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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 31st Aug 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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Congratulations to 2020 UK Games Expo Award Winners: Berlin the Wicked City and Paladin - Warriors of Charlemagne
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 24th Aug 2020
Chaosium congratulates the creative teams behind our 2020 UK Games Expo Award winners, announced at UK Games Expo's #virtuallyexpo online event yesterday.BERLIN THE WICKED CITYBEST ROLE-PLAYING EXPANSION - Judge's AwardBEST ROLE-PLAYING EXPANSION - People's Choice AwardCongratulations to D
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Announcing the QuestWorlds SRD: the rules-lite and prep-lite RPG engine
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 21st Apr 2020
Introducing the Questworlds System Reference Document (SRD), a roleplaying rules engine suitable for you to play across multiple genres.QuestWorlds is a rules-light RPG
system that facilitates beginning play easily, and resolves conflicts in play
quickly. It features an abstract, conflict-bas
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A technicolor fantasy cure for boredom: take part in our RuneQuest Coloring Competition!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 3rd Apr 2020
We had a lot of fun with our Call of Cthulhu Coloring Competition last month, so we're doing the same for RuneQuest in April!Enjoy coloring an amazing array of scenes,
with fantastic images from Greg Stafford’s Glorantha
and the award-winning RuneQuest RPG. Download RuneQuest the Co
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Glorantha: The Gods War 2 Kickstarter launches on January 20
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 11th Jan 2020
Our friends at Petersen Games are launching Glorantha: The Gods War 2 on January 20 at Kickstarter. Designed by game design legend Sandy Petersen and set in Greg Stafford's mythic cult universe of Glorantha, setting of the RuneQuest RPG, The Gods War is a fast moving strateg
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