Even though the sun is shining and temperatures are rising, we’re still feeling the chill of the deepest, darkest parts of the woods…and hope you are, too, with All Your Gods Are Dead, Dig Your Own Grave, and very soon Come Hell or High Water!
(If you need a refresher on how to redeem rewards from this crowdfunding campaign, you can check out this handy step-by-step guide!)
Look at these Witch Jar prototypes!
The replica Witch Jar is one of our favorite collector’s items funded through this campaign—the mockups are a true sight to behold, family. It's an astonishing prop; a faithful replication of the sort of component used in wards and spells. When not used in your games, its lighted shelf gives it a true air of magic and mystery.
Our team has been working hard to bring this replica to life. We’ve been experimenting with rusting nails, different mason jars (for the perfect, aged look), and resin color and consistency. It’s felt somewhere between a third-grade science project and cauldron-brewing magic!
This photo, taken with flash, shows off the nail and other components in creepy detail.
The lighted base gives it an eerie glow—and this is just one of the colors we're expirementing with.
These are just production prototypes—we’re still finalizing the components to deliver the perfect showpiece for your shelf and game table. We hope you’re just as excited about it as we are.
The rest of your rewards are entering production!
With the last of the trifecta of supplement books almost in your hands, we’re well on our way to delivering all the rewards from this campaign. The remaining rewards—the Dice Set with Tin, Jack’s Fate Pendant, and Stamp Set, to name a few—are all moving steadily along and are on track to be delivered later this year. Make sure your email notifications for MCG are turned on to stay in the know about their progress.
We hope you’re keepin’ warm this winter. We have some news and recipes to share while we wait for Spring to grace us with her presence.
Come Hell or High Water
Come Hell or High Water is now in layout! Once this is complete, the last book in the trilogy of supplements will go to the final stages of proofing and review, and then can be sent to the printers. We are on schedule for our anticipated delivery.
Here’s one of the early pieces of art from the book that’ll give you a peek into what kind of adventures you’ll find inside!
Dice, Props, and Recipe Set
There is a lot of uncertainty around manufacturing due to the changing global tariff situation at present. We want to reassure everyone that we will deliver what was promised, and you will get your rewards. We’re looking at alternative options for everything and will keep you updated, even if it’s to say we’ve not quite found a solution that works just yet. But we’re tenacious and we keep our promises family, so we will find a way. This affects the following items:
Prop set
Dice Set and Tin
Stamp Set
Jack’s Fate Pendant
Witch Jar
Recipe Set
Recipes for an Old Gods of Appalachia Game Night!
The recipe set provides more than two dozen favorite Appalachian recipes, many handed down through the generations, and each with their own description of why they’re so beloved.
Recipes include:
Linda’s apple-sausage stuffing, a favorite offered up by Cam Collins, courtesy of her mother-in law’s excellent cooking
Pone (biscuit) bread, one of Tammie Webb Ryan’s favorite recipes from her mom.
Perry’s biscuits, a recipe given to us by poet (and Dig Your Own Grave contributor) Jeff Mann that was his father’s special Sunday morning meal
Granny’s Coca Cola Cocktail, a specialty from the granny of Aliya Johnson, voices of Mercy Boggs-Carter and others on the Old Gods of Appalachia podcast
Chocolate Chess Pie, dished up by author (and Dig Your Own Grave contributor) Lee Mandela
Steve Shell’s Old-fashioned Corn Bread Recipe from His Mamaw
“Cornbread recipes are family treasures and everyone's family does it differently. My mamaw's was the best and if you disagree you are wrong. This is white cornbread flipped out of a cast iron skillet. If you don't understand how that makes this superior, I can't help you.” —Steve Shell, OGoA co-creator and narrator
Ingredients:
1 ½ cups of self rising corn meal
1 cup of self rising flour
1 tsp of sugar
1 large egg
1-2 cups of buttermilk
Directions:
Mix ingredients in a large mixing bowl.
In an iron skillet, heat bacon grease, oil, or butter to cover the bottom.
Preheat your oven to 400℉.
Pour in mixture and bake for about 40 minutes.
Turn the skillet upside down onto the plate.
Numenera: Come Together to Create a Brighter World
Numenera is a call to those who believe in family, community and finding a path with others, all in the backdrop of a world of magic and technology a billion years in the future. The truly valorous delve for the secrets of the prior worlds not for the riches they bring, but because the mysteries and wonders of the numenera are a pathway toward a better future. Who will lead us into this new world? Who will tap the wonders of the ancients to defend the weak, bolster the sick and starving, and illuminate the ignorant? Who will build a new and better community, and bring vision to a world in darkness? Will it be you? Sign up now to find out!
Apologies for the delay in updates — we’ve been wrangling a few things behind the scenes and will make sure we have more regular updates moving forward.
