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Moderator Hat: this forum is not the place to discuss the merits of US laws about weapons, or lack thereof. So let's stop right there. Meanwhile, here are some great well-armed Khan of Khans cosplayers from Gen Con last year: And @Belgath - looking forward to seeing yours this year!

I wish I'd thought of that for the announcement when the French Rules Stretch Goal was reached...

In our latest Kickstarter update, backers of our MU board game are getting a sneak peek at some of Victor Leza's amazing new art for the forthcoming Masks of Nyarlathotep:

EIGHT DAYS TO GO in our MU Kickstarter and we've passed 2000 backers and these recent stretch goals: $58K - A Miskatonic University Short Story $61K - Stationery Upgrade II - Player Mats $64K - Rules in Spanish - ¡estupendo! $64K Spanish Stretch Goal has fallen! The printed rulebook will now include the full rules of the game in SPANISH (and English, French, German and Italian!) Stretch Goals coming up... $67K - Cover Art for Molly Tanzer's MU Story $70K - Stationery Upgrade III: the Box! Added a new Stretch Goal: $72K - New Optional Library Card: The Teaching Assistant Anyone who has attended college or university knows that Teaching Assistants (TAs) are the under-appreciated academic workhorses of the institution. They teach, deal with tedious administrivia, and perform various other sorts of scholarly grunt work on behalf of their tenured colleagues, the professors. In recognition of their often thankless service to learned pursuits, we've added TAs to our MU game as a Stretch Goal.

The new edition has conversion notes in the appendices for RQ2 and RQ3. Both versions are very easy to adapt to the new rules, so all the RQ Classic (and indeed all the RQ3) releases are usable.

Jeff and Jason have passed on some exciting news: layout and proofreading of RQG is all-but-done ("we're just doing some final finishing up and tweaks"). The book is truly both a thing of beauty, and also a very easy-to-use reference when playing the game. Stay tuned for an announcement soon about preorders! Art credit: "Binding an Earth Elemental" by Andrey Fetisov

New Stretch Goals announced: As we approach the mid-point of the semester, here's what's coming up in the syllabus as we head towards Graduation: $58K - A Miskatonic University Short Story We'll commission a piece of short fiction set in Miskatonic University by British Fantasy and Wonderland Book Award-nominated author Molly Tanzer. $61K - Stationery Upgrade II - Player Mats We'll upgrade the card stock of the Player Mats to 1.2 mm board with glossy dispersion varnish. $64K - Rules in Spanish MU announce will announce a new academic department in the School of Languages: the Department of Spanish and Hispanic Studies. The printed rulebook will include the full rules of the game in Spanish. $67K - Cover Art for Molly Tanzer's MU Story Our board game artist, the talented Victor Leza, will be commissioned to create a color cover illustration for Molly Tanzer's short fiction set in Miskatonic University (see $58K Stretch Goal). This art will be included in the short story reward for all backers at Professor ($25) and above. $70K - Stationery Upgrade III: the Box! A sturdy box is without doubt a benefit, keeping your game looking good throughout the ages. We'll include double thickness card, white lining, with a bevelled edge. v v v More Stretch Goals to be announced here! v v v $100K - Terminal Degree! We'll award all backers at Professor ($25) and above the highly prestigious and coveted Doctorate of Medieval Metaphysics from Miskatonic University.

New Stretch Goal announced: $58K - A Miskatonic University Short Story Chaosium's fiction line editor James Lowder will commission a piece of short fiction set in Miskatonic University by British Fantasy and Wonderland Book Award-nominated author Molly Tanzer. All backers at Professor level ($25) and above will receive the story in multiple electronic formats (PDF, EPUB, MOBI, PRC). Our game is set in a library after all...

We thought we had sold out of HORROR ON THE ORIENT EXPRESS, but recent stocktaking at our UK and USA warehouses has uncovered some additional copies! We have a very limited number of these boxed sets available, and once sold, they are sold. These will go on sale on our website on Monday April 23rd at 10AM US Central Time. This is the final chance to get the boxed edition from Chaosium.com. After that, the train goes back in the shed. HotOE will eventually be back in a new edition—most likely in a slipcase rather than a box—sometime in the next several years (no firm date yet). https://www.chaosium.com/horror-on-the-orient-express/

Our first Reiner Knizia game KHAN OF KHANS will be out in Japanese translation on May 1st! And our second Reiner Knizia game MISKATONIC UNIVERSITY is live on Kickstarter now. We don't know whether we should be saying "Wa-ha!", or "Iä Iä!"

The intent is yes to all of the above. Hazia can ingested in a variety of ways. If you take enough, under the right circumstances the effects are the same as the Discorporate spell.

