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"Among fans of Glorantha, Argrath has a well-deserved split reputation. He is decidedly morally gray and intentionally ambiguous. It is up to the Gamemaster to ultimately decide if he is the epic hero desperately trying to save the world or the horrific villain who will end it all." https://www.chaosium.com/blogselkanas-saga-11-mad-bad-and-dangerous-to-know Note: THIS IS FINAL INSTALMENT OF SELKANA'S SAGA FOR THE TIME BEING - Ellie and Scott hope you've enjoyed it!

This Valentine's Day we'll be sharing a special treat for RUNEQUEST - ROLEPLAYING IN GLORANTHA fans... 💝

https://www.chaosium.com/blogannouncing-a-swedish-edition-of-runequest-roleplaying-in-glorantha

The best the Thanatari can muster in the catacomb archives under the greatest LM library in the world is a solitary priest, his guardian and a few mad head spirits: http://rpgreview.net/mob/thegettingofwisdom.htm

In the first PENDRAGON DESIGN NOTES on the Chaosium blog, line editor David Larkins talks about the genesis of the Book of Feasts. With the Feasts Deck in hand, the important medieval and literary tradition of feasting comes to your KAP game in an entertaining fashion. https://www.chaosium.com/blogpendragon-design-notes-the-book-of-feasts

This is your last chance to preorder our Miskatonic University board game on Backerkit. As we are poised to start the Kickstarter fulfilment, we need to lock down Backerkit by Tuesday of next week (Feb 12). —Preorder the complete boxed game for USD$25.00 plus shipping —Or two complete MU games for $45 plus shipping —Or the MU game and Khan of Khans for $45 plus shipping. Preorder here: https://miskatonic-university.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders

RUNEQUEST is soon coming by ship, but we thought we'd put the slipcase set we'd received in advance through its paces last night...

Part Ten of Selkana's Saga: now that the adventurers have made it to the high-perched city of Boldhome they have a gameplay decision to make... https://www.chaosium.com/blogselkanas-saga-10-fast-times-at-boldhome-high

"The Great Fatted Bull". It's a great story from a great writer who has waited 4,000 years to be published. And it's wonderful #Gloranthafuel H/T Kalin Kadiev

terminallynerdy.com says Call of Cthulhu the Official Video Game is "The best representation of the Tabletop RPG Call of Cthulhu rules I have ever seen." And it's currently 25% off on Steam (until Feb 11). More details and new reviews we like here: https://www.chaosium.com/blogunnatural-selections-20-call-of-cthulhu-the-video-game-is-25-off-on-steam-until-feb-11

Community content titles in The Miskatonic Repository are now able to be offered as POD printed books as well as PDF. Details at the link: https://www.chaosium.com/blogmiskatonic-monday-pod-option-now-available-for-titles-in-the-repository

"...one of the best examples of using mechanics in a tabletop RPG to create and reinforce setting and tone... just let the game carry you along into the high-magic, mythology-focused, Bronze Age fantasy game you never knew you wanted to play." In part 2 of their series looking at roleplaying in Greg Stafford's world of Glorantha, The Play To See What Happens blog says the new RUNEQUEST is "a beautiful product and the beginning of a very promising re-birth or reinvigoration of a tabletop RPG classic." http://playtoseewhathappens.blogspot.com/2019/02/gaming-in-glorantha-part-2-runequest.html

Did you know that for the last year or so of his life, "Greg Stafford, Professional Mythologist" - was somewhat prolific on Quora? The Arkati-Shaman-Trickster fielded a range of questions - some 848 in total - across an eclectic range of topics, related to his passions, interests and colourful life experiences. Questions Greg answered include, "What is the function of Myth", to "What character did you have the most fun roleplaying as?" (A: Larry the gorilla in RuneQuest), to "What does everyone get wrong about King Arthur?" Be prepared for an entertaining and wide-ranging deep dive if you go have a look...

"That is not dead which can eternal lie. And with strange aeons even death may die." The DEAD GAMES SOCIETY podcast talks to Sandy Petersen about the genesis of the Call of Cthulhu RPG, the original Arkham Horror and more... http://dgsociety.net/podcast/a-conversation-with-sandy-peterson-the-dead-games-society

If you already own the RQG core rulebook you will be able to buy an empty slipcase and also order the Bestiary and GM Pack to complete the set. For a limited time this will be available at a special bundled price. If you have purchased the PDFs of the Bestiary and the GM Pack, you will receive coupons for the full price of these PDFs off the cost of the printed books. The first printing of the core rulebook is sold out. The second printing of the rulebook features many corrections as well as brighter artwork.

Email Dustin - customerservice@chaosium.com

Our Australian convention coordinator Andrew just happened to be at Chaosium's Melbourne HQ when a special air-mailed package arrived! This is an advance look at what is coming by ship, arriving soon in our warehouses in the USA, UK and Australia.

Our friends at Steve Jackson Games are bringing back their Pocket Box titles from the 80's - what an awesome idea! The Kickstarter funded quickly with seven SJ games on offer (including Illuminati, Ogre, and Car Wars), and more titles coming in Stretch Goals. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/sjgames/pocket-box-games-of-the-eighties/description That got us thinking - Chaosium produced some eclectic and interesting board games back in the day that would work well in a format like this. Which ones would you like to see a reprise of, if we could make that happen?

Apropos of nothing, as a kid "Crocodile Hunter" Steve Irwin lived a few streets away from where this image was taken, and he had to walk through this park to get to school...

An advance copy of TERROR AUSTRALIS has made it to Australian shores! The fleet with the rest of them has now set sail from the Orient, heading to Botany Bay, Old Blighty, and the New World, on schedule for a March release. https://www.chaosium.com/terror-australis-2nd-edition-pdf

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The final post for New Gamemaster Month is up—we’ve come a long way over the past few weeks, and we’re closing in on your first game session... https://newgamemastermonth.com/2019/01/31/game-time-bit-characters

Yes, that is the stated intent of that thread - rules questions put to Jason and his replies. Posts extraneous to that will be removed. But you are most welcome to take debate and discussion to another thread (like this one).

Handwritten parchment fragments of an "intriguing, previously unknown" 13th-century tale featuring Merlin and King Arthur have been discovered in Bristol's library archives. #KAPfuel https://www.theguardian.com/culture/2019/jan/30/undiscovered-merlin-tale-fragments-found-in-bristol-archives

Please post any typos/errors spotted in The Book of Sires in this thread: https://basicroleplaying.org/topic/8938-book-of-sires-errors-thread/