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The Basic Roleplaying Design Challenge!
Posted by Brian Holland on 5th Mar 2024
Chaosium is excited to announce the Basic Roleplaying Design Challenge!The goal of the BRP Design Challenge is to financially assist new and upcoming creators in bringing their games to independent publication (be that digital or print). Chaosium seeks to empower designers from all walks of life, wi
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Out of the Suitcase #48: 'Good old Burly Bob' - a basic history of Basic Role-Playing
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 26th Jan 2024
-- "Good old Burly Bob" - art by William Church --Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things Chaosium.A few weeks ago during a podcast I answered a number of questions about the fabled “lost” manuscript for Chaosium’s Dark Worlds project (the ill-star
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Chaosium Interviews: Creative Borrowing, with Jason Durall
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 18th Oct 2023
Jason Durall, creative director for all things BRP, talks about the long legacy of inspired and borrowed content, rules, and settings, in TTRPGS. Part of our Chaosium Interviews series with James Coquillat.
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Basic Roleplaying: Universal Game Engine is out now in hardback
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 6th Oct 2023
264 pages, full color hardcover – $49.99*Also available in special leatherette version (a Chaosium.com exclusive) – $90.00**price includes PDF when purchased direct from Chaosium.com and Friendly Local Game Stores that are part of the Bits & Mortar initiative.Create. Explore. Play. Ba
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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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Chaosium Interviews: What's inside BRP?
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 20th Aug 2023
Chaosium's Jeff Richard talk with James Coquillat about what you'll find in Basic Roleplaying Universal Game Engine book, our system of core rules for tabletop roleplaying. Part of our Chaosium Interviews series.Whether you’re a seasoned roleplaying veteran or new to th
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The new Basic Roleplaying is a Platinum best seller at DriveThruRPG
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 22nd Jun 2023
Basic Roleplaying: Universal Game Engine is a Platinum best seller at DriveThruRPG!This is our new edition of Basic Roleplaying aka BRP—the same core system that powers Call of Cthulhu, RuneQuest, Pendragon, Rivers of London, and countless others. With BRP you can build the game you want —
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Releasing October - Basic Roleplaying in hardback
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 12th Jun 2023
Basic Roleplaying: Universal Game Engine-- Out in hardback in October 2023 --CHA2036-H$49.99*^264 pagesHardcover, full colorISBN: 978-1-56882-470-3Authors: Jason Durall and Steve PerrinCover Art: Loïc MuzyInterior Artists: Loïc Muzy, Grzegorz Bobrowski, Giorgio Baroni, Manuel Castanon, Cha
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