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Italian versions of Pendragon, RuneQuest and Call of Cthulhu Starter Sets, and Call of Cthulhu 40th Anniversary Box announced
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 14th Mar 2025
Our friends Raven Distirbution have announced licensed Italian versions of the Call of Cthulhu Starter Set, Pendragon Starter Set, and RuneQuest Starter Set, and the Call of Cthulhu Classic 40th Anniversary Boxed Set.
Raven will reveal these exciting boxed sets at the PLAY: Festiv
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From the Q&A: Why was HeroQuest renamed QuestWorlds?
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 13th Mar 2025
From our Frequently Asked Questions:
Q: Why was HeroQuest renamed QuestWorlds?
A: In the 1970s, Chaosium founder Greg Stafford first used the term "heroquest" to describe a transformative journey in which a quester enters the realm of the gods to reenact a myth, returning with gifts or sp
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Call of Cthulhu returns to the Ballarat Heritage Festival with A Midsummer's Night Darkness (May 22nd 2025)
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 12th Mar 2025
Call of Cthulhu returns to the Ballarat Heritage Festival in May, with an all new actual play production A Midsummer Night's Darkness.
A Midsummer Night’s Darkness is a gripping scenario that intertwines an often-overlooked yet crucial part of history—the suffragette movement—with
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Call of Cthulhu's No Time to Scream receives Origins Award nomination for Best RPG Supplement
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 11th Mar 2025
Our Call of Cthulhu scenario collection No Time to Scream has been nominated for Best RPG Supplement in the 2025 Origins Awards!
Congratulations go to authors C.L. Werner, Bridgett Jeffries, and Brian Holland, editors Mike Mason and James Coquillat, and everyone else involved in the project. T
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Here's a BIG reason why you should get the RuneQuest Encore Humble Bundle — even if you don't play RuneQuest
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 10th Mar 2025
ALL BACKERS – even at the $1 tier – receive a discount coupon for 15% off at Chaosium.com.
Your coupon is valid site-wide at our web store: use it to buy Call of Cthulhu, Pendragon, QuestWorlds, whatever you want!And remember, when you buy direct from Chaosium.com, the PDF is included i
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Watch our QuestWorlds AMA
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 9th Mar 2025
Burning questions answered about QuestWorlds! Here's the recent Q&A session featuring QuestWorlds line editor and lead developer Ian Cooper, QuestWorlds assistant developer and editor Susan O'Brien, and host, Chaosium community manager Bridgett Jeffr
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Battle the Cthulhu mythos using feminism and suffrajitsu: Call of Cthulhu International Women's Day Bundle
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 8th Mar 2025
Miskatonic Repository creators have put together this special bundle to celebrate International Women's Day! Battle the Cthulhu mythos using feminism and suffajitsu!
https://www.drivethrurpg.com/en/product/513699/happy-international-womens-day-bundle
nb if you already own a title in a bundle, you d
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Chaosium's Mike Mason a guest of honour at Napoli Comicon, (Naples, Italy - May 1-4)
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 7th Mar 2025
Call of Cthulhu creative director Mike Mason is a guest of honour at COMICON Napoli – International Pop Culture Festival, held from the 1st to the 4th of May in Naples, Italy.
Celebrating its 25th anniversary Napoli Comicon is one of Europe's biggest popular culture conventions, with ove
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