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Three new releases from Chaosium for March 2024! Cults of RuneQuest: The Lunar Way CHA4045-H $39.99 ISBN 9781568824741 160 pages Hardcover I believe in the Red Goddess, Mistress of Life and Death Cults of RuneQuest: The Lunar Way is the player’s guide to the deities of the Red Moon. Each cult dives deep into the mysterious and misunderstood Lunar gods, and provides mechanics for each of their cults to create your RuneQuest adventurer. 15 brand new cults, including Jakaleel the Witch,the Goddess of Youth Teelo Norri , the Chaos demon known as the Crimson Bat, and the Red Goddess herself—all playable for the first time! An expanded treatment of the cult of the Seven Mothers. Rules to create brand-new RuneQuest adventurers belonging to these cults, detailing the skills, passions, spirit magic, and Rune magic each cult offers. Details of the unique organization, history, and nature of each cult. A new and unique Lunar magic system, plus expanded rules for Lunar sorcery, and the unique way Lunar Rune spells are affected by the phases of the Red Moon. Rules for how your adventurer can grow into a God-talker, Rune Priestess, or even a mighty Rune Lord. The history of the Lunar gods, the Lunar Empire, the Red Emperor, and details for adventuring on the surface of the Red Moon itself. This supplement can be used with the RuneQuest core rules, or combined with other Cults of RuneQuest books to create a RuneQuest adventurer belonging to multiple cults. Pendragon: Player’s Handbook CHA2731-H $49.99 ISBN: 9781568824734 256 pages Hardcover What Kind of Knight Will You Become? Will you fight to rid the world of injustice, or use clout and power to take advantage of those beneath you? Pendragon is set amidst the glory and grandeur of King Arthur’s Britain. Its innovative mechanics drive the emotional impact of play as your characters pursue Glory, overcome life-and-death struggles, cross blades with ruthless enemies, and fight for love and justice in a world of brutal medieval realism. A detailed look at the world of King Arthur and the role of knights and nobility. Full character creation rules. 6 pre-generated character templates for optional, faster character creation. The complete core rules of the Pendragon game system, including Traits and Passions, Skills, combat, injury and recovery, Glory, Favors, Honor and Glory. Additional rules for Afflictions, Obsessions, Directed Traits, Ideals, ransoms and equipment lists. Rules for The Winter Phase—the downtime period of the game for characters to train, age, and even go on side quests. A Coat of Arms generator to make wholly unique heraldry for your Player-knight. The Pendragon: Player’s Handbook is your guide to Pendragon, containing all the rules you need to play. It is a standalone product which can be combined with other books in the line to enhance your Pendragon experience. The Grey Knight A Campaign Book for Pendragon CHA2732 $24.99 ISBN 9781568823720 88 pages Challenge Death’s Companion! Arthur’s right to rule is jeopardized when the fearsome Grey Knight accuses the King of murdering children. Sir Gawaine steps forth to defend the King’s honor—but Merlin foresees this champion will die at the hands of the Grey Knight. The Grey Knight waits for vengeance, and time is running out! Can you find the treasure that holds the key to defeating this vile foe, and save the life of Sir Gawain and the kingdom itself? Everything you need to run the legendary Grey Knight campaign, fully updated for the new edition of the game. Meet Arthur, Guenever, Merlin, Morgan le Fay, and other famous characters! Attempt to turn the tide of Arthurian history by participating in famous battles. Two prequel scenarios bridge The Sword Campaign from the Pendragon Starter Set to the adventures in The Grey Knight. A full chapter detailing the city of Carlion, including a full-page map. The Grey Knight is a complete campaign and is fully compatible with both the Pendragon Starter Set and the Pendragon Player’s Handbook. nb covers of these titles will be revealed in due course.

With help from our Cult of Chaos GMs, we're back running demo sessions for Call of Cthulhu at Oz Comic Con for their special Xmas Edition! This takes place at the Melbourne Convention & Exhibition Centre in Melbourne Australia, December 9-10. These intro games are free and a great way to introduce the Cthulhu curious to TTRPGs! Volunteer GMs Wanted at OZ Comic Con Xmas Edition! We're still looking for more volunteer GMs to demo Call of Cthulhu, RQG, Pendragon, and Rivers of London at Oz Comic Con Xmas Edition in Melbourne in December. If you're interested in doing a 4 hour shift on Saturday and Sunday with free entry, a t-shirt and Cult of Chaos Credit then click on the button below. And Volunteer GMs wanted for Can Con in January too! Cancon 2024 takes place 26-28 January in Canberra, Australia. We're looking for volunteer GMs to run 3 hour demo games of Call of Cthulhu, RQG, Pendragon, and Rivers of London. If you're interested in doing one or two 3 hour sessions between 9.30 - 19.30 on Friday and Saturday and 9.30 - 16.00 on Sunday, with free entry, a Chaosium t-shirt and Cult of Chaos Credit for each three hour session, then click on the button below.

