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10+ projects backed in 2023
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Hello wonderful backers,
We're posting this mini-update in the comments to let you now that there are more wonderful rewards from this campaign that are available to redeem now. The rewards of which we speak are: A Guest for Mr. Spider; A Guest for Mr. Spider, Autographed; Character Portfolios in PDF; and Character Portfolios in print.
For clarity, let's look at a full list of this campaign's rewards and add-ons and their statuses.
Here’s a full list of all the rewards we’ve fulfilled so far, including those we’ve just announced today:
A Guest for Mr. Spider
A Guest for Mr. Spider, Autographed
Character Portfolios (set of 5) in print
Character Portfolios in PDF
GM Intrusion Deck in print
GM Intrusion Deck in PDF
Leitner Bookplates (set of 12)
NPC Deck in print
NPC Deck in PDF
The Magnus Archives Roleplaying Game in print
The Magnus Archives Roleplaying Game in PDF
The Magnus Archives Roleplaying Game Player's Guide in print
The Magnus Archives Roleplaying Game Player's Guide in PDF
The Weird in print
The Weird in PDF
Your Best Game Ever in print
Your Best Game Ever in PDF
Clicking on this link will take you to the MCG Shop, where your rewards will have been added automagically to your cart.
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These rewards/add-ons are in production:
Audio Assets
Campaign Journal in PDF
Campaign Journal in print
Playmat
Premium Dice Set
Prop Set in PDF
Prop Set in print
The Magnus Archives Roleplaying Game Limited Deluxe Edition in print
The Magnus Archives Roleplaying Game Limited Deluxe Edition, Autographed
The Magnus Institute File Folders (set of 12)
The Magnus Institute Training Cassette
XP Deck in PDF
XP Deck in print
Reminders about reward fulfillment:
We're posting this mini-update in the comments to let you now that there are more wonderful rewards from this campaign that are available to redeem now. The rewards of which we speak are: A Guest for Mr. Spider; A Guest for Mr. Spider, Autographed; Character Portfolios in PDF; and Character Portfolios in print.
For clarity, let's look at a full list of this campaign's rewards and add-ons and their statuses.
Here’s a full list of all the rewards we’ve fulfilled so far, including those we’ve just announced today:
A Guest for Mr. Spider
A Guest for Mr. Spider, Autographed
Character Portfolios (set of 5) in print
Character Portfolios in PDF
GM Intrusion Deck in print
GM Intrusion Deck in PDF
Leitner Bookplates (set of 12)
NPC Deck in print
NPC Deck in PDF
The Magnus Archives Roleplaying Game in print
The Magnus Archives Roleplaying Game in PDF
The Magnus Archives Roleplaying Game Player's Guide in print
The Magnus Archives Roleplaying Game Player's Guide in PDF
The Weird in print
The Weird in PDF
Your Best Game Ever in print
Your Best Game Ever in PDF
Clicking on this link will take you to the MCG Shop, where your rewards will have been added automagically to your cart.
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These rewards/add-ons are in production:
Audio Assets
Campaign Journal in PDF
Campaign Journal in print
Playmat
Premium Dice Set
Prop Set in PDF
Prop Set in print
The Magnus Archives Roleplaying Game Limited Deluxe Edition in print
The Magnus Archives Roleplaying Game Limited Deluxe Edition, Autographed
The Magnus Institute File Folders (set of 12)
The Magnus Institute Training Cassette
XP Deck in PDF
XP Deck in print
Reminders about reward fulfillment:
- We fulfill rewards as they become available. If you don’t see a reward you’re entitled to among your coupons, please check your email and the campaign’s recent updates to make sure we’ve fulfilled it. If we haven’t fulfilled it yet, don’t worry—it’s coming!
- We guarantee that your crowdfunding reward will be available for you to redeem for up to a year beyond its release date. (This means you can wait a bit to redeem your reward, if you’d like to combine rewards for cheaper shipping, are changing address soon, or similar reasons.)
- Coupons expire one year after the reward’s release date. If you need to redeem an expired coupon, please tell us about it through our Contact Us page so we can help you.
- 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.
Warm regards,
Team MCG
PROJECT UPDATE
Kate Evans
CREATOR
9 days ago
Project Update: Ten Years of The Magnus Archives!
Hello, archivists—
How time flies! Has it already been 10 years since we released The Magnus Archives RPG?!? Well, no. But, it is the 10th anniversary of The Magnus Archives podcast from Rusty Quill, and we have some great TTRPG content lined up this year to celebrate such an achievement.
Upcoming Anniversary Events at UK Games Expo!
Join us at UKGE in Birmingham, UK, on Friday, May 29th for a live seminar hosted by none other than Rusty Quill with Monte Cook Games and Indie Boards and Cards—we’ll be talking about converting podcasts into games.
Take a deep dive into the process involved in turning a podcast into exciting tabletop games, hosted by Rusty Quill, the multi-award-winning podcast production company behind the world’s most popular audio fiction horror story, The Magnus Archives.
Joined by Monte Cook Games (Cypher System, Numenera) and Indie Boards and Cards (Coup, The Resistance, Kodama), topics they will cover include how to use audio to create new experiences in tabletop games, the process of turning audio experiences into TTRPGs, and tips on running successful crowdfunding campaigns for your games.
