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Now at Roll20: save 15% with the Call of Cthulhu Keeper Bundle!Bundle includes the Keeper Rulebook, Keeper Screen Pack, and Call of Cthulhu Starter Set. The perfect trio to start your Keeper collection on Roll20!Play Call of Cthulhu with Roll20!Throughout 2022 we'll be adding mor … read more

Vale Richard L. Tierney, writer, poet and scholar of H. P. Lovecraft, who passed away on February 1st at the age of 85.Richard was well-known for his work in heroic fantasy including his Red Sonja novels, and his Simon of Gitta series combining the Cthulhu Mythos with Gnosticism. For Chaosium, Richa … read more

From our Fan Use and Licensing Q&A:Q: Isn’t H.P. Lovecraft/Cthulhu Mythos in the public domain?A: Because H.P.Lovecraft died over 70 years ago, his individual writings are now in the public domain. However, the Mythos was/is a shared creation—even in HPL's lifetime ("the Lovecraft Circle"). … read more

Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things Chaosium.A relic from The Chaosium archives... I came across the original layout board for page 134 of 1990's Cthulhu Casebook. This is the Star Elder Sign – which first appeared as the 'Arcane Symbol' in Cal … read more

As January came to a close we were pleased to be able to update our Call of Cthulhu Classic Kickstarter backers with the best news: all of the printing of the boxes and their contents has been completed and collation of the boxed sets has been underway all month. The latest word from … read more

Call of Cthulhu creator Sandy Petersen discusses Terror Paths, a new board game inspired by the Call of Cthulhu RPG, and produced by our friends at Petersen Games under license from Chaosium Inc. The expected release is later this year. For more about Terror Paths visit: https://petersenga … read more

From our Fan Use and Licensing Q&A:Q: What is the Sanity ('SAN') mechanic in Call of Cthulhu?A: Sanity (abbreviated as 'SAN') is the game mechanic in Call of Cthulhu that models the behavior of protagonists in Mythos fiction when confronted with incomprehensible physics and monstrous entiti … read more

Long-time Call of Cthulhu fan and co-contributor to Terror Australis 2nd edition John Hughes has created a downloadable autocalc character sheet set as a free resource for the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying community.Features of John's character sheet set include:a clean, uncluttered design;autoca … read more