Cyphers! Pools! Adjectives, nouns, and verb phrases! Armaan and Ian are with us to dig into Cypher and discuss how it handles superheroic characters and stories.

Cypher System is a setting-agnostic RPG from Monte Cook Games. We’re using their Claim the Sky add-on book to inform how to adapt it to superheroic characters and settings.

Find out more about Cypher System and Claim the Sky at https://www.montecookgames.com/

Want to hear us discuss something during our Annual Episode, coming in June? E-mail show@teamupmoves.com!

Back Issues

• UNCANNY X-MEN 122-25 (1979), by Chris Claremont, John Byrne, and others
• DREADSTAR (1982-1992), by Jim Starlin and others
• MACHINE MAN 1-4 (1984), by Tom DeFalco, Herb Trimpe and others
• MURDERWORLD (2022-23), by Jim Zub, Ray Fawkes, and others
• X-FORCE (2020-2023), by Benjamin Percy, Joshua Cassara and others
• X-TERMINATORS (2022-2023), by Leah Williams, Carlos Gomez and others
• SINS OF SINISTER (2023), by Kieron Gillen, Lucas Werneck, Paco Medina and others

Also Mentioned

• Old Gus’ Cypher System Reference Document: https://callmepartario.github.io/og-csrd/

The Cast

Armaan Babu (he/him, @ArmaanBabu) — Karma Jain (“The Games Master”)

(You can hire Armaan to be your actual game master at https://startplaying.games/gm/pathwaysyetunexplored!)

Ian Gregory (they/them, @fissionmale) — Exo-Unit Layer Ipsilon Seven

Stephanie Burt (she/her, @accommodatingly/@accommodatingly@zirk.us) — Sheila Remy (“Songwolf”)

Fiona Hopkins (she/her, @fionawhim/@fionawhim@dice.camp) — Game Master

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