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Artist Katrin Dirim is the 2021 recipient of the Greg Stafford Memorial Award for Gloranthan Fandom
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 26th Oct 2021
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 significant an
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Out of the Suitcase #23: Facing the facts of a chaotic past...
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 15th Oct 2021
Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things Chaosium.Just the other day we had a fan ask about the Chaosium "Dragon" logo and why it didn't always have the dragon facing to the left on our products. While a short answer was given, there's a bit more to
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We Are All Us: play one of our free adventures to honor Greg Stafford's legacy
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 10th Oct 2021
Chaosium founder Greg Stafford passed away on October 10th, 2018, in his sweat lodge at his home in Arcata, CA. He died as he lived, on a spiritual quest of enlightenment.To honor Greg Stafford's legacy and with his family's blessing, we encourage you to play a tabletop game from October 10 to Octob
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Pendragon Design Journal #2: Bringing the Light in Sixth Edition
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 29th Sep 2021
By David Larkins, Pendragon line editor.A new edition of the Pendragon RPG is coming! The intention of this series of design journals by Pendragon line editor David Larkins is to trace the path of development, starting in the early 1980s and culminating with the forthcoming new edition of the Pendra
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Pendragon Design Journal #1: Where It All Began
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 27th Aug 2021
By David Larkins, Pendragon line editor.A new edition of the Pendragon RPG is coming! The intention of this series of design journals by Pendragon line editor David Larkins is to trace the path of development, starting in the early 1980s and culminating with the forthcoming new edition of
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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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