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Call of Cthulhu coming to Syrinscape
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 28th Mar 2018
Syrinscape
and Chaosium Inc. Announce Partnership to Create Official Sounds for Legendary
Game of Mystery and HorrorSyrinscape, the award-winning app that creates
movie-like, immersive sound for tabletop games and Chaosium Inc., acclaimed
publisher of award-winning books, roleplaying games,
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Unnatural Selections: Recent Chaosium Reviews of Note #3
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 27th Mar 2018
Petersen's Abominations is now out in hardback! This is a collection of five nightmarish modern-day scenarios by the creator of Call of Cthulhu himself. Here's the Reckoning of the Dead blog's review (of the PDF):"The scenarios in
Petersen’s Abominations are every bit as dangerous as thos
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EN World previews 13th Age Glorantha
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 26th Mar 2018
EN WORLD previews 13TH AGE GLORANTHA, "a 400+ page love letter to Greg Stafford’s World of Glorantha, one of the most extensively developed and renowned fantasy settings of all time" by Rob Heinsoo and Jonathan Tweet, the lead designers of the 3rd and 4th editions of D&D.13G is available now in PDF
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MU Faculty Note: the player mats!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 24th Mar 2018
Another Faculty Note from Susan, board games line editor: You might have seen on social media that we playtested and demoed a prototype of our forthcoming board game Miskatonic University: The Restricted Collection at various conventions last year. The finished version looks quite dif
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Designing the New RuneQuest - Part 23
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 22nd Mar 2018
Where we are with RQGBy Jeff RichardGreetings Gloranthaphiles! I've been quiet on the social media front for the last few months concerning where we are with the new RuneQuest - that's not because we don't have plenty of great progress to report (we do! - keep reading) but because: we've been r
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Designing the New RuneQuest - Part 22
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 21st Mar 2018
A TALE OF TWO THREE LOGOSBy Jason Durall, RuneQuest line editorOne of the more significant visual
design elements to make for a new game has its choice of a logo. In some cases,
such as for licensed games, these decisions are out of the hands of the
designers and artists making the game. For exam
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Gen Con, Origins and UK Games Expo Event Schedules Have Been Submitted. Join Us This Summer!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 20th Mar 2018
The summer convention season is rapidly approaching and Chaosium is deep into planning for the biggest events of the year. Organized Play is getting a huge upswing and we need GMs to be a part of this!The deadline for Gen Con (Indianapolis IN, Aug 2-5) was March 10th and we have slammed th
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MU Admissions Office is open: sign up and we'll let you know when the Kickstarter launches!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 20th Mar 2018
The Miskatonic University Admissions Office is now open! Our new Lovecraftian board game Miskatonic University - the Restricted Collection launches on Kickstarter in late April. But here's your chance to get on the tenure track right now! - if you'd like to be informed when the Kickstarter
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