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Overnight we received a message from one Klaus Mehler—Caretaker of the Old Arkham Graveyard. We thought we'd share it with you all. Read it here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chaosium/graveyards-of-arkham/posts/3867948

Last week we announced Horror on the Orient Express: The Board Game is in development. It quickly shot up to first place on BoardGameGeek's 'Hotness' top trending games list – and is still #1! Subscribe to our newsletter to stay informed about the game: https://mailchi.mp/805d007763f2/horror-on-the-orient-express-board-game

It's your last chance to vote in this year's ENNIES Awards — please support us! : BEST PODCAST Bookshops of Arkham BEST ELECTRONIC BOOK Host and Hostility: Three Regency Call of Cthulhu Scenarios BEST RULES and PRODUCT OF THE YEAR Rivers of London: the RPG Voting closes at on Sunday, July 23 at midnight ET. Vote here: https://vote.ennie-awards.com/vote/2023

We are excited to announce our first stretch goal for Graveyards of Arkham! At $30,000 the one-and-only Becca Scott will be joining the Graveyards of Arkham cast as a guest NPC! Back today and enjoy your Call of Cthulhu rewards: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chaosium/graveyards-of-arkham

And if you'd like a printed copy of our new Arkham Map, that's available as an add-on in the Kickstarter at any backer level, with free worldwide postage.

From our wickedly inventive friends at the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society: The Arkham Investigator's Wallet. Already two-time ENNIES Product of the Year winners for their amazing Call of Cthulhu gaming props, the HPLHS continue to raise the bar, taking a real vintage-style leather wallet and packing it full of more than 40 things that an investigator in 1920s Arkham might have on them. And to help crank up the fun, they include in an all-new Call of Cthulhu scenario written to feature the wallet and its contents! Open now for preorders at a special introductory price and scheduled to start shipping on August 7th (once it begins shipping, the price will have to go up!). P.S. Our friends the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society are also helping us by creating more props for our current Graveyards of Arkham Kickstarter. A reward for all backers $19 and above is a digital copy of our new Town of Arkham Street Map. It features wryly authentic advertisements of local Arkham businesses, created by our our wickedly inventive friends at the HPLHS. And if you'd like a printed copy of our new Arkham Map that the HPLHS contributed to, it's available as an add-on in the Graveyards of Arkham Kickstarter. The physical poster is 23.4" x 30.4" / 59.5 x 77.3cm and printed on semi-gloss paper. It comes shipped in a rolled tube - perfect for the tabletop! And the add-on price includes worldwide free postage! So nothing to pay later. The HPLHS are also helping us create the Old Arkham Graveyard Map and Plot Certificates. Specific backer levels allow you to reserve a graveyard plot of your own, pick out a headstone from our selection of master masonry, and write your epitaph. Please check out the Kickstarter here and help us make this new series! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chaosium/graveyards-of-arkham

Call of Cthulhu's Horror on the Orient Express has long been revered as one of the most iconic and acclaimed horror campaigns in tabletop roleplaying — so we're very excited to announce a new board game adaption is coming!Horror on the Orient Express: The Board Game brings the award-winning Call of Cthulhu horror and mystery TTRPG into the world of board gaming. Special rules, ongoing character development, and awesome play pieces all providing a challenging and exciting gaming experience.Designed by Adam Kwapiński (Nemesis, Frostpunk) and Michał Gołąb Gołębiowski (Destinies), Horror on the Orient Express: The Board Game is a cooperative game in which you and other investigators have to survive on the doomed train. To win, you must discover and hunt out the cultists to stop them performing a hideous ritual, as well as make sure that the train reaches its destination. With all manner of dangers facing you, the challenge is to survive, stop the horrors of the Dreamlands, and prevent calamity.We'll be launching a Kickstarter for the game next year, with a planned release date in 2025. And at Gen Con this year we'll be demoing a prototype: come see the train on its journey at the Chaosium booth #509. Learn more about Horror on the Orient Express: The Board Game Sign up to the Horror on the Orient Express: The Board Game Newsletter. Entry at Board Game Geek

