The standard corebook contains everything you need to play, other than some standard gaming supplies: pencils, maybe some scratch paper or a notebook, and some gaming dice (in particular, the Cypher System uses a d20, a d6, and percentile dice). You don’t need our dice--any gaming dice will do--and you don’t strictly need any of the other items we’re offering. You’ll have a great time with just those basics and the corebook! The other items, such as the Character Portfolios and GM Campaign Notebook, are extras that add to the immersion of the experience and make running and organizing your adventures and characters that much faster and easier.

You’re reading that right! At Investigative Team and above, you get both the Limited Edition Deluxe version of The Magnus Archives Roleplaying Game, and a copy of the standard edition. Keep one pristine, or have two to use at the game table!

If you signed up to be notified about the campaign before it launched, all you need to do is back at any pledge level. You get the cassette tape automatically added to your rewards in the pledge manager after the campaign. (If you backed in the first 48 hours, you'll also get the tape, regardless of whether you signed up beforehand. Again, it's automatic.) The cost of shipping isn't included in your pledge; you'll pay it when your rewards ship. (See the Shipping section on the main page.) The cassette tape will be shipped with your corebook, so for most pledge levels it will not increase the cost of shipping (for domestic backers, that is--overseas backers may see a very small increase). Backers at the Intern level, for whom there are no other physical rewards, will pay shipping for the cassette.

We always include a character sheet as part of every complete RPG we publish, and we generally make it available as a free download as well as including it in the book. You do not need the Character Portfolios to record or manage your The Magnus Archives Roleplaying Game character. That said, if you do get the Character Portfolios, we guarantee you won't regret it! At a cost of just a few bucks per portfolio, they organize things beautifully, give you loads of room for the sorts of things your jot down on character sheets, and generally deliver a very deluxe experience. You'll never want to go back go a home-printed character sheet again!

We hope to unlock additional upgrades to the Limited Edition Deluxe version of the corebook through stretch goals, and that might include more content. But all upgrades to the deluxe version would be the sort features that make the book even deluxier in nature. That applies to the content as well as physical features—so we're talking things like full-page art plates, rather than more game rules or background information. The standard rulebook will have all the same game content as the deluxe version, so nobody will miss game content just because they don’t have the deluxe.

We’re making some cool things for this campaign, and we appreciate your interest in our non-game add-ons. While we don't have plans to include an add-on only pledge level, many of the items we're making will be available for retail purchase upon their release. (Those marked Limited Edition are likely to only be available through this campaign.)

We intend to make late pledges available following the campaign, and backers will be able to upgrade their pledges, and add add-ons, in the pledge manager. As always, to absolutely ensure you don’t miss out, our advice is to back the campaign even if it’s at a lower level than you want. This will ensure that you’re in the pledge manager, where you can make upgrades if you like, after the campaign closes.