Set in a far, far distant future, the Numenera RPG puts a new spin on traditional fantasy, creating something unique to reinvigorate the imagination of gamers everywhere.

Player characters explore a world of mystery and danger to find leftover artifacts of the past: bits of nanotechnology, the datasphere threaded among still-orbiting satellites, bio-engineered creatures, and myriad strange and wondrous devices that defy understanding­.Numenera is about discovering the wonders of the worlds that came before, not for their own sake, but as the means to improve the present and build a future.

Just like it sounds, this is a guidebook aimed at players. It's short – only 64 pages – and includes only material for the corebook. In other words, there's nothing in the Player's Guide that isn't in the corebook. It's very useful, because there's no need to hand a new player a 416-page rulebook to get them started. It has only the material that a player needs to get a feel for the game and the setting, and to create a character. More or less, it's a distilled version of the first three sections of the corebook that I listed above.

This is a Rule Supplement for the Numenera Roleplaying Game. The Core Rule Book is required for play.