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Free RPG Day's 'The Derelict' - how to get your copy if you missed out
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 20th Jun 2016
Last Saturday's Free RPG Day was a great success, with plenty of Call of Cthulhu mayhem and madness going on in Friendly Local Game Stores all over the world!Chaosium supports Free RPG Day and its noble mission of seeing games get played in stores and supporting bricks and mortar retailers in g
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Chaosium taking part in Free RPG Day - this Saturday!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 17th Jun 2016
Just a reminder that Free RPG Day is coming up this Saturday! (June 18th). This is the special day where Friendly Local Game Stores all over the world have the opportunity to offer their customers free product donated to them by game publishers.Chaosium's contribution is The Derelict, a never-b
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UK Games Expo - Chaosium says Thanks!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 13th Jun 2016
A message from Mike Mason, Call of Cthulhu line editor and co-author of Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition - winner of Best RPG award at UK Games Expo 2016:The UK Games Expo is over, and the Chaosium team would like to extend our thanks to the Expo organisers, our indefatigable&nbs
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CALL OF CTHULHU - the most "in-demand" game at Gen Con 2016
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 12th Jun 2016
According to Gen Con, Call of Cthulhu is the game with the most unmet demand for the 2016 convention, coming up in Early August.So Chaosium has just added 45 new sessions! We'll even have our own dedicated room ("The Miskatonic Lounge") to run these games, which are designed to show old ti
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First Trailer for CALL OF CTHULHU - The Official Video Game
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 11th Jun 2016
"The oldest emotion of mankind is fear, and the oldest kind of fear is fear of the unknown..."Here it is, the first trailer for CALL OF CTHULHU - The Official Video Game, from our partners Focus Home Interactive.Insanity is the only path toward truth! Call of Cthulhu - The Official Video G
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Call of Cthulhu Explained - Part One "Creating an Investigator"
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 1st Jun 2016
Let Paul Fricker, co-author of the new edition, take you through the new rules in this youtube "how to" series from the Good Friends of Jackson Elias podcast. Part One begins with 'Creating an Investigator':
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Call of Cthulhu "The Greatest RPG of all Time" says Geek & Sundry
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 6th May 2016
In a recent article, the influential geekandsundry.com has proclaimed that Call of Cthulhu is "unequivocally the greatest role-playing game ever written". The gauntlet is thrown - or in this case, the tentacle, but yep, we think so too!http://geekandsundry.com/the-best-rpg-of-all-time
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Talking to Mike Mason about A Time to Harvest
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 29th Apr 2016
A Time to Harvest is Chaosium's new organized play campaign, unfolding over six months. It's offered free to all members of The Cult of Chaos, Chaosium's Game Master and Organized Play Program.Written by established Call of Cthulhu authors Brian Sammons, Charles P Zaglanis, Glynn Owen Barrass and Mi
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