This week I give my best sales pitch for the Cypher System and some thoughts on introducing new players, so if you’re wondering whether to buy in, this episode’s for you! I also cover a brand new Strange adversary, the Catastrophe Cloud in A&P.

I have some new additions to the Starwalker Studios YouTube channel to tell you about, and there’s a new free glimmer for Numenera. In Under the Lens I’ll dig into translation in The Strange. Finally Agent Niehl returns with another Strange Encounters.

I have some Cypher System announcements, including the imminent Cypher System Rulebook and The Strange Bestiary. I also have a review of The Strange Player’s Guide, and in A&P I’ll talk about a brand new Strange creature—the Spine Tingler.

This is the final episode of the first adventure. The PCs have a rematch with a slicer beetle and another encounter with the culovas.

In this episode the PCs finally reach the heart of the windmill.

This is the second part of the second session. We join the game in progress as the players divvy up the cyphers they’ve found in the destruction left by their encounter with the Yellow Swarm. The PCs encounter more hazards within the Windmill. It contains another challenging encounter complete with some GM Intrusions.

This is the first part of the second session. At the end of the last session the PCs encountered some steel spiders. We wrap up that encounter and then the PCs face an even greater challenge within the Windmill.

This is the third part of the first session. In this episode the PCs recover from their encounter with the uber-deadly slicer beetles and begin exploring the Windmill.

This is the second part of the first session. In this episode the PCs leave the town of Bonespir and head into the Westwood. They have their first run-in with danger outside the Windmill and barely survive!

Greetings Numenerian and welcome to Session 1 part 1 of The Obsidian Monolith Actual Play podcast. I’m your host, Lex Starwalker. I’ve explained how I’ve created the adventure, now we can see how it survives, or doesn’t survive, first contact with the players.