Hello, backers!

We have some really cool stuff to share with all of you, but first, if any of the following add-ons are among your rewards, they're ready for you to redeem now:

If one of the above add-ons is among your rewards, click here to redeem it.

For a refresher on how we fulfill rewards, check out (and bookmark) this article: How to Claim Your Crowdfunding Reward. To see a comprehensive list of your rewards, please view your BackerKit Pledge Manager for this campaign. And remember: You can wait to redeem some or all of your rewards so that you can bundle them and save on shipping.

And now back to the update! While The Magnus Archives Roleplaying Game corebook continues through the review and editing process, we’ve been moving forward with the other rewards you funded. This month we have a not one, but two Leitners to show you.

OK, that’s not so much a Leitner as a Leitner-inspired item: it’s the book-safe-style dice box (with built-in dice tray) for the exclusive dice set. (It's fancier than the in-world book, but we and our friends at Rusty Quill agreed that a cool dice box was more important than a faithful recreation of the book.) At a glance it might not seem that different from the box you saw during the campaign, but it’s actually all new artwork—take a close look! The box and the dice are designed, approved, and in production. (This reward, while being the first to enter full-scale production, won’t deliver earlier than the corebook—manufacturing the components of this set takes longer than everything else in this campaign.)

Now let’s talk about an actual Leitner—and take a sneak peek into another book that’s coming out of the campaign: A Guest for Mr. Spider! We’re thrilled to be working with Kyle A. Scarborough (whose work you may have seen in Old Gods of Appalachia Roleplaying Game) who will be illustrating this Leitner. Check out this this work in progress from the book:

These illustrations give you a sense of where the book is headed stylistically. We think Kyle has nailed it—suffice to say, we can’t wait to get this book in your hands.

In addition, we’re already starting on the early stages of design and production for the playmat and the campaign journal. (These items couldn’t be fully designed until the corebook was written.) Manufacturing will take some time, but we’re exciting by how these are shaping up. We should have some images to show you in our next update!

Thanks again for your support!
—Team MCG

Oh, one more thing…

The Magnus Archives Roleplaying Game is powered by the Cypher System (with a few customizations). If you’re new to the Cypher System, you’re in for a treat—it’s amazingly easy to play and run, really built around narrative and character, and fast-paced and fun. And it’s flexible enough to run virtually any campaign you can imagine.

You can run your games in the Cypher System right now. All you need is the Cypher System Rulebook, although we also make a fantastic line of genre and setting supplements that expand the experience. You can get a fantastic deal on Cypher System titles (including the upcoming Cypher System Starter Set) through our current crowdfunding campaign, Knights of Dust and Neon. And the best part: Every pledge level includes the complete Cypher System Rulebook in PDF. So you can launch a Cypher System campaign right away, or get a handle on the Cypher System rules as you start thinking about your forthcoming The Magnus Archives game. Check it out!