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Call of Cthulhu creative director Mike Mason talks with James Coquillat about upcoming projects...

The Sun temple in New Pavis resembles the the great Sun Dome Temple but is constructed differently. It's adobe, like the rest of the buildings in New Pavis, with (I think) a dome made out gold-painted fabric stretched over a wooden frame. The great SDT (and the Old Sun Dome) is masonry - ashlar with a rubble core. The Yelmalio temples in Balazar are different again - they are made of cyclopean stone. The unifying feature is a hemispherical dome on a square. So while the New Pavis Yelmalio temple is built of inferior materials compared to the great Sun Dome Temple, that really doesn't matter. There are scriptural directives setting out exactly how you should build a Sun Dome Temple, based on Dawn Age Dara Happan military specifications. But the holy writ is all about dimensions, proportions, (golden) ratios and mathematics, rather than the building materials per se. If you could build one out of papier mache knock yourself out, it just has to match the divine plan. Light, not Earth: it's an ideal. You have to bring your temple into existence using whatever mortal materials you have.

There are two Sun Dome Temples in Prax - the Sun Dome Temple and the deconsecrated Old Sun Dome Temple, which is shunned, haunted, and not talked about. We know from sources that in design, construction and layout, they are absolutely identical. Both sites were constructed by Mostali stone masons from Pavis, in fact the very same masons worked on both from the original plans, which still exist in the temple archives.

The sacrifices @Andrew Bean makes for The Chaosium: punching out his pristine personal copy of Nomad Gods (1994 French edition) for today's playtesting session with board games editor Susan: During the Solitude of Testing, only Sun Dome leaders privy to the whole Truth know of that shameful time the Morocanth came pouring out of Vultures Country to combat the Bison Tribe for control of Sacred Prax. Morocanth controlled the Sun Dome Temple and summoned many strange Spirits, including obviously the Sun Hawk: At last, after many battles the Bison managed to repel the Morocanth outside Sacred Ground and drive them back into the Wastes. Aided by the Newtlings in Corflu and Baboons in Pavis:

Rick shares our historic Call of Cthulhu Master Product List for in his latest "Out of the Suitcase" post (and shows off his one of his impressive bookcases of the Chaosium archives): https://www.chaosium.com/blogout-of-the-suitcase-7-for-completists-collectors-catalogers-and-the-curious

Chaosium is distributing Upwind, the RPG fable of lost science, elemental magic, and unchartered skies. Originally produced by Nocturnal Media and Biohazard following a successful Kickstarter, Upwind is now available from Chaosium in full color hardcover and PDF, along with the Prophecy of the Grand Amplifier sourcebook. "Imagine Bakshi’s classic animated film Wizards has a head-on collision with Disney’s Treasure Planet and the resulting fire is put out with a whole lot of Studio Ghibli’s Castle in the Sky. That, in an unexpected, animated mash-up, is Upwind." Upwind is a narrative style RPG set in a strange alternate world of floating island nations, flying sailing ships, long-lost technology, wild elemental powers, looming war and forgotten legacies. Upwind is powered by the Q system, an original stakes-based, playing card-driven mechanic that gives every encounter consequences with meaningful, narrative-building outcomes. With its unique bidding rules, Upwind plays as fast as you can tell your story. UPWIND: available now from Chaosium's US, UK, EU, and AUS warehouses Upwind Core Rulebook - 224 page full color hardcover + PDF - $44.99 The Grand Amplifier Campaign - 120 page full color hardcover + PDF - $29.99 Both titles also available in PDF. Download the Upwind character sheet here.

The Call of Cthulhu release Dead Light and Other Dark Turns is now available on Roll20! https://marketplace.roll20.net/browse/bundle/9356/dead-light-and-other-dark-turns

Saturday evening roleplaying: Jason Durall ran another LORDS OF THE MIDDLE SEA playtest! @Jason Dreports, "Tonight's session featured betrayal and a running battle in a hurricane over the Nebraska Sea between four ships: the Bella Dama, a Mexican Empire cargo airship and a gunship, and a zeppelin air-carrier out of the New Republic of California. Action packed white-knuckle suspense!"

