Just recently started learning the Cypher system in ramping up for a Numenera campaign. A long-time fan and user of the Savage Worlds system, I am seeing mechanics within the Cypher system that intrigue me, and others that leave me scratching my head. Of the latter one of the biggest stumbling blocks for me is how damage and health are handled in conjunction with stat pools. It makes no sense to my mind that someone can go to from being seriously wounded to fully restored after just having rested for a bit and making a few good recovery rolls. Likewise, while I can see using stat pools for effort, doing so should not leave you potentially closer to death should you get injured shortly thereafter.
Anthony’s answer to this is to incorporate as system of wound levels, not entirely dissimilar to Savage Worlds, for example, which is a mechanic I like very much.

I do think, however, the way Anthony works this out adds more ‘crunch’ than I would be comfortable with, particularly in a system that is trying to avoid crunchy game play. For example, applying this mechanic to the NPCs seems like it would make opponents harder to manage in combat, resulting in longer and more administratively burdensome sessions. I also took a star away from production value, and I think the explanations and examples could have been clearer. Overall though this is an interesting and thoughtful system tweak that, even if not used exactly as written, can give you food for thought for your own Cypher System house rules.

This book offers an absolute ton of creative, quasi-magical, and downright alien devices, each with a to-the-point description of its capabilities but some with highly ambiguous origins or intended mode of use. Even if you don't run Numenera at all, if you have any interest in sci-fi-themed campaigns or if you're just looking for new twists on magic items then this book is a treasure.

I really love this inventive setting for Cypher. It includes Foci, Descriptors, and Classes so that your characters can easily fit in with the setting. It also gives you a lot of information on what to pull from the core Cypher book and how it fits in. if you're looking for some good scifi for your Cypher game, this is the perfect place to set your game.

More Predation! Awesome! This scenario has a lot of detail packed into just a few pages. I think i'll be using this in my next session!

A neat idea, but not quite in line with Numenera. Numenera is a game about encountering the weirdness, coming to understand it, and growing stronger from it. That is at fundamental odds with Lovecraft. Still, it's the right price and a nice way to add in unusual or unsettling elements to a Numenera game.

I'm going to start with my only critique, which is a small number (a handful, really) of typos/punctuation/etc.

That being said, WOAH. As a newer player to the system, Mortal Fantasy is a great supplement to the Cypher sustem, in my opinion; it includes various options for keeping that D&D feel, as well as sound advice for players and GM's alike.

Of note, I particularly liked the new Types, the easy, straightforward concept used for Race (when applicable!), and the short adventure is well written and thoughtful. 10/10.

Wow, for a free product, this is incredible. I have run this one-shot many times, and players still surprise me. There's a good mix of encounters here. The science-fantasy weirdness is strong in this one.

If you've ever wanted to get into Numenera, get this and play with it.

Then once you're easily convinced, get the full Numenera: Discovery & Destiny rule books. I pledged for the exclusive deluxe boxset (which also included the PDFs), since I know MCG products are exceptional quality.

Join us in the Ninth world!

Great idea! I'm looking forward to using this in my campaign.

Not much to say -- it is a great help for low-prep improv games.

I've been writing a space opera campaign using the Cypher system core rules, and while the core book is sufficient for most of it, I wanted to have a more flavorful combat system all without necessarily having a tactical space game that was separate from the rest of the cypher rules. So, I started writing up weapons and starship types .. and I thought, self, shouldn't there be a resource for this? And sure enough, the cypher system FB group recommended this book to me. And while the starship combat sections were short, it's what I thought a dogfighting system should look like, along with sample stats for both ships and weapons.

Liking it a lot. Like, a lot. This fits into the cypher system like a hand in a glove. Recommended for anyone who wants a Space Opera flavor to their cypher system game.

Thank you! And now I'm looking at what other products are on offer ... Wait, do I see character roles for a space opera game? Oooh. In any case, this review is done, and on to other cypher system books from this author.

I just finished reading this and I must say WoW this product is pretty awesome. Not only is this great for Unmasked but the foci are great for any super setting. At a glance they all seem well balanced and totally different from anything in Unmasked or the Cyphersystem corebook. Great Read and worth picking up for sure.

This supplement adds a new dimension to your Cypher game, literally. Welcome to the Phasic realm, another dimension. This supplement gives a brief, one-page description of this alternate dimension, before launching into the denizens that inhabit it. A non-sentent predator, a sentient-yet-primitive humanoid, and an insectile-like race with as many morphs as it has castes. These creatures can easily provide a single night of horror for a one-shot game, or many sessions for an invasion-type campaign.

This supplement, and the creatures within are designed to be used with virtuallty any genre. They are useable in any of the published Cypher settings, or almost any conceivable other genre.

Here is a supplement that you can really sink your teeth in to. It brings the traditional feelings of Dungeons & Dragons into the world of free flowing fantasy that is God's of the Fall and Cypher Systems games in general. This is certified fresh-ness and Ganza Gaming works magic with the the tried and true of the days of old. Now they are relevant and fresh once again in a world of Epic fantasy yet to be explored.

Picked this up recently and thougth I’d give my impressions. First off, an overview of what is included. For the price of admission, you get the Primordeal Descriptor, 10 new Foci and 10 pregenerated characters for the Unmasked setting.

The Descriptor, Primordeal, is new and novel, and really fitting in a superhero setting, but would also be easily ported into any other Cypher setting.

The 10 new Foci are Absorbs Kinetic Energy, Dominate Minds, Has Animal or Plant Powers, Is a Paragon, Is Synchronous, Is Unstoppable, Realizes Perfection, Summons, Wields Cosmic Energy, Wields Forcefields. Of these, one is a bit convoluted and I’m still attempting to wrap my head around it, but the others are excellent, and perfectly suited Unmasked and other Supers genre games.

Each of the new Foci has an example character.

As a bonus, you also get a short adventure hook, and a profile for a new alien creature.

Much of the content of this supplement includes “Work out the details with the GM”. This is something I really like. It really reinforces that this is YOUR game and you should do with it as you want. Make things up, change things, do what is cool and awesome.

I loved this preview! I've played this game a few times with friends but never really understood where the GM was coming up with the target numbers. This quick rules set explains everything. And since its only 17 pages, it was just very inviting to read, especially since I don't usually have a whole lot of time to pour over a large volume. Great, easy system to learn!