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Chaosium at PAX Aus - October 11-13: Booth, Panel, Pins, Games, and Acq Inc Live Play!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 30th Sep 2019
PAX Aus, Australia's largest gaming convention, is rapidly approaching (Oct 11-13) and Chaosium will be there!BoothGet the latest Chaosium releases from our booth, which we're sharing with our friends from Aetherworks and TYPE 40.Panel - "Done with the Dungeon?"You may have heard abou
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WeAreAllUs: 'The Rattling Wind', a preview chapter from RuneQuest's forthcoming Pegasus Plateau will be released in honor of Greg Stafford on Oct 10
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 23rd Sep 2019
OCTOBER 10 marks the first anniversary of the passing Chaosium founder Greg Stafford, the 'grand shaman of gaming'. To honor his legacy and with Greg's family's blessing, we encourage Chaosium fans and gamers in general to play a tabletop game from October 10 to October 31 in remembrance of Gre
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WeAreAllUs: play a game and honor Greg Stafford, October 10 - 31
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 10th Sep 2019
OCTOBER 10 is the first anniversary of the passing Chaosium founder Greg Stafford, the 'grand shaman of gaming'. 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, Greg Stafford influ
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Kiwi Chaosium fans - we're coming to Armageddon Expo in Auckland this October!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 7th Sep 2019
ARMAGEDDON EXPO is New Zealand's biggest pop culture, gaming, and geekdom convention - and Chaosium will be attending for the first time this year. We look forward to meeting Kiwi Chaosium fans in Auckland this October! Chaosium will sharing a booth with our friends the amazing prop makers
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Jason Durall is international guest of honour at RQ Glorantha Con Down Under IV (Melbourne, Australia Nov 23-24)
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 6th Sep 2019
RQ CON DOWN UNDER returned last year - after a mere 20 years hiatus - and is back again in 2019 as RuneQuest Glorantha Con Down Under IV!The event takes place on November 23-24 at the University of Melbourne, Melbourne Australia.RuneQuest Creative Director Jason Durall is internationa
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Unnatural Selections #27 - Cults of Prax: what the critics said then, and what they say now
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 30th Aug 2019
In a 2010 retrospective review Grognardia says Cults of Prax is "A true classic of the early days of the hobby. ...quite rightly considered one of the best treatments of religion in a fantasy RPG ever written and it's certainly one of the most inspirational."Cults of Prax was published forty years a
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Unnatural Selections #26 - a high regard for Chaosium lines
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 16th Aug 2019
Some reviews about our game lines in general show the gratifyingly high regard in which they are held:GLORANTHA"Glorantha
is one of the richest and most vivid created worlds in fantasy, a world where
everything from the dirt to the stars is literally made of mythology."βThe
New York Review of Sci
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Steve Perrin returns to Chaosium as a creative consultant
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 6th Aug 2019
Steve Perrin, creator and lead author of the original revolutionary β78 and β79 editions of RuneQuest has formally returned to the company as a creative consultant. RuneQuest was a landmark in RPG design and forms the basis of all BRP/d100 rules systems. A founding member of the Socie
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