Starring Claudia Christian... the Musketeers Vs Cthulhu Kickstarter by our friends Nightfall Games has four days to go, and they've announced a final stretch goal: co-creator Claudia Christian of Babylon-5 fame will make a guest appearance in the actual play show we've got planned with the Stream of Chaos. Back it now! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nightfall/claudia-christensens-musketeers-vs-cthulhu-tabletop-rpg

In his latest 'Out of the Suitcase' post, Chaosium president Rick Meints talks about company founder Greg Stafford's love of painting minies, and shares a previously unknown to him piece Greg wrote for Ral Partha Miniatures in 1986, brought to his attention by fellow TTRPG historian Shannon Appelcline. https://www.chaosium.com/blogout-of-the-suitcase-46-the-partha-pipeline-still-flows

INTERVIEW WITH KEEPER ALEX SUN Interviewed by Bridgett Jeffries BRIDGETT @Symphony Entertainment Hello, Alex! Thank you for agreeing to be our first Community Corner: Cult of Chaos interviewee. We’re delighted to have you! Okay, so for starters—tell us a little bit about yourself! ALEX SUN: Thanks for having me, Bridgett. It’s a pleasure. Here’s a couple of things about me: I’m a second generation Taiwanese American, an electrical engineer, a podcaster, and a gamemaster. I have been GMing weekly for seven years and plan to continue strong!You can find me on the Into the Darkness YouTube channel, which is hosted by Thom Raley. I am also one of the hosts for the podcast RPG Reanimators, where we offer GM tips, dissect scenarios, and reanimate them with new ideas. Which systems to you typically run for the Cult of Chaos Program? Call of Cthulhu 7e! What originally drew you these particular systems/that particular game? I love the idea of ordinary people getting wrapped up in weird and scary situations. The stakes are very high because the player characters are very mortal. During a Call of Cthulhu game, it’s always entertaining to see the slow descent into madness as the PCs encounter revelation after revelation. Equally entertaining, is seeing the PCs step up despite all odds and succeeding with sacrifices (sometimes literally). What was the biggest hurdle you faced when becoming a GM? When I first started GMing, I was nervous about public speaking, as the majority of the attention would be focused on me. What really helped me was learning to focus on creating an environment for the players (myself included) to have a good time. I studied a lot of online resources to help myself get better at GMing. That studying, paired with a lot of note-taking helped my confidence with running games. Since I was having fun, the rest fell into place. What was your goal when you decided to join the Cult of Chaos program? My goal was to run some excellent games for the community and to introduce new players to the hobby. I feel like the biggest compliment a GM can receive is when their players are inspired to GM others. Where do you typically run your games? I typically run games online, one to two times a week in the Into the Darkness online community. You can find me at horror conventions as well. Shoutout Chaosium Con! Okay, into the gritty! How do you successfully pace your games? Managing tension is a fantastic tool to keep the pace of a game. Tension in a story typically rises overtime until it reaches a climax, and then it initiates a falling action. Throughout the entirety of the story, this pattern repeats in varying degrees. I imagine the flow of tension as a rollercoaster with its peaks and valleys. When the players are in a calm situation, I look to increase the tension with danger, mystery, and excitement. When the scene is tense, due to a combat or a vital story choice, I aim to diffuse the tension as soon as possible. Too much of calm or tension sustained at one time can make the players inured to it; they might get bored. Change is interesting! By managing the tension, a GM can keep the players engaged and at the edge of their seats.I’ve also found that it is useful to estimate how much time each section of a scenario