Weighing in at a respectable 160 pages, Torment: Tides of Numenera – the Explorer’s Guide is an example of what I have come to view as a “typical” Monte Cook Games offering. It was released separately as a sourcebook to the first edition Numenera game. Unlike many of Monte Cook Games’ other products, this book was not a Kickstarter offering or a stretch goal. Written by Shanna Germain and released in 2016, it provides the detail for a GM to take their players outside the Steadfast, beyond the Beyond and into a new area of the supercontinent. Torment: Tides of Numenera – the Explorer’s Guide is a supplement that covers the section of the Ninth World illustrated in inXile’s game known as Greater Garravia. It is a review of the book that the game spawned. This article is not a review of that game. Released to generally positive reviews, it has since come under some fire by those who felt that such a claim was unwarranted. Claiming to be the spiritual successor to one of the highest-rated computer RPGs of all time, Torment: Tides of Numenera was based on the Numenera tabletop RPG that had kickstarted August 9 of the previous year. It went on to gather over 4 million dollars in pledges. On March 6 of 2013, inXile launched a Kickstarter for a new video game that was funded in 6 hours with an initial ask of $900,000. Torment: Tides of Numenera – the Explorer’s Guide, by Shanna Germain, a Numenera Setting Supplement

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