{"product_id":"numenera-weird-discoveries-9781939979339","title":"Numenera Weird Discoveries","description":"\u003cp\u003eA night of gaming thats as easy to set up as a board game. Just add gamers!  Whats the hardest part of running an RPG? It has to be the preparation. Unlike a board game  you cant just spontaneously decide to playbecause someone has to have spent hours preparing an adventure first.  But what if running a great game didnt require any more time for the game master than it does for the players? What if you could just say  Lets play an RPG  pull a book off the shelf  and be playing five minutes later?  With Weird Discoveries  legendary RPG designer Monte Cook turns his eye to the venerable adventure  a format that hasnt seen much innovation in four decades  to create something new that makes this all possible. Weird Discoveries makes prepping for an RPG no more difficult or time consuming than setting up a board game  while showcasing the wonder  mystery  and awe of the Ninth World.  These arent adventure seeds or sketchy ideastheyre complete adventures in an innovative format that requires minimal prep. Run them as one-shots  or drop them into your ongoing campaign when you dont have time to prep your own adventures. You can even string them together as a campaign for months of effortless play!  Weird Discoveries includes:  Ten weird and wondrous adventures  with maps  NPCs  and all the details you expect. A whole new format for adventures that addresses the needs of GMs who dont have time to read the whole thing before sitting down to play. A Ninth World serial killer hunt  technological ruins to explore  machines rewriting organic life  ancient mysteries  and much  much more. Great advice on running adventures with little or no prep. Twenty beautiful  full-color Show Em illustrations  to reveal to players during the adventures. Six pregenerated  illustrated characters  ready to play. A rules cheat sheet to make things run even more smoothly.  Explore the ruins beneath the giant  hovering Black Pyramid. Face off against the Spider Knight. Discover the secret of the Mother Machine. Weird Discoveries is a must-have for beginning and veteran Numenera GMs  and anyone whod like to play RPGs as easily and spontaneously as board games!\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67902214996021,"sku":"ByrdShop_1939979331","price":489.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9781939979339.jpg?v=1793820908","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/numenera-weird-discoveries-9781939979339","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}