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Chaosium Interviews: Special Training with Lynne Hardy
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 6th Mar 2021
The latest in our Chaosium Interview series features Lynne Hardy, Call of Cthulhu associate editor and author of The Children of Fear, discussing her professional background, and how research influences her work. Lynne is talking with Chaosium's James Coquillat.
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New to Roll20: Gateways to Terror
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 5th Mar 2021
The Call of Cthulhu release Gateways to Terror is now available on Roll20!Three Portals into NightmareGateways to Terror contains three short-play scenarios for the Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition roleplaying game, ideal for beginning and experienced players and Keepers alike. The scenarios can be
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Out of the Suitcase #12: The Chaosium – releases from 1975 and 1976
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 2nd Mar 2021
Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things ChaosiumNote: initially, I thought of doing a series of posts showing the products released by the company each year. But 1975 and 1976 were both low volume years for The Chaosium, so I've combined them her
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Miskatonic Monday #25: Writing for the Miskatonic Repository - AMA with Mike Mason , Tuesday March 2nd
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 1st Mar 2021
Our Miskatonic Repository Community Ambassador Allan Carey invites prospective Call of Cthulhu creators and the Cthulhu Curious to an AMA with Call of Cthulhu Creative Director, Mike Mason, this coming Tuesday.Mike will answer your questions about writing for the Miskatonic Repos
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In Development: 7th Sea – City of Five Sails. A Tabletop Game by Pine Box Entertainment
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 1st Mar 2021
An Evolving Tabletop Game set in Theah’s Most Interesting CityOur friends at Pine Box Entertainment, publishers of the Doomtown Deadlands collectable card game, have announced the 7th Sea: City of Five Sails game is in development.7th Sea: Five Sails is a hybrid card/board game o
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Out of the Suitcase #11: 1981 a Golden Age for Chaosium? Plus, a solution to Rick's real-life Call of Cthulhu mystery
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 25th Feb 2021
Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things ChaosiumI pose the question: was 1981 the Golden Age of Chaosium? While Chaosium has had a number of epic years full of ground-breaking RPG releases, I submit for debate that 1981 was one of the best, if
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Chaosium Interviews: Crafting a campaign - five years writing The Children of Fear, with Lynne Hardy
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 25th Feb 2021
The latest in our Chaosium Interview series is all about The Children of Fear, the epic new campaign by Lynne Hardy that reviewers have likened to Masks of Nyarlathotep and Horror on the Orient Express, promising to take a place as one of the greats of Call of Cthulhu.Chaosium's James
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Out of the Suitcase #10: can some Investigators help solve this mystery with Library Use...
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 21st Feb 2021
Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things ChaosiumForty years ago, on Halloween 1981, The Chaosium debuted our Call of Cthulhu RPG on an unsuspecting world. Canadian artist Gene Day, well-known for his work for Marvel Comics, painted the&nb
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