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Bruce R. Cordell

@brucecordell.bsky.social
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stumbler through an eyeblink in time author of D&D, Numenera, and The Strange games & novels; science groupie; fitness buff; sci-fi fiend; Senior Designer @MonteCookGames; He/him brucecordell.com

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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
I serve on the applications board for the Roleplaying Game Creators Relief Fund (RCRF), which provides financial assistance to tabletop RPG creators experiencing hardship. This fundraising bundle helps keep the RCRF able to provide support. www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/5...
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Roll20 Con 26 RCRF [BUNDLE] | RPG Creators Relief Fund | RPG Creators Relief Fund | DriveThruRPG
This special bundle contains the following titles: Chronicles of Darkness Regular price: {display_price(19.99)} Bundle price: {display_price(0.0000)} Format: PDF Keep walking. Eyes straight ahead. Don...
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
My grandmother was an amazingly bright woman. In addition to being her high school class valedictorian, she was a master Scrabble player. brucecordell.blogspot.com/2026/09/scra...
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Scrabble Champion, Never Unseated
Hey friends, Bad news. My grandmother, Delores Meis, died suddenly a few days ago . Thankfully, she didn't suffer and, in fact, enjoyed vari...
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Seamus Conneely of Cannibal Halfling Gaming @cannibalhalfling.bsky.social · 19/03/2026
Three Tiers of RPG Purchasing There’s a wide world of games out there, and from a gamer’s perspective it’s an embarrassment of riches. More games than you could ever play or even read, and altogether too many things to do and places to start. How gamers navigate the hobby is important for game…
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Three Tiers of RPG Purchasing
There’s a wide world of games out there, and from a gamer’s perspective it’s an embarrassment of riches. More games than you could ever play or even read, and altogether too many things to do and places to start. How gamers navigate the hobby is important for game designers, who are all jockeying for the dollars that gamers spend. Everyone goes about their gaming purchases in different ways, much as they go about buying groceries, appliances, or furniture.
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Monte Cook Games @montecookgames.com · 14/03/2026
"One of the richest campaign settings you've ever immersed yourself in!" —pacanukaha on Bluesky Numenera is an HOUR into overtime mode! Join the Backer Train now 🚂🚂 choo choo! mymcg.info/num
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Monte Cook Games @montecookgames.com · 11/03/2026
TONIGHT at 5:00pm CDT (6 EDT), tune in to hear the co-creator of Numenera, Shanna Germain, and other legendary TTRPG designers Sean K. Reynolds and Bruce R. Cordell chat LIVE on Backerkit! Ask your burning questions on the Backerkit Community Page now and tune in tonight at mymcg.info/num!
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Numenera: The Amber Archive
The wondrous and inspiring science-fantasy RPG Numenera returns in a new edition filled with new art, creatures, lore, numenera items, and adventures. Step into the amazing Ninth World—a critically acclaimed, fan-loved RPG setting like none other!
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 02/03/2026
Should be great!
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Monte Cook Games @montecookgames.com · 24/02/2026
🔒 LOCKED: Less than 10 backers away! Let's talk Ninth World creatures! We want to expand the Beasts of the Amber Archive, the new Numenera bestiary, with all-new creatures perfect for your next encounter—and we're less than 100 backers away! Learn more about it below ⬇️ mymcg.info/numenera
A graphic containing the image of Beasts of the Amber Archive, a primarily green and purple TTRPG supplement with half a dozen strange and wonderful beasts on the cover. Next to it is a lock symbol with "2,725" next to it—the number of backers needed to unlock this stretch goal as part of the Numenera: The Amber Archive crowdfunding campaign.
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 21/10/2025
Window glazier techs are here to replace a cracked window. I just moved a couch to give them access that hadn't been moved in 12 years, 3 kids, 2 cats, and 1 dog... lots of stuff back there.
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 16/10/2025
Day 2 #gameholexon !
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 15/10/2025
A subset of MCG has made it to Madison for #Gameholecon !
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 13/10/2025
Bruce R. Cordell ‪@brucecordell.bsky.social‬ It's funny. The trope is that immortals become bored with life because they've seen it all before. The reality is that people yearn for a pause because they can't handle life's constant change.
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Michael Diamond (He/Him) 🔜 Gamehole Con @oldwaysmichael.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
I went to BED. I did my morning cardio. It's STILL going!
