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Chaosium Interviews: new projects revealed with Jeff Richard
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 10th Apr 2021
Chaosium's Jeff Richard reveals to James Coquillat a sampling of the many projects the Chaosium team is currently working on. Part of our 'Chaosium Interviews' series on YouTube:
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How Call of Cthulhu "changed the face of Roleplaying Games" – Bell of Lost Souls
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 10th Apr 2021
In the 40th anniversary year of the game, Tabletop news site BELL OF LOST SOULS describes how the release of Call of Cthulhu in 1981 changed the face of Roleplaying: "Modern gaming wouldn’t look remotely like what it does today without [Sandy] Petersen and Call of Cthulhu. I
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Out of the Suitcase #12: The Chaosium – releases from 1975 and 1976
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 2nd Mar 2021
Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things ChaosiumNote: initially, I thought of doing a series of posts showing the products released by the company each year. But 1975 and 1976 were both low volume years for The Chaosium, so I've combined them her
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In Development: 7th Sea – City of Five Sails. A Tabletop Game by Pine Box Entertainment
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 1st Mar 2021
An Evolving Tabletop Game set in Theah’s Most Interesting CityOur friends at Pine Box Entertainment, publishers of the Doomtown Deadlands collectable card game, have announced the 7th Sea: City of Five Sails game is in development.7th Sea: Five Sails is a hybrid card/board game o
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Out of the Suitcase #9: More about the MiG
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 18th Feb 2021
Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things ChaosiumAs I mentioned in an earlier 'Out of the Suitcase' post, I've recently been in the process of updating a book that went out of print over 20 years ago. Back in 1999 the Reaching Moon Megacorp pub
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Out of the Suitcase #8: the 20th Anniversary Edition Call of Cthulhu Rulebook
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 14th Feb 2021
Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things ChaosiumThe Call of Cthulhu RPG turned 20 in 2001. In August that year Chaosium produced a special edition "leatherette" binding of the 5th edition rulebook (5.6 if you want to be precise). The
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Out of the Suitcase #7: for completists, collectors, catalogers, and the curious...
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 5th Feb 2021
Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things ChaosiumThese shelves are just a part of Rick's Chaosium ArchivesFor completists, collectors, catalogers, and the curious, there are various online resources that seek to catalogue Chaosium's Call of Cth
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Out of the Suitcase #6: Maps and Legends
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 30th Jan 2021
Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things ChaosiumI was sorting through some things when I came across these original maps from 1979. Drawn by William Church, they debuted in the 2nd edition RuneQuest Rulebook. For years they were tacked up on Greg's
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