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D&D Can't Compete With Call Of Cthulhu In Japan – Screenrant
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 12th Feb 2023
"In the USA, Dungeons & Dragons is synonymous with the tabletop RPG hobby, but in Japan, Call of Cthulhu is the most popular pen-and-paper RPG." Screenrant talks to our localisation partner Arclight about the extraordinary popularity of Call of Cthulhu in Japan; read the full arti
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'The Rattling Wind' free scenario now available in Japanese!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 1st Sep 2020
"The Rattling Wind" is a RuneQuest scenario by Helena Nash that we released for free in October 2019 to commemorate the first anniversary of the passing of Chaosium founder Greg Stafford. The scenario was made available as a free download from our itch.io page, and now, thanks to Japanese
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Chinese edition of Call of Cthulhu and Miskatonic University board game announced
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 10th Jun 2019
At the Shanghai Wonder Festival this weekend Chaosium licensees Arclight announced the Chinese edition of the Call of Cthulhu tabletop roleplaying game, eliciting great interest.Arclight also announced they will be producing Japanese and Chinese versions of Chaosium's Reiner Knizia board game&n
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Miskatonic Monday: our first Miskatonic Repository adventure in Japanese!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 9th Jul 2018
You may not be aware, but the Call of Cthulhu RPG is immensely popular in Japan, with the rules published under license by our friends Arclight outselling versions in any other language. So we're excited to receive our first contribution in Japanese to the Miskatonic Repository.
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Women in Tabletop Gaming Month #19: Chaosium interviews Liz Gridley
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 24th Jun 2018
Lynne Hardy interviews painter and graphic designer Liz Gridley for Women in Tabletop Gaming MonthSerious
ones first:1. What is your
background? I
studied a Bachelor of Visual Art (Honours) degree with Monash University
Caulfield and Churchill (Australia), finishing in 2010, but also have a back
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