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Journey to Jonstown #18 - two Jonstown Compendium titles make Reviews from R'lyeh's Post-Christmas Dozen list
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 4th Jan 2021
Two Jonstown Compendium Titles make Pookie's Christmas ListProlific reviewer Pookie's annual (post-)Christmas Dozen list - "what you should purchase yourself to read and play in the months to come" - recommends two works from our Jonstown Compendium community content program at DriveThruRP
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Unnatural Selections #39 - What the critics say about RuneQuest Classics, now available POD at 25% off until Dec 31
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 23rd Dec 2020
Greg Stafford in July 2016, reacquainting himself with his own "lost treasure" from 1979.It's now been more than 40 years since RuneQuest's debut, but as one reviewer has said, "it’s easy to forget how important RuneQuest was in the early days of the RPG hobby. RuneQuest was the one of the first RPG
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Out of the Suitcase #2: Ducks, Ducks, and more Ducks
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 22nd Dec 2020
Chaosium President Rick Meints shares stories from a life-time as a collector of all things Chaosium Over on the RuneQuest Facebook group there's been a wonderful, fragmented discussion of the origins of Ducks in Glorantha recently. I thought I'd spend a little free time writing down what
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The Red Book of Magic: an essential RuneQuest expansion for players and Gamemasters alike
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 21st Dec 2020
We speak with RuneQuest creative director Jason Durall about The Red Book of Magic, our recently-released "ultimate guide" to spirit and Rune magic.Q: What is The Red Book of Magic?Jason: The Red Book of Magic is a new sourcebook and reference guide about Rune Magic and Spirit Magic.
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Unnatural Selections #37 - Cults of Prax & Cults of Terror: "quite rightly considered one of the best treatments of religion in a fantasy RPG ever written"
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 19th Dec 2020
After being unavailable in physical format for more than 30 years, Cults of Prax and Cults of Terror are now available again, Print-On-Demand. These are fully-remastered softcover editions, true to the original printing. And, along with our entire range of Print-On-Demand titles,
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Out of the Suitcase #1: Jack O'Bears and Me
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 15th Dec 2020
Chaosium President Rick Meints's stories from a life-time as a collector of all things Chaosium 'Out of the Suitcase' is a new regular series of posts from Chaosium President Rick Meints. An avid RPG collector, his love of all of Chaosium's publications, plus anything Gloranthan or Ru
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Chaosium Jigsaw Puzzles at Redbubble - great gifts for time indoors this holiday season
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 30th Nov 2020
If you're looking for gifts that would be great for spending time indoors this holiday season check out our jigsaw puzzles! We have a selection of over two dozen alluring images from our popular games including Call of Cthulhu, RuneQuest, Glorantha, and 7th Sea! You can find all of these, and p
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Journey to Jonstown #17 - Michael O'Brien's 'Fortunate Sun' now part of the remastered Sandheart Trilogy
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 22nd Nov 2020
"Since helping take over the reins at Chaosium five years ago, my writing has mostly had to be licensing, media releases and the like, rather than RPG stuff. So I am delighted my new RuneQuest scenario 'Fortunate Sun' is out now in the Jonstown Compendium, our community content platform for gaming i
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