will take. It’s helpful when you are operating under a time crunch, like in a convention setting. If the GM keeps track of the time, they can make sure all the major plot points are available to be explored, which is good pacing. As a bonus, if this is outside of a convention game, you’ll learn to identify killer cliffhanger opportunities. How do you use visualization and environmental storytelling to enhance the player experience? Visualization allows a GM to establish powerful moods and player engagement. When I prep for a game, I visualize how the locations in the scenario would feel like in my mind. I try and incorporate all five senses and I take bullet points of the descriptions. During the game, I intersperse these bullet points into the narration to make the world that the PCs are playing in believable.For example, here’s some bullet points describing an abandoned shopping mall: Stuffy air with a side of mold and a cold that makes you shiver Graffiti all over the stripped concrete walls and boarded up storefronts In the dark is a lone, overturned shopping cart BB gun pellets strewn all over the cracked tile floor Piles of broken glass that look like salt The crunch of litter underneath shoes The players will only get as much information as the GM tells them. The more that a GM gives to the players, the more that they get to work with.Environmental storytelling is an essential asset for bringing the environment to life. It’s one thing to narrate to the players that “there was a struggle in the living room as the victim was dragged away into the basement”. It’s another thing to narrate that “The sofa and coffee table are tossed aside and there is clutter everywhere. There is a trail of blood and claw marks that lead all the way down to the darkened basement”. With the latter narration, the players get the information of the former narration with the satisfaction of coming to that conclusion themselves as well as being drawn into the scene. What are some good GM habits that GMs should consider building? Here are some good GM habits that I personally found useful:Bring the energy to the table that you want back. The game starts with the GM: players will pick up on the GM’s excitement. When I’m enthusiastic about a game, I perform better. Along those lines, play to your strengths as a GM. I personally found that I enjoy narrating combat and high-octane scenes so I have played more Pulp Cthulhu and chose scenarios with that kind of content to run.Always keep learning! Practice, practice, practice. The internet provides a limitless pool of knowledge at your fingertips. I personally study YouTube videos, blogs, and podcasts to learn all about GMing. I ask my fellow GMs questions and compare notes on how they run their games. That being said, there is no substitution for experience, so play and run as many games as you can.Be a fan of the player characters. Give them opportunities to succeed and let them do what they are good at. The GM doesn’t come to the table with a story. The story is what all the players at the table leave with. What’s one piece of advice you’d offer to a novice GM, looking to get involved in Chaosium’s Cult of Chaos program? Just jump in. The hardest part is the first step. Once a novice GM joins, they will find that the community is very friendly and willing to offer help or advice. They will find that there is a great selection of scenarios that are on offer for Cult of Chaos gamemasters. What is your favourite Chaosium product? My personal favorite is Dead Light for Call of Cthulhu 7e. Where can people find you running games in 2024? I am a gamemaster for the online roleplaying club Into the Darkness and I GM for the club members there. You can also find me on the RPG Reanimators podcast. I run pick up games on the podcast’s Discord server. Last but not least, I will be attending Chaosium Con 2024 and NecronomiCon 2024. I hope to see you there! Links: Into the Darkness: https://www.youtube.com/@IntotheDarkness RPG Reanimators: https://open.spotify.com/show/4suxUyIBwJDePqQAqqHfCx?si=17f4bde544874a55

