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Friday, May 16, 2014

Bundle of Holding - Numenera

I have Numenera. Haven't done more than skim it, but I have it. It's by Monte Cook, so it's got to be good, or at least, decent. Right?

My one complaint is the watermarking on the pages makes it damn difficult for my eyes to read. YMMV.

Your Bundle of Numenera is here.

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Greyhawk GrognardMay 16, 2014 at 8:18 PM
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Greyhawk GrognardMay 16, 2014 at 8:21 PM
"It's by Monte Cook, so it's got to be good, or at least, decent. Right?"

This is the guy who wrote "Return to the Temple of Elemental Evil" which pretty much completely ignored and/or overturned the whole mythology that the original had established. So I'm going to call shenanigans.
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VanguardMay 16, 2014 at 11:49 PM
Eh, sure, the price is right, but Monte Cook is not, by any means, anyone I would associate with quality design. All ofthe nifty things about Numenara show up in plenty of other, better games which only leaves the setting, which I understand to be quite good.
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JholenMay 17, 2014 at 1:34 AM
Thanks for the heads up; picked up the bundle!
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The DaveMay 17, 2014 at 2:54 AM
I played Numenera for about a month before I started getting bored with it.. Maybe it was the DM.. I don't know but I just never got into it..
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Venger SatanisMay 18, 2014 at 6:39 PM
Emperor's new post-apocalyptic science-fantasy RPG... I mean, clothes?
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I am so deep in the OSR when I come up for breath it's for the OSR's cousin, Tunnels & Trolls

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Bundle of Holding - Numenera

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