Hello, backers—

After several hours of Overtime Mode last night, the Cypher—Advanced! campaign has drawn to a close. Thank you all so much for your wonderful support! We are so excited to be bringing you the Cypher Bestiary II and Cypher Decoded, complete with all the creatures and genres that you selected, as well as everything else we’re making as a result of this flash campaign.

If you missed the campaign's closing, you can still make a late pledge!

Once again, Cypher players, GMs, and fans prove just how truly unique they are: your dedication to great games and an even better community is wonderful. When we were first floating the idea of this campaign, we knew we had books we truly believed in—tools for making your game more unique, deeper, and more comprehensive. It is thrilling to know 2500 of you agree!

We want to tell you a bit about where things go from here—and we have some very exciting news for you—but first, let’s give credit where credit is due:

While this campaign was running, Sean was heads down, working on developing Predation and the final review of Face Your Fears. Bruce has been hard at work on The Strange and other books funded in the Cypher: Faster, Easier, and Even Better! crowdfunding campaign, while Monte has been working on Jewel in the Sky. After passing her baby, Predation, to Sean for development, Shanna’s been working on the preliminary design for a new project (read on to find out what!). 

Dominique has been editing a variety of products, including the Cypher Deck and Manifest Cypher Deck—all while making sure these updates are clear and error-free! And Teri has been diligently herding cats—er, valued team members—making sure everything is going to get into your hands on time. 

Bear and Javier have been polishing new books and getting them through their production phases. During this campaign, they’ve also designed stickers, imaged new products, and handled graphic design!

Jen and Kate have answered your questions (and are always available to provide support to you, our wonderful community) while prepping for Gamehole Con, which is just a few short weeks away.

Tammie has been steering the ship and keeping the logistics plates spinning (don’t ask us how she manages to make it look so effortless—we have no idea). And Charles and Olivia planned and ran this campaign—while also attending trade shows, making guest appearances on Cypher Unlimited, and generally running around like maniacs. 

We are a small team, but we’ve worked diligently to keep all of our products coming while also running this campaign. We all thank you very much for backing this campaign. We love making mind-blowing RPGs with beautiful production values and immersive experiences, and your support makes that possible.

Now, here’s what to expect as we move forward from here. Please read it—and remember, there’s a big announcement at the bottom of this update!

Running a crowdfunding campaign is hard work, so we’re looking forward to relaxing over the holiday weekend. You may not hear from us for a little while, but don’t worry. This campaign can only be described as a passion project, so believe us when we say that progress is well underway! We’ll post updates any time there’s news to share—make sure your email notifications for us are turned on.

BackerKit began collecting pledges the moment the campaign closed. But it takes them a couple of weeks to release those funds, along with the data on our backers.

In the meantime, we will get the pledge manager fully set up. The pledge manager gives us the information we need to fulfill your pledge and lets you manage your add-ons and make any pledge upgrades you want. We’ll notify you when we open the pledge manager, which should be in about three weeks. Please look out for and respond to that notification!

Once you’ve completed the pledge manager survey, we won’t need anything else from you until it’s time to start fulfilling rewards. In the months to come, we’ll be busy crafting Cypher Decoded, the Cypher Bestiary II, Pocket Cypher, the Advanced Character Portfolios, and more. We’ll post regular updates, but if you don’t hear anything for a few weeks, don’t fret.

At the same time, please pay attention when you do get communications from us. Our emails and updates include critical information about your rewards.

Every time a reward is ready for you, we’ll contact you by email to begin the fulfillment process. Generally, we’ll direct you to the MCG Shop, where you’ll log in, “buy” the product (for free, because you’ve already paid for it through this campaign), and check out.

This is an important part of the process because it ensures we have accurate delivery information for every item we send out. (With thousands of backers getting rewards, it's amazing how many people will change their address over the fulfillment period.) You'll pay for shipping at that time.

Please pay attention to communications from us—don't let our updates or emails go to your spam folder, or otherwise ignore them, because if you do you could miss out on some of your rewards.

And now it’s time for the special news you didn’t know you were eagerly awaiting!

Learn more and get notified when this campaign launches!

Thanks for your support!

—Team MCG