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"The largest, most detailed prop collection ever made for Call of Cthulhu": HPLHS launches preorders for Masks of Nyarlathotep Prop Set
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 10th Jun 2018
You may seen the announcement that our friends the HP Lovecraft Historical Society are busy creating a seven hour radio play adaption of the classic Call of Cthulhu campaign Masks of Nyarlathotep for their Dark Adventure Radio Theatre.Chaosium is bringing Masks back in a new Call of C
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Six Ages - the "spiritual successor" to the Glorantha game King of Dragon Pass launches on iOS on June 28!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 10th Jun 2018
Our friends at A Sharp have announced that Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind, the "spiritual successor" to the amazing and enduring King of Dragon Pass game, launches later this month.Six Ages will come to the iOS App Store on 28 June, with preorders starting 21 June. It will sell for US$ 9.99.
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Women in Tabletop Gaming Month #6: Chaosium interviews Mara Braun
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 10th Jun 2018
Lynne Hardy interviews 13th Age Glorantha and Miskatonic Repository artist Mara Braun for Women in Tabletop Gaming MonthSerious ones first:1. What is your background?My background is in Fine Arts. This is very
relevant to my illustrator work for Chaosium.2. How long have you been gaming? What
attr
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RUNEQUEST: ROLEPLAYING IN GLORANTHA is #1 seller at DriveThru RPG!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 9th Jun 2018
The newly-released RUNEQUEST: ROLEPLAYING IN GLORANTHA has been the #1 seller at DriveThru RPG all week! It's available as a PDF download here: http://bit.ly/2JbMIzWAlso available at DTRPG (for free download) is the RQG CHARACTER SHEET, and RQG CONVERSION GUIDE, giving guidance for converting c
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Women in Tabletop Gaming Month #5: Chaosium interviews Lynne Hardy
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 8th Jun 2018
Women in Tabletop
Gaming Month: Lynne Hardy, assistant editor for Call of CthulhuSerious ones first:1. What is your
background? I originally trained as a biomedical research scientist. My
B.Sc was in Biochemistry, and I followed that up with a Ph.D in Human Molecular
Genetics (both at Newca
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Women in Tabletop Gaming Month #4: Chaosium interviews Shel Kahn
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 7th Jun 2018
Lynne Hardy interviews Glorantha artist Shel Kahn for Women in Tabletop Gaming MonthSerious ones first:1. What is your
background? I'm an illustrator and self-publisher, and I've known that I would work
as an artist since I was a kid. I earned a Bachelor of Fine
Arts at university and attended fo
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WHAT IS RUNEQUEST?— PART ONE: Four features that help make RuneQuest distinct among other roleplaying games
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 6th Jun 2018
Here are four features that help make RuneQuest distinct among other roleplaying games:1. Mythic Adventure — RuneQuest began in Glorantha. Its influences are Bronze Age cultures where the relationship between mortals and the gods are much stronger. Rather than being myths, the deeds and actio
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Women in Tabletop Gaming Month #3: Chaosium interviews Marion Anderson
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 5th Jun 2018
Lynne Hardy interviews Call of Cthulhu writer Marion Anderson for Women in Tabletop Gaming MonthSerious ones first:1. What is your
background? My day job for the past 30 years or so has been involved in one aspect or
another of tertiary education. When I first started freelance game writing I
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