Bruce R. Cordell
@brucecordell.bsky.social
stumbler through an eyeblink in time
author of D&D, Numenera, and The Strange games & novels; science groupie; fitness buff; sci-fi fiend; Senior Designer @MonteCookGames; He/him
brucecordell.com
author of D&D, Numenera, and The Strange games & novels; science groupie; fitness buff; sci-fi fiend; Senior Designer @MonteCookGames; He/him
brucecordell.com
Window glazier techs are here to replace a cracked window. I just moved a couch to give them access that hadn't been moved in 12 years, 3 kids, 2 cats, and 1 dog... lots of stuff back there.
October 21, 2025 at 9:03 PM
Window glazier techs are here to replace a cracked window. I just moved a couch to give them access that hadn't been moved in 12 years, 3 kids, 2 cats, and 1 dog... lots of stuff back there.
A subset of MCG has made it to Madison for #Gameholecon !
October 15, 2025 at 2:46 AM
A subset of MCG has made it to Madison for #Gameholecon !
Bruce R. Cordell
@brucecordell.bsky.social
It's funny. The trope is that immortals become bored with life because they've seen it all before. The reality is that people yearn for a pause because they can't handle life's constant change.
@brucecordell.bsky.social
It's funny. The trope is that immortals become bored with life because they've seen it all before. The reality is that people yearn for a pause because they can't handle life's constant change.
October 13, 2025 at 3:47 AM
Bruce R. Cordell
@brucecordell.bsky.social
It's funny. The trope is that immortals become bored with life because they've seen it all before. The reality is that people yearn for a pause because they can't handle life's constant change.
@brucecordell.bsky.social
It's funny. The trope is that immortals become bored with life because they've seen it all before. The reality is that people yearn for a pause because they can't handle life's constant change.
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I went to BED. I did my morning cardio. It's STILL going!
September 27, 2025 at 1:39 PM
I went to BED. I did my morning cardio. It's STILL going!
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Getting *so close* to the legendary $1M mark... Can you push this over the top?
@montecookgames.com
Check out Cypher: Faster. Easier. And Even Better! on @BackerKit! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
@montecookgames.com
Check out Cypher: Faster. Easier. And Even Better! on @BackerKit! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
Cypher: Faster. Easier. And Even Better!
The award-winning TTRPG perfect for forging the stories YOU want to play. Lightning-quick character generation. Super easy to GM. Unique and imaginative campaigns. And all the flexibility, story focus...
www.backerkit.com
September 27, 2025 at 2:30 PM
Getting *so close* to the legendary $1M mark... Can you push this over the top?
@montecookgames.com
Check out Cypher: Faster. Easier. And Even Better! on @BackerKit! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
@montecookgames.com
Check out Cypher: Faster. Easier. And Even Better! on @BackerKit! www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
Weekend hat rocks.
September 22, 2025 at 5:28 PM
Weekend hat rocks.
Time waits for no crowdfunder!
It's the FINAL WEEK of the new, upgraded Cypher crowdfunding campaign!
Don't miss out on this amazing deal, plus all the exclusive content we're making, including foil hardcovers, stickers, pins, and more! BACK NOW!
Hurry, it ends FRIDAY!
mymcg.info/cypher
Don't miss out on this amazing deal, plus all the exclusive content we're making, including foil hardcovers, stickers, pins, and more! BACK NOW!
Hurry, it ends FRIDAY!
mymcg.info/cypher
September 22, 2025 at 3:59 PM
Time waits for no crowdfunder!
3 backers to go to unlock a new version of Predation!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
September 21, 2025 at 4:26 PM
3 backers to go to unlock a new version of Predation!
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
Happy Friday y'all. (Wishing it was happy anyway.)
September 20, 2025 at 6:59 AM
Happy Friday y'all. (Wishing it was happy anyway.)
Monte's live, answering questions. He just noted he's been digging into Ian M. Banks' Culture novels. Right on!
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moonbeam.stream/user/Qedhup/...
September 18, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Monte's live, answering questions. He just noted he's been digging into Ian M. Banks' Culture novels. Right on!
moonbeam.stream/user/Qedhup/...
moonbeam.stream/user/Qedhup/...
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Tonight, another playtest... in SPAAAACEE
Ima try a bit of play-by-play of tonight's #cypher scife (space operah) game, using the updated version:
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
Ima try a bit of play-by-play of tonight's #cypher scife (space operah) game, using the updated version:
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
Cypher: Faster. Easier. And Even Better!
