Iadace, backers—

Thank you so much for continuing to spread the word and keeping this campaign going at such an incredible pace—you unlocked the Calaval’s Eyes! Deck updgrade so quickly! We’re very excited about how this new deck will affect and improve your gameplay, and super pleased to give it a premium format.

Along the way you voted for this sticker as your free bonus reward. Every backer, at every pledge level, gets these stickers! So even if we’re unlocking a goal for a reward that isn’t part of your pledge level, you get something fun anyway.

Usually single-use and frequently cobbled together in ways completely unrelated to their original intent, cyphers are bits of prior-world technology—numenera—that can serve as weapons, wearable devices, quick heals, and more. As PCs explore the Ninth World, they’ll discover—and use—cyphers.

Because they’re discovered and used frequently, having cyphers on cards is really handy. It’s easy for the GM to simply draw a card, rather than having to pull out the book and roll on a table. And for the player, getting a cypher in card format sure beats jotting down the cypher information on a character sheet, just to erase it an hour later when it’s used.

So let’s expand the cypher section of the Resource Deck—in fact, let’s expand it with so much additional content that we make a whole new deck!

The new Cypher Deck will be chock full of 100 brand-new cyphers perfect for inspiring a player, spicing up an encounter, or solving a difficult puzzle. These cyphers expand on those in the Amber Archive Deck—you’ll get 100 additional cyphers.

This Cypher Deck will be available as an add-on, and included in the rewards of every backer at the ALL-IN (print and PDF) pledge level. Backers at the ALL-IN (PDF only) pledge level will get it digitally on the Datasphere Deck Tool. We'll unlock this all-new Cypher Deck when we reach 2500 backers.

Every stretch goal comes with a bonus vinyl sticker, which you help us choose. Here are two designs derived from the cover art of the current edition of Numenera corebooks. Which would you most like to see on your laptop, water bottle, or wherever you put stickers?

Vote! Your collective choice will decide which sticker you get alongside the new Cypher Deck.

We’re working hard to spread the word about Numenera to gamers everywhere—but our reach pales beside the collective voice of the 2300+ backers of this campaign. Big campaigns only happen when their backers drive the enthusiasm.

Check out our various social media channels, where you’ll find posts to share, graphics to grab, and ideas about what to say. If you can take just a couple of minutes to spread the word, we’ll hit this goal—and the many others we hope to unlock, that much sooner!

Thanks for your support!
—Team MCG