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Rivers of London RPG update: playtesting the rules
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 25th Jul 2021
By Lynne Hardy, line editor for Rivers of London.Even when the game you’re developing is based on a tried and tested system, you still need to playtest it to make sure that all the tweaks and additions you’ve made work the way they need to.Our intention was (and still is!) for Rivers of Lo
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Chaosium Interviews: Rivers of London and Call of Cthulhu - Paul Fricker discusses the differences between the two
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 29th May 2021
Call of Cthulhu 7th edition co-author Paul Fricker is also one of the development leads of our Rivers of London RPG, based on the series of novels by Ben Aaronovitch. Here, as part of our Chaosium Interviews series, Paul talks with Chaosium's James Coquillat about the differences betw
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Chaosium Interviews: Rivers of London update with Lynne Hardy
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 15th May 2021
The latest in our Chaosium Interview series features Lynne Hardy, line editor of our forthcoming Rivers of London RPG, which is based on the popular series of novels by Ben Aaronovitch. Lynne updates us on recent developments, including playtesting. She is talking with Chaosium's James Coquilla
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Rivers of London RPG: the creative team is assembled!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 10th Aug 2020
Chaosium is producing the Rivers of London Roleplaying Game, based on Ben Aaronovitch’s best-selling urban fantasy fiction. Reflecting the series' inventive take on the fantastic—from Newtonian magic to the strange powers wielded by the rivers and other supernatural beings that inhabit the
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Rivers of London RPG design team meets for the first time
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 3rd Feb 2020
The first planning meeting for the Rivers of London RPG, based on the books by Ben Aaronovitch, took place last weekend! Chaosium's Lynne Hardy and Mike Mason worked with writers Paul Fricker and Keris McDonald on scoping out mechanics, player roles, and the setting. And with Ric
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Unnatural Selections #32 - some reviews at year's end
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 9th Jan 2020
Some reviews we like at the end of 2019...Pookie from Review's from R'lyeh lists three Chaosium titles in his Post-Christmas Dozen 2019:
The RuneQuest Gamemaster Screen Pack: "sets a standard by which other Game Master screens and their supporting content should be measured."King Arthur P
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Chaosium Announces Rivers of London Roleplaying Game
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 30th Nov 2019
Ann Arbor, MI,
November 30, 2019—Chaosium
Inc. and author Ben Aaronovitch are pleased to announce that Chaosium has
acquired the rights to produce the Rivers
of London Roleplaying Game,
based on Aaronovitch’s best-selling urban fantasy fiction chronicling the world
of the Folly. The game will
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