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Miskatonic Monday: three new pay-what-you-want titles
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 9th Apr 2018
Pay What You Want is one of the pricing options creators can choose for their products on the Miskatonic Repository. As the name suggests, as a purchaser, you get to choose what you want to pay for the item (creators can suggest a recommended price, but you can also pay more than or that o
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Call of Cthulhu coming to Syrinscape
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 29th Mar 2018
Syrinscape
and Chaosium Inc. Announce Partnership to Create Official Sounds for Legendary
Game of Mystery and HorrorSyrinscape, the award-winning app that creates
movie-like, immersive sound for tabletop games and Chaosium Inc., acclaimed
publisher of award-winning books, roleplaying games,
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Unnatural Selections: Recent Chaosium Reviews of Note #3
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 28th Mar 2018
Petersen's Abominations is now out in hardback! This is a collection of five nightmarish modern-day scenarios by the creator of Call of Cthulhu himself. Here's the Reckoning of the Dead blog's review (of the PDF):"The scenarios in
Petersen’s Abominations are every bit as dangerous as thos
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MU Faculty Note: the player mats!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 24th Mar 2018
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
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Gen Con, Origins and UK Games Expo Event Schedules Have Been Submitted. Join Us This Summer!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 21st Mar 2018
The summer convention season is rapidly approaching and Chaosium is deep into planning for the biggest events of the year. Organized Play is getting a huge upswing and we need GMs to be a part of this!The deadline for Gen Con (Indianapolis IN, Aug 2-5) was March 10th and we have slammed th
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MU Admissions Office is open: sign up and we'll let you know when the Kickstarter launches!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 20th Mar 2018
The Miskatonic University Admissions Office is now open! Our new Lovecraftian board game Miskatonic University - the Restricted Collection launches on Kickstarter in late April. But here's your chance to get on the tenure track right now! - if you'd like to be informed when the Kickstarter
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Get ready to enter the Miskatonic University Restricted Collection, very soon!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 19th Mar 2018
A quick note from Susan, our board games line editor: Exciting news—our next board game is close! Last year, after some 25 years away, Chaosium got back into boardgames. This first foray brought together German board game wizard Reiner Knizia and "the Grand Shaman of Games" himse
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Miskatonic Monday: new titles to check out!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 19th Mar 2018
New at the Miskatonic Repository!Check out these recent community content releases at the Miskatonic Repository:CALL OF CTHULHU SCENARIOSA Light in Darkness - Matthew Puccio ($4.99)"A dark, survival horror scenario for Call of Cthulhu, set in the Pacific Theatre during World War II."The Man Dow
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