trastone]

Can’t wait to see where this Kickstarter goes. Amazing response so far!

 

[vpuigdoller]

I'm a nerd for this setting fluff books. I always want to learn more about the different settings. This hits all my sweet spots.

 

[Kramodlog]

I'm curious to see how much money fans, and other people who are influencial, will poor into a game setting and rules system they do not really use.

 

[Arilyn]

I'm curious to see how much money fans, and other people who are influencial, will poor into a game setting and rules system they do not really use.

Well, we all buy more product than we will actually use, but ignoring that, what? Numenera is played by a lot of people. It's got a solid following of fans who do actually play the game and use the supplements.

 

[unknowable]

I'm curious to see how much money fans, and other people who are influencial, will poor into a game setting and rules system they do not really use.

A) Pour, if you are going to mock people don't make mistakes like this.
B) Lots of people like the system and setting? Nice try though.

 

[Aldarc]

I'm curious to see how much money fans, and other people who are influencial, will poor into a game setting and rules system they do not really use.

By this point in time, I have probably used Numenera and the Cypher System more than I have 5e D&D.

 

[vpuigdoller]

I have used mines plenty as well.

 

[Retreater]

I've yet to have a good experience with Numenera. Having learned my lesson, I refused to join my friends' group at a GenCon event. They all ended up walking out. Even MCG's official GMs don't seem to know how to run this system.
There was a time I was curious to get Numenera. Then they announced the new edition. Then I tried that, and found they hadn't changed the mechanics, which I think are just awful.
I'm not trying to criticize people who enjoy it. I'm just saying let the buyer beware and really look at the system before backing this project.

 

[Morrus]

Even MCG's official GMs don't seem to know how to run this system.

Of all the complaints one could make about Numenera, finding the system difficult is a surprise to me. It's a very simple system.