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The age of the ORC begins: Chaosium to release a new edition of Basic Roleplaying in April using the Open RPG Creative License
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 22nd Mar 2023
UPDATE! Basic Roleplaying Universal Game Engine to be released on April 7thFor Immediate ReleaseAnn Arbor, MI—Chaosium, creators of the award-winning Call of Cthulhu tabletop roleplaying game, announced today the April release of Basic Roleplaying: The Universal Game Engine in PDF, with hardcover to
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Basic Roleplaying's Big Gold Book: now back in print worldwide on DriveThruRPG
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 8th Mar 2023
Back in January, when we put the Basic Roleplaying's PDF on sale for 99c, we had many people asking if it would ever be available in print. And now it is!Basic Roleplaying's 'Big Gold Book' is now available in print again worldwide, via DriveThruRPG!$39.95 - 400 page softcover book, price
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Chaosium is part of Paizo's Open RPG Creative License initiative
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 13th Jan 2023
Chaosium is pleased to be part of the Open RPG Creative License initiative, announced today by our friends at Paizo. In response to Wizards of the Coast’s new version of the Open Game License, Paizo will spearhead the development of a system-neutral open RPG license that can be freely used
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99c for the next 9 days – Basic Roleplaying's 'Big Gold Book'
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 11th Jan 2023
Apropos of nothing... we've made Basic Roleplaying aka 'The Big Gold Book' only 99 cents on DriveThruRPG (normally $21.95)*.At some point, almost every gamemaster wants to create their own Mythic World. That's what the Basic Roleplaying System (BRP) is all about! It is simple, fast, and el
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Chaosium games feature prominently in RPG Geek's '50 Greatest RPGs' List
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 31st Dec 2021
So, according to RPG Geek, in their '50 Greatest RPGs' List – as determined last year by RPG Geek Data – Call of Cthulhu is #2, Pendragon is #13, RuneQuest is #16, 7th Sea is #38, BRP is #45, and Stormbringer is #48. That's good going!Note: one factor in the ratings is the number of owners of a
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Chaosium Interviews: Building and breaking Basic Role Playing with Jason Durall
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 30th Mar 2021
Line editor for RuneQuest and all things Basic Roleplaying Jason Durall talks about BRP, and his favorite, and most agonised-over sections of the "Big Gold Book". Jason is talking with Chaosium's James Coquillat
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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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