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Notes on Numenera

Numenera is a science-fantasy game set in the far, far, far distant future, with some lightweight and somewhat original system, all written by Monte Cook.

On paper, it ticked a lot of boxes for stuff I’m interested in, so I brought it to my Friday group a few years ago. We played a dozen sessions or so and… well, we weren’t much into it and dropped it for something else. Still, there are a few cool things to take away from Numenera! Here are my notes!

Disclaimer: we played Numenera several years ago, using the game’s first edition. Since then Monte Cook published a new edition, called Numenera Discovery and Destiny. I have no idea what changed in that second edition.

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A good fluffy boy with one of his favourite balls, lying down on frosted grass.

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Hello everyone! It’s a nice brisk and frosty morning here. The good fluffy boy is complaining that the sticks are too cold to pick up 😄

A good boy golden retriever standing on the grass, with the Deer Lake in view in the background
A tree full of crows

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My other birthday gift this year was this “Overlook Hotel” tea mug. Look what happens when you pour tea in it.

A mug with an "Overlook Hotel" logo. I'm not sure we see any logo in the movie so I don't think this is "canon" by any means. For fun, the picture also shows my wife's festive mug, with the writing: "He sees you when you're drinking".
The Overlook Hotel mug with hot tea in it. The black colour of the mug has now turned to grey/beige.
The other side of the mug while hot tea has been poured in it. The side of the mug is filled with "All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy", and "REDRUM" is written in large red letters across the side. Of course, this isn't visible when no hot beverage is in the mug.

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Later today I will be on an Inside Unreal live stream, tagging along members of the #UE5 animation team. They will show some cool new 5.5 animation stuff, and I will be showing a little bit of the new camera system!

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