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Here's the Teaser Trailer for Six Ages - the "spiritual successor" to King of Dragon Pass
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 22nd Feb 2018
The "spiritual successor" to King of Dragon Pass, Six Ages is a game of resource management and storytelling, set in the magical world of Glorantha (RuneQuest, 13th Age Glorantha, HeroQuest). This trailer from our friends at A Sharp shows some of what you can expect!Six Ages is currently i
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Masks of Nyarlathotep - The darkness is near
Posted by Lillian Cohen-Moore on 22nd Feb 2018
With the imminent release of Fantasy Flight Games' Masks of Nyarlathotep Expansion for Eldritch Horror, Chaosium's Mike Mason and Nick Nacario update us on progress of the new edition of Masks for Call of Cthulhu...Mike: “Work on the new edition of Masks
of Nyarlathotep is in full sw
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Vale Victor Milán (1954-2018)
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 16th Feb 2018
We were saddened to learn that SF author and RPG gamer Victor Milán died in Albuquerque on February 13th. A prolific writer, Milán wrote for the Forgotten Realms, Star Trek, and Wild Cards Universes, among others, and in 1994 received the Prometheus Award for his novel Cybernetic Samurai.&
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13th Age Glorantha Update: Exciting news—13G and the Glorantha Sourcebook are out to backers!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 14th Feb 2018
Exciting news - the 13th Age Glorantha Rulebook and the Glorantha Sourcebook have been released to Kickstarter backers! In the latest Kickstarter update, backers have been advised that their PDFs are ready to be downloaded from Backerkit. We're excited to reach this important mil
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Unnatural Selections: Recent Chaosium Reviews of Note #1
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 11th Feb 2018
'Unnatural Selections' is what will become a regular round up of notable Chaosium reviews worth a look...A self-confessed cattle rustler (or at least unwitting accomplice to cow stealing) reviews our Reiner Knizia family game Khan of Khans; meanwhile, Dreams & Nightmares explains how y
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The "Grand Shaman of Gaming" Turns 70 - Happy Birthday Greg Stafford!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 9th Feb 2018
The Chaosium team sends best wishes and felicitations for a happy 70th birthday to our company founder, chair of the board, and "grand shaman of gaming" - the Mythmaker himself, Greg Stafford. Happy Birthday Greg! Best wishes from Dustin, Nick, Mike, Rick, Jeff, Neil, M
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Designing the New RuneQuest - Part 21
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 9th Feb 2018
A further update on progress from Jason Durall, RuneQuest Line EditorGood news - layout for the RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha core book is underway! The Gamemaster Pack will follow, then the Gloranthan Bestiary: we're getting the last of the art and maps for these. I mentioned in the
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13th Age in Glorantha Update: 13G & Glorantha Sourcebook PDFs to be released to backers next week!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 9th Feb 2018
Rob Heinsoo has just informed 13th Age Glorantha Kickstarter backers that we plan to start distributing the 13th Age Glorantha and the Glorantha Sourcebook PDFs next week!Right now, we're in the we're in the approvals phase now rather than the production phase, and we're all thrilled!
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