Our wonderful community ambassador Bridgett @Symphony Entertainment is interviewing GMs from our Cult of Chaos gamemaster program and creators for our community content programs at DriveThruRPG. Cult of Chaos members are invited to tell us about themselves, discuss and promote their content, provide insight to running amazing games for the Cult of Chaos at conventions, events, and FLGSs all over the planet! Community content creators are invited to tell us about themselves, discuss and promote their content, and talk about new projects they have in the works or in planning! Would you like to be featured in a future Community Corner interview? Complete this form for consideration if you are a Cult of Chaos GM! Complete this form for consideration if you are a creator for any our community content programs (Jonstown Compendium, Miskatonic Repository, Explorer's Society, or Companions of Arthur.)

Ann Arbor MI, 10 November 2023 — Chaosium, publisher of the tabletop roleplaying game Call of Cthulhu, is to publish a new edition of Daniel Harms’s Encyclopedia Cthulhiana: A Guide to Lovecraftian Horror. The Encyclopedia Cthulhiana is a meticulous and comprehensive listing of entities, cults, and lore of the Cthulhu Mythos, presented in alphabetized format. It draws from the works of H.P. Lovecraft and many other authors who developed and expanded significantly upon the Cthulhu Mythos over the past century, including Ramsey Campbell, Robert Bloch, Stephen King, and many others. As a significant contributor to the Cthulhu Mythos in its own right since 1981, the Call of Cthulhu tabletop roleplaying game and its many scenarios, and sourcebooks is also extensively referenced. “The Mythos has exploded in popularity since the last edition fifteen years ago,” says Harms. “It’s been great to dive back into this well of source material so I can expand the book even further.” Call of Cthulhu creative director Mike Mason said, “The Encyclopedia Cthulhiana has long been an essential reference for me as a writer and scenario designer. It bursts with insights and details on all manner of Mythos monsters, Great Old Ones, tomes, cultists, and locations. All in one handy package! What’s great is that it not only covers things found in Mythos fiction but also includes numerous contributions from the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game, making it even more useful. It’s great to be working with Dan Harms in bringing this new edition out—after all, the original edition was published by Chaosium, so it’s wonderful to see the book coming home!” First published by Chaosium in 1994, the Encyclopedia Cthulhiana won an Origins Award for a Special Achievement the following year. Chaosium published an updated second edition in 1998, and a third edition was published by Elder Signs Press in 2008. Chaosium’s fourth edition will feature updated text and will be presented in a new full color, hardback format with interior art. The project at Chaosium will be managed by fiction line editor Susan O’Brien. A release date is yet to be announced. Image - top: the two previous Chaosium editions of Encyclopedia Cthulhiana (front 1994 edition, back 2008 edition) Image - right: Daniel Harms

Secrets & Sacrifices is a novel written by Cath Lauria with cover art designed by Larry Rostant. A new world of monsters and manners in this darkly captivating regency romance with an eldritch twist from renowned roleplaying game, Call of Cthulhu. Pre-order your copy from our friends at Acontye Books! And explore the Mythos in Jane Austen's England at the gaming table yourself, with the Call of Cthulhu TTRPG supplement Regency Cthulhu. Secrets & Sacrifices is the first release in the partnership between Aconyte Books, the fiction imprint of global games group Asmodee, and Chaosium to create and publish brand new novels in the Call of Cthulhu game settings Regency Cthulhu and Cthulhu by Gaslight.

Keepers Garry Fay, Mark Morrison and Scott Vandervalk had a splendidly scary Sunday afternoon running intro games of Call of Cthulhu at the regular Games in the 'Maine community event in Castlemaine VIC . Many thanks to Justin from local FLGS Goldfields Toys & Games for organising the event. The players were a mix of D&D players experiencing the chills and thrills of facing the Cthulhu Mythos for the first time, and veteran players checking out the way the game has improved in 7th edition. A range of one-hour scenarios were played from Gateways to Terror, with players lining up to play again at every session they could!

Call of Cthulhu creative director Mike Mason is Guest of Honour at GROGMEET, November 10-12. GROGMEET is the one day meet-up (over three days) in Manchester, UK, organised by the GROGNARD files RPG podcast for its Patreon supporters. On November 12, Mike will presenting the seminar "Rolling Back the Years: 10 Moments in RPG History", in conversation with Grognard Files host Dirk the Dice. Also in attendance as a Guest of GROGMEET is Call of Cthulhu associate editor Paul Fricker. GROGMEET a ticketed event and places are limited. There are a few tickets now available. And if you can’t make it to the Manchester event, why not enjoy the adventure from the comfort of your own armchair? You can register for the event now on Warhorn.

Not ready to let go of Halloween, quite yet? Watch our friends Acquisitions Inc play Call of Cthulhu, filmed before a massive audience in the main theatre at PAX AUS 2023 last month! Featuring special guest Erika Ishii as Prosper Davis, recently un-licensed psychologist! Erika is joined by Jerry Holkins (Omin Dran, Private Eye), Ryan Hartman (Randall "Peaches" McDonald, Ventriloquist-adjacent), Laura Stringer (H.P. Zorse, Greatest (?) Showman), and Keeper of Arcane Lore Kris Straub.

Cthulhu curious country Victorians have an opportunity to be introduced to the game by none other than Chaosium's Mark Morrison this weekend. With experienced Keeper Garry Fay from the Cult of Chaos, they'll be running 'Learn to Play' sessions of Call of Cthulhu at Games in the Maine on Sunday. Games in the Maine is an all-ages community that meets up to play board games in Castlemaine VIC Australia, and is is proudly sponsored by local FLGS Goldfields Toys & Games. More details here.

As one commenter has reminded us, Claudia Christian's Musketeers Vs Cthulhu is the second Call of Cthulhu project with a direct Babylon-5 connection. The first being Masks of Nyarlathotep. During a 1983 screenwriter strike, Larry DiTillio turned to TTRPG writing to make ends meet. And so wrote Masks of Nyarlathotep for us, still considered one of the greatest RPG adventures of all time. Then the strike ended and he resumed his illustrious career in Hollywood, going on to work as a writer and story editor for Babylon-5. Larry DiTillio passed in 2019, here is our obituary for this visionary game designer and writer.

