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She's wearing the Fertility Rune on all three four versions: Earlier 13G version of the image: Note also, Vasana's distinguishing scar:

An exciting new partnership: official sounds for the Call of Cthulhu RPG! Just as Call of Cthulhu games often feature elaborate handouts and props, with Syrinscape, players will be able to use and create soundtracks that help build that sense of unease, suspense and dread at the gaming table, punctuated by moments of horror and excitement! https://www.chaosium.com/blogcall-of-cthulhu-coming-to-syrinscape

Unnatural Selections #1 'Unnatural Selections' is what will become a regular round up of notable Chaosium reviews we think are worth a look... —A self-confessed cattle rustler (or at least unwitting accomplice to cow stealing) reviews our Reiner Knizia family game KHAN OF KHANS: http://bit.ly/2FZyLz6 —Dreams & Nightmares explains how you can become the world's greatest uncle/aunt/friend with CALL OF CTHULHU FOR BEGINNING READERS: http://bit.ly/2BPn7ZC —Tabletop Gaming Magazine (UK) calls CALL OF CTHULHU a "stone cold classic": http://bit.ly/2C6UFxO —Games Vs Play comes up with 5 reasons why CALL OF CTHULHU is actually one of the best historical RPGs around: http://bit.ly/2H1khAb —Reckoning of the Dead reviews two of these new historical settings: DOWN DARKER TRAILS (Old West) and REIGN OF TERROR (French Revolution): http://bit.ly/2nUM0d3 —Lastly, George RR Martin of 'Games of Thrones' fame pops up in a video interview with Sandy Petersen to lament that Call of Cthulhu "almost destroyed my life and career". We *think* he means that as a compliment: http://bit.ly/2skmCm7 https://www.chaosium.com/blog/unnatural-selections-recent-chaosium-reviews-of-note-1

Unnatural Selections #2 Andrew Logan Montgomery's Otherworlds of Fiction, Magic, and Gaming blog recently reviewed two new Chaosium releases with considerable depth, insight and perspicacity (in his own words, Andrew's reviews "run deep"). The books he covered are 13th Age Glorantha and The Glorantha Sourcebook, both currently available from Chaosium in PDF (hardbacks coming later in the year). So, as Andrew invites you, "Grab a cup of coffee, pour a glass of wine, and settle in for the latest dive into one of gaming's most extraordinary and influential worlds." https://www.chaosium.com/blogunnatural-selections-recent-chaosium-reviews-of-note-2

Unnatural Selections #3 Reckoning of the Dead says "Chaosium does it again" of Petersen's Abominations; Griffin Mountain is back - Grognardia calls it "one of the best RPG products ever produced for any game"; and Seth Skorkowsky explains why 'The Haunting' has been in print constantly for nearly 30 years, and has been "a rite of passage for nearly every Keeper in that time." https://www.chaosium.com/blogunnatural-selections-recent-chaosium-reviews-of-note-3

I worked with Andrey on the original version, as part of a number of interior pieces for the 13G book. Jeff takes the credit for going back to the piece with Andrey and turning it into the stunning cover piece featuring the pregens with lot of wonderful new details. Andrey started drawing for us as a Call of Cthulhu illustrator, but was intrigued by Glorantha (which he'd never heard of), to give that a try too when we asked him if he'd like to be part of finishing off the 13G project*. He's got some great pieces in 13G, and some wonderful stuff coming up in the new RQG: his Gloranthan art just keeps getting better and better as he gets drawn in deeper and deeper to the setting... *another such artist is Caleb Cleveland, who had also done Call of Cthulhu art in the past, but had never done anything for Glorantha before. His 13G pics of the Earth Priestess and her Troll Wind Lord buddy—definitely some One Unique Thing stuff going on here—are among my favourite in that book:

The original title of the piece was "Orlanth and his thanes" (though whether that's the Big O himself or a wind lord avatar is rather moot, as we originally commissioned it for the heroquesting chapter of 13th Age Glorantha). The revised RQG cover version upgrades Vasana's armor and swaps out the figures around the Big Blue Guy with the other example characters from the rules. Andrey's earlier version still appears in the 13G book.

EN WORLD previews 13th Age Glorantha, "a 400+ page love letter to Greg Stafford’s World of Glorantha, one of the most extensively developed and renowned fantasy settings of all time" by Rob Heinsoo and Jonathan Tweet, the lead designers of the 3rd and 4th editions of D&D. http://www.enworld.org/forum/content.php?5088-Preview-Greg-Stafford-s-Glorantha-in-13th-Age!