The award-winning TTRPG perfect for forging the stories YOU want to play. Lightning-quick character generation. Super easy to GM. Unique and imaginative campaigns. And all the flexibility, story focus...
www.backerkit.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Tonight, another playtest... in SPAAAACEE
Ima try a bit of play-by-play of tonight's #cypher scife (space operah) game, using the updated version:
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
Ima try a bit of play-by-play of tonight's #cypher scife (space operah) game, using the updated version:
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
Tonight, another playtest... in SPAAAACEE
Ima try a bit of play-by-play of tonight's #cypher scife (space operah) game, using the updated version:
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
Ima try a bit of play-by-play of tonight's #cypher scife (space operah) game, using the updated version:
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
Cypher: Faster. Easier. And Even Better!
The award-winning TTRPG perfect for forging the stories YOU want to play. Lightning-quick character generation. Super easy to GM. Unique and imaginative campaigns. And all the flexibility, story focus...
www.backerkit.com
September 16, 2025 at 1:21 AM
Tonight, another playtest... in SPAAAACEE
Ima try a bit of play-by-play of tonight's #cypher scife (space operah) game, using the updated version:
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
Ima try a bit of play-by-play of tonight's #cypher scife (space operah) game, using the updated version:
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
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Great game! I played Invictus, a Vicious Paladin who Abides in Bone. (Sorta a bone golem raised years ago by @shannagermain.bsky.social 's Necromancer in a fluke reanimation, skinning the Abides in Stone focus.)
I was playing Firbolg, an Impulsive Elf Druid who Hunts, accompanied by Pepper, a rather large and disreputable-looking fox who wears an eye patch.
Pepper only managed one action the whole time, but it was instrumental to us surviving the big bad guy.
Thanks to Monte for running an awesome game!
Pepper only managed one action the whole time, but it was instrumental to us surviving the big bad guy.
Thanks to Monte for running an awesome game!
Come along for a bit of a play-by-play of today's #cypher fantasy game, using the updated version!
No one's going to die. Probably.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
#RPG #TTRPG
No one's going to die. Probably.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
#RPG #TTRPG
September 10, 2025 at 5:00 AM
Great game! I played Invictus, a Vicious Paladin who Abides in Bone. (Sorta a bone golem raised years ago by @shannagermain.bsky.social 's Necromancer in a fluke reanimation, skinning the Abides in Stone focus.)
Reposted by Bruce R. Cordell
Come along for a bit of a play-by-play of today's #cypher fantasy game, using the updated version!
No one's going to die. Probably.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
#RPG #TTRPG
No one's going to die. Probably.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
#RPG #TTRPG
Cypher: Faster. Easier. And Even Better!
The award-winning TTRPG perfect for forging the stories YOU want to play. Lightning-quick character generation. Super easy to GM. Unique and imaginative campaigns. And all the flexibility, story focus...
www.backerkit.com
September 9, 2025 at 8:29 PM
Come along for a bit of a play-by-play of today's #cypher fantasy game, using the updated version!
No one's going to die. Probably.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
#RPG #TTRPG
No one's going to die. Probably.
www.backerkit.com/c/projects/m...
#RPG #TTRPG
The pros of not reading off a script include a more authentic presentation. The cons include, as I demonstrate here, sometimes crafting sentences that make no goddamn sense :)
What are @brucecordell's top To-Dos as a player? You'll have to watch to find out!
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Don't miss the evolved edition of Cypher, crowdfunding now ➡️ mymcg.info/cypher
#rpg #roleplayinggame #cypher #dnd #rpggame #rpgdesign #dndcharacter #dndart #art #advice #gamer #gaming
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Don't miss the evolved edition of Cypher, crowdfunding now ➡️ mymcg.info/cypher
#rpg #roleplayinggame #cypher #dnd #rpggame #rpgdesign #dndcharacter #dndart #art #advice #gamer #gaming
Top Player To Dos with Bruce R Cordell
YouTube video by Monte Cook Games
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September 8, 2025 at 4:12 PM
The pros of not reading off a script include a more authentic presentation. The cons include, as I demonstrate here, sometimes crafting sentences that make no goddamn sense :)
All my novels and short stories (10+), and about forty of the game books I wrote (or co-wrote) were scraped. So, I'll put my name in the hat for the ones I'm paid through royalties (i.e., none of the game products, but all the novels and short stories).
