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Chaosium welcomes Mike Curry and Lee Carnell to the team
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 4th Oct 2021
We are pleased to welcome two new members to the Chaosium team: Mike Curry (above left) as a line editor, and Lee Carnell (above right) as an in-house software developer.Mike has designed or aided in the design of card games, board games, and tabletop RPGs, mostly in the world of
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Mark Meer plays Call of Cthulhu at PAX Aus Online – Oct 7/8
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 3rd Oct 2021
Marquee event coming up for PAX Aus Online!This Thursday at 7:45pm Pacific/Friday 1:45pm AEDTThe Call of Cthulhu tabletop roleplaying game with Mark Meer (AKA Commander Shepard from Mass Effect), Chaosium's Bridgett Jefferies, Australian streamers Jess McDonell and Alex Cato
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Chaosium Interviews: Villains! with Mike Mason
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 3rd Oct 2021
Call of Cthulhu creative director Mike Mason talks creating and running the best Villains for the Call of Cthulhu RPG. He's with James Coquillat as part of our Chaosium Interviews series. Catch them all at the Chaosium YouTube channel!
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Andrew Logan Montgomery on Call of Cthulhu at 40
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 2nd Oct 2021
On his eponymous Exploring the Otherworlds of Fiction, Magic, and Gaming blog, reviewer, commentator, long-time resident of Japan, and best-selling Jonstown Compendium creator Andrew Logan Montgomery (right) has written an appreciation of the Call of Cthulhu RPG on the occasion o
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"The best starter set for any RPG currently available" - Call of Cthulhu Starter Set PDF is 40% off this month for the game's 40th birthday!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 1st Oct 2021
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
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Run a game of Call of Cthulhu this month to celebrate the 40th Anniversary: here's our helpful guide
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 1st Oct 2021
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
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Matt Ryan: A Time to Harvest Reflection
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 28th Sep 2021
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
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Ardent Roleplay plays The Necropolis with augmented reality encounters – Wed 29 September
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 27th Sep 2021
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
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