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Miskatonic Monday #88: the Miskatonic Playhouse's amazing scenario map!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 8th Jan 2024
We love the Miskatonic Playhouse! They're the wonderful podcast dedicated to playing and showcasing scenarios from the Miskatonic Repository, the ever-growing community content program for independent Call of Cthulhu creators at DriveThruRPG. We talked about them previously
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"Holy moly, this must be the best deal in RPG history! " – Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu Humble Bundle
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 7th Jan 2024
"Seriously, if you have never played Call of Cthulhu (or indeed any other RPG) but were curious - here’s your deal to do it. Buy it, check it out, and try out one of the best and most popular of RPGs of all time. The one without elves or dwarves.
Then you too can Cthulhu!" — so says Chaosium's
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The Call of Cthulhu Humble Bundle Is Live!
Posted by Brian Holland on 6th Jan 2024
We are so excited to announce the Call of Cthulhu Humble Bundle! For a limited time, you can donate to charity and receive up to 25 Call of Cthulhu titles valued at over $400. There are 3 different bundles which scale depending on how much you donate—the more you donate, the more books you’ll receiv
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Download the free handouts pack for The Shadow Over Providence Enhanced Edition
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 5th Jan 2024
Our newly-released Call of Cthulhu scenario The Shadow Over Providence: Enhanced Edition contains player handouts, maps, and non-player character portraits for this 1920s adventure. And six pre-generated investigators which allow you to jump right into the horror!We've put them all these r
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2023 was a huge year for the Miskatonic Repository!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 27th Dec 2023
Congratulations Miskatonic Repository creators for Call of Cthulhu – 2023 was a big year!This year alone, independent Call of Cthulhu creators have added some 247 new products to the Miskatonic Repository, and in early 2024 we are on track to reach a significant milestone: over 150,000 titles s
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Out now - The Shadow Over Providence: Enhanced Edition
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 26th Dec 2023
OUT NOW! The Shadow Over Providence: Enhanced Edition is a 1920s scenario for Call of Cthulhu, set in The Milton Hotel, a fictional version of the real-world Biltmore Hotel in Providence, Rhode Island. Be they historians and scholars, or even those who ply the blackmarket trade in illicit
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Unnatural Selections #78: What critics and readers are saying about Alone Against the Static
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 26th Dec 2023
The 'Unnatural Selections' series is our regular round up of notable Chaosium reviews worth a look. Here's some recent critical commentary for Call of Cthulhu...Here's some early reviews of our latest Call of Cthulhu release, the modern day solo adventure Alone Against the Static:“Alone Against
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Coming in June 2024: The Shadow on the Glass - the first Cthulhu by Gaslight novel from Aconyte Books
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 21st Dec 2023
Earlier this year we announced our partnership with Aconyte Books, the fiction imprint of global games group Asmodee, to create and publish brand new novels for the Call of Cthulhu game settings Regency Cthulhu and Cthulhu by Gaslight.Following the cover reveal of Cath Lauri
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