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Chaosium Interviews: When to Write Niche, with David Larkins
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 17th Sep 2023
How narrow is too narrow for the focus of a story? Pendragon line editor David Larkins talks about writing for a fixed niche, be it the Knights of King Arthur or the eldritch horrors lurking in 1920s Berlin.
David is talking to James Coquillat as part of our Chaosium Inter
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Mike Mason and Paul Fricker are guests at the Innsmouth Literary Festival, Bedford UK - Sept 30
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 14th Sep 2023
Call of Cthulhu 7th edition co-authors Mike Mason and Paul Fricker are guests at the Innsmouth Literary Festival, taking place at the King's House Conference Centre in Bedford, UK on September 30th. This one day event celebrates the centenary of Weird Tales magazine and weird and spec
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Chaosium Interviews: Unkillable Monsters, with Mike Mason
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 12th Sep 2023
What is the most powerful Call of Cthulhu creature you’ve defeated? In this Chaosium Interview, Call of Cthulhu creative director Mike Mason talks about how including unkillable enemies in your games can change their dynamic. Mike is talking to James Coquillat.Catch all the interviews in t
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'Designing Role-playing Games': Call of Cthulhu creative director Mike Mason to talk at the National Library of Scotland, Nov 7th
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 10th Sep 2023
Designing Role-playing GamesWriter and game designer Mike Mason discusses the process of writing for role-playing games.National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EW, United Kingdom7 November, 5:30PM-7:00PMIn addition to talking about conceiving, writing, and revising ro
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The Shadow Over Providence: now enhanced for VTT on Roll20!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 7th Sep 2023
The Shadow Over Providence is a Call of Cthulhu scenario written by Jon Hook of the Miskatonic University Podcast/Modern Mythos Podcast. It was developed and first published by Chaosium to celebrate NecronomiCon 2019, and now it has been expanded for VTT play on Roll20!Enhanced for VTTThis product i
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Play Call of Cthulhu on your Virtual Table: Roll20 and PDF bundles now available at DriveThruRPG
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 3rd Sep 2023
Did you know you can now purchase Call of Cthulhu Roll20 VTT titles direct from DriveThruRPG? And there are even bundles which come with the PDF version too. What's more, this also includes community content Call of Cthulhu titles in the Miskatonic Repository!Check them all out here: more title
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Chaosium Interviews: Globetrotting in Call of Cthulhu, with Mike Mason
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 2nd Sep 2023
In this Chaosium Interview, Call of Cthulhu creative director Mike Mason discusses how your Investigators can move around the world and what globetrotting brings to your campaign! He's talking with James Coquillat.
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Chaosium and Aconyte Books collaborate on Call of Cthulhu Gaslight & Regency novels
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 31st Aug 2023
Nottingham, UK; Ann Arbor, MI, US — Aug 31st, 2023 — Asmodee Entertainment are delighted to announce that Aconyte Books, the fiction imprint of global games group Asmodee, has secured a multi-year agreement with tabletop RPG masters Chaosium to create and publish brand new novels in their Call of Ct
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