When the forces of the Cthulhu threaten France, who can the King call upon? There can be only one answer... ALL FOR ONE AND ONE FOR ALL! The time has come for daring deeds against impossible foes. It is time for Musketeers vs. Cthulhu! From our friends Nightfall Games comes this licensed Call of Cthulhu Kickstarter, based on the writings of Claudia Christian (well-known from the science fiction TV series Babylon-5) and Chris McAuley in the fiction anthology The Musketeers vs. Cthulhu in the Court of King Louis. In this new setting for Call of Cthulhu, the Three Musketeers confront a mythical threat that threatens France. The book includes rules for creating an original musketeer and a four-part campaign! Claudia Christian’s Musketeers vs. Cthulhu fully-funded within the first few hours on Day One and is now into stretch goals. Join the ranks of the Musketeers as they face off against eldritch plots and courtly intrigues –and back this new setting for Call of Cthulhu here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nightfall/claudia-christensens-musketeers-vs-cthulhu-tabletop-rpg

This weekend our friends The Glass Cannon Network are gaming on Twitch for 24 hours, raising funds for the Extra Life charity which helps children in need in hospitals. And they're excited to announce the prime time slot for the marathon has been locked in – they're playing Modern Call of Cthulhu, with special guest Chaosium's Brian Holland. Watch on Saturday November 4th, 8pm-10pm ET, and join the team to help those kids! https://bit.ly/46RN85d

Create & Play Characters Anywhere with Roll20 Just in time for Halloween! Now, you can create free unlimited characters outside the virtual tabletop for Call of Cthulhu and Pulp Cthulhu using Roll20 Characters! Create NPCs for your table or have your players start making Investigators just in time for the spooky season – or any season, really! New to Call of Cthulhu? Learn the basics of the game with Roll20’s Free Basic Rules -- supporting both Call of Cthulhu and Pulp Cthulhu!

The Miskatonic Repository Halloween 2023 Collection! As with previous years, the Miskatonic Repository Halloween 2023 Collection contains scenarios by Repository authors old and new, sold at -60% off! The sale lasts until November 12, and all previous Miskatonic Repository Halloween Collections - 2019 2020 2021 2022 - are back on a -60% sale as well during this time! Miskatonic Repository Halloween 2023 Collection Marek Golonka, Maria Borys-Piątkowska, Leo Milani, Jazmin Ospa, Meghan Kuschner, SR Sellens, Pete Burgess, Rina Haenze, Ryan Graham Theobalds, Bum Lee, Matt "Doc" Tracey, and Al Smith ($50.34 $19.99, 14 PDFs) Contains 14 scenarios and supplements by independent Call of Cthulhu creators in the Miskatonic Repository. nb If you already own a title in the bundle you will not be charged for it.

