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Miskatonic Repository and Jonstown Compendium Creators: take part in the exciting new Game Design Jam at DriveThruRPG
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 31st Aug 2024
Calling on independent Call of Cthulhu and RuneQuest creators – the Miskatonic Repository and Jonstown Compendium are both part of an exciting new initiative at DriveThruRPG called The Next Adventure. This is a Design Jam where, in the month of September, you're invited to design
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Journey to Jonstown #74: 'A true labor of love' - Life and Traditions under the Sun Dome
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 15th Aug 2024
Community Ambassador Nick Brooke writes:In 1992, my friend Michael O’Brien’s first book was published by Avalon Hill [for RuneQuest 3rd Edition]. Called Sun County, this acclaimed campaign setting and scenario pack for the RuneQuest TTRPG was set in a patriarchal theocratic
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Journey to Jonstown #73: a massive array of exciting new Jonstown Compendium releases, kicking off with the legendary Lunar Coders from Strangers in Prax and spreading out all over Glorantha!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 10th Aug 2024
Here's a truly massive array of exciting new Jonstown Compendium releases, kicking off with the legendary Lunar Coders from Strangers in Prax and spreading out all over Glorantha!Please do leave a rating and review when you purchase a community content title, the creators really appreciate
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Journey to Jonstown #72: An Unofficial Buyer's Guide to RuneQuest and Glorantha
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 5th Aug 2024
Have you ever been surprised to discover a product you can buy for RuneQuest or Glorantha that you hadn't previously even known existed? Did you know that you can still get brand-new copies of that Gloranthan fanzine that quit publishing 15 years ago? Have you ever bought a RuneQuest book and then b
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Journey to Jonstown #70: A Rough Guide to Boldhome returns at Chaosium Con
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 21st Apr 2024
Following the triumphant return of the 51 player Home of the Bold game at Chaosium Con in Ann Arbor this weekend, A Rough Guide to Boldhome is now available worldwide in print and PDF in the Jonstown Compendium at DriveThruRPG.Designed as the official sourcebook for the Home of the Bo
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Miskatonic Monday #89: Elder Gods Beware - here come the Suffragettes!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 15th Jan 2024
Award-winning Australian novelist Jane Routley is back with her second Miskatonic Repository creation: A Midsummer Night's Darkness, a one-shot set in 1909 with Suffragettes as investigators! And another Australian author of note Rjurik Davidson, "a master of antipodean weird", m
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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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Journey to Jonstown #66: The new edition of the Jonstown Compendium Catalogue is now available!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 2nd Jan 2024
The 2023 edition of the Jonstown Compendium Catalogue is now available at DriveThruRPG! Community ambassador Nick Brooke's comprehensive catalogue details every supplement published in the first four years of Chaosium's community content programme for RuneQuest and Glorantha. If you'r
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