Another MU Faculty Note from Susan, board games line editor: Award-winning graphic artist and board games aficionado Ian O'Toole is on board to make our new Reiner Knizia Miskatonic University game look and play beautifully! Here's what the player mats look like: More details here: https://www.chaosium.com/blogmu-faculty-note-the-player-mats/

A bit more insight about the new RuneQuest cover we're working on. One of the groundbreaking RPG design innovations RuneQuest introduced way back in 1978 was the "example character", with ongoing vignettes of their adventures to show how the rules operate in play. Original RQ had 'The Saga of Rurik the Restless'; for RQG it's 'Vasana's Saga'! Like with Rurik's Saga, many of the RQG examples stem from actual play, from the Chaosium house campaign. The warrior woman on the right of the new cover is Vasana herself, the example character of RQG. Vasana's companions are arrayed there too: Harmast, a chieftain's son; Sorala, an adventurous sage; Vostor, a Lunar deserter; Yanioth, a magically-adept Earth priestess; and Vishi Dun, a High Llama tribe shaman's apprentice. (And that's Vasana on RuneQuest Quickstart cover too, fighting the legendary rock lizard. Vasana and her friends are the pre-gen characters).

+5% to Illumination

So much for us getting accused of "lack of realism", just because Greg Stafford's World of Glorantha really is the flat top of a floating cube, under a sky that's an actual dome... https://www.thepoke.co.uk/2018/03/22/guy-makes-role-playing-games-criticised-map-new-orleans-unrealistic-gone-viral/

That's the rock-lizard killer there—she's a Wind Lord now:

In our last update, Jason revealed the new RuneQuest logo, and the process we went through to get there; in our newest Design Note, here it is on the cover of the book itself, with amazing art by Andrey Fetisov! Jeff also details where we are with the whole RQG project. Well worth a read... https://www.chaosium.com/blogdesigning-the-new-runequest-part-23/ (please note, the cover is still a work-in-progress!)

This is the new (and final) logo for RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha! In our latest RuneQuest Designer's Notes, Jason goes through the "logorrhea of logos" the game has had in its storied 40 year history, and how we went back to basics to create a logo with "an old world feeling but was relatively clean and not artificially weathered or aged". And here it is. Read more from Jason here: https://www.chaosium.com/blogdesigning-the-new-runequest-part-22/

The summer convention season is approaching, with GEN CON, ORIGINS and UK GAMES EXPO on the horizon. Why not get a GM ticket through us and fix your summer plans to be at one (or more!) of these major gaming conventions! The deadline for Gen Con (Indianapolis IN, Aug 2-5) was March 10th and we have slammed their submission system with dozens of different events for Call of Cthulhu, RuneQuest, HeroQuest and 13th Age Glorantha. We have 500+ hours of table time scheduled in our own room! At Origins (Columbus OH, June 13-17), we're partnering with Rogue Cthulhu to present over 150 sessions of Call of Cthulhu in a special dedicated play space, and premiering the new RuneQuest to the North American audience. And at UK Games Expo (Birmingham UK, June 1-3) we're staging the multi-round Cthulhu Masters tournament, and giving British fans the first chance to see the new RuneQuest in action. We are actively recruiting GMs to run games of Call of Cthulhu and run demos of the upcoming RuneQuest. WE PARTICULARLY NEED GMS FOR RUNEQUEST! Running games will get you a free badge! Just contact Todd@Chaosium.com to volunteer as a GM for our events.

The MU Admissions Office is now open! Our new Lovecraftian board game launches on Kickstarter in late April. But here's your chance to get on the tenure track right now! - if you'd like to be informed when the Kickstarter goes live, just sign up with your email at the link: http://eepurl.com/doDOxH https://www.tabletopgaming.co.uk/board-games/news/call-of-cthulhu-studio-making-its-first-lovecraftian-board-game-in-30

A quick note from Susan, our board games line editor: Exciting news—our next board game is close! Last year, after some 25 years away, Chaosium got back into boardgames. This first foray brought together German board game wizard Reiner Knizia and "the Grand Shaman of Games" himself Greg Stafford, for the family game Khan of Khans set in the mythic world of Glorantha. Very soon we'll be back with a Kickstarter for our first Lovecraftian board game since 1987! I'm excited to be working with Reiner again, exploring the world of horror in a fast-paced, fun-filled, push-your-luck game. Set in the treacherous and terrifying Restricted Collection of Miskatonic University's Orne Library, the game features grimoires, elder signs, academic politics and madness — and that endlessly renewable resource, graduate students! When the time comes we hope you'll join us on our journey by supporting this Kickstarter and make the Miskatonic University game a reality! Kickstarter Launch Date: late April!

