Wow, backers!

It took you less than two days to hit this goal—that’s the sort of pace we normally see in the first or final week of a campaign, not the dead-center! Thanks to so many of you helping to spread the word and keep the buzz going, we’re now expanding The Strange. This already-hefty campaign setting is getting even meatier with new types, new creatures, new adventures, and more!

And as always, we’re including a little bonus for every backer—a thank-you for unlocking this stretch goal, whether The Strange is among your rewards or not:

Welcome to the Cretaceous. Our ancestors won’t climb down from the trees for another 66 million years, but here we are now. Time travel seemed like a good idea. Exploring the ancient world. Building. Creating an entire society here in the jungles of our primordial Earth. Until those SATI guys messed it all up.

We’ve got gear. We’ve got guns. We’ve even bioengineered a few dinos to our liking. And that’s good, because we’ll need it all to survive. History says there’s an asteroid headed our way, and there’s no one left alive who knows how to get back to the future…

That’s a peek into the world of Predation, one of our favorite campaign settings. It’s got a little sci-fi, a little post-apocalyptic feel—and a whole lot of dinosaurs! Shanna, who brought the world of Grevakc to life in the original book has been hankering to write a new adventure for it. So let’s unlock one!

This PDF-only adventure, titled “A Quirk in Time,” will stand on its own—you’ll be able to play it without needing the Predation campaign setting. (Though it will be richer if you do have the setting, and you’ll be able to integrate it into an ongoing campaign if you like. A PDF of Predation is included in every  Amazing Campaigns and All-In pledge level.) Here’s a quick summary:

Something new has been stirring across Grevakc. Anomalies that people are calling time quirks are delivering neither remnants nor cyphers, but something else entirely: living creatures from other periods. Is this just another oddity of time travel? Are there people in other periods, trying to cross through time?

We’ll deliver it on the early side, around the time the corebooks launch, so you’ll have a prepared adventure to kick off your experience with the new edition. And, if we’re fortunate enough to be able to unlock more Predation-related content before this campaign ends, we’ll integrate this adventure into it.

This adventure will be added to the rewards of all backers at the ALL-IN (print and PDF) and ALL-IN (PDF only) levels. We’ll unlock the Predation adventure when we reach 3575 backers!

The MCG team has been playtesting the new edition of Cypher for months, but with the rules have now almost 100% complete, we’re able to play full-fledged games just for the fun of it. Monte ran a cool dungeon fantasy game for us this week. You can see how it went in this Bluesky thread by Shanna. (Bruce and Charles also shared some thoughts.)

We’ve seen this campaign rev up nicely this week as backers spread the word and help us reach the thousands of gamers who don’t know about Cypher or this campaign.

If you haven’t done so already (or even if you have), here’s a fun way to keep the buzz going. MCG is holding a Cypher meme competition. Check out this earlier update for details, then put together and share your own clever meme.

Not feeling creative? Here are a few entries so far—right-click to download them, then give them a share along with a link to mymcg.info/cypher

Every time we unlock a goal, we give every backer a little extra thank you in the form of a bonus reward. Which sticker should we unlock next? See the poll at the bottom of this update!

Vote your favorite, then enter the meme competition to help us reach our next goal quickly!

Thanks for your support!
—Team MCG