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'The Rise and Call of the Cthulhu Empire' timeline
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 28th Jun 2026
TTRPG historian Shannon Appelcline ('Designers & Dragons') is putting together a timeline of Cthulhu roleplaying games, The Rise and Call of the Cthulhu Empire. It charts the extraordinary success of the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game in its various flavours since 1981, and the many and vario
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"Roleplaying fandom is a powerful thing": RPG Historian Shannon Applecline looks at the important role of zines sustaining Glorantha
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 14th Nov 2024
"Roleplaying fandom is a powerful thing" - RPG Historian Shannon Applecline's latest Designers and Dragons column looks at the important impact and influence fanzines have had sustaining the long existence of Glorantha, setting of the RuneQuest roleplaying game. Shannon has created a detai
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