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Essen - Chaosium Networking Party for Contributors, Distributors, Licensees and Fans
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 3rd Oct 2016
With our friends Modiphius Entertainment and Uhrwerk Verlag, Chaosium is hosting a party for contributors, distributors, licensees and fans on Friday 14th October. If you're coming to Essen, you're most welcome to join us at Motel One Kennedyplatz from 8pm.We're officially launching o
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Coming for Christmas! H.P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu (for beginning readers)
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 30th Sep 2016
108 pages, hardback - and in full color! From the talented pen of popular deviantart.com contributor R.J. Ivankovic, H.P. Lovecraft's The Call of Cthulhu (for beginning readers) will soon be available for special Christmas mail order, direct from Chaosium.com. While a full commercial release will fo
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Geek and Sundry gives 4 REASONS YOU NEED TO PLAY THIS 38 YEAR-OLD RPG NOW
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 28th Sep 2016
Geek & Sundry deftly explains why while most other 70s RPGs lie rotting in landfills, RuneQuest still inspires devotion. And Sandy Petersen himself has some interesting points to make about RQ's singular appeal...http://geekandsundry.com/4-reasons-you-need-to-pla...TLDR? - here are the four
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Chaosium converges on Germany in October - Spiel Essen and The Kraken
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 23rd Sep 2016
Coming up next month, the Chaosium team including Rick, Neil, Jeff, Kris Alice, Mike and MOB will be at the Internationale Spieltage SPIEL '16 at Essen from October 13-16. Come see the team at booth - 2D-165, where we'll be demoing the new Reiner Knizia G
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The Gods War Kickstarter success brings Greg Stafford's mythic world of Glorantha to a wider audience
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 15th Sep 2016
A note of thanks from Chaosium...It's over - Sandy Petersen's The Gods War attracted nearly 2000 backers, and raised over $585K - wow! Sandy has his note of thanks from Petersen Games to everyone who supported the campaign in this Kickstarter update link.And we at Chaosium also wish to tha
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'A Time to Harvest' Organized Play Campaign Concludes
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 15th Sep 2016
The final instalment of Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu organized play campaign was released to Cult of Chaos members today. Over the past six months, over 1200 Keepers have downloaded the six episodes, running A Time to Harvest in game stores, clubs, conventions, homes and
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Star Trek and Glorantha both turn 50 years old, and there's a connection...
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 9th Sep 2016
Star Trek is 50 years old today. And Greg Stafford also discovered his mythic fantasy setting Glorantha in 1966 too. But did you know that in the intervening half-century Glorantha has found its way into the Star Trek universe?Robert Hewitt Wolfe, RuneQuest fan and one of the pro
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Final instalment of A Time to Harvest to be released on September 15
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 6th Sep 2016
From strange encounters in the woods, mysterious locals, and strange agendas, the investigators have faced dark and terrible things as they have progressed through A Time To Harvest...The last part of Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu organized play campaign will be released to Cult of Chaos memb
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