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Miskatonic Monday #69: Free Art Packs for indie Call of Cthulhu creators in the Miskatonic Repository
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 21st Feb 2023
The Miskatonic Repository is our thriving platform at DriveThruRPG for independent creators to publish and distribute their own original Call of Cthulhu content. Want to take part? Check out the easy-to-follow creation guidelines.To help in your creations do you know about our six special Art Packs,
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AI Art and Chaosium Community Content programs (Miskatonic Repository/Jonstown Compendium/Explorer's Society)
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 20th Feb 2023
Following on from our 16 December 2022 Statement about AI Art, in consultation with DriveThruRPG we are enacting this new policy for our Community Content programs, including the Miskatonic Repository, Explorer's Society, and Jonstown Compendium:AI Art: We are concerned abou
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Meet the Chaosium Community Ambassadors
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 19th Feb 2023
-- L-R: Allan, Bridgett, Mark, and Nick --Chaosium's Community Ambassadors support independent creators in our community content programs on DriveThruRPG. These programs enable fans to self-publish material for Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu, RuneQuest, and 7th Sea TTRPGs. Creators can offer their work
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From the Q&A: did Chaosium founder Greg Stafford own the first-ever copy of D&D sold, bought directly from Gary Gygax himself?
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 18th Feb 2023
From our Frequently Asked Questions:Q: Did Greg Stafford own the first-ever copy of D&D sold, bought directly from Gary Gygax himself?A: TL/DR - Yes. As Greg himself told it in the now defunct Stafford Codex (retrieved via Wayback Machine):The First Dungeons & Dragon
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Get Ready for Rivers of London P4 | Magic
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 17th Feb 2023
In this interview, which is the fourth part of a series, Lynne Hardy, line editor for Rivers of London and associate editor for Call of Cthulhu, talks about the magic system in the Rivers of London tabletop roleplaying game. Lynne is talking with Chaosium's James Coquillat.Get the&nbs
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In two eldritch minutes Noura shows off the Call of Cthulhu Starter Set
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 15th Feb 2023
In two eldritch minutes here Noura Ibrahim shows off the Call of Cthulhu Starter Set— and she's got a special discount code at the end!
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Out of the Suitcase #39: Errata: a lesson on how change can be difficult...
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 15th Feb 2023
Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things Chaosium.All RPG publishers struggle with getting the rules for the first editions of their games right. No matter how much you playtest and refine the rules, perfection remains elusive. RPG players love to f
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Chaosium Interviews: How Genres Evolve, with Jason Durall
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 13th Feb 2023
In the latest of Chaosium Interviews series, Jason Durall, creative director of RuneQuest and all things BRP, talks about how the evolution of genres has affected the TTRPG industry. He's talking to James Coquillat.
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