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Out of the Suitcase #46: The Partha Pipeline still flows
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 12th Nov 2023
Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things Chaosium.I assembled most of my Ral Partha miniatures collection in the late 1990s. Between eBay and the wonderful Leisure Games store in North London (Finchley) I purchased them all just after the Ral Partha
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Unnatural Selections #71: "No doubt that RuneQuest has been deeply influential in a way that few games other than D&D itself were” - Designers & Dragons
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 24th Apr 2023
The 'Unnatural Selections' series is our regular round up of notable Chaosium reviews worth a look.On his Designers & Dragons Facebook page, RPG historian Shannon Appelcline has been writing different "inspirational, influential, or innovative" RPGs over the course of the month, alphabetically.
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"The Velvet Underground of RPGs" Advanced Designers & Dragons maps out Chaosium's interactions with the RPG industry over the decades...
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 21st Aug 2020
RPG Historian Shannon Appelcline writes:Not every company in the industry works regularly with others. ICE is an example of a company that largely went their own way, focused on their Middle-earth license and their Rolemaster system, while Hero Games regularly teamed up with other companies in the '
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