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Remembering Stuart Gordon (1947 - 2020)
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 25th Mar 2020
By Mike Mason, creative director Call of CthulhuI discovered this morning that filmmaker, theater director, and writer, Stuart Gordon had died, aged 72. Gordon shall forever be known among horror circles as the guy who made a series of films based on H. P. Lovecraft stories, including Re-animat
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Take part in our Call of Cthulhu Coloring Contest - just remember to stay within the (non-Euclidean) lines...
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 17th Mar 2020
Stuck at home? No need to go mad with boredom, go mad with our Call of Cthulhu Coloring Contest!We've just made Call of Cthulhu the Coloring Book a FREE download. Use Photoshop or a paint program on your computer, or print off your picture of choice and color it in with pencils, pens, Star Vamp
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Staying In? Color in at home with Chaosium - we've made Call of Cthulhu The Coloring Book a free download
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 16th Mar 2020
Dear members of the Chaosium tribe,Many of you - like us - may be staying put at home over the coming weeks. We're all in this together, and to help keep spirits up and minds occupied, the Chaosium team is working on some fun and engaging diversions we can enjoy while staying in, working-from-home,
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Call of Cthulhu downloads continue to surge at The Dhole's House (free online toolkit for both Keepers and players of Call of Cthulhu)
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 25th Feb 2020
70,000 Call of Cthulhu pre-gen characters downloaded free from The Dhole's House last year (190 per day)The Dhole's House is a free online toolkit for both Keepers and players of Call of Cthulhu. With it, you can create Call of Cthulhu investigators in minutes, or search the Character Library for ch
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Miskatonic Monday: more scenarios for Cthulhu Dark Ages, plus new releases
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 24th Feb 2020
We've just released Cthulhu Dark Ages Third Edition, set in the medieval world of Anglo-Saxon England. The book comes with three new Dark Ages scenarios – The Hunt, The Doom That Came to Wessex, and Eseweald – and when you've played those, where next if you want to keep your Call of Cthulhu inv
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Love + Craft: a sweet Valentine's Day tip from Call of Cthulhu maestro Mark Morrison
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 14th Feb 2020
Love + Craft: a sweet Valentine's Day tip from Call of Cthulhu maestro Mark Morrison, recently described as "the best Keeper this side of Carcosa".Follow him @mark_gor on Twitter for more great tabletop tips about running greatest horror RPG of all time!PS Mark is one of the Guests of Hono
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Unnatural Selections #33 - our student collaboration 'Refractions of Glasston' earns critical praise
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 13th Feb 2020
In a creative collaboration between Chaosium and the Professional Writing department at Taylor University (Upland IN), Prof T.R. Knight took a group of students through the process of developing and publishing a RPG scenario, with mentoring by Chaosium's Mike Mason and Lynne Hardy. You can read
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The Dead of Winter is upon us: one-on-one prologue sessions now up on YouTube
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 10th Feb 2020
The Dead of Winter is upon us! Miss the livestream on Chaosium Twitch? Don't worry. You can catch the four one-on-one prologue sessions on the Chaosium Youtube channel. Keeper Mike Mason @mikemason leads each player through a strange and defining event for their character.Jayson
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