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Bud Baird is the 2025 recipient of the Greg Stafford Memorial Award for Gloranthan Fandom
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 10th Oct 2025
The Greg Stafford Memorial Award for Gloranthan Fandom was established in November 2018 in memory of Chaosium's revered founder and original creative visionary Greg Stafford. With the blessing of Greg's family Chaosium will occasionally and irregularly present the award to recognise
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Vale Bud Baird
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 18th Aug 2025
We are saddened by the news of the passing of William "Bud" Baird, who died in his home town of Liverpool UK on August 10th after a short illness.
As the key feature of his Bud's RPG Review YouTube Channel, Bud's hands were perhaps better known than his face among the wider gaming community.
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Miskatonic Monday #96: Viral goes Mithril!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 11th Nov 2024
Congratulations to independent Call of Cthulhu creators Alex Guillotte and Bud Baird. Their modern day scenario Viral is just the second-ever Miskatonic Repository title to be a Mithral best seller at DriveThruRPG (over 2,500 paid sales)! Viral: A Modern Call of Cthulhu ScenarioA
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