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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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Chaosium Interviews: Critiquing RPGs
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 9th Sep 2023
What are the differences between critical analysis of movies versus TTRPGs? Creative director Jeff Richard talks to James Coquillat about media criticism and how movies or music criticism varies from TTRPGs!.Part of our Chaosium Interviews series on YouTube.
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Journey to Jonstown #62: Ships & Shores of Southern Genertela is a feast for your eyes
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 8th Sep 2023
"The lines have been cast off, the crew have pushed away from the quay with fending poles, and the sweeps are deployed until we catch the breeze...." Martin Helsdon's magnificent and magisterial Ships & Shores of Southern Genertela has just been released on the Jonstown Compendium.Winner o
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The Shadow Over Providence: now enhanced for VTT on Roll20!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 7th Sep 2023
The Shadow Over Providence is a Call of Cthulhu scenario written by Jon Hook of the Miskatonic University Podcast/Modern Mythos Podcast. It was developed and first published by Chaosium to celebrate NecronomiCon 2019, and now it has been expanded for VTT play on Roll20!Enhanced for VTTThis product i
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Chaosium Interviews: Settingless Content, with Jason Durall
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 6th Sep 2023
Is it easier to write for a complex established setting or to invent content for a blank slate? In this Chaosium Interview with Jason Durall, creative director of RuneQuest and all things Basic Roleplaying, he talks to James Coquillat about how to write content for generic settings!BR
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Did you know Rivers of London the Roleplaying Game features exclusive short fiction by Ben Aaronovitch?
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 5th Sep 2023
Did you know Rivers of London: The Roleplaying Game features exclusive Rivers of London short fiction by the creator of the series himself, Ben Aaronovitch?Start exploring Ben Aaronovitch's magical version of London – Rivers of London: The Roleplaying Game is available now in ful
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Journey to Jonstown #61: Old Pavis, the City that Time Forgot
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 4th Sep 2023
The city of Pavis, located on the fabled River of Cradles, is one of the RuneQuest TTRPG's oldest and most iconic settings. Explore it further with community content at the Jonstown Compendium!Old Pavis: The City that Time ForgotIan A. Thomson & Friends, including Peter Johanssen, R.
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