Independent Call of Cthulhu creator Marcus Bone poses the question, Should you buy this scenario? for his new Miskatonic Repository scenario, Stench of an Open Grave... and gives a compelling answer: "This scenario was created with the express purpose of introducing new players to Cthulhu Dark Ages and as such presents what I hope is a simple, almost linear, mystery for them to explore. With this audience in mind, ‘Stench’ attempts to downplay the more fantastical elements that can sometimes seep into Dark Ages games and instead tries to bring to life the culture and experience of living in the Early Middle Ages. Of course, this may mean more experienced role-players (especially those well versed in the Dark Ages) might find the story a little too simplistic for their tastes, but nevertheless I would still like to think that you ‘hold in your hand’ a well thought out, fun scenario; one that can give a good night or two’s entertainment for any fan of the Cthulhu Mythos." Stench of an Open Grave - A Cthulhu Dark Ages Scenario Marcus Bone ($6.00, 47 page PDF) Short adventure designed to introduce a small group of players to the atmosphere and intrigue of Cthulhu Dark Ages 3rd Edition for the first time. Ideal also for Keepers looking to run a dark - yet simple - mystery set in the early Middle Ages, it gives you everything you need (including three pregenerated characters - created specifically for the scenario) to bring this world - and its horrors - to life. Here are other new releases you should check out on the Miskatonic Repository (plus there are new releases in French, Italian, Korean, Polish, Swedish!) Ghost Trade Matt "Doc" Tracey ($5.99, 33 page PDF) What would you trade? Nestled among the Appalachian foothills of Maine, the small town of Pennybrook has become home to a ghost story: a restless spirit wanders the cemetery at night, led by a ghostly lantern. The residents of the town are divided on the ghost itself. Is it the spirit of a recently departed loved one? A malevolent force brought about by intemperance? Or just the groundskeeper making his nightly rounds? No one can say for sure. Nestled in the swirling mists of Pennybrook there are answers to be found about this ghost story. But also a question must be asked: What would you trade? In Xanthic Tones Rob Leigh ($5.00, 28 page PDF) Hired to find a missing woman for her concerned uncle, the investigators quickly become embroiled in a race against time in the face of an ancient prophecy. In doing so they must contend with two separate but equally vile groups steeped in the Mythos, madness-inducing paintings, and the looming threat of the King in Yellow. Modern-day scenario for four to six players. By default, the scenario is set in London but is easily adaptable to other settings and time periods. On Hallowed Time Josh Roe ($2.99, 11 page PDF) Reclusive millionaire James Carmine has posted an open invitation for any and all looking to escape the chaos of Halloween in Arkham in favor of an elegant ball at his private manor in the woods. Party goers soon find something is wrong when people start falling unconscious left and right. It’s up to the investigators to unravel a coven’s wicked plot to steal the youth of all the attendees. Will the investigators be able to stop them before they turn to dust at sunrise? The Great American Dynasty Keller O'Leary ($4.95, 38 page PDF) The American Dream is coming for you. A shadow society has existed in secret long before the birth of this country, and they'll be here after, too. Can any investigators survive their encounters with this group, or will they simply be the latest in a long, long line of the Dynasty's victims? Modern Day scenario. Children of the Web Zachary Pagram ($3.00, 16 page PDF) An action-filled adventure that drops players into the muggy depths of the Amazon rainforest. Miskatonic University has financed the investigators' expedition into the Amazon in search of a rare supernatural spider silk and promised a handsome reward for silk samples (and/or live specimens of the spiders). However… these are no ordinary spiders, and you’re not the first team to go looking for them. All that remains of the previous expedition is a trail hacked through the jungle, and an abandoned seaplane. Investigators must overcome the threats of the jungle, explore a time-lost ruin, and evade the notice of the Spider God, Atlach-Nacha. The Timeless Terror Marco Danili (Free, 13 page PDF) The players embark on a journey in the early 1920s aboard a luxurious train, reuniting with their friend, the geologist Robert Sinclair. Little do they know that this adventure will test their sanity and their very perception of time. Isolated aboard the train, the investigators must decipher cryptic clues, confront eerie visions, and face the lurking evil in the shadows as strange events unfold. Players must confront not only cosmic horror but also the enigmatic forces of time itself. Will they break free from this temporal nightmare, or will they be forever trapped, where past, present, and future merge into madness? Tuorsjaure - A shadow of what once was Oscar Sedholm ($4.99, 30 page PDF) "Åke Rönnkvist was gone. And it wasn’t just him, but his entire house and yard had been swallowed by the earth. Even the dog pen and the garage were gone. The only thing that remained was an enormous, gaping, dark hole. At the bottom - at least a twenty-metre drop - roots, gravel, and rocks were the only things visible now. News agencies swarmed the place for a few days and seismologists proclaimed it “the freak accident of the century”. A sinkhole in a region where this is unheard of. Even the BBC visited the small, unseemly village of Tuorsjaure, at what they described as the ‘edge of the world in the ancestral lands of the Sámi people’. The locals were not impressed. Part of the Northern Lights and Darkness Collection. On Air Quico Vicens-Picatto (Pay-what-you-want, recommended price Free, 14 page PDF) The one-shot scenario On Air was created for The Call of Cthulhu's 7th edition and is set in 1920s Arkham. The players portray the cast of the neighborhood radio show "The Witching Hour" who are the "lucky ones" tasked with broadcasting live the introduction and spread of an unidentified evil to the community. The people who live in Arkham will be the ones to tell others what is happening over phone conversations. Recipe for Obsession Damien Ennis, Ben Holsclaw ($3.99, 28 page PDF) Bizarre obsessions are taking hold of Arkham’s residents, leading to unexpected deaths. With the Annual Fall Festival around the corner, Arkham’s authorities are distracted, and the Investigators are called in to get to the bottom of these mysterious events. 