Changes: Numenera (game)

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Numenera is a science fantasy role-playing game set in the distant future written by Monte Cook. It is both a tabletop game and the setting of the upcoming Torment: Tides of Numenera video game. The game's publication was financed thanks to a Kickstarter Campaign.

Authors

The main creator of Numenera is Monte Cook. Other contributors include Lead Editor Shanna Germain and Lead Artist Kieran Yanner.^[1]

Setting

Numenera is set a billion years in the future. Eight great civilizations have risen and fallen on Earth. Even though the current inhabitants live at about a medieval level of technology, the leftover remnants of these ancient advanced societies lie all around them. Some of these are extremely helpful: advanced tools, valuable means of communication and learning, transportation, defenses, and weapons. Others are dangerous: genetically altered monstrosities, flesh-warping radiation, creatures transplanted from distant stars, and clouds of out-of-control nanobots, just to name a few. This setting, called the Ninth World, provides all manner of opportunities and challenges to those that call it home.

Player characters explore this world of mystery and danger to find these leftover artifacts of the past, not to dwell upon the old ways, but to help forge their new destinies, utilizing the so-called “magic” of the past to create a promising future.^[2]

Products

The following books have been announced and/or released so far as part of the Numenera line:

Numenera Corebook
Player's Guide
The Nightmare Switch - Kickstarter-exclusive adventure
The Devil's Spine - 32-page adventure
The Mechanized Tomb - 32-page adventure
The Other Side of the Maelstrom - 32-page adventure
The Ninth World Bestiary
Sir Arthur's Compendium
The Ninth World Guidebook
Numenera Torment Sourcebook
The Amber Monolith
Numenera Short Fiction Anthology

Other products are also planned :

Numenera GM Screen
Numenera XP Card Deck
Numenera Cypher Card Deck
Numenera Creature Card Deck
Numenera App, by 3lb Games
Thunderstone Advance : Numenera, by AEG

Aside from that, the Torment: Tides of Numenera video game, developed by inXile Entertainment, is currently in pre-production.

External links

References

[1] Numenera.com : Bios

[2] Numenera.com : Overview

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-'''''Numenera''''' is a science fantasy role-playing game set in the distant future written by [[Monte Cook]]. It is both a tabletop game and the setting of the upcoming ''[[Torment: Tides of Numenera]]'' video game. The game's publication was financed thanks to a [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1433901524/numenera-a-new-roleplaying-game-from-monte-cook Kickstarter campaign].
+'''''Numenera''''' is a science fantasy role-playing game set in the distant future written by [[Monte Cook]]. It is both a tabletop game and the setting of the upcoming ''[[Torment: Tides of Numenera]]'' video game. The game's publication was financed thanks to a [[Kickstarter campaign (Numenera)|Kickstarter Campaign]].
 ==Authors==
-The main creator of ''Numenera'' is Monte Cook. Other contributors include Lead Editor [[Shanna Germain]] and Lead Artist [[Kieran Yanner]].
+The main creator of ''Numenera'' is Monte Cook. Other contributors include Lead Editor [[Shanna Germain]] and Lead Artist [[Kieran Yanner]].<ref>[http://www.numenera.com/the-numenera-team/ Numenera.com : Bios]</ref>
 ==Setting==
-Numenera is set a billion years in the future. Civilizations have risen and fallen on Earth. Even though the current inhabitants live at about a Medieval level of technology, the leftover remnants of these advanced societies lie all around them. Some of these are extremely helpful: advanced tools, valuable means of communication and learning, transportation, defenses, and weapons. Others are dangerous: genetically altered monstrosities, flesh-warping radiation, creatures transplanted from distant stars, and clouds of out-of-control nanobots, just to name a few. This setting, called the [[Ninth World]], provides all manner of opportunities and challenges to those that call it home.
+''Numenera'' is set a billion years in the future. Eight great civilizations have risen and fallen on Earth. Even though the current inhabitants live at about a medieval level of technology, the leftover remnants of these ancient advanced societies lie all around them. Some of these are extremely helpful: advanced tools, valuable means of communication and learning, transportation, defenses, and weapons. Others are dangerous: genetically altered monstrosities, flesh-warping radiation, creatures transplanted from distant stars, and clouds of out-of-control nanobots, just to name a few. This setting, called the [[Ninth World]], provides all manner of opportunities and challenges to those that call it home.
+Player characters explore this world of mystery and danger to find these leftover artifacts of the past, not to dwell upon the old ways, but to help forge their new destinies, utilizing the so-called “magic” of the past to create a promising future.<ref>[http://www.numenera.com/overview/ Numenera.com : Overview]</ref>
 ==Products==
-The following books have been announced so far as part of the ''Numenera'' line:
+The following books have been announced and/or released so far as part of the ''Numenera'' line:
-* ''[[Player's Guide]]''
 * ''[[Numenera Corebook]]''
+* ''[[Player's Guide]]''
-* ''[[The Nightmare Switch]]'' Kickstarter-exclusive adventure
-* ''[[The Devil's Spine]]'' 32-page adventure
+* ''[[The Nightmare Switch]]'' - Kickstarter-exclusive adventure
-* ''[[The Mechanized Tomb]]'' 32-page adventure
+* ''[[The Devil's Spine]]'' - 32-page adventure
-* ''[[The Other Side of the Maelstrom]]'' 32-page adventure
+* ''[[The Mechanized Tomb]]'' - 32-page adventure
-* ''[[The Ninth World Bestiary]]''
+* ''[[The Other Side of the Maelstrom]]'' - 32-page adventure
-* ''[[Sir Arthur's Compendium]]''
+* ''[[The Ninth World Bestiary]]''
-* ''[[Numenera Torment Sourcebook]]''
+* ''[[Sir Arthur's Compendium]]''
+* ''[[The Ninth World Guidebook]]''
+* ''[[Numenera Torment Sourcebook]]''
+* ''[[The Amber Monolith]]''
+* ''[[Numenera Short Fiction Anthology]]''
+Other products are also planned :
-Aside from that, the ''[[Torment: Tides of Numenera]]'' video game is currently in pre-production.
+* ''[[Numenera GM Screen]]''
+* ''[[Numenera XP Card Deck]]''
+* ''[[Numenera Cypher Card Deck]]''
+* ''[[Numenera Creature Card Deck]]''
+* ''[[Numenera App]]'', by [[3lb Games]]
+* ''[[Thunderstone Advance : Numenera]]'', by [[AEG]]
+Aside from that, the ''[[Torment: Tides of Numenera]]'' video game, developed by [[inXile Entertainment]], is currently in pre-production.
 ==External links==
-* [http://numenera.com Numenera] official site
+* [http://numenera.com Numenera.com]
 * [http://www.montecookgames.com Monte Cook Games]
-* [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1433901524/numenera-a-new-roleplaying-game-from-monte-cook Kickstarter campaign]
+* [http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1433901524/numenera-a-new-roleplaying-game-from-monte-cook Kickstarter.com : Numenera, A New Roleplaying Game From Monte Cook]
+==References==
+<references />
 [[Category:Numenera]]