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Basic Roleplaying Line Editor Jason Durall does a deep dive on how to best approach the BRP System when designing a game for your original setting.Our $10,000 Basic Roleplaying Design Challenge is open for submissions now. The goal of the BRP Design Challenge is to financially assist new and up … read more

The Basic Roleplaying Design Challenge is well underway! Given you absolutely do not need to have a completed game or manuscript in order to enter the competition, it’s never too late to start!Beginning a new creative project can be a big hurdle—few things are as intimidating as a white blank p … read more

We'll be demoing Chaosium games at Airecon at the Harrogate Convention Centre in Yorkshire UK this coming weekend, Friday 15th - Sunday 17th.All games are short participation demos that last 15-20 minutes. Other slots will be available as drops in between the timetabled sessions.Come and play … read more

Our newly-announced BRP Design Challenge has already elicited great interest, with articles in The Wargamer, Dicebreaker, Tabletop Gaming News, EN World, and elsewhere.For questions you might have about the BRP Design Challenge, please see our FAQ here. … read more

Basic Roleplaying's Universal Game Engine is available royalty-free for personal and commercial use under the Open RPG Creative (ORC) license. Use these rules, and focus on creating your worlds, scenarios and even books to sell!Download the free BRP ORC Content Documentnb this is essentially … read more

Chaosium is excited to announce the Basic Roleplaying Design Challenge!The goal of the BRP Design Challenge is to financially assist new and upcoming creators in bringing their games to independent publication (be that digital or print). Chaosium seeks to empower designers from all walks of life, wi … read more

-- "Good old Burly Bob" - art by William Church --Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things Chaosium.A few weeks ago during a podcast I answered a number of questions about the fabled “lost” manuscript for Chaosium’s Dark Worlds project (the ill-star … read more

Jason Durall, creative director for all things BRP, talks about the long legacy of inspired and borrowed content, rules, and settings, in TTRPGS. Part of our Chaosium Interviews series with James Coquillat. … read more