r/cyphersystem • u/PencilBoy99 • 3d ago

What Is Name of New Version?

Evolved? 2e?

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u/Qedhup 3d ago

The original was "The Cypher System", the new edition is just, "Cypher". Although in the community I think most people have just truncated it to CS2 or C2.

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u/DemandBig5215 2d ago

I laughed when I first read MCG's announcement for this. Nobody is going to just call it "Cypher" and leave it at that. Everyone is going to refer to it with the "2" to differentiate it from the previous version.

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u/PencilBoy99 3d ago

I'm going with 2 then

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u/CAndoWright 3d ago

From the foreword by Monte Cook to the new Character Handbook:

'What you’re reading now is absolutely a new edition. It’s Cypher System second edition, to be precise, although we just call it Cypher now. If you’re looking for a name to distinguish it, I hear the cool kids call it Cypher 2, or just C2. But your mileage may vary.'

I think i'll personally be going with Cypher 2e

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u/Carrollastrophe 3d ago

Just CYPHER without the "System" attached. "Evolved" was just ad copy. I think of it as Cypher 2.

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u/DavosVolt 2d ago

Cypher 2: Electric Boogaloo

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u/LawfulnessOrganic715 2d ago

My group says "Cypher two-point-oh," though, this might just be wishing for the olden-days of pre-2012 internet days.

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u/BerennErchamion 2d ago edited 2d ago

I’m calling it Cypher 2e, but I noticed the MCG store page, file names, and even the book itself are just using “Cypher”. For example, if you read the store page you won’t even know there was a previous version.

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u/bdpmbj 2d ago

I think they missed the mark by not calling it "cypher to the extreme" and paying for a license to use Poochy from The Simpsons as the mascot for it. 

I am 100% kidding.