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MASKS OF NYARLATHOTEP: pricing details and what you get in the PDF package
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 20th Jun 2018
Yesterday we announced the release date of the new Masks of Nyarlathotep PDF—July 1st, 2018. It will be available from Chaosium.com and DriveThruRPG.The PDF package will cost USD$59.99 and contains the following electronic items:
Masks Book - Omnibus PDF of both volumes (666 pages)Ke
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Women in Tabletop Gaming Month #14: Chaosium interviews Penelope Love
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 19th Jun 2018
Lynne Hardy interviews author and RPG writer Penelope Love for Women in Tabletop Gaming MonthSerious ones first:1. What
is your background? I live in Melbourne, Australia with Mark
Morrison, and have a day job, but I also work with Campaign Coins (Treasure Worthy of Your Greatest Adventures!) and
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Women in Tabletop Gaming Month #13: Chaosium interviews Bre Wyn
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 18th Jun 2018
Lynne Hardy interviews Call of Cthulhu Keeper and Cthulhu Live LARPer Bre Wynn for Women in Tabletop Gaming MonthSerious
ones first:1. What is your background? I recently
transitioned out of Active Duty service in the United States Army. I spent the
first seven years of my army career as a Human
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Unnatural Selections: Recent Chaosium Reviews of Note #8
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 18th Jun 2018
Some recent reviews of note of Call of Cthulhu releases by Antonios S. of RPG.Net, Pookie at Reviews from R'lyeh, and American entertainment trade journal Variety:ALONE AGAINST THE DARK (CALL OF CTHULHU)"…a high-octane, globe-spanning adventure that promotes its relentlessness from the get go…
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Women in Tabletop Gaming Month #12: Chaosium interviews Susan O'Brien
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 17th Jun 2018
Lynne Hardy interviews Chaosium's board games line editor Susan O'Brien for Women in Tabletop Gaming MonthSerious ones first:1.
What is your background?I always say I’m on about my fourth career—life
can lead you in many interesting ways. I’ve had several different jobs: while at university studyi
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Women in Tabletop Gaming Month #9: Chaosium interviews Sarah Newton
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 14th Jun 2018
Lynne Hardy interviews award-winning RPG writer Sarah Newton for Women in Tabletop Gaming MonthSerious ones first:1. What
is your background? Well, I have a number of backgrounds!
Educationally I’m a literature and languages fiend—I studied Russian and German
language and literature at Cambridge
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A German edition of RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 13th Jun 2018
Chaosium and Uhrwerk Verlag have announced the signing of a licensing deal to bring out a German edition of the newly-released RuneQuest Roleplaying in Glorantha RPG.Jeff Richard, Chaosium's creative director said, “I’ve long been impressed with the high quality and artistry of Uhrwerk Ver
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WHAT IS RUNEQUEST?— PART TWO: an RPG with a difference
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 13th Jun 2018
If your roleplaying gaming has mostly been in the D20 sphere, here are some interesting ways you might find RuneQuest is different.1. RuneQuest is part of Chaosium’s D100 Basic Roleplaying system. It is intuitive and easy to play: virtually all rolls determining success or failure of a task are dete
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