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Coyote & Crow Games @coyoteandcrow.bsky.social · 27/09/2026

We've got so many cool ideas for the Between Earth And Sky RPG that we're working on. I think folks who've read the books will be thrilled, and RPG fans will discover some fun concepts and mechanics they haven't seen elsewhere. Plus, look at that cover!

Draft 3d Render of the cover for the Between Earth and Sky roleplaying game. Art by Raul Cruz.

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Monte Cook Games @montecookgames.com · 26/09/2026

🌊✨ Between Earth and Sky: The Roleplaying Game immerses you in The Meridian, a breathtaking world inspired by the Pre-Columbian Americas and the bestselling Black Sun trilogy. Call upon the sea. Command shadows. Walk through dreams. Sign up now to be notified when we launch! mymcg.info/beas

Promotional artwork for Between Earth & Sky: The Roleplaying Game, with the title in gold at the top and the corebook shown on the left. The right side features a dark blue face with large blue wings instead of eyes and glowing highlights against a black-and-gold, celestial background.

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John Wiswell @wiswell.bsky.social · 17/09/2026

Someone You Can Build A Nest In is a Prime Big Deal! You can get the paperback for just $13 (the cheapest it's ever been!). A shapeshifting monster *accidentally* falls in love with the woman who is hunting her. Do you need some monster romance in your life? www.amazon.com/Someone-You-...

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Someone You Can Build A Nest In: Wiswell, John: 9780756419745: Amazon.com: Books

Someone You Can Build A Nest In [Wiswell, John] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Someone You Can Build A Nest In

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Monte Cook Games @montecookgames.com · 19/09/2026

NEW FICTION FROM SOME OF THE BIGGEST & BRIGHTEST STARS IN SF, FANTASY & HORROR—funding now from our friends at Lightspeed Magazine! Charlie Jane Anders, Travis Baldree, Olivie Blake, P. Djèlí Clark, Tananarive Due, Rebecca Roanhorse, Veronica Roth, and many more! www.kickstarter.com/...

Lightspeed Magazine are funding 24 new magazines!

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Monte Cook Games @montecookgames.com · 18/09/2026

The public beta of the Cypher Character Builder is LIVE! 🧝‍♀️ 🧑‍🚀 🧙 Become a Kind Warrior who Strikes with Mythic Might. A Rugged Swashbuckler who Controls Beasts. A Brash Mutant StarPilot who Moves Like the Wind! The options are limitless with Cypher → tools.cypher-rpg.com

A fantasy forest scene shows a large wolf gently nuzzling a kneeling girl in a red dress among glowing flowers, with birds flying through a misty green canopy. The bottom right reads CYPHER, and the bottom left reads CYPHER ©2025 Monte Cook Games, LLC | montecookgames.com | Artist: Maci.

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Shanna Germain (she/her) @shannagermain.bsky.social · 07/09/2026

I really hope this pot's pronouns are they/them, just to piss her off.

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Shanna Germain (she/her) @shannagermain.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

The only good thing AI has given us is a fierce revival of and return to hand-crafted, one-of-a-kind, hours-spent, human-made things. May AI rot and die beneath the soil of human creativity.

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Shanna Germain (she/her) @shannagermain.bsky.social · 06/09/2026

I was today years old when I learned that "cli-fi" is NOT femme-heavy erotic sci-fi. Probably a good thing I figured that out -before- I wrote and submitted a story for that anthology. 😂

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Monte Cook Games @montecookgames.com · 04/09/2026

Cypher—Advanced ends TOMORROW! Don't miss: 🐉 Our FINAL genre vote: Psychic or Heists? 🦑 NEW covers! 🧝‍♀️ Allll the collectable stickers! 📚 Advanced Cypher options, a new bestiary, & Pocket Cypher (a lightweight, smaller-format book with just the core game rules) mymcg.info/cypher-ad...

