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Here’s a secret: I don’t really like dividing stories (or anything, like music) into categories. I don’t like walking into […]

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Netrunning is an integral part of the cyberpunk genre, and Neon Rain contains complete rules for dropping into the matrix, […]

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Games, obviously, are meant to be fun. And yet we still put up with a lot of things that many […]

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Endless quests and endless horrors… The gun-wielding, motorbike-riding knights of the wasteland often swear oaths to undertake quests during their […]

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A deluxe poker deck straight out of a weird west! Straight out of the gunslinging world of High Noon at Midnight, […]

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The game is called Cypher, so if we’re monkeying with the rules, we’d better make sure that cyphers work in […]

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Monte, our design team, and all of us here at Monte Cook Games are excited to announce the 2026 launch […]

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An elegant and useful centerpiece for your game table In The Magnus Archives Roleplaying Game, it’s the players (not the […]

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As I wrote a bit ago, our own experiences as designers, alongside what we’ve heard from players, have prompted some […]

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Store your game documents in true Magnus Institute style! Here’s something roleplaying gamers and archives staff have in common: managing […]

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