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Andrew Bean, Brian Holland, MOB, and Susan O'Brien are special guests at Convergence (Hamilton, New Zealand - Sept 12-14)
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 2nd Sep 2025
Chaosium's Andrew Bean, Brian Holland, Michael O'Brien, and Susan O'Brien are special guests at Convergence in Hamilton, New Zealand later this month. Presented by the Waikato Role-Playing Guild, Convergence is an epic weekend of role-playing, giveaways, and banter. The Chaosium team will be prese
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Jason Durall is a guest of honour at Kapitularz (Lodz, Poland - September 5-7)
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 1st Sep 2025
Chaosium's Basic Roleplaying and Age of Vikings creative director Jason Durall is a guest of honour at Kapitularz, the Łódź Fantasy Festival 2025. The three-day festival of popular culture and fantasy takes place at the Faculty of Philology of the University of Łódź, Poland, from Sept
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Coming soon to Kickstarter - Pendragon Classic Edition
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 31st Aug 2025
Bringing the iconic Pendragon 1st Edition collection back to life!
In 1985, after decades of devoted research, Chaosium published Greg Stafford’s Pendragon Roleplaying Game. It ushered in a new era of roleplaying opportunities, devoted to immersive game play through Passions and Traits, acros
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Announcing Call of Cthulhu in a Castle - A chilling weekend of Call of Cthulhu horror roleplay
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 30th Aug 2025
This year marks Chaosium’s 50th anniversary, and what better way to celebrate than by inviting you to a hauntingly immersive experience?
In collaboration with our friends The Game Theatre, we're proud to present Cthulhu in a Castle, a brand-new three-day Call of Cthulhu RPG vacation event&mda
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Chaosium's Discord server hits 5000 members!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 29th Aug 2025
After launching several months ago the Chaosium Discord server just hit 5000 members – wow!
There's so much happening on Discord, we invite you to come join the Chaosium tribe there:
Chaosium News Feed – Stay up to date on all things Chaosium!
Roles – We have roles
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Table Tales: You never forget your first time as Keeper
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 28th Aug 2025
By Mark Morrison
You never forget the first time you run a game of Call of Cthulhu.
If I close my eyes, I can still picture the room:
Candles burning, all else in darkness. My friends sitting around the table, leaning in to hear properly as I quietly describe the body. As the description ends I bec
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Coming soon! Basic Roleplaying: Creatures
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 27th Aug 2025
Basic Roleplaying: Creatures collects animals, monsters, nonhumans, and nonplayer characters drawn from history, science fiction, fantasy, prehistory, mythology, and the modern world, allowing for any gamemaster to use them in any D100-based game. Coming soon!
Create. Explore. Play.
Basic Roleplayi
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Bridgett and Brian's Gen Con 2025 Retrospective
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 26th Aug 2025
On Bridgett Jeffries' own Symphony Lounge she invited Chaosium executive producer for RPGs Brian Holland on to unpack her hosting of the 25th Annual ENNIE Awards, Gen Con's record breaking numbers, new Chaosium activations, including for our 50th Anniversary, live Q&A, and more!
Watch their Gen
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