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Join the Group Read of the Guide to Glorantha!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 27th Jun 2017
A "Group Read" of the monumental two-volume Guide to Glorantha has commenced over on BRP Central - The Chaosium Forums. Interested fans of Greg Stafford's mythic universe are welcome to take part. Glorantha is one of the oldest and most influential fantasy role-playing settings. It is the
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Chaosium congratulates Jennell Jaquays on her induction into the Gaming Hall of Fame
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 25th Jun 2017
Chaosium congratulates Jennell Jaquays, who along with Magic the Gathering developer Mike Elliott, was inducted into the Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design Hall of Fame at Origins Game Fair earlier this month.Jennell has been a long-standing and multi-talented contributor to the
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Designing the new RuneQuest - Part 17
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 24th Jun 2017
By Jeff RichardSo last weekend was Free RPG Day and Chaosium provided 7000 copies of the RuneQuest Quickstart to be given away in game stores across North America, Europe, Australia and beyond. Thanks to the Cult of Chaos, some 70 volunteer GMs took hundreds of people through the
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Stewart Wieck, 1968 - 2017
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 24th Jun 2017
The team at Chaosium is saddened by news of the sudden passing of our hobby game industry friend and colleague Stewart Wieck.Stewart’s accomplishments were many and varied in publishing, including co-founding White Wolf Game Studio, co-creating the World of Darkness, and serving as the ori
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Chaosium appoints Lillian Cohen-Moore as director of marketing and media
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 23rd Jun 2017
Writer, journalist and editor Lillian Cohen-Moore has joined the Chaosium team as director of marketing and media, it was announced today."Lillian's professional experience extends across the game industry and fiction sphere, particularly in the genres of horror and weird fiction. So she's an e
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Free RPG Day is over: here's how to get your copy of the RQ Quickstart if you missed out
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 18th Jun 2017
And Free RPG Day 2017 is now done!Wonderful to have posts and reports of people happy to get a free copy of our RuneQuest Quickstart, along with other cool RPG stuff. And great to hear about all the RQ games that took place in FLGSs all over the world!If your local game store wasn't partic
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13th Age in Glorantha update: Monkey Ruins!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 14th Jun 2017
Baboons have always been a Gloranthan favourite! In our latest 13th Age in Glorantha update, we go ape with Andre Fetisov's wonderful Monkey Ruins pic, one of the magical sites we chose to fulfil the 'Art is Strong' stretch goal.
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A big weekend coming up - Free RPG Day, Origins Game Fair, and Call of Cthulhu—The Official Video Game at E3!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 14th Jun 2017
While we're getting ready to launch the RuneQuest Quickstart on Free RPG Day this Saturday, and run plenty of games and demos at Origins Games Fair in Columbus OH, our friends at Focus Home Interactive are gearing up to present Call of Cthulhu—The Official Video Game at E3,
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