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Table Tales: In Praise of Game Conventions
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 6th Nov 2026
As I've said in Table Tales before, I love a games convention. I wouldn’t be writing this now if I had not discovered them.
My first con was Phantastacon 82 in Melbourne*, where I volunteered to be a DM for the major AD&D tournament. In those days tournaments were entirely about killer pu
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More Arms and Armor in the Age of Vikings TTRPG
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 6th Nov 2026
As Viking heroes adventure throughout the greater world beyond the shores of Iceland, they'll inevitably come into contact with foreign foes wielding new weapons and armored differently. Heroes may end up taking some of these foreign arms and armors for their own, perhaps bringing them back to Icel
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Watch as we sweep away the sands to reveal the horrors of The Necropolis...
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 5th Nov 2026
'The Necropolis' in Gateways to Terror is a fantastic intro scenario for Call of Cthulhu, and here in this game recorded at Scryglass Studio we show a way to make it even more fun — because the player characters are archeologists exploring an Egyptian tomb, the map gets slowly revealed by bru
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Out Now: The Apple Lane Campaign for RuneQuest
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 4th Nov 2026
Your First Adventures In The Mythic World of Glorantha!
Out now! RuneQuest: The Apple Lane Campaign is designed for new players and gamemasters, and presents a thrilling beginner campaign set in the aftermath of the war between the free peoples of Sartar and the dreaded Lunar Empire.
Much of the c
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We're playing RuneQuest with The Glass Cannon for charity (November 7th)
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 3rd Nov 2026
We're playing RuneQuest for charity!Tune into The Glass Cannon Network on Twitch, Nov 7 at 10pm EST! Watch, enjoy, and donate to Extra Life!
Featuring Paula Deming, Rob Kerkovich, Jared Logan, Amy Vorphal, and Chaosium's own Brian Holland!
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Chaosium coming to Tabletop ME in Dubai this weekend (Nov 6-8)
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 2nd Nov 2026
Chaosium is returning to Tabletop ME in Dubai this weekend. This convention, the first tabletop games convention in the Middle East, takes place at The Concourse Convention Hall, Dubai Outlet Mall, Dubai, United Arab Emirates from November 6th-8th.
With our friends in the Gulf Roleplaying Community
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Miskatonic Mentions #110: Expedition to Sumner, the first Miskatonic Repository scenario set in New Zealand
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 1st Nov 2026
We've renamed the long-running series "Miskatonic Monday" to "Miskatonic Mentions" so we don't have keep waiting for Mondays to come round to post!
All aboard for destinations unknown! Several years ago our friends at the Miskatonic Playhouse created an interactive world map of Call of Cthulhu
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Chaosium to release Folklorists, a new roleplaying game in mid-2027
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 31st Oct 2026
Gdańsk, Poland: October 30th, 2026. For Immediate Release.
Today at Chaosium Con EU in Gdańsk, Poland, renowned game publisher Chaosium announced the forthcoming release of a new tabletop roleplaying game themed about investigators in the 1860s discovering the dark truths behind folk tales and myth
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