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QuestWorlds: watch it played!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 28th Mar 2025
Who better to introduce QuestWorlds to a new group of players than the new book's author himself, Ian Cooper! Watch as Ian takes an all-star cast of experienced TTRPG players - Liv Kennedy, Josephine McAdam, Rachel Williams, and Dom Allen - through their first game.
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From the Q&A: Why was HeroQuest renamed QuestWorlds?
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 13th Mar 2025
From our Frequently Asked Questions:
Q: Why was HeroQuest renamed QuestWorlds?
A: In the 1970s, Chaosium founder Greg Stafford first used the term "heroquest" to describe a transformative journey in which a quester enters the realm of the gods to reenact a myth, returning with gifts or sp
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Watch our QuestWorlds AMA
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 9th Mar 2025
Burning questions answered about QuestWorlds! Here's the recent Q&A session featuring QuestWorlds line editor and lead developer Ian Cooper, QuestWorlds assistant developer and editor Susan O'Brien, and host, Chaosium community manager Bridgett Jeffr
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Unnatural Selections #97: 'A Masterclass in Narrative RPG Design' – here's what fans and reviewers are saying about QuestWorlds
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 6th Mar 2025
The 'Unnatural Selections' series is our regular round up of notable Chaosium reviews worth a look.
"A Masterclass in Narrative RPG Design", "succeeds magnificently", "inspiring", "a true pleasure to read" – we're delighted by the emphatic response the long-awaited QuestWorlds rolep
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Rules-lite roleplaying: QuestWorlds is now available in print format at DriveThruRPG!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 23rd Feb 2025
QuestWorlds offers a complete, rules-light system focussed on resolving in-play conflicts quickly and easily. It centers around a simple core mechanic and optional rules that allow you to customize your game to suit any setting or genre.
Now available in print format (softcover) at DriveThruRPG!
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QuestWorlds Q&A rescheduled to February 27th
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 17th Feb 2025
Please note, due to a family bereavement, our forthcoming QuestWorlds Q&A has been rescheduled to February 27th.
February 27 4PM ET | 9PM GMT | February 28 8AM AET
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Ask all your burning questions about the newly-released QuestWorlds! Our Q&A sessio
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Spec-Ops Magica Crisis, the first 'indy' Genre Pack for Questworlds is out at Itch.io
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 15th Feb 2025
SPEC-OPS MAGICA CRISIS is the first ‘indy’ Genre Pack for the newly-released QuestWorlds roleplaying game. Set in modern Japan you play a student at an elite magic school. Able to wield the magical power of the elements, you are drawn into an anime-inspired world of action and
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QuestWorlds, a setting-agnostic roleplaying system - out now!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 13th Feb 2025
A Setting-Agnostic Roleplaying System
QuestWorlds is a rules engine designed for play in cinematic, larger-than-life settingsinspired by classic pulps, comic books, and weird fiction.
What's Inside
QuestWorlds is a self-contained roleplaying system. No other books are require
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