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Updated Statement About Punktown Kickstarter
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 26th May 2018
Last year, we reported that the Chaosium license for Miskatonic River Press's much delayed Punktown Kickstarter would remain in place. Backers had recently received a PDF of the first 50% of the book, and Angus Abranson of Chronicle City was overseeing completion of the
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Don't forget, in RuneQuest when adventurers are slaughtered or run screaming, the Monsters get experience rolls too...
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 22nd May 2018
Sage advice from the "Grand Shaman of Games" Greg Stafford, way back in 1978*. Come and check out the new Chaosium edition of RuneQuest in its Twitch TV premiere, May 28th at 8PM EST! Presented by Encounter Roleplay.*"The RuneQuest RPG deliberately eschews the concept that the player
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Updated Statement About Horrors of War Kickstarter
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 21st May 2018
Adam Scott Glancy has recently been in touch with Chaosium about his Horrors of War Kickstarter. As we previously updated (Aug 31, 2017), when we met last year he gave Gen Con 2018 as the date for completion, but has now informed us he will miss that deadline. However, he says he will offe
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Exciting news! Encounter Roleplay to stream the Premiere Twitch Event of RuneQuest—May 28th at 8pm EST!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 19th May 2018
Exciting news - Encounter Roleplay will be streaming the Premiere Twitch Event of RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha—May 28th at 8pm EST!Featuring the roleplaying talents of @bluejay_712, @therealjimdavis, @JPruInc, @EncounterRP and Chaosium's own @richaje!Watch here: https
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Call of Cthulhu, Live RPG Plus-style!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 18th May 2018
An all-star party live-audience adventure and extravaganza of Call of Cthulhu at UK Games Expo!Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu line editor Mike Mason is one of the special guests in Syrinscape's very special game of Call of Cthulhu, Live RPG Plus-style!Other players include Pathfinder’s Ja
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Unnatural Selections: Recent Chaosium Reviews of Note #6 - "the Pepsi of RPG franchises"
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 17th May 2018
Call of Cthulhu - the definitive horror RPG"Call of Cthulhu is now the Pepsi of RPG franchises, alongside D&D’s Coke, and the game’s success is part of the revival of Lovecraft and Lovecraftian fiction."—Paul StJohn Mackintosh, The Legacy of Lovecraft in greydogtales."The stars are right for the
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Three nominations for Call of Cthulhu in 2018 UK Games Expo Awards!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 16th May 2018
The shortlist has just been released for the UK Games Expo Awards, and we're pleased to see three recent Call of Cthulhu releases are in contention:NOMINATION FOR BEST ROLEPLAYING ADVENTURE
The Two-Headed SerpentReign of TerrorNOMINATION FOR BEST ROLEPLAYING EXPANSION
Down Darker Trail
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Miskatonic Monday: four new titles - an adventure, an update, a sequel, and an all new genre for Call of Cthulhu
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 14th May 2018
Four new titles on the Miskatonic Repository: an adventure, an update, a sequel, and an all new genre for Call of Cthulhu:Anime Punk - A New Genre for Call of Cthulhu by Carl Matthews ($10.00, 32 page PDF)"Whether you like your anime with demons and supernatural elements or just straight up mod
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