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Vale Greg Stafford (1948 - 2018)
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 11th Oct 2018
The shock and grief the Chaosium family felt at the news of the passing of our beloved and revered company founder, Greg Stafford, cannot be measured. Greg died yesterday in his sweat lodge at his home in Arcata, CA. Mercifully, his passing was painless and quick. He died as he lived, on a spir
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A new Russian edition of Call of Cthulhu
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 9th Oct 2018
The iconic horror investigation roleplaying game Call of Cthulhu will be coming out in a Russian translation, Chaosium announced today.The Russian edition will be produced under license by Hobby World, Russia's leading game publisher. Hobby World currently has over 400 active game titles i
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The Miskatonic University Coat of Arms Explained...
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 5th Oct 2018
Miskatonic University has, throughout its long and storied history, used a variety of
seals, crests, and coats of arms to denote itself as a premier institution of
higher learning, scholarship, and erudition. Most have deployed certain common
elements to highlight the university’s famous devotion
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Miskatonic University: The Restricted Collection Kickstarter backers can download their degrees and graduate!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 30th Sep 2018
Kickstarter backers for our Miskatonic University: The Restricted Collection board game got their new diplomas today... nice to see the graduates made it out alive!As for the game itself, printing will be completed next month and then the consignments will be shipped by sea to our fulfilme
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Miskatonic Monday: seven new releases!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 25th Sep 2018
Seven new Call of Cthulhu community content releases for the Miskatonic Repository this #MiskatonicMonday, including scenarios (one in English and French), props, a setting book, and an one adventure that even comes in two versions; full color, and a B&W "print-friendly" version...The Campi
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Selkana’s Saga #6: Violence is always an option
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 23rd Sep 2018
Selkana’s Saga is a Chaosium blog series by Ellie and Scott Akers, following a long-format roleplaying campaign using the RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha system.Scott: So far in the saga we have been using RuneQuest’s systems narratively, to guide our story. The game’s combat, however is so
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Chaosium at Conventions in the Fall
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 22nd Sep 2018
Chaosium will be at a tons of events this Autumn. You will be able to find a Chaosium booth at the HP Lovecraft Film Festival and CthulhuCon (Portland, OR), PAX Australia (Melbourne), Essen Spiel (Essen, Germany) and PAX Unplugged (Philidelphia, PA).We love it when our GMs (and fans!) come by our bo
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Walk the path of madness in Call of Cthulhu’s latest gameplay trailer
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 21st Sep 2018
Call of Cthulhu, the official videogame adaptation of Chaosium’s tabletop RPG, will release October 30 on PlayStation 4, XBOX One and PC. Today, we invite players to tread further down the path of madness in this new Gameplay Trailer, as the Darkwater investigation begins to spiral out of contr
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