Added to our 'Stay In and Game' Warehouse Sale: the 13th Age Glorantha special leatherette limited edition. Was $90.00, now $79.99. US & UK only, while stocks last. And the 13th Age Glorantha Hardcover is now $29.99, was $54.95 (Available in US, UK, EU, AUS). Again, while stocks last! Price includes PDF. And here, apropos on nothing is my favourite pic in the book:

Rick was sorting through some things when he came across William Church's original Dragon Pass and Prax maps from 1979. He talks about the quirky origins of Greg Stafford's place names on the map in his latest "Out of the Suitcase" post on our blog: https://chaosium.com/blogout-of-the-suitcase-6-maps-and-legends

COVID-19 Shipping and Fulfilment Update - 27 Jan, 2021 Posted by Michael O'Brien on 27th Jan 2021 We hope that you, your family, and your friends continue to be in good health. While our five fulfilment warehouses are all open (US, UK, AUS, EU, CAN), the Covid-19 pandemic continues to cause some disruptions to postage times. In Europe, we're experiencing delays to certain areas including Greece, Ireland, Italy, and Sweden. The current delivery time from our EU warehouse to these locations is 14 - 21 days. Additionally, due to Brexit-related complications our UK warehouse is currently unable ship orders to customers outside the UK, and UK customers cannot order from our EU warehouse. We will advise when this situation changes. We appreciate people buying direct. It helps the company in these trying times. If you want to check the status of your order, you can always drop Dustin a line: customerservice@chaosium.com. And remember, while you're waiting for your physical shipment from Chaosium.com, you have the PDF already to read, play, and enjoy. UK Malleus Monstrorum Update In our previous shipping and fulfilment update we mentioned our difficulties getting the Malleus Monstrorum slipcases across the Channel (due to Brexit-related congestion in Calais, our shipping agent regretfully had to send the pallet back to Poland). Michal, our resourceful chief of operations, has tried a different approach, with the new shipment instead landing in Bristol. However, the estimated delivery date for this was 27th January and unfortunately, according to the latest tracking information, the shipment is still in transit. This situation is beyond our control and we appreciate the ongoing patience of our UK customers! We will make an announcement when the Malleus Monstrorum shipment finally arrives in the UK. The Malleus Monstrorum slipcase set, special leatherette edition, and associated Malleus Monstrorum Keeper Deck is available now from all our other warehouses (US, EU, AUS, CAN). On behalf of the whole Chaosium team, wishing everyone all the best until the Stars are Right again. — Rick Meints, president Chaosium Inc. COVID-19 Shipping and Fulfilment Update - 15 February 2021 We hope that you, your family, and your friends continue to be in good health. While our five fulfilment warehouses are all open (US, UK, AUS, EU, CAN), the Covid-19 pandemic continues to cause disruptions and delays to postage times in many places around the world. We appreciate people buying direct. It helps the company in these trying times. If you want to check the status of your order, you can always drop Dustin a line: customerservice@chaosium.com. And remember, while you're waiting for your physical shipment from Chaosium.com, you have the PDF already to read, play, and enjoy. UK Warehouse - Malleus Monstrorum Update With great relief we can finally announce that our Malleus Monstrorum shipment finally (!) overcame Brexit challenges and successfully made its way over the Channel to our UK warehouse, albeit nearly six weeks later than anticipated. The Malleus Monstrorum slipcase set, special leatherette edition, and associated Malleus Monstrorum Keeper Deck are all now available to UK customers. And from our four other warehouses around the world too. These shipping delays are beyond our control and we appreciate everyone's patience! For now, due to ongoing Brexit-related complications our UK warehouse is currently unable ship orders to customers outside the UK, and UK customers cannot order from our EU warehouse. We are waiting for various issues to be sorted out, including delivery duties and fees that might need to be paid (this particularly impacts smaller purchases). We will advise when this situation changes. On behalf of the whole Chaosium team, wishing everyone all the best until the Stars are Right again. — Rick Meints, president Chaosium Inc.

As noted earlier in the thread, the RPG rights are not currently available.

As noted back in 2016 when we announced Chaosium was no longer actively supporting Magic World, we're fine with stuff coming out as a fan work or under license by another publisher if there is such interest.

In Out of the Suitcase #5 Rick talks about the fabled 'Meints Index to Glorantha' (MiG for short). Rick is working on a new edition, tracking down and cataloguing all manner of RuneQuest - Glorantha stuff from the past two decades... https://www.chaosium.com/blogout-of-the-suitcase-5-the-meints-index-to-glorantha-aka-the-mig

Hot off the presses (quite literally!). Chaosium fan Jamie – who also happens to be a printing press operator at Bang Printing – sent us this. We're excited our new reprints of Horror on the Orient Express and Beyond the Mountains of Madness will be ready to go on sale soon!

