I appreciate how Arcana of the Ancients was organized, and I love the new flavors it adds to the game, and how smooth it was incorperated into play. It really fed my imagination as a DM, and my players have enjoyed diving in as well. Well worth, in my opinion.

Maybe I "just don't get it," but from what I've read thus far, the "any character, any setting" thing is hype, save in the sense that you could say that about most any RPG. After all, you COULD use, for example, "Bunnies and Burrows," by FGU to run a dystopian super horror game, but I wouldn't want to try it, esp. when there are games that accomodate such out of the box.

To be fair, if you want something that is rather fast and flexible, that also permits a great deal of latitude in settings and characters, then you could do worse than Cypher.

Without the hype, and the feeling of being suckered by yet another game, on those terms it would be at least a four-star game.

Again, though, from what I can tell, this isn't what was advertised.

Just tell the truth? Honesty is the best policy, MCG.

Very useful and helpful, conveys the basis despite the short format. On the downside, the checklist seems to be protected. It would be nice to have a fillable version.

Again - I am no expert on the Cypher System, I will be up front with that in that I can't fully attest to how mechanically balanced this is. But, what I can say is this: Mortal Fantasy explores the various tropes and different types of fantasy within the umbrella genre in the eyes of the Gods of the Fall world which offers demigods with the power-levels of Shonen characters and the edginess of Dark Souls bosses. The flavor and art pours out of this thing, and I already want to learn more about Cypher so I can use this book and play it! So, if you are looking for something really differet for your Cypher game - check out Mortal Fantasy. Comics, Clerics, & Controllers d20 Roll: 18

While I am a complete noob to the Cypher System and have only ever made a character for Numenera which I am not sure is Cypher - Changing Seasons is unique in that up front it gives you options on how to dial the darkness of the adventure up or dial it down, depending on your group or the level of maturity you want to reach for. Oozing elements of Event Horizon or some of Cronenberg's films (whom is credited as being an inspiriation behind this adventure) and adds that body-horror element to a twisted fantasy noir adventure all in 8 pages. If you want to add some Bloodborne style fantasy to your Cypher game, look no further. Comics, Clerics, & Controllers d20 Roll: 16

I was very much looking foward to this deck. I'm going to use it, however I feel a little disappointed in a few different ways.

First, while I've not looked through the enitre deck and 100 doesn't divide evenly by 3 perfectly, it seems like there are three copies of nearly all of the cyphers in this deck. Perhaps if I had read the description better I'd have noticed? In any case, there's a lot of duplicates aside from the numbers on the bottom.

I believe it was a great idea adding d6 and d100 rolls on the bottom of these cards, but I feel they missed a real oppertunity in not putting d20 rolls on the cards. While the GM doesn't roll in Cypher and I love that about the system, having d20 rolls on the cards could have been great for times when there's a group of people who want to play but forgot their dice. Or when rolling dice is less practical than drawing or cutting cards.

If this deck had d20 rolls on it, for example, I could pack the deck of cards and take it camping, and while on the car ride there (as long as I'm not the one driving) I could have used this deck, alone, to draw random d20 rolls for the players in the car. Or, at a picnick table the players could cut for a d20 roll. With 5 sets fo d20 rolls in a d100 deck, given time I could divide the deck up into 5 decks and let the players shuffle and draw themselves.

Giving us d6 and d100 rolls was smart. Leaving out d20 rolls I feel was a major missed oppertunity.

Sure, sure, its rare people will be without dice, but then why bother putting d6 and d100 rolls on the cards at all with that attitude?

I may buy other Cypher decks, and look forward to using this one. But, I find myself less excited about this than I had anticipated I would be, now that I have it.

Hopefully the edit and add in d20 rolls for future purchasers. (I would go as far as d4, d8, and maybe/maybe on d10... because they're not used in Cypher and this is indeed Cypher specific. But d20 is the core die to Cypher, so it does seem a miss opperunity.)

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If it was only the d20 misisng thing, I'd probably gave this 4 stars. However, between the d20 missing when the idea crossed their mind to add dice, and the fact that there's so many repeats of the same cards aside from the numbers on the bottom making it seem the main reason for 100 cards is the d100 roll... I feel its a 3 star product. Though, I hope to have a lot of fun using it and perhaps my feelings will improve over time.

Really flavorful and cute - the doodle art style and Goofy tone made this fun to read, and I can't wait to try it out with my group

Incredibily fast idea, to character, to table, to play! Another reason I enjoy playing Cypher System, especially when my table and I are on limited time and just want to have some fun. I really hope MCG expands Cypher Shorts and offers more pre-wrriten content in various generes using this remarkable concept.

Add Cypher Shorts to Cypher System Rules Primer (drivethrurpg.com/product/231653/Cypher-System-Rules-Primer) for a free, quick, and portable version of Cypher System on it's own.

The controverial nature of the content is presented in a format that seems presumptious and arrogant. The content is good advice for conversations that should be held in home games. I can see some application for this at conventions, however, that is how descriptions of tables should be used for individuals to decide whether the material is suitable for them or not. When media becomes policed we get dangerously close to infringement of 1st Amendment rights.

Unfortunately the source material provided in this supplement fills an underwhelming number of pages. Light on content for a core system that is ripe for fleshing out.

Amazing Cypher System supplement! Fun rules for creating your Gobs' "Turfs"(their home), really great custom descriptors and foci(Can't wait to see "Knows a Curse Word" in game!), as well as Gob equipment, cyphers, and artifacts!

If you're looking to add some fun whimsy to your Cypher, this ia a must have!

Something to make clear first: it's better to think of the item as a collection of props rather there than how you would normally think of an RPG supplement book. It will certainly expand your game, giving you new locations, indivuduals, and other content like you'd normally find. However, the book is far less "content dense" than you would normally find in such a supplement book. But that's not what this book is about. It's goal is is to expand on the unique experience playing Invisibil Sun is. For that, it succeeds.

Each is formatted like a two-four page essay, treatise, and the like written in world. Each one is something that provides your players (and GMs) a bit more infomation about the Actuality written from an in-game perspective. The books shines when your players are wanting to step out from the streets of Satyrine and go out into the wider world(s) under the Sun(s). As they research what's out there, what they may encounter, or difficulties they may face you can simply hand them one of the beautifuly crafted handouts to them as an example of something they turned up in their research. Each handout is unique, using a multitude of different ways to convey the information and tell the story contained in each document.

I was looking for printer friendly, easy to read sheets, in a world where everyone wants to have beautiful filigree and colors on their sheets.

They work well. Thanks for sharing.

If you require a book to talk about things that bother you, then you shouldn't be playing a tabletop with adult themes in it. If you are playing in a game where people are discussing topics that make you uncomfortable and you can't talk to the GM about it, then find another group.

The Technology Compendium is one of my favourite supplements in Numenera.

This book starts with a chapter of how to use technology in your Numenera game. This is chapter is very useful if you, like me put a more technological spin to you game. The chapters breaks down Numenera into technology types helping you present the Numeneary in a way that makes more sense (more sense to you 20 century GM, not from ninth world perspective). At the same time this Chapter gives you a sense of the types of technologies the past 8 civilizations were delving on. Additional, you will find a new descriptor for artificial intelligence, which is a very nice bonus.

The following chapters cover cyphers, artifacts and oddities. A treasure trove of new resources to add to your game.

This supplement end with an super useful chapter where it breaks numenera (from all sources) into categories. It is great for when you want to find a cypher or artefact related to the datasphere or related to genetics for example.

All together I really appreciated the new insights this book gave me about Numenera as a source of technology and my players love all the great new chypers and artifactes that they got access too.