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Rick Meints is guest of honour at Cthulhu in a Castle (Philadelphia PA, Jan 23-25 2026)
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 30th Nov 2025
As part of our 50th anniversary celebrations Chaosium President Rick Meints is attending Cthulhu in a Castle, brand-new three-day Call of Cthulhu RPG vacation event—set within the eerily atmospheric halls of Cairnwood Estate in Philadelphia, PA.
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Today, on Halloween, The Chaosium officially turns 50 years old
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 31st Oct 2025
Today, on Halloween, The Chaosium officially turns 50 years old. On October 31, 1975 our founder Greg Stafford went down to the Alameda County Clerk’s office and filed the paperwork to officially register the company. Greg named us The Chaosium as a tribute to its birth as a “house of C
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Watch the Chaosium 50th Anniversary Celebration AMA with Rick Meints & MOB
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 3rd Oct 2025
Join Chaosium's Community Coordinator Bridgett Jeffries as she hosts the AMA for Chaosium's 50th Anniversary with company president (and head of the nostalgia department) Rick Meints and vice president MOB. Of the current Chaosium team, who has worked for the company going back the furthest? The an
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Chaosium 50th AMA -- Rick Meints, MOB, and Bridgett
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 20th Aug 2025
We're back with another AMA for Chaosium's 50th Year Anniversary: Past, Present, and Future! Join Rick Meints, MOB, and Bridgett for this retrospection, appreciation, and projection! This episode will be direct released to YouTube! Submit questions below!
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Rick talks about the ElfQuest RPG
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 26th Jul 2025
Last weekend Chaosium's Rick Meints, coordinator of theElfQuest Classic Kickstarter, and head of Chaosium's Nostalgia Department, joined the ElfQuest Fan Holt Discord Server for an AMA. He share the latest on the ElfQuest RPG and answer questions about gameplay, Chaosium's Basic Roleplaying sy
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Rick talks ElfQuest on the ElfQuest Discord Server (July 20th)
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 10th Jul 2025
Chaosium's Rick Meints, coordinator of the ElfQuest Classic Kickstarter, and head of Chaosium's Nostalgia Dept will be joining the ElfQuest Fan Holt Discord Server on July 20th to share the latest on the EQ RPG and answer questions about gameplay, Chaosium's Basic Roleplaying system, and more!
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Out of the Suitcase #53: Collecting rare Chaosium papers and paperwork
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 28th Dec 2024
Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things Chaosium.I love buying Chaosium-related items that come with their original mailing envelope, because they were often custom branded, especially for Chaosium's in-house magazines. For example, here's the
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Out of the Suitcase #52: Looking at Games Workshop's Mailing Club Newsletters
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 10th Jul 2024
Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things Chaosium.Many years ago I had the good fortune to purchase a set of the first eight issues of Games Workshop's Mailing Club Newsletters. Suffice it to say that I had never even heard of them before I mov
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