New at the Miskatonic Repository! Check out these recent community content releases at the Miskatonic Repository: CALL OF CTHULHU SCENARIOS The Knife - Michael LaBossiere (pay what you want - suggested price $0.50)"...pits the intrepid investigators against a serial killer. Is the killer a mundane murderer or something more?" A Light in Darkness - Matthew Puccio ($4.99)"A dark, survival horror scenario for Call of Cthulhu, set in the Pacific Theatre during World War II." The Man Downstairs - Adam Gauntlet ($4.00)"The tenants at 224 Lenox Avenue, between W 121st and W122nd, New York City, have a neighbour they have never met, and never knew existed until a few weeks ago, yet he has always been there..." The Kirkwood Farmhouse Massacre - Fred Love ($1.99)"Something terrifyingly evil awaits among the ruins of the old Kirkwood farmhouse. It'll take a cunning team of investigators to uncover the truth behind the gruesome murders that took place there in 1924." Check out Reviews from R'lyeh's review: "Murder expose takes The Haunting to Iowa—and beyond (via a slippery slope)!" Drawn from the Dark - Michael Nagel ($8.95)"An anthology of adventures from both the 1920s and Modern eras." CALL OF CTHULHU RESOURCES Mike's Free Mythos Maps Collection #1 - Michael LaBossiere (free)"A collection of twenty maps suitable for 1920s and contemporary Call of Cthulhu adventures." INDIGO: A Time Travel Organisation - Carl Matthews ($5.00)"Inspired by HPL's The Shadow Out Of Time, INDIGO is a new organisation for Call Of Cthulhu." Miskatonic Repository Samurai Weapons of Feudal Japan - Carl Matthews ($1.00)"If you are playing a game of Call of Cthulhu set in the Sengoku Period of feudal Japan, what is more iconic than the weapons available to the samurai?" Miskatonic Repository Samurai - Occupations and monsters adapted to Feudal Japan - Carl Matthews ($5.00)"Several occupations for Samuari, and monsters adapted to the Sengoku Period of Japan, for Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition." Goliriad the Speaker: An Eldritch Abomination For Mountains and Caves - Tristan Jusola-Sanders ($0.99)"...stats and evocative descriptions of one Deity-level threat and two servitors" The Kirkwood Farmhouse Investigation - Fred Love (free)"A companion piece to The Kirkwood Farmhouse Massacre - use this document to provide extra clues and context before unleashing the terror that awaits in the old Kirkwood farmhouse." And since our announcement that all languages are now welcome at the Miskatonic Repository, it's great to see it happening already: Kara Büyü - Setting Dökümanı (Turkish) - Ekin Ergün ($2.49)"A Turkish setting for Call of Cthulhu"

Andrew Logan Montgomery's Otherworlds of Fiction, Magic, and Gaming blog recently reviewed two new Chaosium releases with considerable depth, insight and perspicacity (in his own words, Andrew's reviews "run deep"). The books he covered are 13th Age Glorantha and The Glorantha Sourcebook, both currently available from Chaosium in PDF (hardbacks coming later in the year). So, as Andrew invites you, "Grab a cup of coffee, pour a glass of wine, and settle in for the latest dive into one of gaming's most extraordinary and influential worlds." https://www.chaosium.com/blogunnatural-selections-recent-chaosium-reviews-of-note-2/

"...vividly told, beautifully illustrated, and inspirational... Drawing on long out-of-print sources, and including new materials, this belongs in the collection of new Glorantha fans and old timers alike." —Andrew Logan Montgomery's review of THE GLORANTHA SOURCEBOOK is well worth a read... ...and while you're over there, check out his equally insightful review of the recently released 13th AGE GLORANTHA. Both titles are currently available in PDF from Chaosium.com and DTRPG. Buy now from Chaosium.com, and get the full price of the PDF back when the hardback versions come out.

Here's your opportunity to "get killed by Sandy Petersen"... Chaosium's newest Call of Cthulhu release PETERSEN'S ABOMINATIONS is out now in hardback! Available now from Chaosium: we have stocks in our US, UK and Australian warehouses. Full-color hardcover, comes with the PDF included! https://www.chaosium.com/petersens-abominations-hardcover

Seems George RR Martin also got in too deep with Call of Cthulhu too, lamenting "it almost destroyed my life and career":

Starfarer 2250 was produced under license from Chaosium, based on a commitment made by Chaosium from long ago. The creator has a special one-off exception to incorporate the BRP Quickstart rules into the text.