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captain america says " i can do this all day " in front of a building
Alt: captain america says " i can do this all day " in front of a building
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Eileen Barnes 🔜 Gamehole Con @eileenbarnes.bsky.social · 27/09/2025
Getting *so close* to the legendary $1M mark... Can you push this over the top? @montecookgames.com Check out Cypher: Faster. Easier. And Even Better! on @BackerKit! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
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Cypher: Faster. Easier. And Even Better!
The award-winning TTRPG perfect for forging the stories YOU want to play. Lightning-quick character generation. Super easy to GM. Unique and imaginative campaigns. And all the flexibility, story focus...
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Weekend hat rocks.
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Time waits for no crowdfunder!
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 21/09/2025
3 backers to go to unlock a new version of Predation! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 20/09/2025
Happy Friday y'all. (Wishing it was happy anyway.)
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 18/09/2025
Monte's live, answering questions. He just noted he's been digging into Ian M. Banks' Culture novels. Right on! moonbeam.stream/user/Qedhup/...
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Moonbeam
Moonbeam is a radically new platform for live streaming, reimagining collaboration, safety, and monetization.
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Tonight, another playtest... in SPAAAACEE Ima try a bit of play-by-play of tonight's #cypher scife (space operah) game, using the updated version: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
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Cypher: Faster. Easier. And Even Better!
The award-winning TTRPG perfect for forging the stories YOU want to play. Lightning-quick character generation. Super easy to GM. Unique and imaginative campaigns. And all the flexibility, story focus...
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 16/09/2025
Tonight, another playtest... in SPAAAACEE Ima try a bit of play-by-play of tonight's #cypher scife (space operah) game, using the updated version: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
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Cypher: Faster. Easier. And Even Better!
The award-winning TTRPG perfect for forging the stories YOU want to play. Lightning-quick character generation. Super easy to GM. Unique and imaginative campaigns. And all the flexibility, story focus...
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Owen K.C. Stephens (He/Him) @owenkcstephens.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 10/09/2025
Great game! I played Invictus, a Vicious Paladin who Abides in Bone. (Sorta a bone golem raised years ago by @shannagermain.bsky.social 's Necromancer in a fluke reanimation, skinning the Abides in Stone focus.)
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Shanna Germain (she/her) @shannagermain.bsky.social · 09/09/2025
Come along for a bit of a play-by-play of today's #cypher fantasy game, using the updated version! No one's going to die. Probably. www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m... #RPG #TTRPG
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Cypher: Faster. Easier. And Even Better!
The award-winning TTRPG perfect for forging the stories YOU want to play. Lightning-quick character generation. Super easy to GM. Unique and imaginative campaigns. And all the flexibility, story focus...
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 08/09/2025
The pros of not reading off a script include a more authentic presentation. The cons include, as I demonstrate here, sometimes crafting sentences that make no goddamn sense :)
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 06/09/2025
All my novels and short stories (10+), and about forty of the game books I wrote (or co-wrote) were scraped. So, I'll put my name in the hat for the ones I'm paid through royalties (i.e., none of the game products, but all the novels and short stories).
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 05/09/2025
My goal is to cultivate this concept today: Boredom is underappreciated serenity.
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HeLiesinDrink @heliesindrink.bsky.social · 27/08/2025
And they just made The Strange a stretch goal!! Let’s goooooo! @montecookgames.com @brucecordell.bsky.social
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
I left Wizards in 2013, ending my 4-edition run of writing official Dungeons & Dragons content. Since then, I've been writing official Cypher System RPG settings, games, and adventures for MCG. And look--we're putting out our own new edition of Cypher, starting today!
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Infinite @lordinfinite.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Just finished high noon the other day. A physical copy of the deck could be fun.
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
We checked out the Renaissance festival north of Seattle yesterday. My wizard's outfit was more thrown together, but Batgirl has a deep closet when it comes to costuming.
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 14/08/2025
Excited our weird west custom card deck is out: The Midnight Deck! (If you have High Noon at Midnight, you'll find extra rules for using the deck, besides the obvious one of playing poker, heh.) Card art and design by the super-talented Javier P. Beltrán www.montecookgames.com/midnight-deck/
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Midnight Deck - Monte Cook Games
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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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 08/08/2025
We've been working behind the scenes on this possibility for (looks at calendar)... one year this month.
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 01/08/2025
A tornado anecdote from my youth www.patreon.com/posts/chapte...
