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Chaosium farewells James Lowder
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 31st Mar 2023
James Lowder has decided to end his tenure as Chaosium’s executive editor, effective March 31, 2023. James is moving back to full-time freelancing as a writer, editor, and publishing consultant for books, tabletop games, comics, and transmedia projects. James’s contributions to Chaosium as
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"What *other* game should be on the ideal RPG shelf?" – Monte Cook's Call of Cthulhu essay from Hobby Games: The 100 Best
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 28th Jan 2023
"Since the early days of the hobby, if you were to ask virtually any roleplayer what *other* game should be on the ideal RPG shelf... it's likely the answer would be Call of Cthulhu."
So says GAMA Hall of Fame designer Monte Cook in his chapter for Hobby Games: The 100 Best (2007, edited
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Chaosium Con VIP sessions
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 21st Jan 2022
By Bridgett JeffriesVIP Events at Chaosium Con, you say? We DO say! Let’s check out the rollout!This is an exceptional opportunity for you to play at the table with some of Chaosium’s most wildly creative and brilliant creators in sessions for Call of Cthulhu, RuneQuest, Pendragon, Questworlds,
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Chaosium fiction program returns with Sisterhood
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 27th May 2021
Chaosium fiction line editor James Lowder is very pleased to announce the first release in the newly relaunched Chaosium fiction program, the historical horror anthology Sisterhood: Dark Tales and Secret Histories. The book is now available in ebook and PDF, with print on the way."The book had
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Worldbuilders Party at Gen Con: Geeks Doing Good
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 14th Jul 2018
Worldbuilders works to unite the geek community into a massive force to fund education, opportunity, and sustainable self-sufficiency for families and communities worldwide. At Gen Con, Worldbuilders hosts their Worldbuilders Party, an charity event of games, food, drinks, and minglin
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Miskatonic University Kickstarter: an MU short story by Molly Tanzer, just for backers
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 24th Apr 2018
Chaosium was born out of fiction—company founder Greg Stafford discovered his mythic world of Glorantha through his writings. Only a few years later, Sandy Petersen turned H.P. Lovecraft’s most famous story of the Cthulhu Mythos into our most award winning RPG game, Call of Cthulhu. Since 1992, Chao
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This weekend Chaosium's James Lowder is a guest of honor at Concinnity, Milwaukee WI
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 16th Apr 2018
Chaosium's James Lowder, Executive Editor for Fiction, is a guest this Saturday, April 21 at Concinnity 18, a gaming and science fiction convention at the Milwaukee School of Engineering. He's participating in a panel at noon on writing for Dungeons & Dragons and Call of Cthulhu, then running h
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Chaosium appoints James Lowder as new Executive Editor of Fiction
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 4th May 2017
Publishing company Chaosium, known for such beloved games as Call of Cthulhu and RuneQuest, and fiction, such as the anthology Cassilda’s Song, is pleased to announce the appointment of award-winning editor and author James Lowder as executive editor of fiction. Chaosium President Rick Meints c
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