1920s investigation. The Reanimator Returns Leopoldo Rueda, Stars Are Right ($9.99, 67 page PDF) A string of odd and unexplained disappearances in the backcountry of Vermont peaks the interest of the FBI's newest top secret branch, Department 29. A reporter with more reason than most to investigate these disappearances pieces together that they all occurred on roads leading toward the town of Colter, and vowed to uncover the cause, but has also since gone missing... What awaits the heroes of Department 29 when they pick up the pieces of this investigation and make their way to Colter Town? Only time will tell. 1930s Pulp Cthulhu sandbox scenario about Weird Science, Madness and Horror! The Phthonus Cabinet - A Gaslight-era Scenario John Crowdis ($7.95, 70 page PDF) Jonathan Adley has a problem. Last week, he couldn’t believe his luck when his Auction House in east London broke profit records, largely thanks to an unusually fierce bidding war over an 18th-century ebony cabinet. Yet soon after, Adley was dismayed to find several items delivered to the wrong address, and now the prized cabinet is missing! Worse yet, the winning bidder threatens to sue him into insolvency if he does not produce it within a handful of days. Yet financial ruin may be the least of anyone’s worries, as everyone gets more than they bargained for. Roll20 version also available. Last threads of Sanity Joel Kumpulainen ($2.12, 28 page PDF) Thrusts you into the heart of cosmic horror. In this descent into madness, investigators’ grip on reality slips away faster than you can comprehend. Rapid sanity loss dominates this scenario, rather than slow horror building and investigation. No one emerges from the cosmic abyss with their sanity - or their bodies – intact. A Lone Collection Jade Griffin ($4.99, 103 page PDF) After thwarting a theft on the streets of 1890s Chicago, an old gentleman offers you a job of guarding his collection of strange artifacts while he is away. As the guard, your choices lead to mystery, mythos, magic, and even death while guarding... A Lone Collection is a solo scenario. 100 People to Encounter in Kingsport Adrian Kennelly ($1.99, 12 page PDF) This is a collection of 100 people that investigators could encounter in Kingsport. They tend to be those that are most likely to be encountered, rather than general members of the populace, and as a result include a lot of people working at different businesses in the town, though there are others as well, from students to retirees. Most are not in positions of real importance and most have no knowledge of the Mythos, though some may brush its edges. Broken Dreams John Almack ($2.95, 17 page PDF) The investigator’s dreams of a woman in red being held captive lead him to a Kingsport heiress fallen into a coma. What follows is a personal journey into the Dreamlands on a quest to rescue her. From the crowded stalls of the Goblin Market to the dark depths of the Vaults of Zin and even the stars beyond, the investigator must face many dangerous challenges in order to appease the capricious whim of an Elder God. Short classic-era scenario set in Kingsport and the Dreamlands, designed for one player, but easily expandable for more. Plus! The Miskatonic Repository Halloween 2023 Collection! As with previous years, the Miskatonic Repository Halloween 2023 Collection contains scenarios by Repository authors old and new, sold at -60% off! The sale lasts until November 12, and all previous Miskatonic Repository Halloween Collections - 2019 2020 2021 2022 - are back on a -60% sale as well during this time! Miskatonic Repository Halloween 2023 Collection Marek Golonka, Maria Borys-Piątkowska, Leo Milani, Jazmin Ospa, Meghan Kuschner, SR Sellens, Pete Burgess, Rina Haenze, Ryan Graham Theobalds, Bum Lee, Matt "Doc" Tracey, and Al Smith ($50.34 $19.99, 14 PDFs) Contains 14 scenarios and supplements by independent Call of Cthulhu creators in the Miskatonic Repository. nb If you already own a title in the bundle you will not be charged for it. WHAT IS THE MISKATONIC REPOSITORY? Are you a Keeper looking for new scenarios and story elements? A player looking for something mysterious to spark a character idea? Is your group looking for eerie ideas to use in your game? The Miskatonic Repository is where you can find —and create —self-published material for the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game. Interested in submitting content? Go here to see the guidelines, and here for the additional guidelines. No extra license is required. 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The stars will again be right, as Chaosium Con returns in 2024, April 18 - 21. Chaosium Con 2024 Registration is Live! Badges are on sale now for a weekend dripping with cosmic horror, essential runes, swashbuckling adventure, and chivalrous quests! The hotel block is also open with a special group rate. And pick up your official Chaosium Con 2024 T-shirt on Redbubble. Details about GM and Volunteer Badges are at the Registration Page. The venue is the same as last year - the Ann Arbor Marriott Ypsilanti at the Eaglecrest Golf Resort and Convention Centre, 17 miles west of Detroit Metro Airport (DTW), Michigan. Register for Chaosium Con here: https://tabletop.events/conventions/chaosium-con-2... Once you book your ticket you will receive regular con updates by email! Please note, this is the registration announcement for Chaosium Con 2024 in Ann Arbor MI (April 18-21). We are also holding the inaugural Chaosium Con Australia next year in Melbourne, Victoria (June 8-9). Registration for Chaosium Con Australia will open in January 2024.

