Numenera 2 Kickstarter

Looks pretty intriguing! I've backed it.

You can take a look at it here:

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/montecookgames/numenera-2-discovery-and-destiny

I am thinking about backing too!

I have not played any games in the Cypher system yet, but it sounds fantastic to me, a D&D player. I think it would be better suited to PbP than D&D and Pathfinder. If you have experience running Cypher System game in Pbp, do you find this is so Falryx?

I heard people call this a money grab, asking people to shell out money for a glorified errata. I disagree. A new version of a game that doesn't make obsolete most of the supplemental material from the older version is the exact opposite of a money grab.

Looking forward to playing and running it one day in the PbP medium!

Cypher system is amazing! I wish I had a spare $5,000 for the Master pledge (though that's already gone). Looks awesome :)

@ Len People called Invisible Sun a money grab as well and 'dumb' they didn't gear the core mechanics to an online game experience.

I've enjoyed the Numenera/The Strange/Cypher system so far in playing games. I'm playing in a new game of Numenera starting next Wednesday I believe. It's a little different than D&D/pathfinder and there's a lot of possibilities (about 25K combinations currently in Numenera spanning 7 books for character creation (PC abilities and advancements further add more combinations). Also GM doesn't roll die which is nice. XD

@ Len ::

I agree with you that this is /not/ a money grab. There's errata, sure -- but they're adding a bunch of new stuff, they're adding another book (Destiny) and they're adding a bunch of other items as a result of meeting their stretch goals (like a 120 page campaign book, etc.). So this definitely seems like new/more material to me.

I have a /little/ experience playing and running Cypher system in PbP and it generally works pretty well. I've enjoyed the campaign or two I've been a part of, because they've been pretty interesting as a world. Unfortunately the GM idled out before we got too far along (but I really liked that one). I have a hard time running a Cypher system campaign simply because I don't have a lot of time for world-building (you'll see me running Star Wars and Middle-Earth stuff as a result). It is a system I like a lot, and I've thought about Cypher-Jedi. I don't know if it'd be appropriate for Middle Earth (which I think One Ring captures really well). And one day I might even be able to get my world-building chops in better shape and with more time to run a proper Numenera or Gods of the Fall campaign.

Thanks for sharing your knowledge everyone. Currently taking a break from GMing while I get used to a new work position, but the Cypher System intrigues me. Once things settle down and I start running games on GP again, a Numenera 2 game will be high on my list of things to run. Of course, Xanathar's Guide will have come out for D&D 5e by then and I'll be curious as hell about playing with all the new options. So many shiny things!

In the meantime, Darcy and Troy's Cypher Speak podcast is a great source of Cypher System info and full of inspiration and ideas to fill our heads during commutes and such.

I've only played Numenera, The Strange, and the Cypher System here on Gamers Plane. Well, I did run The Strange IRL afterwards, but just one time. I think it works great for PBP, both as a player and as a GM.