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Prince of Sartar is Jeff Richard and Kalin Kadiev's epic tale of gods, empires, war, ambition, magic, and mysticism, set in Greg Stafford's World of Glorantha. Since 2013, Chaosium partner Moon Design Publications has been producing weekly installments of this wonderful webcomic.  … read more

BRP Central (basicroleplaying.org) is the new official online forum for Chaosium, company president Rick Meints announced today."Since day one the new Chaosium team has stated that one of our core commitments is to communicate better with our tribe: our Kickstarter backers, our creatives, our player … read more

An essential spotter’s guide for the budding and experienced preternaturalist.• Accurate and complete• 53 Lovecraftian creatures categorized and detailed• Full color illustrations• Size comparison charts• Habitat, distribution, and life cycle notes• How to distinguish similar-seeming entities• Obser … read more

As first announced at The Kraken, Chaosium is pleased to announce that ENnie Award-winning author Pedro Ziviani is writing an updated and revised edition of his Mythic Iceland book for BRP. This will be the first release using the new BRP Essentials, the forthcoming 32 page booklet&nb … read more

Chaosium to produce two board games by Reiner Knizia in 2016The iconic American game company Chaosium will produce two board games by world renowned game designer Reiner Knizia during 2016, it was announced at Spiel '15 in Essen today. Jeff Richard, Creative Director at Chaosium, revealed that one … read more

This weekend Chaosium's Sandy Petersen, Jeff Richard, Michael O'Brien ("MOB") and Neil Robinson will be heading to The Kraken, "the baroque gathering of international gamers" taking place at Schloss Neuhausen, a Prussian Château. Other special guests include the Rune Czar himself Ken Rolst … read more

What is Basic Roleplaying?The first Basic Role-Playing (BRP) book was created to introduce brand new players to the world of Fantasy Roleplaying. Lynn Willis and Greg Stafford's iconic 16 page booklet was included in most early Chaosium boxed games to help a GM with first time players in their gamin … read more

Thursday, August 27 2015 – For immediate releaseAs part of its new restructuring, the iconic game and fiction publishing company Chaosium has appointed award-winning editor James Lowder as its Consulting Editor for Fiction.Lowder, the recipient of five Origins Awards and an ENnie Award, has also bee … read more