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New Stretch Goals

Update #9 · Aug 15, 2012 · 26 comments

Well, we made it to $100,000. I'm completely blown away! Thank you for your support. Now, thanks to you, next year I'll be able to make Numenera free to 300 educators and libraries. I'll create a way for teachers and librarians to submit their requests on my website, but that won't likely happen until we're closer to the book's actual release.

We're still shooting for $120,000 and the bestiary. But later today, I'll be adding new stretch goals as well. I do pay attention to the goals suggested in the comments here, so if you have an idea, don't hesitate to throw it out there.

If I could make one request of you guys, it would be to post general questions about reward levels or whatnot in the comments rather than sending them to me directly, because many of them have been asked before (I am also putting together an FAQ). I know that the stretch goal rewards have made some of this more complicated than it was at the beginning. If you do have something you need to contact me directly about, please use the contact me form on my website rather than Kickstarter messages. It's just sooooo much easier for me to check my own email than to come to Kickstarter to look for them, particularly because I am traveling at the moment (and will be for the next few weeks--GenCon, FanExpo Canada, and DragonCon! Come and see me at one of these shows! I'm doing Numenera talks at all of them.)

Contact Me Link.

Lastly, there's new Kieran art on the way! And if you haven't been keeping up with montecookgames.com or numenera.com you're missing out on lots of new information about the game. I'm putting up new articles all the time.

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      Creator Overlord on August 21, 2012

      While I generally tend to want too keep videogames and pnp stuff separate in my head, I am seeing more than a slight resemblance to The Journey!

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      Creator Phil Garrad (A!C AKA Philipp Gerhard) on August 18, 2012

      Why do you hate it André?

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      Creator Grant Kinsley on August 18, 2012

      @ andre,

      I'm a bleeding heart liberal, but I think blaming the people in uniform is unfair, when what you really hate is foreign policy. Those people are subjected to crappy conditions and multiple tours and often come home permanently damaged, a gift from Monte makes their lives just a bit better

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      Creator André Bogaz e Souza on August 18, 2012

      Hated the 200K goal.

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      Creator Yannick Men Huon on August 18, 2012

      @cynical : it seems there's a slot at the $225 level. You should go for it before it's too late.

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      Creator Monte Cook on August 18, 2012

      Cynical: I'll do either or both.

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      Creator Grant Kinsley on August 17, 2012

      @cynical,

      that level appears to be sold out

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      Creator Cynical Felidae on August 17, 2012

      Err corebook. Stupid cellphone autocorrect.

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      Creator Cynical Felidae on August 17, 2012

      A question. At the $225 level and above, it says the the codebook will be personalized according to request. Is that like a dedication, or could I ask that Monte draw a little picture in the corner? ;-)
      Seriously, I'd go for that.

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      Creator Norm Walsh on August 16, 2012

      @Touri Thanks, I missed those. The new rewards are awesome, I can't wait for them to be blown out of the water.

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      Creator Phil Garrad (A!C AKA Philipp Gerhard) on August 15, 2012

      Hi Monte, I sent a message using your link above, however when I pressed "send" the form appeared to reset and I didn't receive any sort of message to say that the message was sent. The email I used was philandnok@... don't know if you received it?

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      Creator Z Daniel Esgate on August 15, 2012

      If Numenera keeps progressing at this pace; I'd like to see even more options added to the core book; or perhaps a mini "advanced" guide, with extended possibilities.

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      Creator Touri on August 15, 2012

      @Norm: Have a look at the Reward add-ons at the bottom of the main page ;)
      +$60 A print copy of the 416-page full color Numenera corebook. Shipping included in North America (elsewhere, please add an additional $10).

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      Creator Norm Walsh on August 15, 2012

      Congratulations on an amazing idea that has us all getting excited. As a stretch goal, how about giving us the option of adding additional printed player's guides to our existing pledges. Nothing slows things down in my group more than players waiting for each other to finish reading source material.

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      Creator Francois K Labrecque on August 15, 2012

      I would greatly appreciate a convention-length adventure to demo the game.

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      Creator Matthew X Munoz on August 15, 2012

      Maybe its time to release some more art.....Some of us (all of us) are really excited to get more of the look of Numenera

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      Creator Daniel Lowenthal on August 15, 2012

      The map and name generator ideas sound great.

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      Creator Xaelvaen on August 15, 2012

      Stretch Goal Idea: 'Adventure a Week' post on Montecook.com. At Stretch Goal X, after Numenera's release, you'll post adventure ideas (one per week) with some decently elaborate details, NPCs, maps, art, etc available only to members of X pledge or higher. I personally would find that pretty spiffy.

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      Creator Mike Loftus on August 15, 2012

      Name generator please, does not have to be electronic. I think it added so much flavor to Arcana.

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      Creator Touri on August 15, 2012

      Yeah, or even something like a GM app.

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      Creator Allen Marks on August 15, 2012

      I think expanding the character creator to include monster creation would be helpful.

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      Creator Allen Marks on August 15, 2012

      I think expanding the character creator to include monster creation would be helpful.

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      Creator Phil Creswell on August 15, 2012

      Oh, and also: congrats! 100k and 33 days to go. Lookin' pretty good.

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      Creator Phil Creswell on August 15, 2012

      Will this be available out of country? I know someone who works at one of the American Schools Abroad who has a SUPER successful roleplaying club that should be on this list. But that's in Europe. Curious to know what the rule will be.

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      Creator Yannick Men Huon on August 15, 2012

      Maps. Definetely maps. An atlas would be extraordinary, and a great place to show even more gorgeous art.

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      Creator Steve Howells on August 15, 2012

      Thinking back to Ptolus and the bonus material there - how about adding playtest reports as campaign journals to the package?

      Maps are always good - both world maps and detailed location maps, with poster and PDF options.

      Another option would be an additional setting book (or books) focusing in on certain parts of the world - but I realise that for a one-man company this would just mean stretching out the length of the project further, which you may not want to do.

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