Less than $200 to our $50K "Diploma Mill II" stretch goal! Then we start handing out Miskatonic University Masters Degrees. All backers of the base game ($25) and above get one. OK, so we might be running a diploma mill, but how's that for cheap tuition?

Having been involved in the art direction for the silhouettes in 13G, I'm really happy with the way they turned out and how they are presented in the book: wonderful work by Kalin Kadiev and Mara Braun, and layout guy Chris Huth:

A new stretch goal announced: $55K - Rules in Italian MU announces new academic department in the School of Languages - the Accademia di lingua italiana. The printed rulebook will include the full rules of the game in Italian. New Pledge Level (at $55K): Associate Dean - Accademia di lingua italiana (1 backer only) MU is also recruiting a scholar to lead this new division: the Associate Dean - Accademia di lingua italiana.

Two more stretch goals reached: $40K FUNDED! - Stationery Upgrade: cards now 320 gsm with linen finish $45K FUNDED! - Rulebook will now include French Now on to... $50K - DIPLOMA MILL II: we start handing out Masters degrees!

We reached the "Diploma Mill" Stretch Goal in our Miskatonic University board game kickstarter, so now *every backer* gets a Bachelors Degree in Medieval Metaphysics. Even the "Student" level backers at $1 - we are running a diploma mill after all... n.b. the degree certificates are non-personalised, so you can add your own name in. Impress your friends with your academic attainment!

Our MU board game now heading towards its third stretch goal. In our first Stretch Goal, "Diploma Mill" everyone who backs gets granted a Bachelors degree in Medieval Metaphysics (even the $1 backers - we're running a diploma mill here, after all). And in our second, the printed game will now include the rules in German. $30K (funded!)—Diploma Mill: We will award all backers with a Bachelor of Arts in Medieval Metaphysics degree from Miskatonic University. $35K (funded!)—Rules in German: The printed rulebook will include the full rules of the game in German. $40K—Stationery Upgrade: we will upgrade the specifications of the game cards. $45K—Rules in French: The printed rulebook will include the full rules of the game in French. $50K—Diploma Mill II: Masters degrees for all backers at $25 and above! We've got more exciting (and fun!) stretch goals to strive for - please help spread the word!

What's been keeping Jeff busy after the RQG rules themselves headed over into layout? Find out here... https://www.chaosium.com/blogwhats-happening-with-rqg-2-the-gods-of-glorantha

The groundbreaking and revolutionary early history of our company, as recounted by Geek and Sundry's Benjamin Riggs, a wonderful read! (Also tells the strange-but-true story of how our illustrious founder Greg Stafford came to own the first-sold copy of Dungeons & Dragons, literally straight off Gary Gygax's printer!) https://geekandsundry.com/tarot-cards-told-him-to-start-a-game-company-the-dawn-of-chaosium/

Games Vs Play interviews Susan, our board games line editor, to get some early insights about our new game, her experiences working with design legends Reiner Knizia and Greg Stafford, and what's in store in the MU Kickstarter... http://gamesvsplay.com/sneak-preview-of-miskatonic-university-the-restricted-collection-chaosiums-new-lovecraftian-boardgame

And our Miskatonic University Kickstarter is funded—within 16 hours of launch! Many thanks MU scholars, it's great to be back making Lovecraftian board games again! And now to the first Stretch Goal at $30K: "Diploma Mill" As my friend and colleague Jeff Richard says, from here on it is all gravy. Eldritch, tentacle-ridden gravy that drives you insane with forbidden lore😜

Our Kickstarter is Live! We're excited to be launching our first Lovecraftian board game since 1987. We hope you'll support our campaign and make the MISKATONIC UNIVERSITY: THE RESTRICTED COLLECTION game a reality! —all the team at Chaosium Inc.

Our Kickstarter launches later today! Enrolments will open at Miskatonic University at: —New York, USA - 2:00 pm EDT —Chicago, USA - 1.00 pm CDT —Los Angeles, USA - 11:00 am PDT —London, UK - 7:00 pm BST —Melbourne, Australia - 4:00 am AEST (Wed 18th) We're excited to be launching our first Lovecraftian board game since 1987. We hope you'll support our campaign and make the Miskatonic University game a reality!

Our family game KHAN OF KHANS is coming out in Japanese in May, thanks to our good friends Arclight - Wa-ha!

Hollywood TV writer and producer Robert Hewitt Wolfe (Elementary, StarTrek, DS9 etc) is a RuneQuest and Glorantha fan from way back, and even snuck references into the scripts he worked on). But, playing boardgames last night he had a Gloranthan reason to call out K-H-H-A-A-A-N-N-N-N!!!!!