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13th Age in Glorantha Update: two more layout views - Hell Mother and Humakti
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 20th Oct 2017
Rob Heinsoo has reported to Kickstarter backers that the classes chapter has a bunch more laid out classes, including the Hell Mother and Humatki spreads.
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Chaosium will now be at PAX Unplugged!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 19th Oct 2017
Thanks to persistence, patience and perseverance, Chaosium has been able to arrange a full size booth at PAX Unplugged next month. This event is in Philadelphia, PA running November 17th to 19th. As a last minute addition, we are under a time crunch to quickly build a schedule of events and get
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Neil embraces Chaos!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 13th Oct 2017
Chaosium's CFO Neil Robinson has boldly taken the final step beyond the veil. He's made the momentous choice to move from a career in the IT industry to more fully embracing the Chaos at Chaosium.The Chaosium team welcomes our friend and colleague as the company's new Chief Operating Offic
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Jason Thompson creates "Walk Through" map for the iconic Call of Cthulhu scenario The Haunting
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 11th Oct 2017
Jason Thompson is the artist who created those cool Dungeon Walkthrough Maps you might have seen. He's also created wonderful Mythos/Dreamlands-related comics, including HPL's The Strange High House in the Mist and The White Ship (have a look at his webpage mockman.com!) But str
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Masks of Nyarlathotep - Fantasy Flight's newest expansion for Eldritch Horror is based on the classic Call of Cthulhu campaign
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 7th Oct 2017
In Fantasy Flight Game's popular board game Eldritch Horror, players move their investigators around the world in a fight against the unspeakable forces of the Ancient Ones. For the game's next expansion, it was announced today that Chaosium's classic Call of Cthulhu campaign Masks of
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Was Chaosium's founder first to buy a copy of D&D?
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 30th Sep 2017
[From stackexchange.com]Q: Was Chaosium's founder first to buy a copy of D&D?A: TL/DR: YesIs this true (allowing for the difficulties that interviews with Californian Arkati Shaman-Publishers present to seekers of truth)? Did Stafford's friend acquire a copy of D&D directly from Gy
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13th Age in Glorantha Update: Earth Priestess layout
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 26th Sep 2017
Rob Heinsoo has reported to Kickstarter backers that 13G layout is proceeding smoothly. Here's a two-page spread from the earth priestess, the spot where the favors of the earth section transitions over to summoning. Rob says, "I love Caleb Cleveland's illustration of the oldest earth prie
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New Board and Card Games Submissions Guidelines Released
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 22nd Sep 2017
Chaosium’s first-ever release was a board game, Greg Stafford’s epic wargame White Bear Red Moon, back in 1975.As Chaosium began to make its mark publishing roleplaying games, it also produced memorable board and card game titles including Nomad Gods (1978), Lords of the Middle Sea (1978), Raiders a
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