And if you'd like a printed copy of our new Arkham Map, that's available as an add-on in the Kickstarter. Our Graveyards of Arkham actual play series is set in the legend-haunted city of Arkham. When the show debuts you'll be able to follow where the players are going on the map! And use it yourself for your own Call of Cthulhu investigations and explorations. The physical poster is 23.4" x 30.4" / 59.5 x 77.3cm and printed on semi-gloss paper. It comes shipped in a rolled tube - perfect for the tabletop! And the add-on price includes postage (worldwide!) - you won't be asked to pay anything more for shipping when the rewards are ready to be sent. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chaosium/graveyards-of-arkham

Back Graveyards of Arkham on Kickstarter at any level $19 and above and receive an advance copy of our huge new Arkham Map! Matt Ryan's lovingly detailed 1922 Town of Arkham Street Plan map is a massive 7000 x 5400 pixels, great for exploring every part of the legend-haunted city. The map even includes wryly authentic advertisements for local Arkham businesses, created by our master prop-maker friends at the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society. All backers $19+ receive a digital copy. Backers at Professor Pledge ($129) get a physical copy included in their rewards, with free worldwide shipping. This 23.4" x 30.4" / 59.5 x 77.3cm poster is printed on semi-gloss paper and will be shipped in a rolled tube - perfect for the tabletop! Graveyards of Arkham is a new blockbuster Call of Cthulhu actual play series — back our Kickstarter here!: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chaosium/graveyards-of-arkham

We have funded! Thank you to all our wonderful backers! There are still 21 days (and some exciting announcements) to come! Back here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chaosium/graveyards-of-arkham

Live on Kickstarter! — Graveyards of Arkham is our blockbuster sequel to the 2023 ENNIES-nominated Bookshops of Arkham Call of Cthulhu actual play series. Graveyards of Arkham is going to continue to break new ground in actual play, with amazing set designs, stellar performances, walk-on NPCs, and of course horror storytelling that only the Call of Cthulhu tabletop roleplaying game can produce. As an anthology, viewers won't have to have watched Bookshops (though if you haven't you should - many, many viewers have told us it's the best actual play series they've ever seen!) But we're returning with several of the main cast including Mark Meer as Keeper, along with the same incredibly talented writing team. --Mark Meer-- And, for supporting us in this Kickstarter campaign, we've put together a whole lot of eldritch surprises as backer rewards! Town of Arkham Street Plan Map For a start, ALL backers at $19 and above will receive a digital copy of our brand new Arkham Map. This highly detailed, lovingly authentic 1922 Town of Arkham Street Plan map is a massive 7000 x 5400 pixels, so backers will easily be able to explore in and around the legend-haunted town on the dark and muttering banks of the Miskatonic River. Perfect for Call of Cthulhu campaign play, worldbuilding, or just firing your imagination as you wander around the city streets and landmarks. Higher backer levels also offer a physical copy of the map, with free worldwide postage. Many, many more eldritch delights for backers There are many, many more eldritch delights for backers, including a Graveyards of Arkham movie poster by renowned Finnish artist Ossi Hiekkala, Old Arkham Graveyard grave plots and certificates by the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society, and fantastic bundles of Call of Cthulhu releases — please check out the Kickstarter here and help us make this new series: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chaosium/graveyards-of-arkham

ENNIES voting is now live, please vote for our Call of Cthulhu nominees! BEST PODCAST — Call of Cthulhu: Bookshops of Arkhamhttps://vote.ennie-awards.com/vote/2023/ballot.php?category_id=15 BEST ELECTRONIC BOOK — Host and Hostility: Three Regency Call of Cthulhu Scenarioshttps://vote.ennie-awards.com/vote/2023/ballot.php?category_id=7 And please vote for our other nominees too!