The new covers for Cypher Bestiary II and Cypher Decoded, two new books detailing additional creatures and beasts for Cypher and new genres, optional rules, and additional GM content.

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The Verge @theverge.com · 02/09/2026

As a new Harry Potter trailer makes the rounds, it bears repeating that there’s no way to watch this show without supporting J.K. Rowling’s bigotry and the structural violence she’s inflicting on the trans community.

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There is no ethical consumption of HBO’s Harry Potter series

You can’t without supporting Rowling’s transphobic bigotry.

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Monte Cook Games @montecookgames.com · 02/09/2026

Reignite your love for gaming! Cypher makes it easy to dive into a world of fantasy; of gunslinging knights and swashbuckling heroes; of laser guns and cybernetic weapons; of evenings filled with laughter and fun. Don't limit your game. Become limitless with Cypher!

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Cypher—Advanced!

The brand-new Cypher—released just this week!—is the fast, flexible, and easy-to-GM RPG for any campaign you want to run. Let's take it to even more new places with cool options to customize your game and really make it soar in this short FLASH campaign!

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Monte Cook Games @montecookgames.com · 31/08/2026

It's the FINAL WEEK of Cypher—Advanced! Don't miss out on: 🐉 New, advanced character options for Cypher ⚙️ New genres like dark fantasy, steampunk, and several more—which YOU'RE choosing during the campaign 🦑 The Cypher Bestiary II and more! ENDING FRIDAY! mymcg.info/cypher-ad...

Art Cypher Advanced shows a giant teal face with glowing eyes looming over three tiny figures on a rocky ledge, with the title text “CYPHER ADVANCED” across the top. Small footer text reads “CYPHER ©2026 Monte Cook Games, LLC | montecookgames.com | Artist: Roberto Pitturru.”

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TTRPGkids ➡️ Gamehole Con @ttrpgkids.com · 01/09/2026

Ever find a solo journaling game and REALLY want to share it with your friends, family, or convention group? Check out my tips here for using solo RPGs in group settings based on my XP facilitating solo RPGs for others and designing solo games with group options: loom.ly/kaJ6hd8

Tips & Tricks:
Turning Solo Journaling Games Into Group Games

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Shanna Germain (she/her) @shannagermain.bsky.social · 28/08/2026

AI is getting harder to sniff out, from art to writing to photos to everything else. So what if we built a collective that helped creative companies review their stuff for AI? If the goal is to keep AI out (and hopefully kill it) then banding together is one of our best options for doing that.

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Shanna Germain (she/her) @shannagermain.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

I want to add one more thing: we are so grateful to have fans who assumed we made a mistake and not that we purposefully acted in bad faith or betrayed our values. AI is EVERYWHERE and it's so easy to miss when it comes from outside your own circle of people, no matter how careful you are. ❤️

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Shanna Germain (she/her) @shannagermain.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

The truth about humans doing human things: sometimes we make mistakes. But unlike AI, we will always do our best to fix them in good faith. We will never knowingly use AI in our products. And when things do slip past us, we appreciate fans who let us know. ❤️ www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...

(A side note: We posted a different version of this video to our YouTube channel yesterday, but it turned out that some of the stock footage used in that version included props generated by AI (such as a character sheet—or “Cliascic Charcism,” as it seemed to be labeled). Our position on generative AI is well-established; we were disappointed that the production company used this footage and deeply embarrassed that we didn't notice it ourselves. We took that version down and re-edited it to remove those shots. We stress that none of the actual content was ever AI-generated; it was limited to some of the props used in stock footage.)

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Shanna Germain (she/her) @shannagermain.bsky.social · 27/08/2026

Isn't it wild how you can have a 35-year-long successful and award-winning writing career and one comment from a rando on the internet can make you question whether you're actually any good at all? Just me? Cool-cool-cool.