Jack's Fate Pendant showing both sides
Come Hell or High Water
Come Hell or High Water is now in the last stages of editing — the final book in the trilogy of supplements is almost finished!
This book is packed full of cool things. There’s a whole section written by Old Gods of Appalachia creators Cam Collins and Steve Shell that outlines some of the coolest places in the podcast, including the Walker House, the Clutch, and the Devil’s Divide. There are maps, characters, adventure ideas, and lots of details about the locations themselves. In addition, there are plug-and-play locations that you can use anywhere in any game. PCs can visit a factory and the factory town, a haunted hotel and lake, and an eerie farm full of spooky creatures and characters. There are also three complete adventures that will have characters dealing with a generational curse in a small town, digging deep into the secrets of a traveling marvelment show, and transporting a very special load of moonshine with a secret.
Lastly, a section on designing your own OGoA adventures offers tons of tips and techniques for creating the scariest alternate Appalachia adventure possible.
Come Hell or High Water will soon be laid out, and then go through final proofing and approvals before it is sent to the printers. As we move into the layout stage, art for the book has come in, so here’s a peek at some of it!
A cross legged figure screams with light as a multi eyed creature descends towards it
Numenera: Welcome back to the Ninth World
Numenera logo and word mark
If you’re keen on the weirdness of science fantasy in a world a billion years in the future, MCG is going back to the wonderous setting of Numenera for our next crowdfunding campaign. We would love for you to come along to the Ninth World! Don’t forget to sign up now and receive the early pledge reward when you back the campaign.
The early pledge reward, sharp edged d20 die in purples and blues
A dance in a barn with folk dressed in dapper costumes as a band plays behind
Hey there Family,
We’re pleased to note that All Your Gods are Dead has undergone one round of proofing and should be heading to print soon. In the interim, we hope you’re enjoying your copies of Dig Your Own Grave, which started fulfilling in July, and contains so much trouble for everyone to get into and share! Our Old Gods of Appalachia gaming slots were all sold out at Gen Con earlier this month and we’re always pleased to welcome more folks into the family!
For a full update of which rewards have fulfilled and which ones are still to come, please look here.
If anyone is feeling dapper in their Old Gods trucker or baseball caps, tag us on social media with a dandy photo of yourselves! Bonus points for appearing in rocking chairs or on a porch!
An old lady sits in a rocking chair on her porch, watching folks work her yard
Dig into a new realm of gaming! Expand your game with Cypher!
Monte, our design team, and all of us here at Monte Cook Games are excited to announce the 2026 launch of a new edition of our popular, award-winning tabletop roleplaying game system Cypher. Creating characters is getting even faster. Launching new campaigns is getting even easier. Tools for creating the worlds, stories, and characters you envision are getting even better. All while retaining every ounce of the quick gameplay, story focus, and easy GMing the Cypher System is famous for!
If you love GMing and playing Old Gods of Appalachia, Cypher is how you build on the horror, suspense, and action of your game. Welcome, family, to an expanded, upgraded, and improved version of the system that powers your Old Gods of Appalachia games.
Great news: there are more rewards to redeem! The latest rewards that are ready for you are:
Dig Your Own Grave in PDF
Dig Your Own Grave in print
Deeper Still Baseball Cap
Deeper Still Trucker Hat
Deeper Still T-shirts
In addition to these new rewards, if any of the following items are among your rewards or add-ons from this campaign (and you haven't redeemed them yet), please redeem them now:
All's Well, Exclusive PDF Adventure for Returning Backers
Character Portfolio in PDF
Character Portfolio in print, bundle of 5
Cypher System Starter Set
Deeper Still Baseball Cap
Deeper Still Trucker Hat
Deeper Still T-shirt
GM Intrusion Deck in PDF
GM Intrusion Deck in print
GM Screen in PDF
GM Screen in print
GM's Campaign Journal in PDF
GM's Campaign Journal in print
NPC Deck in PDF
NPC Deck in print
Old Gods of Appalachia Roleplaying Game in PDF
Old Gods of Appalachia Roleplaying Game in print
Player's Guide in print, bundle of 5
Pocket Railroad Guide
Resource Deck in PDF
Resource Deck in print
Scrip Set
The Weird in PDF
The Weird in print
XP Deck in PDF
XP Deck in print
Your Best Game Ever in PDF
Your Best Game Ever in print
Convenient One-Click Redemption!
To redeem one or more of the above rewards or add-ons, head on over to the MCG Shop by copying and pasting this link into your browser: https://mymcg.info/ogoa-ds-rewards. This special link puts all of your available rewards from this campaign into your cart, ready to check out and enjoy!
We kindly ask that if you have questions about our fulfillment process, you give this helpful guide a quick read before reaching out to Jennifer, our wonderful customer service guru. Though she is magical, she is also only one human, so any self-help you can do before reaching out is greatly appreciated.
