Numenera: The Amber Archive

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Numenera: The Amber Archive
A series of the Numenera books to be crowdfunded for The Amber Archive Campaign
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For a Billion Years...

…this Earth has spun through the cold reaches of space. All that its inhabitants have been, are, and will be has reached its unimaginable zenith—not just once, but eight full times. Eight prior worlds. Eight civilizations, each spanning countless millennia, that rose from the depths of evolution to ultimately master time and space, scatter to the stars, transcend to godhood, or seek some other inscrutable fate.

As they rose and fell the prior worlds spoke to the stars, bent time, and mastered form and essence. There is no creature on this planet that hasn’t been touched by their reshaping; no inch of its surface that hasn’t been reengineered, time and again, 100 miles deep. Even the moon—the planets—the sun itself—have been subject to their craft.

This is Our Legacy...

Our world. A world defined by their works—some the scale of nations; others that might nest within your palm. What were they for? Alas, in this dark age they are as magic. As incomprehensible as they are mysterious—and often as deadly. But where they remember some germ of their function, they offer unfathomable power. Those with sufficient courage, wit, and ambition to explore and master them call these works of the prior worlds the…

NUMENERA
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Rediscover the Ninth World as you've never before encountered it! The all-new edition of this storied game world delivers the mystery, astonishment, danger, and wonder that's defined over a decade of Numenera play—now faster, easier, and even better. Launch a new campaign or take your existing game to fascinating new places as you unlock the secrets of the Amber Archive!

Want to be notified when the campaign launches? Sign up and we'll let you know —and include a special gift free when you back the campaign: this rare and beautiful hard-edge resin Numenera d20.

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  • Numenera is a tabletop RPG world set in a far distant future, where the Earth has been reshaped many times over by the works of incomprehensibly advanced civilizations.
  • The people of the Ninth World live in a dark age amid the remnants of prior worlds, which still contain magic-like power.
  • Numenera is based in the Cypher roleplaying system, renowned for its flexibility, narrative focus, fast play, and ease of use.
  • The crowdfunding campaign launches soon; you can sign up to be notified via this page.

THE NINTH WORLD BECKONS. WILL YOU FOLLOW?