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We're delighted enrolment at Miskatonic University has just passed 3000 backers! And by way of saying thanks, we'd like to offer everyone supporting our Kickstarter a special Field Trip to celebrate the end of the semester.3000 Backer Reward—Field TripWhen the Kickstarter campaign ends we're se … read more

Graduate with honors!—Chaosium's new Lovecraftian board game ends on Kickstarter soon (May 8th). A great new game by a world famous designer at a very reasonable price - just $25 gets you the full game!From the creators of Call of Cthulhu and German board game design legend Reiner Knizia. Check … read more

Another Stretch Goal passed, a new Stretch Goal added in our Miskatonic University: The Restricted Collection Kickstarter! This one is direct from Reiner Knizia's home base and design studio in Germany: a new eighth Defense Card for the game. We already have a "Flee" card in our MU game; this o … read more

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 … read more

Our first Reiner Knizia game Khan of Khans will be out in Japanese translation on May 1st, thanks to our friends Arclight Games! And our second Reiner Knizia game MISKATONIC UNIVERSITY is live on Kickstarter now.We don't know whether we should be saying "Wa-ha!", or "Iä Iä!" … read more

We reached our $25,000 funding goal for the Miskatonic University: The Restricted Collection Kickstarter in under 16 hours from launch! From all the team at Chaosium, thank you to all our backers so far—students, professors, valedictorians, deans and members of the board. It's great to be back … read more

Another Faculty Note from Susan, board games line editor:The launch date for our Miskatonic University: The Restricted Collection Kickstarter is set!The MU academic semester commences on Tuesday April 17th. The Kickstarter campaign will run for 21 days, ending on Tuesday May 8th. We're excited … read more

Another Faculty Note from Susan, board games line editor: You might have seen on social media that we playtested and demoed a prototype of our forthcoming board game Miskatonic University: The Restricted Collection at various conventions last year. The finished version looks quite dif … read more