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How Call of Cthulhu "changed the face of Roleplaying Games" – Bell of Lost Souls
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 9th Apr 2021
In the 40th anniversary year of the game, Tabletop news site BELL OF LOST SOULS describes how the release of Call of Cthulhu in 1981 changed the face of Roleplaying: "Modern gaming wouldn’t look remotely like what it does today without [Sandy] Petersen and Call of Cthulhu. I
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Glorantha: The Gods War 2 Kickstarter launches on January 20
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 11th Jan 2020
Our friends at Petersen Games are launching Glorantha: The Gods War 2 on January 20 at Kickstarter. Designed by game design legend Sandy Petersen and set in Greg Stafford's mythic cult universe of Glorantha, setting of the RuneQuest RPG, The Gods War is a fast moving strateg
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It's #SquamousSaturday - and Cthulhu is Timeless...
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 24th Nov 2018
After Black Friday comes Squamous Saturday. And because Cthulhu is timeless, today we're offering three current Call of Cthulhu hardback releases from different historical periods at 20%+ discount. On sale are:Petersen's Abominations—A collection of five nightmarish modern-day scenarios distill
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Unnatural Selections: Recent Chaosium Reviews of Note #3
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 27th Mar 2018
Petersen's Abominations is now out in hardback! This is a collection of five nightmarish modern-day scenarios by the creator of Call of Cthulhu himself. Here's the Reckoning of the Dead blog's review (of the PDF):"The scenarios in
Petersen’s Abominations are every bit as dangerous as thos
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Sandy Petersen has five new ways to kill you...
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 15th Mar 2018
Petersen's Abominations, now out in full-color hardback, is Chaosium's newest collection of Call of Cthulhu adventures.Hatched from the twisted imagination of the legendary Call of Cthulhu creator Sandy Petersen himself, they began life as scenarios he's ran at conventions - "when I run a game
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Unnatural Selections: Recent Chaosium Reviews of Note #1
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 11th Feb 2018
'Unnatural Selections' is what will become a regular round up of notable Chaosium reviews worth a look...A self-confessed cattle rustler (or at least unwitting accomplice to cow stealing) reviews our Reiner Knizia family game Khan of Khans; meanwhile, Dreams & Nightmares explains how y
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"Looking forward to being killed by Sandy Petersen" and other features the adventures in Petersen's Abominations have in common...
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 29th Nov 2017
Petersen's Abominations, now out in PDF, is Chaosium's newest collection of Call of Cthulhu adventures. Hatched from the twisted imagination of Call of Cthulhu creator Sandy Petersen, they began life as scenarios he's ran at conventions - "when I run a game at a convention, it is always
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Petersen's Abominations has been unleashed in PDF.
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 25th Nov 2017
Gathered from across the aeons, Petersen's Abominations brings together is a collection of modern day scenarios from the twisted imagination of the creator of the Call of Cthulhu RPG himself, Sandy Petersen. Ably assisted by Mike Mason, Call of Cthulhu line editor, each one-shot scenario i
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