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Next weekend (August 8-9), Chaosium are guests of Nexus Con. Here's what we're doing at what the organisers say is "Australia's (and possibly the world's) first entirely Online Pop-Culture Convention!"Saturday, August 811:00am - 12:00pm – The 'Cool' of Cthulhu PanelWhether you’re a fan of DnD, or you enjoy Lovecraftian Horror, you’ll love this session with the team from Chaosium.Call of Cthulhu is one of the world's most popular tabletop RPGs, and you can learn all about it from the creators right here.Panelists: Andrew Bean (Chaosium), Michael O'Brien (Chaosium), Kelly Grant (Call of Cthulhu writer), Allen Carey (TYPE 40)1:00pm - 2:00pm – Writing for Tabletop [...]

Gen Con Online is over, and was a great success! Across the past four days we successfully ran over 300 gaming sessions – and that's down to our wonderful crew of volunteer GMs from the Cult of Chaos: many, many thanks!We'd also like to give a shout-out of appreciation to our North American convention coordinator Todd, and our digital content team Jamie and David, for their tireless efforts keeping everything running smoothly behind the scenes. And the organisers of Gen Con Online itself: their ability to pivot from a massive in-person convention to an equally-massive online event was impressive!Over the [...]

Chaosium is pleased to announce that The Dragon’s Eye, a new sourcebook for RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha, is in development.Originally conceived as “Your Glorantha May Vary”, this collection of locations demonstrates the versatility of the setting, putting that phrase to work by showing new and veteran gamemasters alike how to customize and make the world of Glorantha their own.The Dragon’s Eye gives gamemasters more possibilities than they can possibly use. For each location, the book details multiple ways to interpret it and use it in a campaign. Adventure hooks and engaging nonplayer characters get the adventurers involved in the action. From homely villages [...]

Chaosium congratulates our 2020 ENnie Award winners! Berlin the Wicked City won in both categories it was nominated for: the Gold ENnie Award for Best Art - Cover and the Gold ENnie Award for Best Setting. Refractions of Glasston, our creative collaboration with the Taylor University Professional Writing Program, received a Judge's Spotlight Award. We also congratulate our friends Stygian Fox Publishing – their licensed Call of Cthulhu supplement New Tales of the Miskatonic Valley 2nd Edition won the Gold ENnie Award for Best Electronic Book.Chaosium's David Larkins accepting the award for Best SettingT.R. Knight and Taylor University U students accepting the Judge's Spotlight AwardCongratulations [...]

One year ago today, in the midst of Gen Con 2019, Critical Role's Shadow of the Crystal Palace Call of Cthulhu one-shot was released on YouTube. In the time since over 1.5 million Cthulhu-curious viewers have witnessed this gaslight-era mystery of malevolent proportions! Once again, many thanks to Keeper of Arcane Lore Taliesin Jaffe and his doughty investigators: Marisha Ray, Erika Ishii, Phil LaMarr, Travis Willingham, Ashly Burch, and Liam O’Brien. Watch their evening of Call of Cthulhu secrets and shadows here: And you can still pick up the Call of Cthulhu Starter Set for a cosmic horror adventure of your own and use the code CriticalRole [...]

Does Love Forgive? is a collection of two special scenarios for Call of Cthulhu for one Keeper and one player. Great for a fun evening of gaming for two people. And perfect if you're currently in lockdown or socially isolating with a friend or loved one.Each scenario can be played over the course of one to two sessions, and is suitable for Keepers of all experience levels.Available now in PDF from Chaosium and DriveThruRPG.Based on Miłość ci wszystko wybaczy? by Airis Kamińska and Anna Maria Mazur, published for the Polish version of Call of Cthulhu in February 2020 by Black [...]