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D&D Can't Compete With Call Of Cthulhu In Japan – Screenrant
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 11th Feb 2023
"In the USA, Dungeons & Dragons is synonymous with the tabletop RPG hobby, but in Japan, Call of Cthulhu is the most popular pen-and-paper RPG." Screenrant talks to our localisation partner Arclight about the extraordinary popularity of Call of Cthulhu in Japan; read the full arti
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RuneQuest: the legendary game returns to the Japanese market with a new edition announced
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 10th Feb 2023
Today our friends at FrogGames announced a forthcoming new licensed Japanese edition of RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha, the mythic fantasy RPG created by Greg Stafford and first published by Chaosium in 1978.Hobby Japan translated and sold a portion of RuneQuest 3rd Edition from
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Now available for viewing: the Chaosium Con II Collectables Auction Catalog
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 9th Feb 2023
Chaosium President Rick Meints has run collectible auctions across the world, but the Chaosium Con Collectable Auction is a very special one. He and Mike Mason will be auctioning a truly amazing array of rare collectables from the secret vaults of Chaosium itself at Chaosium Con II on
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Chaosium Con 2023 Event Registration opens this Friday (Feb 10), including VIP games
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 9th Feb 2023
A note from Bridgett:Chaosium Con 2022 was a blast! This year is shaping up to be even BETTER.Note of the day-- event registration opens THIS FRIDAY. Friday, February 10th, 2023, at Noon Eastern – if you've already you've got your ticket, you can start signing up for events! Yes,
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Bookshops of Arkham's Lucia Versprille joins RuneQuest dev team as freelance art director
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 8th Feb 2023
Chaosium, publishers of tabletop roleplaying games including Call of Cthulhu and RuneQuest, announced today that Lucia Versprille has joined the development team as a freelance art director for an unannounced RuneQuest project. Lucia is the founder of company Seersword, and the c
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Bookshops of Arkham episode 2.5: audio-only episode with Mark Meer
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 7th Feb 2023
Bookshops of Arkham unfortunately had severe technical difficulties.
In this audio-only episode, Keeper Mark Meer narrates the missing events in an evocative and all-together unsettling manner. Check it out before episode 3 releases on Roll20 Twitch on Wednesday!The upcoming episode 3 al
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Gaze Into the Abyss: watch part two of Bookshops of Arkham on YouTube
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 6th Feb 2023
Episode 2 of Bookshops of Arkham is now live on YouTube!
Watch the official blockbuster actual play of Call of Cthulhu, and see episode 3 this Wednesday over Roll20's Twitch channel.Bookshops of Arkham is an original Call of Cthulhu adventure by Belinda Cornish and Darren Ormandy. Jo
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Play Call of Cthulhu and BRP at DevaCon - April 1st, Chester, UK
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 5th Feb 2023
DevaCon V takes place in Chester UK, on April 1st at the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Con organiser Stephanie McAlea says, "the theme for DevaCon V is resistance, rebellion, revolution, and general naughtiness!
In honour of one of the best graphic novels ever written, V for Vendetta, I thought a gener
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