| The Strange | |
| Publisher: | Monte Cook Games |
| System: | Cypher system |
| Genre: | Science Fantasy |
The Strange is a science fantasy tabletop role-playing game, written by Bruce Cordell and Monte Cook, and published by Monte Cook Games.
The Strange was published in 2014 by Monte Cook Games, as a result of a crowd funding campaign in 2013.[1] The campaign raised $418,478 from 2,883 backers.[2]
The Strange is set in modern-day Earth but allows a GM to take their stories through many different "recursions", worlds based frequently on literary creations.
Character creation has been simplified by having players fill in the blanks to the statement:
The Strange uses the Cypher System, developed for Numenera and is played primarily using a d20, but is used to determine if the player has beaten the difficulty of the task. The GM sets the initial difficulty and will relay that to the player prior to the roll to help them determine their course of action. A player uses their training and/or may apply "effort" to lower the level of difficulty prior to the roll, rather than heavily augmenting the result of the roll to beat a target.
The Strange won the 2015 Silver Ennie Award for "Best Interior Art", "Best Game", and "Best Setting".[3]