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Vale Bud Baird
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 18th Aug 2025
We are saddened by the news of the passing of William "Bud" Baird, who died in his home town of Liverpool UK on August 10th after a short illness.
As the key feature of his Bud's RPG Review YouTube Channel, Bud's hands were perhaps better known than his face among the wider gaming community.
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Table Tales - BRP: a classic system for new players
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 17th Aug 2025
By Mark Morrison
Behold, a new header graphic appears! Thanks to our talented graphic designer Monika Godyń for assembling this wonderful collage from covers by Loïc Muzy for Pendragon, Call of Cthulhu, RuneQuest and Basic Roleplaying, along with Ossi Hiekkala's cover for Age of Vikings.
So,
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Save 25% on over 900 Call of Cthulhu titles in DriveThruRPG's Cosmic Horror Sale
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 16th Aug 2025
Save 25% on over 900 Call of Cthulhu titles in DriveThruRPG's Cosmic Horror Sale. For the next 12 days!
This includes Chaosium releases, and community content from the Miskatonic Repository - including Cthulhu Ireland, 2025 Gold ENNIE Award winner for Best Setting!
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Chaosium Con EU - get the official t-shirt!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 15th Aug 2025
Join the tribe with the official Chaosium Con Europe 2025 T-shirt, designed exclusively for this year’s convention!
Coming to Chaosium Con EU in Gdansk?
You can order T-shirts until September 30, 2025. Pick up at the convention. Details at the link.
Can’t attend but still wan
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Celebrating 50 years of Chaosium: Tabletop Spirit interviews Neil and MOB
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 14th Aug 2025
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In a lengthy interview, Tabletop Spirit Magazine talks with Chaosium CEO Neil Robinson and VP Michael O'Brien about the company's 50th anniversary and how they personally go back with Chaosium professionally to the early 1990s (and even earlier than that as fans...)
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'The Cursed Farm' is our Age of Vikings demo scenario
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 13th Aug 2025
'The Cursed Farm' is a demo scenario that introduces Age of Vikings, our new roleplaying game of adventuring in Iceland in the year 977 AD, the era of the Icelandic sagas. Players are heroes, landowners trying to earn fame and glory in a world full of magic, monsters, and myth!
Download for free f
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Chaosium Unveiled: In Liberty's Shadow, USA sourcebook for the Rivers of London roleplaying game
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 12th Aug 2025
Chaosium Unveiled looks at In Liberty's Shadow – A Guide to Case Files in the USA. This is a new sourcebook for Rivers of London the Roleplaying Game, based on the Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch.
The book also contains an exclusive piece of microfiction by Aaronovitch, &ldqu
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Alchemy RPG & Chaosium Launches Call of Cthulhu Humble Bundle to Support Direct Relief
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 11th Aug 2025
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Descend Into Madness for a Cause: Call of Cthulhu Comes to Alchemy VTT via Humble BundleAlchemy, the virtual tabletop platform built for immersive cinematic roleplaying, has partnered with Chaosium to launch the Humble Bundle: The Call of Cthulhu Keeper’s Collection for Alche
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