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Ha! I was just coming here to say that... There is one worse job though, even worse than being posted to Dorastor, and that being sent to serve wherever the Bat happens to be.

The Swedish gaming site Spelkult has a fascinating discussion about the Malleus Monstrorum with Cthulhu of Cthulhu creative director Mike Mason, horror writer Gabrielle de Bourg, and editor of the Swedish edition of Call of Cthulhu Jonas Larsson Olanders.

As Bell of Lost Souls notes in their look back at 2020 in gaming, at this time last year (s-o-o-o long ago) Australia was literally on fire and we offered up the RuneQuest Glorantha Bestiary on DriveThruRPG to support bushfire relief. As we all know, a lot other terrible stuff then happened in 2020, but we at Chaosium are still very appreciative of the more than 2200 gamers who supported that effort.

In the Gloranthan calendar, the last season of the year is Storm Season, a time of danger and violence, and when the cosmic balance feels less certain. This year has felt like an extended Storm Season, lingering far longer than usual. Of course time still advances and each season ultimately passes, until we get to the Sacred Time. Sacred Time marks the joyous time when communities gather together (this year mostly online) across the world to celebrate building the cosmos anew for a new year. Like our own New Years Eve here on planet Earth, it is a time of divinations, omens, and predictions, when oaths are sworn, resolutions are made, and promises are given, to oneself and to others. Sacred Time greetings and Happy New Year from the Chaosium Team! We wish you all the best for 2021. – Rick Meints, president Chaosium Inc. FEATURED ART IS "ENTHRALL" BY DIMITRINA ANGELSKA, FROM THE RED BOOK OF MAGIC.

Jiminy Cricket! Are allied spirits a divine gift or a soul-crushing existential burden? No wonder Rune Lords come across as living embodiments of their gods – "blessed" with a permanent mind link connection, their allied spirits are forever a palpable inside voice in their heads, always reminding, scolding, and tut-tutting. And ever-ready to rat on them to the Spirits of Reprisal if they don't toe the line. It's also no wonder shadow cats are Wind Lords' preferred allied spirit host; after all, they sleep 18 hours a day...

Three days left to order these eight Call of Cthulhu POD titles (and 19 RuneQuest POD titles) at a 25% discount. Save up to $128!From Jan 1st these titles will revert to their full price.

Three days left to order our 19 RuneQuest and eight Call of Cthulhu POD titles at a 25% discount. Save up to $128! From Jan 1st these titles will revert to their full price.

There is no plan to do a restock of the offset printed version in the US. However, you can order the otherwise identical POD version via Nocturnal Media at DriveThruRPG.

OK, it's still some distance on the black seas of infinity behind #1 (DnD5e), but Call of Cthulhu is now the #2 best-selling RPG core book on Amazon USA, says this EN World post. https://www.enworld.org/threads/call-of-cthulhu-grows-to-the-second-best-selling-rpg-core-book-on-amazon-usa.677254

"One of the most interesting TRPGs I’ve played all year... At the end of the day, Würm is a great game that really manages to do a lot with very little crunch and it’s a ton of fun to run." —R. Talsorian Games' Cody Pondsmith, co-designer of Cyberpunk Red, goes back 35,000 years to play Würm. https://www.dicebreaker.com/topics/games-of-the-year-2020/opinion/cody-pondsmith-goty-2020

RIVERS OF LONDON, LORDS OF THE MIDDLE SEA and PENDRAGON 6th Ed are all contenders for EN World's 'Most Anticipated RPG of 2021' – and you can vote for up to 3 games! Voting is open until January 2nd: https://www.enworld.org/threads/vote-for-the-most-anticipated-rpg-of-2021.677253

This fellow certainly would - Barran the Monster Killer, from Strangers in Prax (back cover shown here). In Jonathan Tweet's excellent scenario Barran takes on the SIZ 615 (two km long!) giant eel known as The Vomiter. With the help of the player characters of course.

RQ Coloring Book already is! https://www.chaosium.com/the-runequest-coloring-book-pod

@Jason D also discusses the great utility of TRBoM for RuneQuest players and GMs in this Q&A interview: The Red Book of Magic: an essential RuneQuest expansion for players and Gamemasters alike

COVID-19 Shipping and Fulfilment Update - Dec 22 (UK Shipping) We hope that you, your family, and your friends continue to be in good health. Please note that due to the UK border shutdown, shipping from our UK warehouse to addresses outside the UK is currently unavailable. We have turned this option off on our website. If you have made such an order in the past several days we will be in touch to make other arrangements. Shipping from our other warehouses is not affected: our shipping schedules for the holiday season Dec 2020 - Jan 2021 are here. Please be aware that postal delivery speeds are not guaranteed; there is always risk of delays, especially with the Covid‐19 situation. We appreciate people buying direct. It has helped 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 the second of our 'Out of the Suitcase' series, company President and avid collector of all things Chaosium Rick Meints talks Ducks, Ducks, and more Ducks... Out of the Suitcase #2: Ducks, Ducks, and more Ducks https://www.chaosium.com/blogout-of-the-suitcase-2-ducks-ducks-and-more-ducks

We speak with RuneQuest creative director Jason Durall about The Red Book of Magic, our recently-released "ultimate guide" to spirit and Rune magic. Jason explains how this book is designed for both RuneQuest players and GMs. https://www.chaosium.com/blogthe-red-book-of-magic-an-essential-runequest-expansion-for-players-and-gamemasters-alike

Seasons Greetings 2020 from The Chaosium Wishing Everyone all the best, until the Stars are Right again!