As we noted in our latest shipping & fulfilment update (Jan 15), we wish we had better news for our UK customers. Unfortunately, because of Brexit-related disruptions, the Malleus Monstrorum pallet we sent to our UK warehouse never made it across the Channel. Our shipping agent was forced to send our shipment back to Poland. Regretfully, they informed us that their warehouse in Calais was already overflowing with other delayed shipments, and that they had nowhere to store ours. We are actively looking at other options to help our fans in the UK, and appreciate everyone's patience until we get this sorted out.

Please note, we have added the following to the Cult of Chaos code of conduct:

Good news Canadian Call of Cthulhu fans - Malleus Monstrorum is now available from our Canadian warehouse! Special Leatherette version and the Malleus Monstrorum Keeper Deck too. All also available from our US, EU, and Australian warehouses. PDF included! (UK – sorry, we're still trying to find a way to get the shipment across the Channel...)

An update about Malleus Monstrorum delivery to Canada and UK (TL/DR, sorry UK customers, our shipment never made it across the Channel; got borked by Brexit):

On the print release of the new two volume Malleus Monstrorum Cthulhu Mythos Bestiary for Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition, we spoke to one of the co-authors (and creator of the original edition), Scott David Aniolowski @sdaniolowski: https://www.chaosium.com/blogthe-malleus-monstrorum-qa-with-original-creator-scott-david-aniolowski

COVID-19 Shipping and Fulfilment Update - Jan 15, 2021 Posted by Michael O'Brien on 15th Jan 2021 We hope that you, your family, and your friends continue to be in good health. Our five fulfilment warehouses (USA, UK, AUS, EU, CAN) are all back and operating normally after the holiday break. The Covid-19 situation continues to cause some delays to postage times, but if you want to check the status of your order, you can always drop Dustin a line: dustin@chaosium.com. And remember, while you're waiting for your physical shipment from Chaosium.com, you have the PDF already to read, play, and enjoy. Please note that due to Brexit-related disruptions, our UK warehouse cannot currently ship orders to customers outside the UK, and UK customers cannot order from our EU warehouse. We will advise when this situation changes. While the Malleus Monstrorum slipcase set is due to go on sale from our Canada warehouse by the end of month, we wish we had better news for our UK customers. Unfortunately, because of Brexit-related disruptions, the pallet we sent to our UK warehouse never made it across the Channel. Our shipping agent was forced to send our shipment back to Poland. Regretfully, they informed us that their warehouse in Calais was already overflowing with other delayed shipments, and that they had nowhere to store ours. We are actively looking at other options to help our UK customers, and appreciate your patience. We appreciate people buying direct. It helps the company in these trying times. On behalf of the whole Chaosium team, wishing everyone all the best until the Stars are Right again. — Rick Meints, president Chaosium Inc.

In 'Out of the Suitcase #4', Rick looks at Chaosium catalogs going back to 1975 and what wonderful information they contain about products that did (and didn't) happen... https://www.chaosium.com/blogout-of-the-suitcase-4-cataloging-a-bit-of-chaosium-history

In 'Out of the Suitcase #3', Rick discusses the somewhat fruitless scholarly pursuit by certain gaming historians to try to understand and catalog the specific color of the dice included in our early boxed sets: https://www.chaosium.com/blogout-of-the-suitcase-3-sometimes-things-are-less-dicey-than-they-seem

While the final product is the perfect addition to any RuneQuest player’s library, The Red Book of Magic had a much more humble beginning. Brian sat down with Jason —the Creative Director of RuneQuest—and Jaye —Art Director for The Red Book of Magic—to chat about how this epic, arcane tome came into being: https://www.chaosium.com/blogthe-red-book-of-magic-from-concept-to-page

As noted in this shipping and fulfilment update (Dec 22), shipping from our UK warehouse to addresses outside the UK is currently unavailable due to current disruptions to international freight movements in and out of the UK. No, only products from the UK warehouse. If the product you're after is only in stock the UK warehouse (like some of the stuff we're running out in the clearance sale) unfortunately for the time being this means you won't be able to order it if you live outside the UK. You can order products available from our other warehouses (but will have to pay for international shipping). It is more Brexit-related rather than Covid-related, and unfortunately we can't say how long that will be.