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Our friends Pegasus Spiel - publishers of the German translation of Call of Cthulhu - have produced a magnificent designer carry bag for their new edition, embossed with an Elder Sign. It's hand made in Germany, genuine leather and very slick (Pegasus showed off a display version of the bag to us at Essen last year and we were highly impressed to the point of extreme jealousy...) The carry bag is available now, both with the German CoC7e books included and on its own, via the Pegasus Spiel web store - With books: https://www.pegasusshop.de/?thisoperationid=3&Action-Display-Detailansicht=40028G Bag only: https://www.pegasusshop.de/?thisoperationid=3&Action-Display-Detailansicht=40027G Elder sign leather wallets, by same designer (available in two colors): https://www.pegasusshop.de/?thisoperationid=3&Action-Display-Detailansicht=CTHULHU01 https://www.pegasusshop.de/?thisoperationid=3&Action-Display-Detailansicht=CTHULHU02

Yes, that is one of the areas we're addressing: characteristic bonuses are calculated in a similar way to RQ3. Jongjom: sorcery is in the new rules. We don't count it as something broken from RQ2 because, as you say, it wasn't featured there, but it certainly was broken in RQ3 or to use Sandy Petersen's quaint phrase, it "sucked toads".

Here Jeff answers a key question that we get quite often -"are you using the [pick a rule] from RQ [pick an edition]?" http://www.chaosium.com/blog/designing-the-new-runequest-part-6

Fortunately, now that backers are getting their rewards at last, the Kickstarter story ends well - although Greg, Sandy, Rick & the rest of us in the team know there's still a lot of work to do and appreciate the support and encouragement shown by Chaosium fans all over the world: http://geekandsundry.com/cthulhu-company-kickstarted-itself-to-death-then-this-happened

Some Q&A with Mike Mason about how things are going with the organized play campaign A Time to Harvest... http://www.chaosium.com/blog/talking-to-mike-mason-about-a-time-to-harvest

Good news for Canadian Kickstarter backers too - Lion Rampant, our fulfillment partner in Canada has started sending out their consignment to backers too. That means ALL FOUR warehouse locations are hard at work getting the shipments sent out to backers, and some backers have indeed already received their rewards package:

More good news about delivery of Kickstarter rewards for Call of Cthulhu 7e! The UK warehouse (Kixto) has the books, has entered them in inventory, and is starting sending them out to backers in UK and Europe from today! This means deliveries for the UK, Australia and USA have all now commenced (sorry, no further news for those over the border in Canada)

Great video: shared on Chaosium FB and G+ (sorry I missed this when it came out)

I don't what the copyright status of material in Different Worlds is, but that is precisely the reason why reprinting Tales of the Reaching Moon is unlikely: the editorial policy of Tales was that copyright of all the material published in the magazine (artwork & articles) is retained by the original authors.

Unfortunately, we don't have the rights to Different Worlds!

Call of Cthulhu Keepers and Players! It's not too late to join the Cult of Chaos and participate in our 6-part Organized Play campaign A TIME TO HARVEST! Part One is currently available, and Call of Cthulhu Keepers all over the world have started their campaigns. Join and we'll send you the link to download it free. You can play this anywhere you like - game stores, online, clubs, at home, wherever! Each new part will be released on the 15th of the month, so the second installment is coming on May 15th! Join the Cult of Chaos here (it's free): http://www.chaosium.com/organized-play Free Pregen Characters for A Time to Harvest are available here: http://www.chaosium.com/gm-resources And we have a special "Keepers Only" forum at BRP Central - The Chaosium Forums for advice and discussion about running the campaign (you'll get the password for the forum when you join up): http://basicroleplaying.org/forum/7-call-of-cthulhu More information and FAQ here: http://www.chaosium.com/a-time-for-harvest

We'll be releasing the remaining parts of A Time to Harvest on the 15th of each month: Installment Two - Sun May 15th Installment Three - Wed June 15th Installment Four - Fri July 15th Installment Five - Mon August 15th Installment Six - Thu September 15th

Yep, a WF reissue is definitely on the cards - not happening any time soon though, sorry!

LAST CHANCE! Preorders for RuneQuest Classic Edition are closing today at Noon EDT - three hours from now... get in while you can! https://runequest-classic-edition.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders

The new edition of RQ coming out later this year is backwards compatible with R2/Classic, but it is a new edition with new rules. In particular, a lot more emphasis on the Glorantha runes. Check out Jeff's Designer Notes for more about what's going to be in it.

You can actually order Cults of Prax and Cults of Terror in PDF right now, at the RuneQuest Classic Backerkit page (along with just about everything else from the RQ Classic Kickstarter). But please note, we are closing off the Backerkit order page at 12 Noon EDT this Friday (April 22). https://runequest-classic-edition.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders We will be printing hard back versions of Cults of Terror and Cults of Prax later this year (along with the rest of the RQ2 product line). If you buy any PDFs now through Backerkit, we'll give you a credit on the book release.

