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Yes, what was originally conceived as a 'Glorantha Quick-Start' essentially became the second book that is included in the RQ Starter Set.

Cheers! — A Necronomicon 2022 gathering of the Chaosium crew and creative partners aka Chaosium Tribal Fellowship and Associated Groovers meeting:

By David Larkins, Pendragon line editor. A new edition of the Pendragon RPG is coming! The intention of this series of design journals by Pendragon line editor David Larkins is to trace the path of development, starting in the early 1980s and culminating with the forthcoming new edition of the Pendragon RPG, which will be first to be wholly published by Chaosium in a quarter-century. Pendragon Design Journal #1: Where It All Began Pendragon Design Journal #2: Bringing the Light Pendragon Design Journal #3: A Modular Approach Pendragon Design Journal #4: Refining Traits and Passions Pendragon Design Journal #5: Honor and Glory Pendragon Design Journal #6: Combat! Pendragon Design Journal #7: The Social Game Pendragon Design Journal #8: The Battle System Pendragon Design Journal #9: Of Horses and Squires Pendragon Design Journal #10: Arthurian Acts For a game with a simple premise (everyone plays knights trying to acquire Glory), Pendragon may intimidate prospective players more often than one might think. No doubt this is due in part to the vast corpus of Arthurian lore, both “in the wild” and in the form of Greg Stafford’s magnum opus, The Great Pendragon Campaign. Over time, the perception has taken hold that in order to “properly” play Pendragon, one must commit to the entirety of that mighty campaign. With 6th edition, we’re doing our level best to present Pendragon gameplay from a variety of approaches. The GPC is still there for folks who want to run it—heck, eventually you’ll be able to run a campaign that stretches over 130 game years! But the new edition also facilitates one-shots or short campaigns with knights errant going out on quests, or mid-length campaigns that span a couple decades, or some variation between these various points on the spectrum of possibilities. Another entry point—one we hope lots of folks will avail themselves of, newcomers and veterans alike—is the forthcoming Pendragon Starter Set. So far in this Design Journal series, we’ve been taking a look at various aspects of the new edition as a whole. Everything we’ve discussed so far is present in the Starter box as well, to some extent or another. Over the next few months, therefore, we’ll be talking less about the game’s mechanics in general and instead be taking a look at what went into putting together the first-ever Starter Set for Pendragon. The core Pendragon books are all fundamentally the finished versions of the draft manuscripts left us by Greg at his passing in 2018. The Pendragon Starter Set, on the other hand, was assembled from scratch. What we had from Greg was a short prospectus of a a way to do “Quick-Start Pendragon” and a half-completed series of thematically-linked scenarios he called “The Sword Campaign”. There are three books included in the Pendragon Starter Set: Book I is a tutorial solo adventure, similar to what you find in the RuneQuest Starter Set and Call of Cthulhu Starter Set boxes, for those of you familiar with those products. Book II is a condensed version of the core rulebook. Book III is The Sword Campaign, an introductory set of adventures developed from the most complete portion of Greg’s manuscript. 'The Adventure of the Sword' Pendragon Quick-Start We'll talk more about those adventures in our next Design Journal. Meanwhile, please take a look our special Pendragon Starter Set Preview, launched at Gen Con earlier this month, and available now as a free download. This new version of the 6th edition Pendragon Quick-Start rules features the first act of the first scenario from The Sword Campaign, easily playable in a single session, along with five of the eight pre-generated characters from the Pendragon Starter Set. With a copy in hand, you’ll be playing Pendragon in no time! Download The Adventure of the Sword Pendragon Quick-Start Art – upper: Mark Smylie; lower: Sam Carr

A new edition of Cthulhu by Gaslight, Horror Roleplaying in 1890s England, is in development, and accomplished cartographer Alyssa Faden is creating some of the maps for it. One of Alyssa's commissions is this amazing poster map of Gaslight London, nearing completion. About it, Alyssa writes: "Chaosium gave me 2-3 weeks to get as many labels on the Gaslight London map as possible, so I've been crunching. Every street, every alley. I've been looking at maps from the period, and where the scan or original has corruption (or the street is missing a label), trying to reference more modern maps in an effort to figure out what it should be. It is amazing how much change can happen in a short period of time ... streets disappearing, names changing, entire city blocks rebuilt ... and sometimes the original names carry forwards into a nearby park or even pub name! it's quite a unique view of the last 150 years of London growth and change. My plan is to creep the labels up towards the title here and then ... done!" See a time-lapse of Alyssa's work on the map here: Please note, we do not yet have a release date for the new edition of Cthulhu by Gaslight, but when it comes it's going to look amazing! The previous 2012 version, for 6th edition Call of Cthulhu, is available in PDF.

