Iadace, backers—

The middle weeks of a campaign are always a bit less exciting than the opening—but that hasn’t slowed you down much! Thanks to the great job you’ve been doing spreading the word, we’ve unlocked yet another stretch goal, just two days after the last one. Your Numenera book is getting a premium upgrade, with a lustrous foil cover that won’t be available to non-backers!

You also chose this sticker design, which we’re adding to the rewards of all backers, regardless of pledge level, as a free bonus reward.

This campaign is really turning into something big—and like all big campaigns, that’s because of the backers. We work hard to spread the word, but there are thousands and thousands of gamers out there that we will never be able to reach. But you can! Campaigns really soar when the backers enthusiastically share news about them.

Our backers have been doing that, which is why we’re hitting goals so quickly. Keep it up! Here are links to our social media accounts, where you can find images to grab, ideas for things to say, and posts you can share. If you take just a minute, you can help keep up this wonderful momentum!

Over a billion years and eight prior worlds, every element of life on earth has been shaped, molded, and reformed, often time and time again. The ancients affected the creatures of this world in ways large and small. Their goals and purposes are long-forgotten and inscrutable—and the results often weird, mysterious, and frightening.

Beasts of the Amber Archive introduces dozens of all-new Ninth World creatures. And it does more: it helps you use those creatures to craft exciting, immersive, and memorable encounters, with detailed lore, secret knowledge, lair maps, ideas for interactions, and alternate abilities. It’s more than a bestiary—it’s a helpful guide for bringing the Ninth World to life at your game table.

So let’s have more of that! Beasts of the Amber Archives is already a hardcover book, but let’s make it even heftier. For this stretch goal we’ll add another dozen or so all-new creatures to this awesome, inspiring bestiary. We’ll unlock this expansion when we get to 2725 backers!

This goal is very likely to take us over a special threshold: $517,255. That was the funding total for the original Numenera crowdfunding campaign, way back in 2012. It was a massive record at the time—no RPG had ever funded above $100,000. That campaign founded Monte Cook Games, and we’ve never forgotten the thousands of backers who made it happen—and brought MCG into existence.

So to celebrate this special milestone—and the expansion of the Beasts of the Amber Archive—our bonus sticker is exra bonusy! Instead of a single sticker, we’re going to add a small, creature-themed sticker sheet. Which one should we make?

Vote now! And remember to share this news, so we can unlock this stretch goal and keep up the amazing momentum of this campaign!

Thanks for your support!
—Team MCG