Last Chance to Preorder RQ Classic Edition...

Last chance to preorder RuneQuest Classic edition! We are closing off the Backerkit order page at 12 Noon EDT this Friday (April 22). As we updated earlier this week, the books are printed and on their way to our fulfillment centers so they can be sent to Kickstater backers, then preorderers. https://runequest-classic-edition.backerkit.com/hosted_preorders

We were very happy to be able to post this: http://www.chaosium.com/blog/the-stars-are-right-new-chaosium-delivers-on-kickstarter-promise Mailing out commences on Monday for Australian backers, to be followed very shortly after by US backers. The cargo has cleared customs in the UK too, so that won't be too far behind. (Sorry, we have no further news from the North on the Canadian shipment).

Rick has a small surprise in this announcement for people who ordered the Old School RuneQuest pack... http://www.chaosium.com/blog/new-chaosium-delivers-on-runequest-kickstarter/

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All Cult of Chaos members must adhere to our code of conduct to remain in the program. We here at Chaosium get along with everyone. We expect you to do the same while representing us among your community. Remember, our hobby is all about having fun and being inclusive. Disrespect and intolerance have no place here. A Cult of Chaos GM will: behave in a professional and courteous manner in all their Chaosium related activities. be friendly and fun at all times. maintain a presentable appearance. Your appearance should never frighten or offend the participants! be punctual to all events. be professional and courteous when dealing with fellow gamers, game shop staff, and convention staff. We would be! work with other Cult of Chaos members to grow the Chaosium community. never harass, discriminate against, or insult anybody. Period. avoid using vulgar language or otherwise insulting those around them. adhere to any rules or codes of conduct for the venue in which they operate. Primarily, the reward for being a member of the Cult of Chaos is community involvement. Your actions are building a larger player base with which to enjoy and celebrate Chaosium games. Additionally, you will have access to scenarios and adventures and insider information with which to entertain your players. Running events, and properly reporting them before and afterwards, will be rewarded with $3.00 in store credit at Chaosium.com provided we can verify the event took place. Please note, we only give credit for events using the Chaosium (English language) editions of our games, predominantly played in English. If you are using a foreign language edition of our rules we cannot offer Cult of Chaos credit. Members will have the opportunity to submit scenarios and adventures for use by other Cult of Chaos Gamemasters. These adventures will also be read by Chaosium staff and may lead to other opportunities. Cult of Chaos members may receive promotional materials from us to give away at their events. Anti-harassment Policy for the Cult of Chaos Harassment of the GM, players, spectators, or anyone else, is not tolerated at a Cult of Chaos organized play event. If you are harassed at a Cult of Chaos event, find an organized play GM immediately and report it. If you ARE the GM, report it to the store owner, convention organizer, or whoever’s in charge of the space where you’re running the event. If you disagree with how a GM or event organizer implemented or enforced this policy at an event, please email our director of organized play, Todd Gardiner, at todd@chaosium.com. Please be specific about who, what, where, and when. We’ll investigate and take appropriate actions, up to and including removing the infringing party from the Cult of Chaos organized play program. You don’t have to keep playing with somebody who’s harassing, belittling, insulting, or offending others. If someone at a Cult of Chaos organized play event is violating this policy, the GM can take any action that he or she decides is necessary to stop the harassment – ranging from a simple warning to removal from the game. If it’s necessary to resolve the situation, the GM can escalate it to the store owner, event organizers, or onsite security. Final Note Chaosium Cult of Chaos members are volunteer promoters of Chaosium games and are not employees of Chaosium. Chaosium reserves the right to refuse membership or terminate the membership of any applicant or member at any time. A member may terminate their membership with the Cult of Chaos at any time by notifying us at dustin@chaosium.com. If the information provided by a member on an application or in an event report is found to be false or misrepresented, Chaosium will immediately terminate the Gamemaster’s membership. Chaosium assumes no responsibility or liability for the health or safety of anyone during events. Chaosium reserves the right to cancel or change the requirements for Cult of Chaos membership at any time. In fact we have probably already done so. http://www.chaosium.com/cult-of-chaos-code-of-conduct/

Munchkin is the success it is because there is just so much silly stuff to parody in AD&D. Ducks seem far more believable than Rust Monsters or Gelatinous Cubes.

Later this week via Backerkit we'll be sending out emails enabling all backers to review their backer level and rewards and, most importantly, make sure we have their current addresses. After that we'll be ready to send the stuff, once they have cleared customs and arrived at our distribution centres (nb UK ship still on the way...) Once backers have had a chance to update their details we'll be opening things up to take preorders too - these will be sent out after backers are sent theirs.