#seeninthewild... in Providence, Rhode Island. Call of Cthulhu 7th Ed co-authors Mike Mason and Paul Fricker stopped by the Lovecraft Arts and Sciences shop, where there is a fittingly impressive array of Call of Cthulhu releases on display.

Later this week Chaosium is attending Necronomicon 2022, the International Convention of Weird Fiction, Art and Academia held bi-annually in Providence, Rhode Island. Chaosium team members @Andrew Bean, @Lynne H, Bridgett Jeffries, @Mike M, Nick Nacario, and Matt Ryan will be attendance, along with Call of Cthulhu 7th edition co-author Paul Fricker, the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society's Sean Branney and Andrew Leman, Golden Goblin Press's Oscar Rios (a Necronomicon 2022 Guest of Honor), and many other Chaosium authors, artists, licensees, and creative partners. Chaosium Booth From Friday 19th August - Sunday 21st you can find the Chaosium's booth in the Vendor Hall, aka the Grand Emporium of the Weird, where we'll be selling the latest Call of Cthulhu releases including Cults of Cthulhu and the Call of Cthulhu Classic boxed sets. Chaosium Panels Fri 19th - 11:00AM - Grimdark Fantasy RPGs as Cosmic Horror Lynne Hardy (moderator), Mike Mason, Luke Stratton, Ken Hite, Badger McInnes Fri 19th 5:00PM - Drawing the Mythos: Art Direction and Artistry for Game Books Nick Nacario (moderator), Mike Mason, Mical Anderson, Daniel Gorringe, Badger McInnes Sat 20th 3:00PM - Everyone Dies or Goes Insane: Survival and Consequences in Horror Gaming Mike Mason (moderator) Lynne Hardy, Kenneth Hite, Cameron Mosbarger, Oscar Rios Sun 21st 9:30AM - The Great Call of Cthulhu Campaigns Lynne Hardy (moderator), Mike Mason, John Goodrich, Badger McInnes, Oscar Rios Chaosium Games Call of Cthulhu is naturally a big part of Necronomicon's Gaming program; and Mike Mason, Lynne Hardy, and Paul Fricker are guests for actual play sessions including a charity game for Extra Life.

The fruits of last month's Write Your First Adventure' are now coming to bear in the Miskatonic Repository, with a host of new independent Call of Cthulhu titles by first-time creators. Do go check them out! One such first-time creator is Keith D Edinburgh, and he wrote about the experience on his blog: So, I Wrote My First Adventure. Keith says: "I’d heard pretty good things about Storytelling Collective’s Write Your First Adventure (WYFA) course. It promised to give you all the guidance, tips and motivation to create a scenario for a tabletop roleplaying game in 30 days. It did that. And it did a lot more (for me, at least.) It has successfully reignited my creative spark, and set me off on what I plan and hope to be a long path." Keith's finished work is a fully designed and published 50-page Call of Cthulhu scenario set in 1920s Edinburgh. The Pharaoh's Sacrifice Keith D Edinburgh ($2.95, 50 page PDF) Looking into the disappearance of an eccentric lecturer from Edinburgh University sets in motion a chain of events that takes investigators on a journey across - and beneath - the historic 1920s streets of Scotland's capital city. -- Player Handouts for The Pharaoh's Sacrifice -- We will feature more new community content releases, including works by other alumni of the Write Your First Adventure workshop, in the next Miskatonic Monday. Game Submissions aka Keeper Sign-ups for Miskatonic Repository Convention are officially OPEN! Game Submissions aka Keeper Sign-ups for Miskatonic Repository Convention (14-16 October 2022) are officially OPEN! Come join in on the fun, the celebration, and the coaching/support for Chaosium's Community Content Program! Keepers can submit any Call of Cthulhu scenario that's either published or planned for publication on Miskatonic Repository. You don't have to be its author, Miskatonic Repository Con is happy for people to run other creators' scenarios! Submissions are open till September 18.