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 25/07/2025
My character Canabulum, a 'wizard minotaur' based on a 3e creature I designed (arcane minotaurs called incanabulum), in magnificent miniature form as constructed and painted by Monte Cook during the 3E era. (Thanks @seankreynolds.bsky.social for unearthing and rebasing him!)
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 17/07/2025
Fear is the tool of a tyrant.
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Paul Baldowski 🔜 Furnace, Sheffield (Oct. 10–11) @paulbaldowski.bsky.social · 10/07/2025
A great game of @montecookgames.com First Responders last night. Everyday heroes tackling a downtown fire and a toxic cloud. Thanks to Jim, Allan, Neil and Howard for playing—and to @shannagermain.bsky.social and @brucecordell.bsky.social for a great game.
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David Roberts @volts.wtf · 04/07/2025
It's very obvious that the NYT has put people in editorial positions who view it as part of their job to upset the left. This is, in the bizarro, insular world of US elites, seen as a way to restore balance & regain the trust of the right. Putting aside the merits of the larger effort ...
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 04/07/2025
May the 4th be with you.
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 01/07/2025
Design diary by Monte talks about new possibilities for our game. montecook.substack.com/p/designing-...
three characters from three different genres, all of which can be played in the Cypher System.
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 30/06/2025
Looks like Numenera is back in Humble Bundle land! www.humblebundle.com/books/numene...
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Humble RPG Bundle: Numenera RPG Collection by Monte Cook Games
Get the ultimate tabletop role-playing (TTRPG) bundle for Numenera—an engrossing and addicting adventure through Earth in the distant future.
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Wanna geek the F⚡uck out with me and Johnny? Tune in Sunday morning 9 am PT on June 29th. www.youtube.com/live/un-fyJP...
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A Casual Chat with Bruce R. Cordell
Author and Game Designer Bruce Cordell joins Johnny for a casual chat!
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
A fun addendum to an upcoming CS campaign setting called Gunslinger Knights.
Bruce is holding a zine titled The Mother Of storms: A Gunslinger Knights Zine
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 27/06/2025
My 57-year no-cavity record was sadly broken a few weeks ago. But today... brucecordell.blogspot.com/2025/06/teet...
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Teeth filled and feeling fine!
Heya friends! I'm chagrined to report that my 57-year record of never having a cavity is now broken.  During my annual dental exam a couple ...
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 20/06/2025
Wanna geek the F⚡uck out with me and Johnny? Tune in Sunday morning 9 am PT on June 29th. www.youtube.com/live/un-fyJP...
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A Casual Chat with Bruce R. Cordell
Author and Game Designer Bruce Cordell joins Johnny for a casual chat!
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 17/06/2025
Strange things are afoot at the Cypher System! www.backerkit.com/call_to_acti...
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Cypher System: Faster. Easier. And Even Better!
From Monte Cook Games - Cypher System: Faster. Easier. And Even Better!
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 11/06/2025
Saturday ready.
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Monte Cook Games @montecookgames.com · 07/06/2025
Choo choo! Our Backertrain is live! Join now by backing Invisible Sun: Electric and Indigo! mymcg.info/indigo
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SeanKReynolds has a Patreon! @seankreynolds.bsky.social · 06/06/2025
The #InvisibleSunRPG Indigo and Electric crowdfund ends today at 5pm PT, so I'm posting a bunch of inspirational links for your Invisible Sun narrative! Starting with the actual crowdfund link: www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
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Invisible Sun: Electric and Indigo
The legendary Invisible Sun RPG immerses you in magic that feels truly magical, characters that are deep and memorable, and rich and satisfying campaigns. Now in a re-envisioned presentation, it’s a p...
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Monte Cook Games @montecookgames.com · 03/06/2025
"If you are tired of cashing in monsters for experience, and always having to make the optimal choice rather than the most interesting one, then you are ready for the advancement systems in Invisibile Sun." —C. Barney It's the FINAL DAYS of Invisible Sun: Indigo! 📚💀 🔮🗝️ mymcg.info/indigo
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Bruce R. Cordell @brucecordell.bsky.social · 03/06/2025
Reading Consider Phlebas by Iain Banks (and considering re-reading a bunch of Culture novels after that!) Also reading (aurally) How to Become the Dark Lord and Die Trying by Django Wexler-an irreverent fusion of Lion, the Witch and Wardrobe meets the First Fifteen Lives of Harry August meets D&D
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