After being unavailable in physical format for more than 30 years, Cults of Prax and Cults of Terror are now available again, Print-On-Demand. These are fully-remastered softcover editions, true to the original printing. And, along with our entire range of Print-On-Demand titles, are 25% off until December 31st. Cults of Prax -Softcover - POD - $19.99 - $14.99 Cults of Terror - Softcover - POD - $17.99 - $13.49 Here's what critics have had to say about two of the most ground-breaking RPG products ever published: Cults of Prax "It is testament to the monumental nature of the book that, even though it was originally released in 1979, it has yet to meet its match in depth and clarity. It is a foundational RPG text (and not just because it might be the first splatbook...)."—Vintage RPG. “A vastly innovative product, one of the best looks at religion ever in an RPG (still)."—RPG Historian Shannon Appelcline (Designers and Dragons). "A true classic of the early days of the hobby. …quite rightly considered one of the best treatments of religion in a fantasy RPG ever written and it's certainly one of the most inspirational."—Grognardia. "Cults of Prax was extraordinary. It not only defined what Glorantha was, it demonstrated what was possible in gaming. It moved the bar from moving miniatures around a table and rolling dice to a shared novel. The depth. The erudition. Just stunning."—Andrew Logan Montgomery, Exploring the Otherworlds of Fiction, Magic, and Gaming. "Arguably the most important supplement ever for both Glorantha and RuneQuest."—Reviews from R’lyeh. "I cannot rate this book too highly, it makes an already excellent, imaginative, and highly playable FRP system into a masterpiece that richly deserves a place at the forefront of the hobby. 10/10."—White Dwarf #23 (quoted in Reviews from R’lyeh review). "The best extant cosmology designed for use with any FRP that has been published."—Different Worlds #7 (quoted in Reviews from R’lyeh review). "If you play RuneQuest, you want this book. If you are a serious Game Master in any fantasy system, you would do well to look it over… And remember: Gods don't have to be effective to be important. Belief is the thing, and the interactions of social groups and differing beliefs in Cults of Prax is good fantasy reading if you don't game at all."—Steve Jackson, Space Gamer #27 (quoted in Reviews from R’lyeh review). "Cults of Prax is nothing like Gods, Demigods & Heroes (or its successor, Deities & Demigods), for example, which managed to reduce real world religious/mythological figures to mere game constructs; Cults of Prax does the opposite, elevating game constructs to something approaching credible, if clearly fantastical, belief systems."—Grognardia. "This is a book that should simply be treasured by gamers."—Bud’s RPG Review (video review, in two parts – part one, part two.) Cults of Terror "Not merely a landmark in role-playing history, it’s a giant."—Ron Edwards, Adept Play. "If you play RuneQuest, or even if you just want to see what an excellent game aid can be, you'll buy Cults of Terror."—Space Gamer No.42. "Essential reading."—Oliver Dickinson, White Dwarf #34. "A work of art... the book is frankly fantastic. The cults are all interesting, workable, and playable, 36 years after being printed. Cults of Terror is and remains classic and an industry standard that many have tried to copy but none have beaten. I can't recommend this book highly enough."—Bud's RPG Review (video review, in two parts - part one, part two.)

Reminder that the 25% discount on these POD Call of Cthulhu (and POD RuneQuest) titles lasts another two weeks - until Dec 31st.

Reminder that the 25% discount on these POD RuneQuest (and POD Call of Cthulhu) titles lasts another two weeks - until Dec 31st. Apple Lane - Softcover - POD - $9.99 $7.49 Big Rubble - Softcover - POD - $29.99 $22.49 Borderlands - Softcover - POD - $29.99 $22.49 Cults of Prax -Softcover - POD - $19.99 - $14.99 Cults of Terror - Softcover - POD - $17.99 - $13.49 Gateway Bestiary - Softcover - POD - $9.99 $7.49 Griffin Mountain - Softcover - POD - $29.99 $22.49 Pavis - Softcover - POD - $29.99 $22.49 Plunder - Softcover - POD - $9.99 $7.49 Rune Masters -Softcover - POD - $12.99 - $9.74 RuneQuest Companion - Softcover - POD - $12.99 - $9.74 RuneQuest First Edition Softcover - POD - $24.99 - $18.74 RuneQuest Old School SourcePack Collection - Softcover - POD - $19.99 - $14.99 RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha Quickstart - Softcover - POD - $9.99 - $7.49 RuneQuest Second Edition (RQ Classic) Softcover - POD - $24.99 - $18.74 SnakePipe Hollow - Softcover - POD - $9.99 $7.49 SoloQuest Classic Collection - Softcover - POD - $19.99 - $14.99 The RuneQuest Coloring Book - Softcover - POD - $9.99 - $7.49 TrollPak - Softcover - POD - $29.99 $22.49

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