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Unnatural Selections: Recent Chaosium Reviews of Note #8
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 18th Jun 2018
Some recent reviews of note of Call of Cthulhu releases by Antonios S. of RPG.Net, Pookie at Reviews from R'lyeh, and American entertainment trade journal Variety:ALONE AGAINST THE DARK (CALL OF CTHULHU)"…a high-octane, globe-spanning adventure that promotes its relentlessness from the get go…
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Women in Tabletop Gaming Month #12: Chaosium interviews Susan O'Brien
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 17th Jun 2018
Lynne Hardy interviews Chaosium's board games line editor Susan O'Brien for Women in Tabletop Gaming MonthSerious ones first:1.
What is your background?I always say I’m on about my fourth career—life
can lead you in many interesting ways. I’ve had several different jobs: while at university studyi
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Women in Tabletop Gaming Month #10: Chaosium interviews Kat Birmelin
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 15th Jun 2018
Lynne Hardy interviews artist Kat Birmelin for Women in Tabletop Gaming MonthSerious ones first:1. What
is your background? I hold a BFA in commercial illustration
from the American Academy of Art, Chicago. In 2016, I studied for a semester
online with Rebecca Leveille Guay, and this coming fall
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A German edition of RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 13th Jun 2018
Chaosium and Uhrwerk Verlag have announced the signing of a licensing deal to bring out a German edition of the newly-released RuneQuest Roleplaying in Glorantha RPG.Jeff Richard, Chaosium's creative director said, “I’ve long been impressed with the high quality and artistry of Uhrwerk Ver
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WHAT IS RUNEQUEST?— PART TWO: an RPG with a difference
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 13th Jun 2018
If your roleplaying gaming has mostly been in the D20 sphere, here are some interesting ways you might find RuneQuest is different.1. RuneQuest is part of Chaosium’s D100 Basic Roleplaying system. It is intuitive and easy to play: virtually all rolls determining success or failure of a task are dete
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Chaosium is at Origins 2018 in Columbus OH this weekend
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 12th Jun 2018
Chaosium is at the Origins Game Fair this weekend (June 13-17), in Columbus OH. Team members Rick, Todd and James will be there, along with a full suite of current Chaosium products including the 2018 Free RPG Day release Scritch Scratch. Rick also has advance physical copies of&
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Chaosium has two Top Ten games in Tabletop Gaming Magazine's poll of the 150 Greatest Games of All Time
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 12th Jun 2018
Through a huge reader poll, this month's Tabletop Gaming Magazine features a list of the "150 best board, card, roleplaying and miniatures games ever made". In the count-down of the "Greatest Games Ever Made"—covering every facet of tabletop gaming from Chess and Monopoly to Exploding Kitt
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Women in Tabletop Gaming Month #7: Chaosium interviews Kerie Campbell
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 11th Jun 2018
Lynne Hardy interviews RPG trailblazer Kerie Campbell for Women in Tabletop Gaming MonthSerious ones first:1. What is
your background? I’m pretty boring, actually. Didn’t
finish college, no degrees. I became disabled in the early 1990s and haven’t
worked since then. Quite a bit of the past c
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