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Chaosium Interviews: When to Write Niche, with David Larkins
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 17th Sep 2023
How narrow is too narrow for the focus of a story? Pendragon line editor David Larkins talks about writing for a fixed niche, be it the Knights of King Arthur or the eldritch horrors lurking in 1920s Berlin.
David is talking to James Coquillat as part of our Chaosium Inter
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Chaosium's Rick Meints, Jeff Richard and Mike Mason are special guests at GameHoleCon, Oct 19-22
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 16th Sep 2023
Gamehole Con takes place in Madison WI on October 19-22, and Chaosium's Rick Meints, Jeff Richard and Mike Mason are all special guests. You can catch Rick, Jeff and Mike running games, participating in panels, and at our booth in the dealer hall. Rick is also honoured to be one of the auc
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Chaosium at the Powerhouse Museum, Sydney Australia (Sept 28)
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 15th Sep 2023
Chaosium's Michael O'Brien and Andrew Bean will be at Powerhouse Late: Gaming, an Australian games industry networking and showcase event staged by the Powerhouse Museum in Sydney, New South Wales on September 28th. Powerhouse Late: Gaming celebrates the breadth of Australia
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Mike Mason and Paul Fricker are guests at the Innsmouth Literary Festival, Bedford UK - Sept 30
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 14th Sep 2023
Call of Cthulhu 7th edition co-authors Mike Mason and Paul Fricker are guests at the Innsmouth Literary Festival, taking place at the King's House Conference Centre in Bedford, UK on September 30th. This one day event celebrates the centenary of Weird Tales magazine and weird and spec
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Chaosium coming to two conventions in Sydney, Australia - OzComicCon (Sept 23-24) and SXSW (Oct 21-22)
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 13th Sep 2023
Hope to see you at these two coming conventions in Sydney, Australia! We'll be running demo games at both events, and at SXSW we'll be taking part in actual play and panels – plus Chaosium releases will be available from our friends at Aetherworks. OzComicCon SydneySeptember 23-24, Sydney Showg
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Chaosium Interviews: Unkillable Monsters, with Mike Mason
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 12th Sep 2023
What is the most powerful Call of Cthulhu creature you’ve defeated? In this Chaosium Interview, Call of Cthulhu creative director Mike Mason talks about how including unkillable enemies in your games can change their dynamic. Mike is talking to James Coquillat.Catch all the interviews in t
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Miskatonic Monday #81 - Player Signups are now open for Miskatonic Repository Con (Oct 13-15)
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 11th Sep 2023
The Miskatonic Repository Convention is an annual three-day virtual convention celebrating the Miskatonic Repository, Chaosium’s online collection of user-made content for the Call of Cthulhu TTRPG at DriveThruRPG. All content is Call of Cthulhu 7e, and is either currently published, or being p
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'Designing Role-playing Games': Call of Cthulhu creative director Mike Mason to talk at the National Library of Scotland, Nov 7th
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 10th Sep 2023
Designing Role-playing GamesWriter and game designer Mike Mason discusses the process of writing for role-playing games.National Library of Scotland, George IV Bridge Edinburgh EH1 1EW, United Kingdom7 November, 5:30PM-7:00PMIn addition to talking about conceiving, writing, and revising ro
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