DriveThruRPG is offering the first issue of Cypher Caster Magazine for $4. This is a no brainer for anyone playing and/or interested in Numenera–a good quick read on all the things currently going on with the Monte Cook Games Cypher system–it often reads like an extended press release–but includes a lot of very creative ideas from the community.
The table of contents includes blurb reads:
The first issue of the CypherCaster Magazine includes:
- MCG Spring/Summer product preview
- Shotguns & Sorcery interview with Matt Forbeck & Robert Schwalb by Andrew Cady
- Exploring Cypher Space by James Walls
- “Shapes in the Salt”, Numenera short fiction by Jim Ryan
- “Hunting for Krofwarten”, a Numenera adventure by Chris Fitzgerald
- “Estate Files” covering a Norse Mythology recursion cluster for The Strange by Marc Plourde
- “Holstenwall — A Recursion of Gothic Fear” by Scott Robinson
- MCG Fan Relations News
The stunning cover art by Jeff Brown conveys the vast wonder of the Ninth World of Numenera (or perhaps a recursion in the Strange). A copy of the artwork without the masthead and trade dress will be included for use in your games.
Second issue coming, July 2015
The cover are really is amazing:
And the other art in this issue is fun, playful, and inventive–for example, here is a map:
All of the content is OK, but not all is fantastic–I am mostly interested in Numenera and not that interested in the Strange or some of the other things that MCG has going on. The short fiction was an easy fun read. I hope that they stay focused on that kind of community creativity part of the Numenera community and not to much in the crunch.
I think that this is a great start to a magazine & expect that the next issue will be a lot better.
David Given Schwarm 
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