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Happy Holidays, Merry Christmas and the compliments of the season to all, from the team at Chaosium Inc...

Plenty of new stuff in the pipeline coming out next year too...

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The RQ Classic Kickstarter is over and we thank the 2176 backers for joining us on an epic journey! We have achieved so much these last 24 days. We hoped for 1000 backers, were amazed when we passed 1500, and stunned to have over 2000. That's almost one backer for every page of Classic RuneQuest we will be reprinting. Yep, over 2000 pages back into print, and even some things that have never been in print. The flurry of pledges at the end got us all the way to TrollPak. There was definitely a community Heroquest performed to break a bit of the troll curse that banished the boxed set decades ago. It was a pleasure to watch its return. Well done, indeed! Having 2176 backers believing in this project proves that there is a lot of magic left in RuneQuest. We have added another dimension to the Old School Renaissance via Old School RuneQuest. With $206,819 pledged, the backers have done their part, and now it is up to us to do the rest. The RQ Classic edition PDF, GM screen PDF, Handouts PDF and the Fangs PDF will all be made available for download shortly, once payments have been processed. The RQ Classic rulebook files have already been sent to the printers. Happy Holidays! Rick, Jeff, Neil, MOB and the Chaosium team

The RQ Classic Kickstarter is over and we thank the 2176 backers for joining us on an epic journey! We have achieved so much these last 24 days. We hoped for 1000 backers, were amazed when we passed 1500, and stunned to have over 2000. That's almost one backer for every page of Classic RuneQuest we will be reprinting. Yep, over 2000 pages back into print, and even some things that have never been in print. The flurry of pledges at the end got us all the way to TrollPak. There was definitely a community Heroquest performed to break a bit of the troll curse that banished the boxed set decades ago. It was a pleasure to watch its return. Well done, indeed! Having 2176 backers believing in this project proves that there is a lot of magic left in RuneQuest. We have added another dimension to the Old School Renaissance via Old School RuneQuest. With $206,819 pledged, the backers have done their part, and now it is up to us to do the rest. The RQ Classic edition PDF, GM screen PDF, Handouts PDF and the Fangs PDF will all be made available for download shortly, once payments have been processed. The RQ Classic rulebook files have already been sent to the printers. Happy Holidays! Rick, Jeff, Neil, MOB and the Chaosium team

Well, we crossed that bridge! 26 minutes to go...

Well, we crossed that bridge! 26 minutes to go...

59 minutes to go, currently just under 200K. If you want to pledge, better get in while you can... can we reach Trollpak, or will it be a troll bridge too far?...

59 minutes to go, currently just under 200K. If you want to pledge, better get in while you can... can we reach Trollpak, or will it be a troll bridge too far?...

BORDERLANDS unlocked a few hours ago! With four hours to go, we seem to have broken Kicktraq's algorithm, so who knows where we will end up?  https://www.kicktraq.com/projects/224590870/runequest-classic-edition

BORDERLANDS unlocked a few hours ago! With four hours to go, we seem to have broken Kicktraq's algorithm, so who knows where we will end up?  https://www.kicktraq.com/projects/224590870/runequest-classic-edition

We focused on the Gloranthan RQ stuff for this KS.

A surprisingly junior ex-employee of Chaosium who ended up doing quite well for himself: http://basicroleplaying.org/topic/4166-rq-classic-kickstarter-update/?do=findComment&comment=65396

As we're drawing close to the BORDERLANDS stretch goal we'll share a little-known Chaosium fact... one of the authors receiving equal billing on the Borderlands box (alongside such luminous names as Greg Stafford, Steve Perrin, Sandy Petersen et al) was a 12 year old kid. One Friday back in 1979, unannounced, this kid knocked on Chaosium's door and showed some improvements he'd made for the RuneQuest rules. Steve Perrin liked what he saw and asked the boy to come back on Monday. This was his first paid gig. And that kid, Reid Hoffman, grew up to become a self-made tech billionaire... http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/06/business/reid-hoffman-of-linkedin-has-become-the-go-to-guy-of-tech.html

Just passed 2000 backers, and a bit over 5K will get us to Borderlands. 12 hours remaining...

Just passed 2000 backers, and a bit over 5K will get us to Borderlands. 12 hours remaining...

A few hours ago our journey took us from PAVIS to the BIG RUBBLE, which is the latest stretch goal unlocked. Now heading to the BORDERLANDS... 20 hours to go! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/224590870/runequest-classic-edition

A few hours ago our journey took us from PAVIS to the BIG RUBBLE, which is the latest stretch goal unlocked. Now heading to the BORDERLANDS... 20 hours to go! https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/224590870/runequest-classic-edition

23 hours to go in the RuneQuest Classic Kickstarter, and we're closing in on the "Big Rubble" stretch goal. This Kickstarter will be funded on Monday 21st December at 7pm US Eastern Standard Time, so if you haven't pledged already please give it a look!  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/224590870/runequest-classic-edition

23 hours to go in the RuneQuest Classic Kickstarter, and we're closing in on the "Big Rubble" stretch goal. This Kickstarter will be funded on Monday 21st December at 7pm US Eastern Standard Time, so if you haven't pledged already please give it a look!  https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/224590870/runequest-classic-edition

This recent interview with Rick Meints and Jeff Richard talks about the RuneQuest Classic Kickstarter and discusses the influence of RQ2, both in the history of the development of RPG design, and the new Chaosium edition of RQ in the works: http://basicroleplaying.org/topic/4225-interview-with-rick-and-jeff/?do=findComment&comment=65341

This recent interview with Rick Meints and Jeff Richard talks about the RuneQuest Classic Kickstarter and discusses the influence of RQ2, both in the history of the development of RPG design, and the new Chaosium edition of RQ in the works: http://basicroleplaying.org/topic/4225-interview-with-rick-and-jeff/?do=findComment&comment=65341

Here's an interview Rick and Jeff recently did with Shannon McNamara, talking about RuneQuest old & new, Chaosium, and Glorantha. Lots of interesting stuff about the new edition in the works... http://storytellersjem.blogspot.de/2015/12/another-interview-with-chaosium.html

Check out issue #3 of the Arkham Gazette from our colleagues at Sentinel Hill Press! The focus of this issue is witches and witchcraft in Lovecraft Country. Articles by great writers *and* a 40 page scenario! https://sentinelhillpress.wordpress.com/2015/11/16/issue-3-now-available