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Women in Tabletop Gaming Month #7: Chaosium interviews Kerie Campbell
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 11th Jun 2018
Lynne Hardy interviews RPG trailblazer Kerie Campbell for Women in Tabletop Gaming MonthSerious ones first:1. What is
your background? I’m pretty boring, actually. Didn’t
finish college, no degrees. I became disabled in the early 1990s and haven’t
worked since then. Quite a bit of the past c
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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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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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Exciting news! Encounter Roleplay to stream the Premiere Twitch Event of RuneQuest—May 28th at 8pm EST!
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 19th May 2018
Exciting news - Encounter Roleplay will be streaming the Premiere Twitch Event of RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha—May 28th at 8pm EST!Featuring the roleplaying talents of @bluejay_712, @therealjimdavis, @JPruInc, @EncounterRP and Chaosium's own @richaje!Watch here: https
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Unnatural Selections: Recent Chaosium Reviews of Note #6 - "the Pepsi of RPG franchises"
Posted by Michael O'Brien on 17th May 2018
Call of Cthulhu - the definitive horror RPG"Call of Cthulhu is now the Pepsi of RPG franchises, alongside D&D’s Coke, and the game’s success is part of the revival of Lovecraft and Lovecraftian fiction."—Paul StJohn Mackintosh, The Legacy of Lovecraft in greydogtales."The stars are right for the
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