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The Call of Cthulhu Starter Set is "the best starter set for any roleplaying game currently available" says Reviews from R'lyeh.And this month, to mark the game's 40th birthday, the PDF version of the Call of Cthulhu Starter Set is 40% off! Everything you need to play the world’s best role … read more

Way back in 1981 Chaosium had a wild idea. Using the skill system first seen in RuneQuest, it could be possible to run a horror story in which investigators fought against the uncaring cosmic horror of the H.P. Lovecraft's fevered imagination, just like the story The Dunwich Horror. And so the … read more

Chaosium's staff cartographer Matt Ryan on why the recently-released A Time to Harvest has a special place in his artistic career.A Time to Harvest holds a special place in my heart and in my artistic career. Complete disclosure: despite having several Chaosium games on my s … read more

Our friends at Ardent Roleplay are playing 'The Necropolis' from Gateways to Terror, this Wednesday (September 29) live on Twitch – 7.30pm AEST, 10.30am BST, 5.30am EDT, 2.30am PDT.Watch live on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ardentroleplay and Facebook.The cast will be viewing au … read more

An eclectic mix of new Miskatonic Repository scenarios here, showing the versatility of the Call of Cthulhu RPG!The Grindhouse: Volume 1Alex Guillotte, Ian Christiansen ($2.95, 40 page PDF)grindhouse [grahynd-hous] n. – A grindhouse or action house is an American slang term for a theatre that mainly … read more

Out now in PDF* A Time to Harvest: Death and Discovery in the Vermont Hills! In 1929, a student died during an expedition in the Vermont Hills. One year later, the Miskatonic University sent another team on the same expedition… It's time to harvest.Set in the picturesque state of Vermont at t … read more

"Call of Cthulhu, maintained its third-place slot from Q1 2021, but saw an increase overall from 10.95% to 16.3%. That’s a significant jump, and the system’s ever-increasing global popularity no doubt has a big hand in making it happen." – Orr Report Q2 2021.As we add yet more Call of Cthu … read more

Now on YouTube: our all star charity Call of Cthulhu game to raise money for ZEROCancer!Watch Josephine McAdam, Becca Scott, B Dave Walters, Jasmine Bhullar, and Chaosium's own Brian Holland  discover What's In The Cellar, one of the scenarios from our Call of Cthulhu collection Gatew … read more