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MASKS OF NYARLATHOTEP: sign up for the Pre-release List for exclusive previews, art and special surprises
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 10th Jun 2018
Chaosium is pleased to announce the Stars are Almost Right! The Masks of Nyarlathotep PDF will be released within the next few weeks, and if you sign up to our pre-release list you'll be the first people to know it's available.You'll be able to get the PDF immediately, so you can start pla
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Six Ages - the "spiritual successor" to the Glorantha game King of Dragon Pass launches on iOS on June 28!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 10th Jun 2018
Our friends at A Sharp have announced that Six Ages: Ride Like the Wind, the "spiritual successor" to the amazing and enduring King of Dragon Pass game, launches later this month.Six Ages will come to the iOS App Store on 28 June, with preorders starting 21 June. It will sell for US$ 9.99.
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RUNEQUEST: ROLEPLAYING IN GLORANTHA is #1 seller at DriveThru RPG!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 9th Jun 2018
The newly-released RUNEQUEST: ROLEPLAYING IN GLORANTHA has been the #1 seller at DriveThru RPG all week! It's available as a PDF download here: http://bit.ly/2JbMIzWAlso available at DTRPG (for free download) is the RQG CHARACTER SHEET, and RQG CONVERSION GUIDE, giving guidance for converting c
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Women in Tabletop Gaming Month #5: Chaosium interviews Lynne Hardy
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 8th Jun 2018
Women in Tabletop
Gaming Month: Lynne Hardy, assistant editor for Call of CthulhuSerious ones first:1. What is your
background? I originally trained as a biomedical research scientist. My
B.Sc was in Biochemistry, and I followed that up with a Ph.D in Human Molecular
Genetics (both at Newca
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WHAT IS RUNEQUEST?— PART ONE: Four features that help make RuneQuest distinct among other roleplaying games
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 6th Jun 2018
Here are four features that help make RuneQuest distinct among other roleplaying games:1. Mythic Adventure — RuneQuest began in Glorantha. Its influences are Bronze Age cultures where the relationship between mortals and the gods are much stronger. Rather than being myths, the deeds and actio
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Welcome to RuneQuest: a new video series introducing the new edition with Jeff and Jason
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 2nd Jun 2018
This is the first video in a new series from Chaosium, in which Creative Director Jeff Richard, and RuneQuest Line Editor Jason Durall explore RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha, the all-new edition of one of the world’s most influential and acclaimed fantasy roleplaying ga
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Get ready for the premiere of RUNEQUEST: ROLEPLAYING IN GLORANTHA on Twitch TV today!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 28th May 2018
Get ready for the premiere of RUNEQUEST: ROLEPLAYING IN GLORANTHA! Coming up today (May 28, 8pm EST) on Twitch TV. Gritty bronze age mythic RPG action with Encounter Roleplay and Chaosium! Watch here: https://www.twitch.tv/encounterroleplay
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Don't forget, in RuneQuest when adventurers are slaughtered or run screaming, the Monsters get experience rolls too...
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 22nd May 2018
Sage advice from the "Grand Shaman of Games" Greg Stafford, way back in 1978*. Come and check out the new Chaosium edition of RuneQuest in its Twitch TV premiere, May 28th at 8PM EST! Presented by Encounter Roleplay.*"The RuneQuest RPG deliberately eschews the concept that the player
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