Hello, backers—

We’ve just come back from Gen Con. We have some tidbits from that show to share to share, and a bit of less cool news, too. But first, have a look at this!

That’s the Cypher System T-shirt offered as an add-on during the campaign. We just received it from the vendor, and it’s a beautiful color with a wonderful, soft feel—if it’s among your rewards, we think you’ll love it! We’ll fulfill it along with the deluxe edition of the Cypher System Rulebook. But speaking of that:

We hoped to have the deluxe edition of the Cypher System Rulebook reach our warehouses just as we returned from Gen Con, but no such luck. Our printer is now telling us it will ship to us in about ten days.

We’ve worked with this print vendor for over a decade, and in that time they’ve printed nearly 100 titles for us, totaling well over half a million books. Their track record for quality and reliability is fantastic. Plus they already delivered the standard edition portion of the same print run—several weeks ago. So when they tell us they’re doing their best, we’re confident they’re not mucking about. Sadly, we live in times of uncertain supply chains, and it’s affecting the unique features and binding process of the deluxe edition.

We’ll keep the pedal to the metal and let you know when we know more. Usually, once books ship from this printer, it’s just a matter of days before they reach our U.S. warehouse (a little longer for overseas), and we’ll begin fulfillment immediately. Unless things take another unexpected turn, that should be by the end of the month.

We had a fantastic Gen Con! Over 200 gamers took part in sessions of the adventure Bitter Seeds, from Rust and Redemption, and the reception was great. If you were there, thanks for joining us! If not, we can’t wait to get this adventure—and the rest of the book—into your hands. If the Gen Con feedback was any indication, we think you’ll love it!

We also ran scores of events for Numenera, the brand new Old Gods of Appalachia Roleplaying Game (which is based on the Cypher System), Stealing Stories for the Devil, and our family RPG No Thank You, Evil! Hundreds of gamers also tried short demos of our various games, and hundreds more stopped by our stand to purchase products—we sold out of almost every Cypher System title!

It was enormously fun, and our cadre of fantastic GMs ran really wonderful games. We’re all pretty exhausted, but already looking forward to next year!

Thanks again for your support!
—Team MCG