Numenera

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Numenera is a pen and paper role-playing game with a science fantasy scenario . It was developed by the US role-playing game designer Monte Cook with financial support from a crowdfunding campaign and published in 2012.

description

Numenera's scenario corresponds to Earth, but about a billion years in the future. The game world is (English for.: As "The Ninth World" , the ninth world ), since a total of eight civilizations arose before the time horizon of the scenario and disintegrate. Remnants of these previous civilizations, such as old technical legacies, can be found in traces throughout the game world and are commonly referred to as Numenera. The current civilization is technologically and z. Sometimes also socially at a medieval level, but also makes use of the many ancient, far more progressive legacies of previous civilizations without understanding or mastering them exactly. Based on Clarke's third law , according to which “any sufficiently advanced technology cannot be distinguished from magic”, the Numenera is also treated similarly to magic in a fantasy scenario.

Gameplay

The character creation of Numenera is kept simple. The player must complete a statement at the beginning:

I am a (description) (class) who (focus) .
(English: I am a __________ __________ who _________s.)
  1. An adjective is required as a description that expresses the most conspicuous character trait.
  2. For class you can choose from the Glaive (a warrior type), the Nano (a technology user / magician) or the Jack (derived from Jack of all trades ).
  3. For focus, a verb is required that describes what the character is particularly known for or what special talent he has.

A 20-sided dice is required for the game, with which typical role-playing tests can be carried out to determine whether a character's ability is successful or not. The game is less rewarding for successfully fighting opponents than exploration and discovery made during the course of the game.

Emergence

Numenera was developed by Monte Cook, who previously u. a. worked for TSR and Wizards of the Coast on Dungeons & Dragons as an RPG designer for many years , including one of the lead developers for the Planescape scenario . Cook described his game world in the tradition of unusual game forms such as Planescape , DarkSpace or Chaositech , influenced by stories far in the future such as Gene Wolfe , Michael Moorcock or Jack Vance and optically inspired by works by the French artist Moebius .

To finance the basic set of rules, Cook started a crowdfunding campaign on the Kickstarter online platform with the aim of collecting US $ 20,000 from private supporters. Within the first 24 hours, the financing target was doubled. Finally, with $ 517,255 from 4,658 supporters, it set a new record for the most successful tabletop role-playing game funded by Kickstarter. It set the previous record for the 5th edition of the role-playing game Traveler . With bonus goals , so-called stretch goals , the set of rules, which was originally limited to the basic set of rules, was expanded into a comprehensive product line. Many publications appeared exclusively digitally and not in print. Cook was supported, among others, by Kieran Yanner as the chief graphic artist and in the editorial department by Shanna Germain.

At the beginning of January 2015, the German role-playing online community Orkenspalter TV and Uhrwerk Verlag successfully concluded a financing project on the crowdfunding platform Startnext that made it possible to translate the basic rules.

Awards

  • ENnie Awards 2014
    • Product of the Year (for Numenera Corebook )
    • Best Setting (for Numenera Corebook )
    • Best Writing (for Numenera Corebook )
    • Best Production Values ​​(for Numenera Corebook )
    • Best Aid or Accessory (for Numenera Creature Deck )
    • Silver in the Best Game category (for Numenera Corebook )
    • Silver in the Best Interior Art category (for Numenera Corebook )
    • Silver in the Best Cartography category (for Numenera Corebook )
    • Silver in the category Best Monster or Adversary (for The Ninth World Bestiary )
    • Silver in the Best Podcast category (for Numenera: The Signal )
  • Origins Awards 2014
    • Best New Roleplaying Game: Numenera
  • Diehard GameFAN Tabletop Gaming Award 2013
    • Best New Game: Numenera
  • Diehard GameFAN Tabletop Gaming Award 2014
    • Best Sourcebook (for The Ninth World Bestiary )

