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Run a game of Call of Cthulhu this month to celebrate the 40th Anniversary: here's our helpful guide
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 1st Oct 2021
Way back in 1981 Chaosium had a wild idea. Using the skill system first seen in RuneQuest, it could be possible to run a horror story in which investigators fought against the uncaring cosmic horror of the H.P. Lovecraft's fevered imagination, just like the story The Dunwich Horror. And so the
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After D&D Play... RuneQuest! RQG is the featured game system of a new YouTube series' inaugural episode
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 30th Sep 2021
"After D&D, consider RuneQuest, a bronze-age RPG of myth and magic where combat is so deadly you need to think twice, then think again, about solving problems with swords!" says After D&D Play host Eliza Lambert.After D&D Play is a new YouTube series for gamers primarily experi
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Pendragon Design Journal #2: Bringing the Light in Sixth Edition
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 29th Sep 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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New Game, Who Dis? The third and final part of The Glass Cannon's RuneQuest Starter Set game now on YouTube
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 28th Sep 2021
Mernyr's Landing has a scorpion man problem and it's up to a ragtag band of mercenaries to stop them! Join Troy Lavallee, Tanya DePass, Connie Chang, Noura Ibrahim and Matthew Capodicasa for the thrilling conclusion to their RuneQuest adventure.It's the third and final part of The Glass Cannon Netwo
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Matt Ryan: A Time to Harvest Reflection
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 28th Sep 2021
Chaosium's staff cartographer Matt Ryan on why the recently-released A Time to Harvest has a special place in his artistic career.A Time to Harvest holds a special place in my heart and in my artistic career. Complete disclosure: despite having several Chaosium games on my s
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Chaosium will be at Origins Game Fair 2021 - Sep 30 - Oct 3
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 28th Sep 2021
Origins Game Fair is back this year in Columbus OH (September 30 - October 3), and Chaosium will be there!If you're attending do come visit our booth (#623) in the Exhibit Hall. We will have a wide selection of Chaosium releases available, including advance copies of the RuneQuest Starter
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Play Call of Cthulhu at Melbourne International Games Week's At The Table (Oct 3)
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 28th Sep 2021
Chaosium is pleased to be part of Melbourne International Game Week's At the Table on October 3. We're offering online sessions of Call of Cthulhu as part of MIGW21's day long celebration of tabletop gaming. This year's adventure is 'The Necropolis' from Doors to Darkness. T
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Ardent Roleplay plays The Necropolis with augmented reality encounters – Wed 29 September
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 27th Sep 2021
Our friends at Ardent Roleplay are playing 'The Necropolis' from Gateways to Terror, this Wednesday (September 29) live on Twitch – 7.30pm AEST, 10.30am BST, 5.30am EDT, 2.30am PDT.Watch live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ardentroleplay and Facebook.The cast will be viewing au
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