Cypher/Claim the Sky (Back Matter) w/ Armaan Babu and Ian Gregory

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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