Return to where it all began... 'Chaosium Unveiled' unboxes Call of Cthulhu Classic, now available in limited quantities exclusively from Chaosium.com. These boxed sets are fantastic products and beautiful pieces of memorabilia featuring the best of Call of Cthulhu. Supply is limited. Order yours today today! Call of Cthulhu Classic 1" Box - $39.99, includes PDF Call of Cthulhu Classic 2" Box - $119.99, includes PDF

As I speculated on another thread, "Gold-Gotti" could be a nickname in the way we use "Mr Big" to informally refer to leaders of crime syndicates, gangs, business cartels, and the like. There are probably lots of Gold-Gottis, some bigger than others. As @scott-martinsuggests there could be a correlation of Gold-Gotti to the Golden Tongues of Issaries 😚 (and perhaps some Gold Gottis are also Tongues😱)

"Gold-Gotti" is likely just a nickname in the way we use "Mr Big" to informally refer to leaders of crime syndicates, gangs, business cartels, and the like. There are probably lots of Gold-Gottis, some bigger than others. Some Gold-Gottis are probably also Golden Tongues😚 (and some might even just be Tongues😱)

Call of Cthulhu creative director Mike Mason talks about TTRPG starting levels. When should you start weak? When should you start powerful? How does experimenting help your games? Part of our Chaosium Interviews series with James Coquillat.

Following on from the six awards won at the 2022 ENNIES last week, Call of Cthulhu has received two nominations in the 2022 Tabletop Gaming Awards and needs your vote! Last year the final voting came down to a handful of votes in many categories – so sharing the voting link around will really help Call of Cthulhu's chances to win. Voting closes on the 5th September and the winners will be announced on the 17th September at Tabletop Gaming Live in Manchester.

In this latest Chaosium Interview, David Larkins, line editor of the Pendragon TTRPG, talks about how in the new edition, players are supported in creating and playing a diverse range of character types. He's talking to James Coquillat.

It’s been a long time coming… Things never stay quiet in Glorantha for long. The White Bull is back! Catch season three of our RuneQuest actual play stream on the Chaosium YouTube channel. Premiering Saturdays at 12.00PM ET / 3:00PM PT Watch episode 1 of season three:

Sold out at Gen Con and now on YouTube! Chaosium Presents 'The Calyx, Deepest Blue'. Before a capacity live audience, Keeper Becca Scott guides her fearless investigators: Aabria Iyengar, Saige Ryan, Josephine McAdam, and Paula Deming, through a two-hour Call of Cthulhu adventure to see who can make it out alive and with their sanity intact!

Available now exclusively from Chaosium.com: a recreation of the classic Call of Cthulhu boxed set from 1981, brought to horrific life 40 years later! Created thanks to the wildly successful Call of Cthulhu Classic Kickstarter, this product is very limited! Chaosium is pleased to announce the release of Call of Cthulhu Classic, launched at GenCon in Indianapolis and online exclusively at chaosium.com. Both the Classic 1” Box and the Classic Deluxe 2” Box will be sold in limited quantities, while stocks last. The early edition boxed sets and 5 of the original supplements of Call of Cthulhu went out of print in the early 1980s. Through secret rituals thought lost to humanity, Chaosium resurrected these products via Kickstarter last year, raising over $700,000 during the campaign and subsequent add-ons, against an original goal of $20,000. With a little slight tweaking, all of these materials can be used with the current edition of Call of Cthulhu. Call of Cthulhu Classic 1" Box - $39.99, includes PDF Call of Cthulhu Classic 2" Box - $119.99, includes PDF Call of Cthulhu Classic 1" Box PDF - $19.99 Call of Cthulhu Classic 2" Box PDF - $59.99 What's in the Boxes? The Core Rules The Call of Cthulhu Classic Rulebook is expressly written for people without great experience in role-playing. This core book explains all of the Investigator characteristics, including Sanity, the consequences, and Sanity loss required when meeting fearsome creatures—the alien intelligences of the Cthulhu Mythos. Also included are the rules for the magic system and spells for the Mythos, as well as scenarios, and appendices with useful additional materials. This special 40th anniversary edition also includes the 8-page scenario “Wail of the Witch”, by Keith Herber. The 1920s Sourcebook A full primer on Call of Cthulhu’s signature campaign setting. The book is overflowing with material that a Keeper needs for roleplaying in the 1920s. It contains information on the cost of goods, distances and travel times, historical background, and an expanded weapons list. Also included are additional monsters, archaeological dig site plans, and more! The World Map For when you want to take your investigation global! This red-ink map showcases major cities, continents, mountains, rivers, real-world archaeological sites, and suspected locations of Mythos entities. Investigator Sheets & Character Silhouettes A collection of card character silhouettes that can be cut out and used to show the position of the Investigators, monsters, and minions! Also included are a collection of blank character sheets to create new and unique Investigators for your campaigns. This includes a special additional sheet of silhouettes featuring monsters such as Dimensional Shamblers, Elder Things, Flying Polyps, and even Shoggoths. Classic Keeper Screen The first Keeper Screen for Call of Cthulhu debuted in 1983 and we have remastered it for this release! It contains all quick-reference information, as well as a place for the Keeper to conceal their secrets. It also sports the updated Call of Cthulhu 40th Anniversary logo! 40th Anniversary Dice The 40th is a “Ruby” anniversary, so we’ve included a set of blood-ruby colored dice to mark this momentous occasion! This set includes a total of 3D6, to make rolling up your investigator characteristics as easy as possible! Arkham Poster Map This color poster map of Arkham is a great way to track the location of your investigators, and not to mention a fantastic opportunity to put your character silhouettes to use! Exclusive To The Deluxe 2” Boxed Set The following five supplement books are only available in the Deluxe 2” Boxed set! With a little tweaking, all of the scenarios in these additional books can be played using the 7th Edition rules of the game.

