![]() ![]() If you’re intrigued by the potential of locations only hinted at in the Corebook, the Ninth World Guidebook is your next stop. If you’ve never played a tabletop RPG before, and you want a less intimidating entry point, I’d also recommend the Starter Set box, which includes premade characters, summarized rules, and an adventure to get you going. But there’s certainly places further afield that afford even more curious opportunities. Even if you just hosted sessions in and around this these core locales, you could keep your gaming group busy for years. Or face the horror of the Iron Wind – a swarm of insane nanites that surge across the surface, devouring and warping everything they touch. You can discover strange places like the Beanstalk, an ancient tower with a “stalk” that rises, apparently all the way into planetary orbit. The Corebook introduces the Steadfast and its nearby surrounding, a great hub area for any Numenera game that is filled with bizarre creatures, detailed cities, and numerous influential organizations. At least eight previous great civilizations have risen and fallen in the vast gulf of time between now and then, and the remnants of those sprawling (sometimes intergalactic or interdimensional) civilizations still litter the Earth – these strange leftover items of science and technology are called numenera. Here, we learn that humanity has risen again on Earth, a billion years in the future. ![]() ![]() In addition to rules on character creation, running game sessions, and all the equipment and artifacts that you might need, a large bulk of the Corebook is devoted to establishing the setting of the Ninth World. This massive tome includes the full rules for both players and game masters to run Numenera adventures. If you are interested in jumping in to try Numenera as a tabletop RPG, the original corebook is your best option. And if you discovered Numenera through the recently released video game, these are the books that can let you continue your adventures into the broader universe of Numenera’s Ninth World. If you’re a fan of heady, unusual, speculative fiction, this is a world that should be on your radar. Since its launch in 2013, Numenera has continued to grow its universe and whether you’re a tabletop RPG player or not, it’s worth exploring. That’s because Numenera, the tabletop role-playing game upon which the video game is based, is an absolute treasure trove of stellar world-building – a virtual master class in how to defy expectations while still keeping a fiction grounded and understandable. I reviewed the game, and also shared some additional thoughts in a quick video on the project and on our podcast peruse any of those articles, and I think you’ll be able to tell that I’m an enthusiastic fan of the setting. Amid a busy schedule of gaming releases this week, inXile launched their latest video game, Torment: Tides of Numenera. ![]()
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