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Cults of Cthulhu: Interview with Mike Mason
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 27th Oct 2021
Interview by Brian Holland.Cults of Cthulhu is the hottest upcoming release for Chaosium’s world-renown horror role-playing game, Call of Cthulhu. Despite the ever-present threat of the titular Great Old One, not much is known about Cthulhu and those who worship it – that is, outside of th
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Pendragon Design Journal #3: A Modular Approach
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 26th Oct 2021
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
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Moon Design Publications and Black Monk Games join forces to form The Chaosium Group
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 26th Oct 2021
Ann Arbor – 26 October 2021Moon Design Publications, the Ann Arbor-based majority owners of game publisher Chaosium (Call of Cthulhu, RuneQuest, Pendragon, 7th Sea, etc), have announced a partnership with European game publisher Black Monk Games, based in Poznań, Poland.A new company, The Chaos
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Artist Katrin Dirim is the 2021 recipient of the Greg Stafford Memorial Award for Gloranthan Fandom
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 26th Oct 2021
The Greg Stafford Memorial Award for Gloranthan Fandom was established in November 2018 in memory of Chaosium's revered founder and original creative visionary Greg Stafford. With the blessing of Greg's family Chaosium will occasionally and irregularly present the award to recognise a significant an
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QuestWorlds Update: Lightning Strike and Burning Man
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 25th Oct 2021
As announced earlier this year, our HeroQuest tabletop roleplaying game is being rebranded as QuestWorlds. While the rules (game mechanics) themselves will remain unchanged, QuestWorlds line editor Ian Cooper is working on a new edition of the game, exploring new genres and with new p
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Cults of Cthulhu Discussion with Mike Mason and Chris Lackey
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 24th Oct 2021
Mike Mason and Chris Lackey, co-authors of the forthcoming Cults of Cthulhu, discuss the new book and what to expect from it.The stars are right on October 31st, 2021Cults of Cthulhu releases in PDF worldwide on Halloween, with the hardcover physical book to hit shelves in early 2022. As a
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Call of Cthulhu 40th Anniversary Keeper Book features nine all-new introductions
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 23rd Oct 2021
For the special Call of Cthulhu 40th anniversary Keeper Rulebook we've included a new preface section, along with the classic scenario,
The Haunting, which can be found at the end of the book. Contributing to the preface section are Call of Cthulhu creative director Mike Mason; founder of
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Forty years of Fhtagn! Call of Cthulhu actual play with the maestro Mark Morrison and Ain't Slayed crew for GameholeCon
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 22nd Oct 2021
Mark Morrison, author of such Call of Cthulhu masterpieces as Horror on the Orient Express, Terror Australis, and Reign of Terror, invites you to join him a celebration of the game's 40th birthday on Twitch: "Forty years of Fhtagn! I'm celebrating the 40th Anniversary of Call of
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