Rivers of London RPG line editor and Call of Cthulhu associate editor Lynne Hardy is Guest of Honour at GaelCon 2023 in Dublin this weekend. As part of her Guest of Honour role Lynne will running 'Going Underground', a special Rivers of London RPG scenario, participating in the 'Getting Started in the Gaming Industry' panel, and will be interviewed on stage by the convention chair. She's also got a Rivers of London game she will GM up for bidding in the charity auction! Gaelcon is Ireland’s oldest independent gaming convention and is organised by the Irish Gaming Assocation. Tickets are still available at the con door; check out the full convention program here.

AH vice president Eric Dott had a box of them at the Avalon Hill table. I remember saying when he handed me one, "Ah great, glad they're available in Standard Gamer XL". (Almost three decades later I'd probably to say "Standard Gamer XXL") Reread my point about the replica's "heartfelt addition".

I was lucky enough to get one of these t-shirts at RQCon 1 and wore it a lot over the years, to the point that the logo became unreadable. And now I have a pristine new one!

If you were lucky, you might have got one of these at the first RuneQuestCon, held in Baltimore MD in January 1994 (Avalon Hill Game Company vice president Eric Dott was handing them out). Now – with one heartfelt addition* – here’s a replica of that very t-shirt. Thanks to uber-RQ fan Edward Jones for recreating this historic TTRPG logo. *can you pick out what that is? Available in our official merch Store at Redbubble, along with hundreds of other Chaosium designs: https://www.redbubble.com/shop/ap/151896161

Dark Schemes Herald the End of the World — our friends at Gehenna Gaming are just about to embark on playing Masks of Nyarlathotep, the classic, globe-trotting Call of Cthulhu campaign widely considered to be one of the greatest tabletop roleplaying adventures of all time. Don't miss the stunning first episode — join them on Friday October 27th at 8 PM EST for the premiere on Twitch, which will be followed on Sunday (Oct 29) on YouTube in full 4K. Gehenna Gaming's Masks of Nyarlathotep Actual Play is sponsored by Eldritch Foundry, Norse Foundry, DriveThruRPG, the HP Lovecraft Historical Society, and Infinite Black. Tune in for live giveaways during the Twitch premiere every episode! They'll be giving away giving away dice, gift cards, and Call of Cthulhu PDFs.

Today marks a significant milestone – we just sold our 50,000th product on the Jonstown Compendium! Established in December 2019, the Jonstown Compendium is Chaosium's platform on DriveThruRPG for independent creators of gaming material for Greg Stafford's world of Glorantha and the RuneQuest RPG. Since then titles in this community content program have received critical praise, won several ENNIE and other awards, prompted the creation of a dedicated Storytelling Collective stream for first-time RuneQuest creators, regularly topped the best seller lists at DriveThruRPG, and have sold out at pop-up stores at Chaosium conventions. And, most importantly of all, the program has fostered a growing and dynamic community of independent creators, each exploring Greg Stafford's mythic universe in their own way, yet strongly supportive of each other in such groups as the Jonstown Compendium Creative Circle. "50,000 Jonstown Compendium sales shows Glorantha fans have heartily embraced the concept and that we truly are living in an all-new 'RuneQuest Renaissance'", said Chaosium vice president Michael O'Brien. Community ambassador Nick Brooke's 2023 Jonstown Compendium Index lists every title available in the program. Several Jonstown Compendium creators have won the Greg Stafford Memorial Award for Gloranthan Fandom, and a number of writers, artists, editors, and cartographers have gone on to work directly for Chaosium's official RuneQuest line. Are you a Gamesmaster looking for new scenarios and story elements? A player looking for something mysterious to spark a character idea? Is your group looking for more Gloranthan goodness to use in your game? The Jonstown Compendium is where you can find —and create —self-published material for your roleplaying in Glorantha with content for RuneQuest, along with the QuestWorlds, and 13th Age Glorantha systems. Similar to the Jonstown Compendium, the Miskatonic Repository is Chaosium's platform on DriveThruRPG for independent creators of gaming material for the Call of Cthulhu tabletop roleplaying game. It was launched in December 2018 and recently celebrated its 1000th independent title. Later in 2023, Chaosium is launching a new community content program along similar lines for the Pendragon RPG.