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Fab feedback from players at recent cons: grateful thanks to our volunteer GMs!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 14th Aug 2020
Over the past month, with the help of volunteer gamemasters we've run more than 300 gaming sessions at conventions, both online (Gen Con Online, Nexus Con Online) and even face-to-face (Armageddon Tauranga and Armageddon Wellington, both in Covid-19 free New Zealand).We couldn't have don
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Gen Con Online update: what we're planning
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 15th Jun 2020
With the cancellation of Gen Con in Indianapolis this summer, Gen Con Online is a new virtual convention experience to take its place. On July 30 – August 2, 2020 there will be four days of streaming shows, remote gaming, exhibitors, and more — and Chaosium is taking part!Here's
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Announcing John Wick as International Guest of Honour for Chaosium Con Down Under, Sydney May 2-3
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 1st Feb 2020
Award-winning game designer John Wick is International Guest of Honour for Chaosium Con Down Under, taking place in Sydney Australia on May 2-3, 2020.With extensive game industry credentials (Legend of the Five Rings RPG, 7th Sea, Orkworld, etc), John joined Chaosium in 2019 as Creati
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Call for GMs for Chaosium Con Down Under (Sydney, May 2-3, 2020)
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 31st Jan 2020
For Chaosium Con Down Under in May, we're planning a boutique yet captivating convention program that's going to be in parts mythic, epic, heroic and horrific, with Chaosium's favourite games on offer including Call of Cthulhu, RuneQuest, Pendragon, 7th Sea, HeroQuest, and more.And so we need
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In the next two weekends, Chaosium is coming to two Australian conventions (Melbourne, Canberra)
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 18th Jan 2020
Chaosium will be at Arcanacon this coming weekend, one of Australia's most long-running RPG conventions. And on the Australia Day Weekend (Jan 25-27) Chaosium will be in the national capital for Can Con, another long-standing event in Australian convention schedule. We're running a suite o
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Unnatural Selections #32 - some reviews at year's end
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 9th Jan 2020
Some reviews we like at the end of 2019...Pookie from Review's from R'lyeh lists three Chaosium titles in his Post-Christmas Dozen 2019:
The RuneQuest Gamemaster Screen Pack: "sets a standard by which other Game Master screens and their supporting content should be measured."King Arthur P
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Unnatural Selections #29: Pookie reviews all five of the #weareallus scenarios honoring Greg Stafford
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 14th Oct 2019
Pookie of Reviews from R'lyeh has reviewed all five of our free #weareallus scenario releases honoring Greg Stafford:
Helena Nash's The Rattling Wind (RuneQuest): "A rollicking good scenario... makes for a decent one-shot, but it really works as an interlude scenario, one that is easily insert
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WeAreAllUs: download Greg Stafford's 'The Quest of the Red Blade'
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 10th Oct 2019
We're commemorating the first anniversary of the passing of Chaosium founder Greg Stafford with the release of new free adventures for all our major game systems. To honor Greg's legacy we're encouraging Chaosium fans and gamers in general to play a tabletop game from October 10
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