September 6, 2025 at 5:19 PM
All my novels and short stories (10+), and about forty of the game books I wrote (or co-wrote) were scraped. So, I'll put my name in the hat for the ones I'm paid through royalties (i.e., none of the game products, but all the novels and short stories).
My goal is to cultivate this concept today:
Boredom is underappreciated serenity.
Boredom is underappreciated serenity.
September 5, 2025 at 5:10 PM
My goal is to cultivate this concept today:
Boredom is underappreciated serenity.
Boredom is underappreciated serenity.
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And they just made The Strange a stretch goal!!
Let’s goooooo!
@montecookgames.com
@brucecordell.bsky.social
Let’s goooooo!
@montecookgames.com
@brucecordell.bsky.social
August 27, 2025 at 2:48 AM
And they just made The Strange a stretch goal!!
Let’s goooooo!
@montecookgames.com
@brucecordell.bsky.social
Let’s goooooo!
@montecookgames.com
@brucecordell.bsky.social
I left Wizards in 2013, ending my 4-edition run of writing official Dungeons & Dragons content. Since then, I've been writing official Cypher System RPG settings, games, and adventures for MCG. And look--we're putting out our own new edition of Cypher, starting today!
The MCG team is thrilled to announce that Cypher has FUNDED on Backerkit! THANK YOU! 🎉🎉
After a decade of feedback from gamers, we've created what we truly believe is an evolved edition of the award-winning Cypher TTRPG—and we hope you'll love it just as much as we do!
mymcg.info/cypher
After a decade of feedback from gamers, we've created what we truly believe is an evolved edition of the award-winning Cypher TTRPG—and we hope you'll love it just as much as we do!
mymcg.info/cypher
August 26, 2025 at 4:19 PM
I left Wizards in 2013, ending my 4-edition run of writing official Dungeons & Dragons content. Since then, I've been writing official Cypher System RPG settings, games, and adventures for MCG. And look--we're putting out our own new edition of Cypher, starting today!
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Just finished high noon the other day. A physical copy of the deck could be fun.
August 20, 2025 at 12:58 PM
Just finished high noon the other day. A physical copy of the deck could be fun.
We checked out the Renaissance festival north of Seattle yesterday. My wizard's outfit was more thrown together, but Batgirl has a deep closet when it comes to costuming.
August 18, 2025 at 7:52 PM
We checked out the Renaissance festival north of Seattle yesterday. My wizard's outfit was more thrown together, but Batgirl has a deep closet when it comes to costuming.
Excited our weird west custom card deck is out: The Midnight Deck!
(If you have High Noon at Midnight, you'll find extra rules for using the deck, besides the obvious one of playing poker, heh.)
Card art and design by the super-talented Javier P. Beltrán
www.montecookgames.com/midnight-deck/
(If you have High Noon at Midnight, you'll find extra rules for using the deck, besides the obvious one of playing poker, heh.)
Card art and design by the super-talented Javier P. Beltrán
www.montecookgames.com/midnight-deck/
Midnight Deck - Monte Cook Games
A deluxe poker deck straight out of a weird west! Straight out of the gunslinging world of High Noon at Midnight, […]
www.montecookgames.com
August 14, 2025 at 8:17 PM
Excited our weird west custom card deck is out: The Midnight Deck!
(If you have High Noon at Midnight, you'll find extra rules for using the deck, besides the obvious one of playing poker, heh.)
Card art and design by the super-talented Javier P. Beltrán
www.montecookgames.com/midnight-deck/
(If you have High Noon at Midnight, you'll find extra rules for using the deck, besides the obvious one of playing poker, heh.)
Card art and design by the super-talented Javier P. Beltrán
www.montecookgames.com/midnight-deck/
We've been working behind the scenes on this possibility for (looks at calendar)... one year this month.
Whether you’re a diehard fan of classic dungeon fantasy games, or want to run sci-fi, superhero, horror, fairytale, or any other genre, Cypher is about to be your new favorite game.
Read more here, and sign up to be notified to receive a FREE exclusive pin when you pledge!
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Read more here, and sign up to be notified to receive a FREE exclusive pin when you pledge!
mymcg.info/cypher
August 8, 2025 at 6:37 PM
We've been working behind the scenes on this possibility for (looks at calendar)... one year this month.