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Out of the Suitcase #21: The first Manual of Monsters
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 30th Aug 2021
Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things Chaosium.Steve Perrin's unexpected passing has gotten me to thinking about his far-reaching legacy within the world of role-playing games. As I ponder his role in those early days I find myself pulling v
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Out of Suitcase #20: The art of obscure finds...
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 18th Aug 2021
Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things Chaosium.I recently got asked "what are some of the rare or obscure items in your collection?" I have a number of unique items, and it's hard to pick just one. Last night I was writing about one of them for m
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Out of the Suitcase #19: Another Mystery Solved... CHA2341
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 13th Aug 2021
Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things Chaosium.Every so often we get a wonderful completist collector of Chaosium games ask us about some of our product numbers that never got used. One of the earliest ones we skipped was CHA2341 in the Call of C
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Out of the Suitcase #18: What Perilous Encounters await our heroes...
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 7th Aug 2021
Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things Chaosium.A last minute request pleasantly shifted some of my work priorities recently. Many of our current projects mine our vast library of prior Chaosium publications for inspiration and depth of material.
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Out of the Suitcase #17: the first Appendix N
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 30th Jul 2021
Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things Chaosium.Recently the Grognardia blog wrote about the strange serendipity between the bibliography in RuneQuest, which came out in 1978, and the bibliography in the Advanced Dungeons & Dragons Dungeon Masters
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Out of the Suitcase #16: So what's the scoop on Call of Cthulhu Classics?
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 4th Jul 2021
Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things Chaosium.With the recent launch of our Kickstarter a lot of people have been asking what's scoop on Call of Cthulhu Classics? Since I did a lot of the work, I am happy to explain...We scanned in nea
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Chaosium Interviews: Rick Meints on running a TTRPG Publishing House
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 27th Jun 2021
Rick Meints, President of Chaosium, talks more about his role as head of production, and what work goes on behind the scenes at a TTRPG publishing house. James Coquillat is the interviewer for our 'Chaosium Interviews' series.
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Chaosium Interviews: How to Build a TTRPG Book with Rick Meints
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 26th Jun 2021
James Coquillat talks with Rick Meints, Chaosium President and head of production, about the process of putting successful TTRPG books together. The latest of our Chaosium Interviews series on YouTube.
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