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Chaosium Interviews: How Genres Evolve, with Jason Durall
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 13th Feb 2023
In the latest of Chaosium Interviews series, Jason Durall, creative director of RuneQuest and all things BRP, talks about how the evolution of genres has affected the TTRPG industry. He's talking to James Coquillat.
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RuneQuest: the legendary game returns to the Japanese market with a new edition announced
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 10th Feb 2023
Today our friends at FrogGames announced a forthcoming new licensed Japanese edition of RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha, the mythic fantasy RPG created by Greg Stafford and first published by Chaosium in 1978.Hobby Japan translated and sold a portion of RuneQuest 3rd Edition from
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Bookshops of Arkham's Lucia Versprille joins RuneQuest dev team as freelance art director
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 8th Feb 2023
Chaosium, publishers of tabletop roleplaying games including Call of Cthulhu and RuneQuest, announced today that Lucia Versprille has joined the development team as a freelance art director for an unannounced RuneQuest project. Lucia is the founder of company Seersword, and the c
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Out of the Suitcase #38: 'What happened to RuneQuest' – An unexpected find in the Chaosium vaults
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 3rd Feb 2023
Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things Chaosium.An unexpected find... As shared here earlier, Jeremiah Evans and I went through the Chaosium vaults and archives this weekend preparing items for the Chaosium Con 2023 auction. We made
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Journey to Jonstown #51: celebrate alumni of Fall's 'Write Your First Adventure' Workshop with this cool RuneQuest bundle on DTRPG
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 29th Jan 2023
The latest RuneQuest 'Write Your First Adventure' Bundle' has been released on DriveThruRPG. It features four RuneQuest scenarios by independent creators who are all alumni of the Fall 2022 RPG Workshop. These month-long workshops, run by our friends at The Storytelling Collective, are designed
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New Gamemaster Month is underway: still not too late to take part!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 22nd Jan 2023
It's week three of New Gamemaster Month, and if you’re just jumping in, don’t fret—it’s not too late. You have a bit of catching up to do, but nothing you can’t handle. This is the annual month-long seminar in the form of twice-weekly posts, organised by our friends at Monte Cook Games to guide pros
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Want to try a new TTRPG in 2023? Our Starter Sets are just 99c for the next week!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 13th Jan 2023
Want to try a new TTRPG in 2023? Or get your friends into playing Call of Cthulhu or RuneQuest?— Call of Cthulhu Starter Set – $0.99— RuneQuest Starter Set – $0.99Both games are based on the world-renowned Basic Roleplaying System (BRP), which uses a roll-low D100 core mechanic that is sim
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Out of the Suitcase #37: A recent addition to my collection... 29 years after unknowingly insulting the President of Avalon Hill
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 11th Jan 2023
Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things Chaosium.While attending RQ Con 1 in Baltimore way back in January of 1994, I gladly took a small bit of time to wander through the "dealer area." While there, I scanned through everything on offer at the Ava
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