ENNIES voting is now live, please vote for our Call of Cthulhu nominees! BEST ELECTRONIC BOOK — Host and Hostility: Three Regency Call of Cthulhu Scenarioshttps://vote.ennie-awards.com/vote/2023/ballot.php?category_id=7 BEST PODCAST — Call of Cthulhu: Bookshops of Arkhamhttps://vote.ennie-awards.com/vote/2023/ballot.php?category_id=15 And please vote for our other nominees too!

ENNIES voting is now live! BEST RULES — Rivers of London: The Roleplaying Gamehttps://vote.ennie-awards.com/vote/2023/ballot.php?category_id=18PRODUCT OF THE YEAR — Rivers of London: The Roleplaying Gamehttps://vote.ennie-awards.com/vote/2023/ballot.php?category_id=23 And please vote for our other nominees too!

The ENNIES are one of the best known tabletop roleplaying game awards. The nominees are selected by a panel of industry experts and voted on by fans – and voting is now live! All the creative people who made these brilliant releases would love your vote in the following categories: BEST PODCAST — Call of Cthulhu: Bookshops of Arkham https://vote.ennie-awards.com/vote/2023/ballot.php?category_id=15 BEST ELECTRONIC BOOK — Host and Hostility: Three Regency Call of Cthulhu Scenarios https://vote.ennie-awards.com/vote/2023/ballot.php?category_id=7 BEST RULES — Rivers of London: The Roleplaying Game https://vote.ennie-awards.com/vote/2023/ballot.php?category_id=18 PRODUCT OF THE YEAR — Rivers of London: The Roleplaying Game https://vote.ennie-awards.com/vote/2023/ballot.php?category_id=23 FAN AWARD FOR BEST PUBLISHER: Chaosium Inc. https://vote.ennie-awards.com/vote/2023/ballot.php?category_id=22 Congratulations to our team members, creative partners, and to all the nominees and judge's spotlight awardees. All winners will be announced August 4th at 8PM EST at Gen Con. and also vote in this category for the How We Roll podcast and Seth Skorkowsky - two shows that love Call of Cthulhu! P.S. we're doing a follow-up series to Bookshops of Arkham: Sign up now to get notified about our Kickstarter at launch.

How do you celebrate milestones in true Pendragon style? Line editor David Larkins reflects and answers questions in an interview filmed on the release day of the new Pendragon Starter Set. Part of our Chaosium Interviews series with James Coquillat.

-- Releasing November -- CHA6218ISBN 9781568824758MSRP $19.99336 pagesTrade PaperbackBy Chris Gidlow“The famous Arthur? I had begun to think you were a legend…”A literary novel of Arthurian legend, Arthur the Soldier peers through the myths of King Arthur, and shows what might have been the Dark Age reality—a blooded soldier, returned from distant wars, striving to bring unity and order to the land he loves.In this evocative first release of Chaosium’s new Pendragon Fiction line, Arthurian scholar Chris Gidlow brings the legends to life, vividly transporting the reader to tumultuous post-Roman Britain.Arthur the Soldier is Part One of the Ruin of Britain trilogy.

We will have pre-release hardcover copies of the new Basic Roleplaying available at Gen Con! But supplies are strictly limited - so if you're coming to Gen Con and want a copy, do come see us at booth #509 without delay!

Cults of RuneQuest: The Prosopaedia is the first in the new Cults of RuneQuest sourcebook series for the RuneQuest TTRPG. This book is an indispensable reference to the many gods and goddesses, monsters, locations, artifacts, and events that have shaped mythology in the world of RuneQuest since its making! An encyclopedia to the gods of the fantasy world of Glorantha A companion book to the other volumes in the Cults of RuneQuest line makes it essential for collectors New RuneQuest players will find an easy-to-follow and evocative description of the pantheons of Glorantha This book contains no rules mechanics, and will appeal to those with an interest in creative mythology, or looking to inject full pantheons of established gods into their existing roleplaying campaigns. Also available in a special leatherette edition. Cults of RuneQuest: The Prosopaedia CHA4042-H 152 pages Hardcover, full colour ISBN: 978-1-56882-466-6 Authors: Greg Stafford, Jeff Richard, Sandy Petersen Cover Art: Katrin Dirim Interior Art: Katrin Dirim. $37.99 - hardback* $90.00 - leatherette* $18.99 - PDF $18.99 - DriveThruRPG *price includes PDF when purchased direct from Chaosium.com and from Friendly Local Game Stores that are part of the Bits & Mortar initiative.