Publications

Core products

title author publication pages format ISBN description
The Amber Monolith (PDF) Monte Cook  Aug 2012 18th PDF N / A Introductory short story to the Numenera scenario; also included in the corebook
Tales from the Ninth World Monte Cook  June 2013 79 epub, mobi, PDF N / A Collection of short stories from the Numenera game world
Numenera Corebook Monte Cook 14 Aug 2013 416 Print, PDF 978-1939979001 Basic rules
Numenera Player's Guide Monte Cook 14 Aug 2013 64 Print, PDF 978-1939979018 Set of rules with a focus on the player character; Condensate of the basic rules
Numenera GM Screen Monte Cook 14 Aug 2013 N / A Print, PDF N / A Screen for game master
Numenera XP Card Deck Monte Cook 14 Aug 2013 30 cards Print, PDF TBD Maps to show the experience points
Numenera Cypher Card Deck Monte Cook 14 Aug 2013 120 cards Print, PDF TBD Maps to represent Numenera objects of the Cypher type
The Nightmare Switch Monte Cook 14 Aug 2013 32 PDF N / A Exclusive adventure for Kickstarter supporters
The Devil's Spine Monte Cook Oct 23, 2013 96 Print, PDF 978-1939979025 Collection with three adventures ( The Devil's Spine , The Mechanized Tomb , The Other Side of the Maelstrom )
In Strange Aeons: Lovecraftian Numenera Monte Cook Oct 28, 2013 12 PDF N / A
The Ninth World Bestiary Monte Cook & Bruce Cordell Jan. 29, 2014 160 Print, PDF 978-1939979094 Overview of hostile creatures in the game world
Numenera Creature Card Deck Monte Cook  Feb. 2014 100 cards Print, PDF TBD Cards to represent Numenera creatures
Numenera Character Options Monte Cook 04th June 2014 96 Print, PDF 978-1939979148 Cards to represent Numenera creatures
Technology Compendium: Sir Arthour's Guide to the Numenera Monte Cook 13 Aug 2014 160 Print, PDF 978-1939979209 Collection with examples of various Numenera artifacts
The Ninth World Guidebook Monte Cook  Jan. 2015 200+ Print, PDF 978-1939979247 A scenario volume about the ninth world, its locations and inhabitants
Weird Discoveries: Ten Instant Adventures for Numenera Monte Cook  Apr. 2015 96 Print, PDF TBD An anthology with elaborated adventures for a quick game

The following products have been translated into German since August 18, 2016: Basic rules, game master screen, cypher deck, XP deck, creature deck, In Strange Aeons, booklet with 3 adventures. Furthermore, the following products (as of October 2018) were translated into German: Character Options, Technology Compendium, Travel Guide of the Ninth World.

Companion and licensed products

Several licensed products for Numenera have been released:

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Travis Webb: Kickstarted; “Crowdfunding” continues to change face of gaming . Tylerpaper.com. May 2013. Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  2. ↑ N4G.com: Kickstarter Interview: Numenera Bringing Innovation to Table Top RPG's . Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  3. ↑ Nerdluster: Numenera RPG Kickstarter . August 14, 2012. Archived from the original on November 10, 2013. Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 15, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / nerdluster.com
  4. ^ Monte Cook GenCon Panel . Tech2. August 19, 2013. Archived from the original on November 10, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 15, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / tech2.in.com
  5. ↑ Transmissions from the Ninth World: A Billion Years in the Future! . Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  6. ^ The Sorcerer of Rhiannon , Astounding February 1942, p. 39.
  7. ↑ Transmissions from the Ninth World: Eponymous . Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  8. ↑ Transmissions from the Ninth World: Creative Characters! . Retrieved May 15, 2013.
  9. ↑ Numenera: A new roleplaying game from Monte Cook . Kickstarter. August 12, 2012. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
  10. ↑ Numenera Pledges & Backers by Day . KickTraq.
  11. ^ Discover / Games / Most Funded . Kickstarter. Archived from the original on April 30, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved April 24, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kickstarter.com
  12. ↑ kickstarter.com ( Memento of the original from April 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kickstarter.com
  13. ↑ Rich Howard: Numenera .
  14. ↑ The Numenera Team . Retrieved April 24, 2013.
  15. ↑ Numenera - The successful role play in German
  16. ↑ escapistmagazine.com
  17. ↑ icv2.com
  18. ↑ diehardgamefan.com
  19. ↑ diehardgamefan.com
  20. ↑ Numenera App in Development . April 5, 2013. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
  21. ↑ Numenera Dice . April 15, 2013. Retrieved April 24, 2013.
  22. ↑ Thunderstone Numenera: Two Games Enter, One Game Leaves . Archived from the original on November 10, 2013. Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Retrieved May 15, 2013. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.alderac.com
  23. ↑ Torment: Tides of Numenera . Kickstarter.
  24. ↑ Reaper Miniatures: Numenara . Retrieved December 15, 2013.