The Call of Cthulhu TTRPG had a clean sweep in last night's 2022 ENNIES Awards, winning in all six categories it was nominated for, including Product of the Year! Best Supplement (Gold) - Cults of Cthulhu Best Podcast (Gold) - Ain't Slayed Nobody Best Best Aid/Accessory - Digital (Silver) - Call of Cthulhu Masks of Nyarlathotep 3-D Props (TYPE40) Best Production Values (Gold) - Call of Cthulhu Classic Gamer Prop Set (H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society) Best Best Aid/Accessory - Non-Digital (Gold) - Call of Cthulhu Classic Gamer Prop Set (H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society) Product of the Year (Silver) - Call of Cthulhu Classic Gamer Prop Set (H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society) Chaosium and H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society were also two of the eight companies shortlisted for Fan Favourite Publisher. Congratulations too to Chaosium's Jason Durall, who was part of the creative team for Dune: Adventures in the Imperium (Modiphius), winner of the Gold ENNIE for Best Writing. Chaosium congratulates all the ENNIES winners and nominees. And our grateful thanks to the ENNIES organisers and judges, and most importantly to all the thousands of TTRPG fans who showed your support by voting! — from all the team at Chaosium. Chaosium's Michael O'Brien and Rick Meints accepting Cults of Cthulhu's Gold ENNIE Award for Best Supplement. The H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society's Sean Branney and Andrew Leman accepting the Call of Cthulhu Classic Gamer Prop Set's Silver ENNIE for Product of the Year. Check out the ENNIE Award winning products: Cults of Cthulhu Call of Cthulhu Masks of Nyarlathotep 3-D Digital Props Call of Cthulhu Classic Gamer Prop Set Ain't Slayed Nobody

Watch Chaosium's Gen Con actual play games on Twitch At Gen Con on Thursday August 4th Chaosium's Brian Holland is a guest of The Glass Cannon Network. Brian will be demoing our brand new actual play demo games for Call of Cthulhu, RuneQuest, and 7th Sea! We've designed these short play games specially for conventions. Around the table will be Joe O'Brien, Josephine McAdam, Matthew Capodicasa, and Paul Deming. Check it out at 1:45PM ET / 10:45AM PT at twitch.tv/theglasscannon. And on Saturday August 6th The Glass Cannon play Call of Cthulhu again! : this time with Alicia Marie, Amy Vorpahl, Noura Ibrahim, Paula Deming, and Jared Logan. Check it out at 2:00PM ET / 11:00AM PT at twitch.tv/thegasscannon. And on Thursday August 4th, Keeper Becca Scott guides her fearless investigators: Aabria Iyengar, Saige Ryan, Josephine McAdam, and Paula Deming, through a two-hour Call of Cthulhu adventure to see who can make it out alive and with their sanity intact. Check it out at 6:00PM ET / 3:00PM PT on Gen Con's official Twitch channel: twitchtv/team/gencon.