Arthur claims the British Crown at last! Finally, some good news for British Pendragon TTRPG fans: the Pendragon Starter Set is now available to order direct from our UK Warehouse! (Also available from our US, EU, and Australian warehouses) https://www.chaosium.com/pendragon-starter-set

Lords of the Middle Sea: The Roleplaying Game is in development. Based on Lynn Willis's 1978 futuristic proto-Steampunk board game, set in the post-apocalyptic ruins of a flooded North America, the tabletop RPG utilizes a streamlined version of the Basic Roleplaying system. Voyagers, we apologise the lack of recent updates – the Lords of the Middle Sea team was diverted for a while onto the new Basic Roleplaying, but now editorial work continues on all fronts. Some of the most exciting stuff happening is in the art being developed. Without further ado, here's a short interview with the Lords of the Middle Sea art director, Leslee Beldotti: Q: How did you come to be art directing for Lords of the Middle Sea? LB: As with most of my life, the simple answer is: In the most unlikely manner possible! I met Jason Durall (creative lead for the project) a few years ago through a D&D tabletop game session here in Berlin, Germany. After some discussion, we were surprised to discover that not only had we both previously lived in Austin, TX at the same time, but we had also both worked in the video game industry — in office buildings next to each other! This serendipity led to me doing some editing work for other Chaosium projects, which eventually segued into me becoming the art director for LotMS. Q: What interests you about the setting? LB: The premise of this game's setting is an altered North America after a climate change-induced ice age. It involves the various ways in which humans survive (or don't!) after such a cataclysmic event, and how new societies might form. As a former archaeologist and anthropologist, I am deeply fascinated by these themes. Q: What are your favourite parts of the setting? LB: My favourite part of this reimagined world is the novel idea of airship travel being the predominant mode of transportation. In real life I've flown a helicopter and jumped out of an airplane. How can I possibly resist a game in which I can pilot my own airship? Q: How do you approach writing a brief and assigning it? LB: The first thing I consider when reading through a manuscript and developing an art concept is: How can this illustration serve the reader? Pretty pictures are always nice, but it's important to me that each illustration gives the reader more information about the game's setting, or provides inspiration for character and adventure creation. Once I have a basic concept in mind, I head to the Google machine to find photos to use as a digital "mood board". Since I have a background in video game quality assurance, I try to write the art brief as if it's a bug report, with a step-by-step guide for how to create the illustration. Of course, some artists require more (or less) direction than others, so I try to tailor the art brief to the individual artist's needs, once I am familiar with their workflow. Q: Have you got some art to show us? LB: Here's a piece by the always-amazing Ossi Hiekkala, picturing Esmerelda (one of the pre-gen characters) enjoying a piece of Old World culture.

We set the date for the Graveyards of Arkham Kickstarter! July 18th 12:00 noon Eastern, 9:00am Pacific, 5:00 pm BST Sign up today: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/chaosium/graveyards-of-arkham

Meet Keris McDonald, associate line editor for Call of Cthulhu. In this interview with James Coquillat, she talks about her role at Chaosium and the editing process. Part of our Chaosium Interviews series on YouTube.

Save the date! Chaosium Con is returning in 2024! Dates: April 18th - 21st 2024 Location: Ann Arbor MI, Eaglecrest Golf Resort and Convention Center (same venue as before)

Community content creators – please note that our colleague Allan Carey is stepping down as a community content ambassador at Chaosium. Allan’s growing workload with his own studio TYPE40 — including exciting new projects with Paizo — just means he no longer has the time to devote to the ambassador role. But rest assured Allan remains a valued licensee and creative partner, and friend of the company! We thank Allan for being such an amazing support to the creator community and look forward to seeing him at Gen Con in a few weeks time.