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Chaosium Announces Lords of the Middle Sea Roleplaying Game is in development
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 24th Jul 2020
In 1978, hot on the heels of the release of the revolutionary White Bear, Red Moon strategy game and the RuneQuest roleplaying game, Chaosium Inc. released Lords of the Middle Sea. This was a board war game, set in the post-apocalyptic ruins of a flooded North America, in the year 2401. Lords o
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Announcing the Basic Roleplaying System Reference Document and Open Game License
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 26th Mar 2020
Chaosium is pleased to announce the release of the Basic Roleplaying System Reference Document (SRD).The Basic Roleplaying SRD is based on Basic Roleplaying, the simple, fast, and elegant skill-based percentile system that is the core of most Chaosium roleplaying games, including Call of C
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Chaosium Announces Rivers of London Roleplaying Game
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 30th Nov 2019
Ann Arbor, MI,
November 30, 2019—Chaosium
Inc. and author Ben Aaronovitch are pleased to announce that Chaosium has
acquired the rights to produce the Rivers
of London Roleplaying Game,
based on Aaronovitch’s best-selling urban fantasy fiction chronicling the world
of the Folly. The game will
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362 Chaosium titles 25% off in DriveThruRPG's "Christmas in July" Sale
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 19th Jul 2019
For the next 12 days, some 362 Chaosium titles are 25% off in DriveThruRPG's Christmas in July Sale.This includes many Call of Cthulhu Classic, RuneQuest Classic, 7th Sea, Pendragon, HeroQuest, and BRP titles, and the following Call of Cthulhu 7th edition titles: Cold Harvest, Cthulhu Thro
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Chris Spivey to develop Sci-fi RPG game setting for Chaosium
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 24th Jun 2018
Chaosium is pleased to announce award-winning RPG designer Chris Spivey will be developing a new BRP-based science fiction line to add to the company's suite of roleplaying game brands. Last year Spivey's Darker Hue Studios produced the licensed Call of Cthulhu/Trail of Cthulhu supplement&
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Chaosium releases Art Submissions Guidelines
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 10th Dec 2017
Chaosium releases are notable for their high quality art and cartography. At the 2017 ENnies, Chaosium releases won awards for Best Cover Art (gold), Best Interior Art (silver), Best Cartography (gold) and Best Production Values (gold), among others. We strive to maintain this award-winning sta
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New RPG Submissions Guidelines Released
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 4th May 2017
At its heart, Chaosium is a roleplaying game company. Since RuneQuest came out in 1978 and Call of Cthulhu followed in 1981 we've been producing award-winning roleplaying games with artistic integrity. The who's who of RPG writers have all contributed to make our games great. We'd love for you to jo
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Team Chaosium says Cthuthanks to all the members of the tribe!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 23rd Apr 2017
If Facebook's your thing, come join us in the Chaosium tribe over there: 26,000 chaos cultists now!You can also be part of the tribe on G+ and through our forums at BRP Central, or follow Chaosium on Twitter. However you do it, let's create mythic stories together!
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