Each of these companies are giants of their industry, able to bring their own unique, tried and tested perspectives that have led to award-winning games and podcasts. You won’t want to miss it!
Then, make sure to tune in on Sunday, May 31st, for a LIVEPLAY of The Magnus Archives Roleplaying Game!
Take on the mysteries of the Archives in this live play session of The Magnus Archives Roleplaying Game, the record breaking TTRPG based on the world’s most popular horror podcast!
Join players from gaming and podcast titans Monte Cook Games, Indie Boards and Cards, and Rusty Quill as they examine what lurks in the Archives of the Magnus Institute, an organisation dedicated to researching the esoteric and the weird.
Powered by the Cypher System, The Magnus Archives Roleplaying Game will challenge and terrify players and audience alike, with an expert Monte Cook Games GM guiding our investigators through the Archives, as they dig into the supernatural and attempt to hold back the machinations of entities that threaten humanity.
Because when you stare into the Archives, something starts to stare back…
But that’s not all! Drop by the MCG Booth (2-271 Hall 2) over the course of the weekend for a free demo of The Magnus Archives RPG!
A quick update on dice
If you missed our last update, we shared that The Magnus Archives RPG dice are in production! Our manufacturing partner is hard at work putting together the second round of proofs, which we’ll share photos of when we receive them. After that, we’ll get the dice printed, shipped, and fulfilled as quickly as possible! (Take a look at some of the photos we shared last time—these dice are going to be truly gorgeous!)
Thanks for your support!
—Team MCG
—Team MCG
Bronze
Engaged with this project 3+ times 🌟
I made an Investigative Team pledge back in September of 2023, but still have not received any of the physical books. I also have not been sent any notification that any of the rewards have been shipped. Have the physical rewards been made yet and, if so, has anyone received them?
Bronze
Engaged with this project 3+ times 🌟
Pretty frustrated that we wait months to hear nothing, only to get an "update" that doesn't actually give us any sort of timeline for product fulfillment, nor will anyone respond to comments requesting one. I'm excited for the dice and box but I already know the WHAT I would like to know the WHEN. Can I expect to have them this week? This month? This year? The updated information didn't answer any actual questions and is not making me feel good about the 2 other projects I have blacked.
PROJECT UPDATE
Olivia Ryan
CREATOR
about 2 months ago
Project Update: An Update on Dice (Yay!)
Hello, archivists—
Happy April! We’re posting this safely far away from April 1st so you won’t mistake it for a joke—we really DO have an update on The Magnus Archives Deluxe Dice!
In our last update, we mentioned that due to tariffs and disrupted global trade we needed to explore more manufacturing options for the dice and box. They’re very deluxe products, which makes producing them even trickier when global issues throw wrenches into every step of the process. Not to worry, however—we at MCG are old hats at navigating tough issues to deliver products that delight both you and us.
Now, for the fun part…
Even deluxier dice are coming!
The deluxe dice are now in production!
And to express our gratitude for the patience and grace you’ve shown us during this challenging process, we’ve found a way to further upgrade the dice. As you know, we promised high-quality sharp-edged resin dice with special markings for the game’s mechanics. We’ve worked with our vendor to further refine the design. Have a look at this:
And to express our gratitude for the patience and grace you’ve shown us during this challenging process, we’ve found a way to further upgrade the dice. As you know, we promised high-quality sharp-edged resin dice with special markings for the game’s mechanics. We’ve worked with our vendor to further refine the design. Have a look at this:
The green dice show the color, pattern, and paint color we’re using for the final design. (The faces are “generic,” though, and don’t reflect the final design. So ignore them.) This is a slight upgrade from what we’ve shown in the past, but very similar.
The blue dice show the physical facet-cut design, which is really unique! This is hard to photograph—we’re doing our best to convey the brilliance, but what you see is a pale facsimile of what it’s like to hold these dice in your hand. They really shimmer!
The beautiful Leitner booksafe box, which doubles as a dice tray, is also moving forward. We’ll have more news on it in our next update.
Jewel in the Sky: A Megadungeon with a Twist from Monte Cook is live now!
An eight-mile-long island floating 1000 feet above distant mountains, filled with dark passages, huge vaulted rooms, mysterious devices, and dark magic. Things that crawl, slither, and moan. Monsters, creatures, and dark forces. And strange and unimaginable treasures, waiting for those brave, or foolish, enough to claim them.
The base on the floating island known as Vocurro was established to investigate the strange qualities of minerals unique to its planet—but because the inhabitants have only a medieval level of social development, the base has always operated in secret.
Now it’s gone offline. Communications are down. The fate of base personnel is unknown, and a rescue party is on the way. But what will they discover on a planet that doesn’t play by the known rules of physics?
Jewel in the Sky is the first megadungeon built from the ground up for Cypher. It’s not an adaptation, or a conversion—it’s the easiest megadungeon you will ever run, and the most interesting megadungeon your players will ever experience.
Play Jewel in the Sky as a classic fantasy dungeon filled with strange and unusual discoveries. Or drop it into a space opera sci-fi game, and play as the visitors reclaiming their base on a world unlike any ever encountered. It’s specifically designed to play either way—and to deliver twists and surprises that will make this dungeon crawl a weird, exciting, and memorable adventure! Once you explore the island of Vocurro, there won’t be any going back…
Thanks for your support!
—Team MCG
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