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Miskatonic Monday #52/Journey to Jonstown #41: "Marketing is not a Dirty Word" with bestselling community content creator M.T. Black
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 23rd May 2022
Last month bestselling TTRPG creator M.T. Black gave an inspirational keynote address at the second Australian Roleplaying Industry Awards (ARPIA) ceremony in Melbourne, Australia, which was sponsored by Chaosium. There is much to learn from M.T. Black's own journey as a TTRPG cr
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Journey to Jonstown #40: The Six Paths is now available in print, with the proceeds supporting trans charities
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 18th May 2022
The Six Paths is Edan Jones's RuneQuest sourcebook on gender among the Heortling Tribe of Dragon Pass. Beautifully illustrated by 2021 Greg Stafford Award winner Katrin Dirim, it features the cults of Heler, Nandan and Vinga, and includes six example characters exploring the gender identit
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Journey to Jonstown #39: glorious Gloranthan covers for indie RuneQuest content
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 9th May 2022
Last week we shared some of the stand-out cover art going on in the Miskatonic Repository! And there's similar great stuff happening in the Jonstown Compendium, our community content platform for RuneQuest! So, this week we got RuneQuest creative director Jason Durall, Chaosium vice president M
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Journey to Jonstown #38: The Six Paths and more
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 6th May 2022
Wonderful new creations on the Jonstown Compendium...The Six PathsEdan Jones (Pay-What-You-Want*; 28 page PDF)A sourcebook on gender among the Heortlings. Contents include: descriptions of the six main Heortling genders; the cults of Heler, Nandan and Vinga; six example characters exp
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Journey to Jonstown #37: these indie RuneQuest titles are part of DriveThruRPG's 'Best in Print' sale
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 19th Apr 2022
DriveThruRPG have selected these bestselling Jonstown Compendium titles to be in their 'Best of Print' sale. For the next two weeks here's your chance to get these acclaimed indie RuneQuest titles in glorious print and save 10%:The Company of the Dragon - Andrew Logan Mongomery's highly praised
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Miskatonic Monday #50/Journey to Jonstown #36: Mimosas at Chaosium Con!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 11th Apr 2022
Chaosium community content ambassador Bridgett Jeffries writes:"The ChaosiumCon 2022 Community Content Networking Mixer Event (with Mimosas!), was a complete blast! A huge thank you to everyone who participated!!! I'm proud of you creators and future creators! Let's create new things together!!!My b
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Journey to Jonstown #35: "some of the most creative, fun, and innovative work being put out right now"
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 19th Mar 2022
About the Jonstown Compendium, Scott, aka Orcus Dorcus, co-host of Titterpigs - the TTRPG Podcast says, "I don't think I am amiss in saying that some of the most creative, fun, and innovative work being put out right now is contained within the annals of the Jonstown Compendium. There
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Community Content at Chaosium Con: what's happening, with the Council of Shoggoths
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 21st Feb 2022
The Miskatonic Repository and Jonstown Compendium are Chaosium's thriving community content programs at DriveThruRPG for independent creators.Here, the Council of Shoggoths (organizing body of the Miskatonic Repository Con) discuss with James Coquillat what types of Community Content
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