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From our Fan Use and Licensing Q&A:Q: Isn’t H.P. Lovecraft/Cthulhu Mythos in the public domain?A: Because H.P.Lovecraft died over 70 years ago, his individual writings are now in the public domain. However, the Mythos was/is a shared creation—even in HPL's lifetime ("the Lovecraft Circle"). … read more

Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things Chaosium.A relic from The Chaosium archives... I came across the original layout board for page 134 of 1990's Cthulhu Casebook. This is the Star Elder Sign – which first appeared as the 'Arcane Symbol' in Cal … read more

As January came to a close we were pleased to be able to update our Call of Cthulhu Classic Kickstarter backers with the best news: all of the printing of the boxes and their contents has been completed and collation of the boxed sets has been underway all month. The latest word from … read more

This is it: The final session of the New Gamemaster Month program! We’ve come a long way over the past few weeks, and we’re closing in on your first game session.But even if you haven't started, you can still follow the program and try GMing RuneQuest for the first time. Head over to the N … read more

Call of Cthulhu creator Sandy Petersen discusses Terror Paths, a new board game inspired by the Call of Cthulhu RPG, and produced by our friends at Petersen Games under license from Chaosium Inc. The expected release is later this year. For more about Terror Paths visit: https://petersenga … read more

In this Chaosium Interview with James Coquillat, Pendragon line editor David Larkins introduces the Pendragon RPG to new players. … read more

"The one thing I've got to say about the Jonstown Compendium on DriveThruRPG, the supplements top tier – they are practically indistinguishable in terms of layout from fully professional releases."The Jonstown Compendium is Chaosium’s community content store for RuneQuest and Gloranthan gaming … read more

By David Larkins, Pendragon line editor.A new edition of the Pendragon RPG is coming! The intention of this series of design journals by Pendragon line editor David Larkins is to trace the path of development, starting in the early 1980s and culminating with the forthcoming new edition of the Pendra … read more