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Horror on the Orient Express: The Board Game Design Journal #3 – Analysing Expectations
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 30th Sep 2023
Call of Cthulhu's Horror on the Orient Express has long been revered as one of the most iconic and acclaimed horror campaigns in tabletop roleplaying — so we're very excited that a new board game adaption is coming! In this design journal series, co-designers Adam Kwapiński and Michał Gołą
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Chaosium Interviews: Make Mysteries from Scratch, with Lynne Hardy
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 29th Sep 2023
What kind of mystery is the hardest to solve? Rivers of London line editor and Call of Cthulhu associate editor Lynne Hardy shares some useful advice about how to make your own mysteries from scratch, and how to alter them on the fly if your players do something unexpected.Lynne is talking with
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Coming up at PAX AUS: Chaosium Presents: Call of Cthulhu Live! (Oct 7)
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 28th Sep 2023
It's the official Call of Cthulhu Stream of Chaos live from PAXAUS! Join us for a 2-hour one shot actual play of the Call of Cthulhu TTRPG, full of unknowable horror, and maybe a laugh or two!Live at the Twitch Quokka Theatre at the Melbourne Conference and Exhibition Centre, and streamed on PA
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Chaosium Interviews: Weirdest BRP Settings, with Jeff Richard
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 27th Sep 2023
Physical editions of the Basic Roleplaying Universal Game Engine book* are fast approaching!
Here, Chaosium's Jeff Richard talks about some of the strangest settings that the versatile BRP ruleset has been applied to. Part of our Chaosium Interviews series with James Coquillat.
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Call of Cthulhu 7th edition co-author Paul Fricker formally joins the Chaosium team
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 26th Sep 2023
Call of Cthulhu 7th edition co-author Paul Fricker has formally joined the Chaosium team as an associate editor.Paul is best known
for the latest edition of Chaosium’s acclaimed RPG, Call of Cthulhu, in partnership with Mike Mason, and more recently for the ENNIE-award winning R
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Chaosium Unveiled: Nameless Horrors 2nd Edition
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 25th Sep 2023
Six scenarios against the Unknown! Chaosium Unveiled looks at Nameless Horrors 2nd Edition. Originally published in softcover nearly 10 years ago, this updated hardback edition of Nameless Horrors contains brand new art, player handouts, and maps for each of its six scenarios.Available now
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Out of the Suitcase #44: "Kay-OH-see-um" or "Kay-OS-ee-um"?
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 24th Sep 2023
Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things Chaosium.While chatting after a team meeting this week someone mentioned how different people on the team pronounced our company name in different ways. I mentioned that many years ago Chaosium ran a somewhat
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Chaosium Interviews: Prep games like a Pro, with Jason Durall
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 23rd Sep 2023
What is your best tip to prepare for a gaming session? Chaosium's Jason Durall shares some of his suggestions in the latest interview on our Chaosium YouTube channel. He is talking with James Coquillat.
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