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Women in Tabletop Gaming Month #3: Chaosium interviews Marion Anderson
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 5th Jun 2018
Lynne Hardy interviews Call of Cthulhu writer Marion Anderson for Women in Tabletop Gaming MonthSerious ones first:1. What is your
background? My day job for the past 30 years or so has been involved in one aspect or
another of tertiary education. When I first started freelance game writing I
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Call of Cthulhu releases win 2018 UK Games Expo Awards
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 3rd Jun 2018
Call of Cthulhu releases Down Darker Trails and The Two-Headed Serpent are both recipients of 2018 Uk Games Expo Awards.From over 200 nominations, the judging panel named The Two-Headed Serpent as Best Roleplaying Adventure and Down Darker Trails as Best Roleplaying Expansio
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Unnatural Selections: Recent Chaosium Reviews of Note #7
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 27th May 2018
Chaosium licensees produce releases that supplement and support our own.There is a huge and unslaked demand for quality Call of Cthulhu RPG and related material, and we are fortunate to be able to collaborate with so many talented and diligent creators to help meet that demand.Here are some rec
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Call of Cthulhu, Live RPG Plus-style!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 18th May 2018
An all-star party live-audience adventure and extravaganza of Call of Cthulhu at UK Games Expo!Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu line editor Mike Mason is one of the special guests in Syrinscape's very special game of Call of Cthulhu, Live RPG Plus-style!Other players include Pathfinder’s Ja
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Unnatural Selections: Recent Chaosium Reviews of Note #6 - "the Pepsi of RPG franchises"
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 17th May 2018
Call of Cthulhu - the definitive horror RPG"Call of Cthulhu is now the Pepsi of RPG franchises, alongside D&D’s Coke, and the game’s success is part of the revival of Lovecraft and Lovecraftian fiction."—Paul StJohn Mackintosh, The Legacy of Lovecraft in greydogtales."The stars are right for the
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Three nominations for Call of Cthulhu in 2018 UK Games Expo Awards!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 16th May 2018
The shortlist has just been released for the UK Games Expo Awards, and we're pleased to see three recent Call of Cthulhu releases are in contention:NOMINATION FOR BEST ROLEPLAYING ADVENTURE
The Two-Headed SerpentReign of TerrorNOMINATION FOR BEST ROLEPLAYING EXPANSION
Down Darker Trail
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Miskatonic Monday: four new titles - an adventure, an update, a sequel, and an all new genre for Call of Cthulhu
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 14th May 2018
Four new titles on the Miskatonic Repository: an adventure, an update, a sequel, and an all new genre for Call of Cthulhu:Anime Punk - A New Genre for Call of Cthulhu by Carl Matthews ($10.00, 32 page PDF)"Whether you like your anime with demons and supernatural elements or just straight up mod
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Chaosium releases nominated for three 2018 Origins Awards
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 13th May 2018
We are delighted three Chaosium products are nominees in the 2018 Origins Awards!The Grand Grimoire (nominated for Best RPG Supplement)The Two-Headed Serpent (nominated for Best RPG Supplement)Call of Cthulhu The Coloring Book (nominated for Best Game Accessory)The Origins Awards are presented
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