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Here's what Call of Cthulhu fans are saying about MASKS OF NYARLATHOTEP
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 26th Sep 2020
Already regarded as "one of the best RPG adventures ever made" (Gizmodo) and "...a milestone for Call of Cthulhu and for RPG campaigns (that) expanded our ideas of what roleplaying game adventures could be" (The New York Review of Science Fiction), here's what Call of Cthulhu fans have said abo
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PAX Online is over: here are the events we recorded
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 21st Sep 2020
PAX Online is finished! Over the past nine days Chaosium and friends enjoyed participating in panels and live play games, and - with grateful thanks to our Cult of Chaos volunteers - running over a hundred tables of games this past weekend.If you missed the live events we took part in on Twitch, her
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Come play Chaosium TTRPGs at PAX Online - Sept 17th-20th
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 10th Sep 2020
https://warhorn.net/events/chaosium-online-gaming-at-pax-onlineCome play Chaosium tabletop rpgs at PAX Online! We're running over 100 tables of events, 24 hours a day from September 17th - 20th. Games include Call of Cthulhu, RuneQuest, Questworlds, Aquelarre, and 13th Age Glorantha. All o
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Bring mythic themes into your gaming experiences with our 'Myth and Fantasy Gaming' PAX Online Panel - Sun 13 Sept
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 9th Sep 2020
https://online.paxsite.com/schedule/panel/myth-and-fantasy-gamingA discussion about the mythology behind Fantasy RPG and how to bring mythic themes into your gaming experiences. The panelists will draw on real world historical mythology (King Arthur Pendragon) and fictional (RuneQuest) as well as mi
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'Get a foot in the RPG industry door with community content!' A PAX Online panel for aspiring RPG writers - Wed 16 Sept
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 8th Sep 2020
https://online.paxsite.com/schedule/panel/get-a-foot-in-the-rpg-industry-door-with-community-contentWant to write for roleplaying games? Now is the perfect time to get your foot in the industry door with community content programs on DriveThruRPG. The DM’s Guild (Dungeons & Dragon
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Join a cast of brand new players as they explore RuneQuest for the first time at PAX online - Tues 15 Sept
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 7th Sep 2020
https://online.paxsite.com/schedule/panel/chaosium-creators-series-runequestJoin a cast of brand new players as they explore RuneQuest for the first time! The perfect actual play to learn more about the mythic setting of RuneQuest, and the unique (and brutal!) game mechanics.Tuesday Septem
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Announcing the QuestWorlds SRD: the rules-lite and prep-lite RPG engine
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 21st Apr 2020
Introducing the Questworlds System Reference Document (SRD), a roleplaying rules engine suitable for you to play across multiple genres.QuestWorlds is a rules-light RPG
system that facilitates beginning play easily, and resolves conflicts in play
quickly. It features an abstract, conflict-bas
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Unnatural Selections #33 - our student collaboration 'Refractions of Glasston' earns critical praise
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 13th Feb 2020
In a creative collaboration between Chaosium and the Professional Writing department at Taylor University (Upland IN), Prof T.R. Knight took a group of students through the process of developing and publishing a RPG scenario, with mentoring by Chaosium's Mike Mason and Lynne Hardy. You can read
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