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Miskatonic Monday #84: the unspeakable and blasphemous Zgrozy collection
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 9th Oct 2023
Zgrozy started in Poland and quickly became very popular both there and in the English-speaking Call of Cthulhu community, having released over 30 supplements—scenarios, bestiaries, and more—on the Miskatonic Repository, Chaosium's platform for independent Call of Cthulhu creators at Drive
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Return to the haunted city – Call of Cthulhu: Arkham is coming worldwide in hardcover and PDF in 2024
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 7th Oct 2023
Return to the haunted city. Call of Cthulhu: Arkham is coming worldwide in hardcover and PDF in 2024. We will be sharing much more in the coming months.As first revealed by Keeper Kris Straub to the massive PAX AUS Main Theatre audience for Acquisitions Inc Play Call of Cthulhu!
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Miskatonic Monday #82: William Bailey's Haunted Mansion features a real life book made of human skin
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 2nd Oct 2023
Newly-released on the Miskatonic Repository, our platform for independent Call of Cthulhu creators at DriveThruRPG, William Bailey's Haunted Mansion is a masterclass of showing how you can deftly concoct a (fictional) Cthulhu Mythos tale out of real historical happenings, bringing in known
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Chaosium Interviews: Make Mysteries from Scratch, with Lynne Hardy
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 29th Sep 2023
What kind of mystery is the hardest to solve? Rivers of London line editor and Call of Cthulhu associate editor Lynne Hardy shares some useful advice about how to make your own mysteries from scratch, and how to alter them on the fly if your players do something unexpected.Lynne is talking with
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Coming up at PAX AUS: Chaosium Presents: Call of Cthulhu Live! (Oct 7)
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 28th Sep 2023
It's the official Call of Cthulhu Stream of Chaos live from PAXAUS! Join us for a 2-hour one shot actual play of the Call of Cthulhu TTRPG, full of unknowable horror, and maybe a laugh or two!Live at the Twitch Quokka Theatre at the Melbourne Conference and Exhibition Centre, and streamed on PA
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Call of Cthulhu 7th edition co-author Paul Fricker formally joins the Chaosium team
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 26th Sep 2023
Call of Cthulhu 7th edition co-author Paul Fricker has formally joined the Chaosium team as an associate editor.Paul is best known
for the latest edition of Chaosium’s acclaimed RPG, Call of Cthulhu, in partnership with Mike Mason, and more recently for the ENNIE-award winning R
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Chaosium Unveiled: Nameless Horrors 2nd Edition
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 25th Sep 2023
Six scenarios against the Unknown! Chaosium Unveiled looks at Nameless Horrors 2nd Edition. Originally published in softcover nearly 10 years ago, this updated hardback edition of Nameless Horrors contains brand new art, player handouts, and maps for each of its six scenarios.Available now
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Chaosium Interviews: When to Write Niche, with David Larkins
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 17th Sep 2023
How narrow is too narrow for the focus of a story? Pendragon line editor David Larkins talks about writing for a fixed niche, be it the Knights of King Arthur or the eldritch horrors lurking in 1920s Berlin.
David is talking to James Coquillat as part of our Chaosium Inter
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