In this interview, Lynne Hardy, who is the Line Editor for the Rivers of London TTRPG and Associate Editor for Call of Cthulhu, shares a glimpse of her day to day life with us. What does work look like for a professional TTRPG writer? Find out here! Lynne is talking with Chaosium's James Coquillat. Read Lynne's work in The Children of Fear.

Are you headed to Gen Con in Indianapolis this week? Visit Chaosium on the show floor! Booth #1243 is running 20-minute demos of 7th Sea, Call of Cthulhu, and RuneQuest. Meanwhile, booth #411 has a full suite of Chaosium books and products looking for a new home! Plus, here are the exciting new releases we'll be revealing at Gen Con: Pendragon 6th Edition New FREE preview adventure to be released at Gen Con: more details here. Return to where it all began: Call of Cthulhu Classic goes on sale August 4th: more details here. RuneQuest: Weapons & Equipment Prepare for adventure with hardcover release at Gen Con and worldwide: more details here. Meet Becca Scott Becca will be signing copies of the Call of Cthulhu Keeper Tips book: more details here.

"What will you discover when you meet this gallery of fools and villains and dreamers?" —Joseph S. Pulver, Sr. The Necronomicon. For centuries, scholars of the occult have sought out the darkly fabled tome, hoping to gain insight into the secret workings of the universe—or unbridled power. Instead, the book rewards their pursuit with madness and devastation. Under the guidance of Shirley Jackson Award-winning editor Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., The Leaves of a Necronomicon traces the impact of a single copy of the mysterious work on its owners and those around them as it passes from hand to hand across the decades. The history is told in braided novel form, with chapters contributed by a gathering of outstanding horror and dark fantasy authors, including S. P. Miskowski, Michael Cisco, Damien Angelica Walters, Nick Mamatas, Anna Tambour, and Jeffrey Thomas. Available now as ebook (EPUB, PDF, and MOBI) from Chaosium.com* and DriveThruRPG/DriveThruFiction. Also available at Amazon Kindle. Print edition to follow in October. *If you purchase the ebook direct from Chaosium.com we'll send you a discount coupon just before the physical book goes on sale to offset the ebook purchase price you have already paid.

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Chaosium Presents: The Calyx, Deepest Blue A cast of fabulous and well-known role-players graces the stage for this once in a lifetime comedy TTRPG where all the players want desperately to die before the day is out. Chaos ensured. Keeper Becca Scott guides her fearless investigators: Aabria Iyengar, Saige Ryan, Josephine McAdam, and Paula Deming, through a two-hour Call of Cthulhu adventure to see who can make it out alive and with their sanity intact. Scream along with us at the convention Streaming Stage, where only the living can watch it live! 6pm EDT Thursday August 4th, ICC 101 and livestreamed on Gen Con Twitch. Plus, Meet Becca Scott! Call of Cthulhu Keeper, actor, entertainer, and all-around wonderful human Becca Scott will be apparating at Chaosium's Gen Con Booth #411 on Friday August 5th from 1pm. Becca will be signing copies of the Call of Cthulhu Keeper Tips book, released for Call of Cthulhu's 40th anniversary. Copies of the book will be available for purchase at the booth.

RuneQuest: Weapons & Equipment - Prepare for Adventure An essential guide to a wide range of items, goods, services, training, magical items, and beasts for RuneQuest players and Game Masters. RuneQuest: Weapons & Equipment also includes rules for the quality of land, prices of different dwellings, unique land features, fortifications, as well as developing and improving your land over time. This 128 page full color hardcover has its worldwide release at Gen Con - get your copy at the Chaosium's booth (#411). Also available world-wide at Chaosium.com. USD$34.99 - price includes PDF.

Pendragon 6th Edition - GenCon Preview Adventure What kind of Knight will you be? This book contains the Quickstart rules and introductory adventure for the upcoming new edition of Greg Stafford's Pendragon TTRPG. Included are a suite of ready-to-play characters, a primer on the city of Londinium, and all the basic rules you need to start playing Pendragon today. This 24 page full color softcover book is FREE at Chaosium's Gen Con booth (#411) while stocks last!