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Miskantonic Monday - July releases for the Miskatonic Repository
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 15th Jul 2019
Here's a great selection of new Call of Cthulhu community titles on DriveThruRPG! Congratulations to all the authors, especially first-time publishers in the Miskatonic Repository.In 2018 the ENnie Awards introduced a new award Best Organized Play. Despite the name, looking at the nom
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ENnies 2019 Spotlight: "The best starter set for any roleplaying game currently available" - Call of Cthulhu Starter Set nominated for Best Adventure
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 14th Jul 2019
We designed the Call of Cthulhu Starter Set to contain everything needed - even dice - to start playing Call of Cthulhu, the tabletop roleplaying game of mystery and horror. Reviewers have described it as "best starter set for any roleplaying game currently available" (Reviews from R’lyeh) and
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ENnies 2019 Spotlight: "The Holy Grail of Horror", Masks of Nyarlathotep nominated for Best Adventure
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 12th Jul 2019
"The Holy Grail of Horror" — Larry diTillio and Lynne Willis's Masks of Nyarlathotep has been described as one of the best RPG adventures ever made. The new Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition slipcase raises the bar, and has been nominated as Best Adventure in the 2019 ENnie Awards. Fur
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ENnies 2019 Spotlight: HP Lovecraft Historical Society's Masks of Nyarlathotep creations earn three nominations including Product of the Year
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 12th Jul 2019
Our friends The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society have done truly amazing things with Call of Cthulhu's Masks of Nyarlathotep: a 6 hour radio play dramatization, and Gamer Prop Set (130 items!). It's got them three ENnies nominations on their first time entering the awards, including
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Cthulhu needs you! Vote for Chaosium & Friends in the 2019 ENnies
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 11th Jul 2019
The ENnies are the annual fan-based celebration of excellence in tabletop roleplaying gaming, and voting is live! This year the Stars Continue to be Right, with Chaosium picking up seven nominations, and licensees, partners, and friends in the Call of Cthulhu Mythos picking up another eight, in
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Monsters Are People Too: the old links between Chivalry & Sorcery and RuneQuest
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 9th Jul 2019
Following the recent successful launch of their Chivalry & Sorcery 5th Edition Kickstarter, ANDY STAPLES of Brittannia Games shares with us the resonant connections between C&S and Chaosium's RuneQuest, which go way, way back to the earliest days of Roleplaying Games, and begin with a m
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"The Shadow Over Providence" - a new scenario to celebrate NecronomiCon 2019
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 6th Jul 2019
The Shadow Over Providence is a new Call of Cthulhu scenario set in a venue that may seem strangely familiar to anyone who has visited Providence’s iconic Biltmore Hotel. The adventure was written by Jon Hook of the Miskatonic University Podcast, with with artwork and maps by Matt Rya
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Chaosium's 2019 ENnies Nominations
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 3rd Jul 2019
We're delighted to have received the following nominations for the 2019 ENnie Awards! There were 432 submissions from 241 publishers and creators this year, so it is an honour to receive this recognition. Voting commences on July 10, and the winners will be announced at the awards ceremony
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