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Shanna Germain (she/her) @shannagermain.bsky.social · 26/08/2026

I decided this morning that the afterlife heard some bad guys were headed that way and called, "Avengers... assemble!" May the villains show up there soon so you can kick their asses, you beautiful queens.

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Shanna Germain (she/her) @shannagermain.bsky.social · 23/08/2026

Just a little more hope in the form of empathy, intellect, and communication skills. ❤️

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Monte Cook Games @montecookgames.com · 21/08/2026

TRIPLE FUNDED!?! Cypher—Advanced: a special flash campaign to honor the launch of the new Cypher. This campaign is just a few weeks long, so get on it now! Don't miss out on: 🐉 Cypher Decoded provides advanced character options for Cypher 1/2

Three armed vampire-hunters watch a building engulfed in flames, with a hilltop town in the distance under a blue dusk sky. Large title text reads “CYPHER ADVANCED,” with small footer text: “CYPHER ©2026 Monte Cook Games, LLC. | montecookgames.com | Artist: Roberto Pitturru.”

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Monte Cook Games @montecookgames.com · 20/08/2026

DOUBLE FUNDED! Cypher—Advanced: a special flash campaign to honor the launch of the new Cypher. This campaign is just a few weeks long, so get on it now! Don't miss out on: 🐉 Cypher Decoded provides advanced character options for Cypher 1/2

Cypher Advanced; 3 Cypher characters with a range of looks and powers from magic to martial arts

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Shanna Germain (she/her) @shannagermain.bsky.social · 21/08/2026

Fascinating and useful stuff, as we continue to look at the future of RPG companies and crowdfunding.

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SeanKReynolds has a Patreon! @seankreynolds.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

This is a live AMA chat tonight at 5pm PT/ 8pm ET! Bring your questions about the new crowdfund and other Cypher stuff!

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Shanna Germain (she/her) @shannagermain.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

Even Sauron's tower has to admit defeat in front of that sunset. Pretty sure Mamdani's on his way to throw the ring into the fires of Mount Doom.

The skyline of Brooklyn and NYC show in front of a red, purple, and yellow sunset.

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SeanKReynolds has a Patreon! @seankreynolds.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

Cypher Decoded and Cypher Bestiary II FUNDED! Some update tidbits: • no stretch goals to enlarge the books—theyre the size we want them to be • no stretch goals to add additional items—everything revealed from the get-go • polls to choose monsters for CB2 • stickers! mymcg.info/cypher-advanced

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Cypher—Advanced!

The brand-new Cypher—released just today!—is the fast, flexible, and easy-to-GM RPG for any campaign you want to run. Let's take it to even more new places with cool options to customize your game and...

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Shanna Germain (she/her) @shannagermain.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

What's this? A surprise pop-up crowdfunder?! Don't mind if we do. Nom-nom-nom.

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M Meerkat @kackbro.bsky.social · 19/08/2026

More Leaders Like Mayor Mamdani Please.......🙏

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BigolasClitoras ✨📕📘📗✨ @burstofhope.itch.io · 19/08/2026

EVERYBODY SHUT THE FUCK UP THIS IS THE ONLY TTRPG NEWS I CARE ABOUT TODAY HOLY SHIT www.montecookgames.com/announcing-b... One of my top five fantasy series getting adapted by may favorite system publisher @montecookgames.com!!! 🤩🤯

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Announcing Between Earth and Sky: The Roleplaying Game - Monte Cook Games

Today he would become a god. His mother had told him so. ~ Black Sun Who Are You Destined to Become? […]

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Monte Cook Games @montecookgames.com · 19/08/2026

Discover Cypher with games for newbies and veteran players 🎲 🐉 🚀 MCG is excited to celebrate the launch of Cypher with our friends at StartPlaying Cypher—with a multi-week event featuring hundreds of online games on StartPlaying Games!

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StartPlaying Cypher event | StartPlaying

StartPlaying Cypher event. Sign up to run or play games now on StartPlaying.Games.

