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It has now been a few weeks since we announced the Basic Roleplaying Design Challenge. We have been overjoyed to see discussion both online and at conventions about the competition. We’ve been especially enthused to hear the budding ideas and inspiration that independent creators are bursting with f … read more

Our newly-announced BRP Design Challenge has already elicited great interest, with articles in The Wargamer, Dicebreaker, Tabletop Gaming News, EN World, and elsewhere.For questions you might have about the BRP Design Challenge, please see our FAQ here. … read more

Basic Roleplaying's Universal Game Engine is available royalty-free for personal and commercial use under the Open RPG Creative (ORC) license. Use these rules, and focus on creating your worlds, scenarios and even books to sell!Download the free BRP ORC Content Documentnb this is essentially … read more

Chaosium is excited to announce the Basic Roleplaying Design Challenge!The goal of the BRP Design Challenge is to financially assist new and upcoming creators in bringing their games to independent publication (be that digital or print). Chaosium seeks to empower designers from all walks of life, wi … read more

-- "Good old Burly Bob" - art by William Church --Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things Chaosium.A few weeks ago during a podcast I answered a number of questions about the fabled “lost” manuscript for Chaosium’s Dark Worlds project (the ill-star … read more

264 pages, full color hardcover – $49.99*Also available in special leatherette version (a Chaosium.com exclusive) – $90.00**price includes PDF when purchased direct from Chaosium.com and Friendly Local Game Stores that are part of the Bits & Mortar initiative.Create. Explore. Play. Ba … read more

Physical editions of the Basic Roleplaying Universal Game Engine book* are fast approaching! Here, Chaosium's Jeff Richard talks about some of the strangest settings that the versatile BRP ruleset has been applied to. Part of our Chaosium Interviews series with James Coquillat. … read more

Is it easier to write for a complex established setting or to invent content for a blank slate? In this Chaosium Interview with Jason Durall, creative director of RuneQuest and all things Basic Roleplaying, he talks to James Coquillat about how to write content for generic settings!BR … read more