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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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Out of the Suitcase #50: Games Workshop's RuneQuest was a cracking good read
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 26th May 2024
-- The softcover (1989) and hardcover (1987) basic RuneQuest rulebook -- Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things Chaosium.I recently read a post asking about Games Workshop RuneQuest 3rd Edition's use of color art. The post featured
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Out of the Suitcase #49: From the Archives - What Almost Never Was...
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 3rd May 2024
Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things Chaosium.I have a feeling that all four of these books are going to be asked about based on their recent appearance on eBay. Back in 2015 we Kickstarted RuneQuest Classic, which ended up raising ove
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Out of the Suitcase #48: 'Good old Burly Bob' - a basic history of Basic Role-Playing
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 26th Jan 2024
-- "Good old Burly Bob" - art by William Church --Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things Chaosium.A few weeks ago during a podcast I answered a number of questions about the fabled “lost” manuscript for Chaosium’s Dark Worlds project (the ill-star
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