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Monte Cook Games @montecookgames.com · 18/08/2026

Have a TTRPG story you've always wanted to tell? An adventure you've been itching to publish and share? The Cypher Open License is FOR YOU! Make the most of Cypher's flexibility, ease of play, narrative focus, and fun gameplay as it brings YOUR creativity to life! www.montecookgames.c...

A mohawked man with cybernetic enhancement screams, sending incredible, colorful waves of psychic power at his enemies.

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Max Kennerly @maxkennerly.bsky.social · 18/08/2026

Love how this dude discovered the cheat codes of "what if I listened to constituents" and "what if I modeled good behavior" and "maybe I behave like a normal person should." These are apparently dark secrets that have been hidden from other politicians.

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Shanna Germain (she/her) @shannagermain.bsky.social · 16/08/2026

Geeky horror panels require serpent jewelry.

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Monte Cook Games @montecookgames.com · 16/08/2026

With the release of Cypher, we have an INCREDIBLE slate of activities and news to share! 🧚‍♂️ The Cypher Open License is here 🚀 Cypher Con August 20th to 23rd 🏴‍☠️ A LIVE AMA with MCG designers on the 20th Aaaaanddd... 🤖 A special, secret announcement COMING SOON!

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Monte Cook Games @montecookgames.com · 14/08/2026

Join Monte Cook, Sean K. Reynolds, and Bruce R. Cordell on the Cypher Unlimited for a LIVE AMA on August 20th! Ask them your burning questions about Cypher! Their future projects! And maybe even learn some secrets from MCG about upcoming news...

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Zach Bussey 🍁 @zachbussey.tos.gg · 12/08/2026

Twitch now uses your channel to train generative AI by default. You can opt out of some training here: www.twitch.tv/settings/sec...

Training for Generative AI

Allow your channel content to train generative AI content models at Amazon. Turning this off does not opt you out of Twitch and Amazon using your channel content for other purposes described in the Twitch Privacy Notice, including using AI-supported Twitch features that benefit the community by facilitating streamer growth and monetization (such as real-time sponsorship campaign assistance), viewer discovery (such as recommendations), and community safety (such as AutoMod). Learn more

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Shanna Germain (she/her) @shannagermain.bsky.social · 12/08/2026

I'll be at Necronomicon in Providence this weekend! Want to hear me yap about queerness in horror gaming, Appalachian gothic, designing weird shit, and a bunch more? Come and say hello. necronomicon-providence.com/enter/

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Ethan @glyphtide.games · 04/08/2026

Going to Gamehole Con? If you're a POC and make TTRPG content, join @lyla.bsky.social and me at the POC Industry Dinner, sponsored by @montecookgames.com and @brotherwisegames.bsky.social! Meet creators, find mentorship, grow our industry. 🌽 Apply by 8/23: bit.ly/ghcpoc26 🌽

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Monte Cook Games @montecookgames.com · 07/08/2026

Join us at Cardboard Corner in Kansas City on August 22nd for a special CYPHER LAUNCH EVENT! A day of exciting games that showcase the ease of play and breadth of imagination that Cypher brings to your game table is coming—with over 15 games running! Sign up here → cardboardcornerkc.co...

Cypher Release Day with Monte Cook Games

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Andrew B. @swordcompass.bsky.social · 01/08/2026

Checks to resist purchasing things are always at a disadvantage in the Monte Cook Games room at Gencon I got away with a small purchase and picked up Cypher 2 player guide!

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SeanKReynolds has a Patreon! @seankreynolds.bsky.social · 29/07/2026

MCG has launched the new Cypher Open License! The COL allows publishers, gamers, and members of the public to freely create and market tabletop RPGs compatible with, and using the rules from, the new Cypher TTRPG system. www.montecookgames.com/announcing-t...

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Announcing the Cypher Open License - Monte Cook Games

As the launch of the new edition Cypher approaches, we here at Monte Cook Games are excited to roll out […]

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