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Out of the Suitcase #12: The Chaosium – releases from 1975 and 1976
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 2nd Mar 2021
Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things ChaosiumNote: initially, I thought of doing a series of posts showing the products released by the company each year. But 1975 and 1976 were both low volume years for The Chaosium, so I've combined them her
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Out of the Suitcase #6: Maps and Legends
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 30th Jan 2021
Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things ChaosiumI was sorting through some things when I came across these original maps from 1979. Drawn by William Church, they debuted in the 2nd edition RuneQuest Rulebook. For years they were tacked up on Greg's
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Out of the Suitcase #2: Ducks, Ducks, and more Ducks
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 22nd Dec 2020
Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things Chaosium Over on the RuneQuest Facebook group there's been a wonderful, fragmented discussion of the origins of Ducks in Glorantha recently. I thought I'd spend a little free time writing down what
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The Adventure of the Great Hunt - a Quickstart preview of Greg Stafford's "ultimate edition" for the Pendragon RPG
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 18th Oct 2020
Free download marking the second anniversary of Greg Stafford's passing #weareallusThis week Chaosium marks the second anniversary of the passing of Greg Stafford, the company founder and its original creative visionary. With the hashtag #WeAreAllUs, we commemorate Greg as one of the great
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Greg Stafford Memorial Award for Gloranthan Fandom presented for 2019 and 2020
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 14th Oct 2020
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 a sign
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WeAreAllUs: Chaosium marks two years since the passing of Greg Stafford
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 11th Oct 2020
It is two years since the passing of Chaosium company founder Greg Stafford. As one of the greatest game designers of all time; winner of too many awards to count; and a friend, mentor, guide, and inspiration to generations of gamers, “the Grand Shaman of Gaming” influenced the universe of
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Glorantha Games 2020: Glorantha at Home (Oct 3rd)
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 12th Sep 2020
Glorantha Games 2020: Glorantha at Home is a fan-run event that takes place online on Saturday, October 3rd. (This replaces the in-person event, that but for Covid-19 would have taken place in Birmingham, UK on April 25th this year.)Games set in Glorantha include RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha,
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'The Rattling Wind' free scenario now available in Japanese!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 1st Sep 2020
"The Rattling Wind" is a RuneQuest scenario by Helena Nash that we released for free in October 2019 to commemorate the first anniversary of the passing of Chaosium founder Greg Stafford. The scenario was made available as a free download from our itch.io page, and now, thanks to Japanese
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