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We're playing through The Coming Storm / The Eleven Lights. Although this excellent campaign was written for HeroQuest Questworlds Glorantha, it plays well with RuneQuest as well.

Invitations to Adventure Seven ready-to-play adventures for RuneQuest! Set in the mythic fantasy world of Glorantha, The Pegasus Plateau & Other Stories features seven complete ready-to-play adventures, taking you from ghoul-haunted catacombs, into mystic ruins, across the arid deserts of Prax, and up to the rocky pinnacle of the Pegasus Plateau! Suitable for new and veteran gamemasters and players, each adventure spotlights a unique aspect or area of Dragon Pass. They can be used as introductions to Glorantha or as part of existing campaigns. https://www.chaosium.com/the-pegasus-plateau-other-stories-hardcover What the Critics Say "This is an RQ collection of adventures every bit as cutting edge as anything other system on the market." —Andrew Logan Montgomery, Exploring the Otherworlds of Fiction, Magic, and Gaming. Also available in special leatherette edition https://www.chaosium.com/the-pegasus-plateau-other-stories-leatherette Inventory Locations for The Pegasus Plateau Currently available from our US, UK, and EU warehouses.AUS and CAN to follow (apologies - unavoidable Covid19 shipping delays)

Who Knows What Happens... Behind Closed Doors Mansions of Madness Vol. 1 contains five scenarios for use with the Call of Cthulhu Starter Set or the 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu: Keeper Rulebook. It includes two fully updated and revised classics, along with three brand new adventures, and all can be played as standalone adventures, used as sidetracks for ongoing campaigns, or strung together to form a mini-campaign spanning the 1920s. Suitable for up to six players and their Keeper, each scenario should take between one and three sessions to play through, and are an ideal next step for those who have already experienced the horrors contained within the scenario collections Doors to Darkness and Gateways to Terror. https://www.chaosium.com/mansions-of-madness-vol-1-behind-closed-doors-hardcover What the Critics Say "An excellent revitalization of a classic collection and definitely has enough new content to be a worthwhile purchase even if you have earlier editions of the collection." —Never Read the Latin. Also available in Special Leatherette edition https://www.chaosium.com/mansions-of-madness-vol-1-behind-closed-doors-leatherette Inventory Locations for Mansions of Madness Currently available from our US, UK, and EU warehouses.AUS and CAN to follow (apologies - unavoidable Covid19 shipping delays)

The journey of the HeroQuest trademark – left to lapse by Milton Bradley, picked up Greg Stafford for his (completely different) tabletop RPG, and returning to the fondly-remembered board game of old some twenty years later – is something of a heroquest in itself. I discussed the history of this famous mark with EN World's Egg Embry: https://www.enworld.org/threads/hasbros-heroquest-and-chaosium’s-role-in-the-board-game’s-return.674860

If you previously bought the HQG pdf from Chaosium.com and want to upgrade to the physical product, you can get in touch with Dustin via the customerservice@chaosium.com email. The current price of the PDF is $7.49, and that is the amount you would receive off the hardcover if you purchase it now. Note that the hardcover is only available in UK, EU, and AUS warehouses.

MEDIA RELEASE: For immediate release Ann Arbor, MI. 22 September 2020 Moon Design Publications has announced the formal transfer of ownership of the HeroQuest trademark to Hasbro. Moon Design's HeroQuest tabletop roleplaying game line, published by Chaosium, will be rebranded as "Questworlds". "We know that the old Milton Bradley HeroQuest board game has many devoted fans who would love to see it back in print once again. The transfer of the HeroQuest trademark to Hasbro is a significant step towards that becoming a reality," said Chaosium head of licensing, Michael O'Brien. The HeroQuest trademark: some background... HeroQuest the boardgame was published by Milton Bradley (a subsidiary of Hasbro) and Games Workshop from 1989 - 1994. The trademark having lapsed, Greg Stafford registered the HeroQuest trademark in 2002 for his HeroQuest tabletop roleplaying game. Note: in the 1970s, Greg Stafford used the term "heroquest" to describe a transformative journey in which a quester enters the realm of the gods to reenact a myth, returning with gifts or special knowledge, and began designing a roleplaying game exploring those themes. Greg Stafford's HeroQuest tabletop RPG is completely unrelated to the Milton Bradley HeroQuest boardgame. Moon Design Publications became the licensed publisher of Greg Stafford's HeroQuest RPG in 2006. In 2012 Moon Design Publications purchased the HeroQuest trademark and other related IP from Greg Stafford. In 2015 Moon Design Publications became part of the ownership of Chaosium Inc. Via Chaosium, Moon Design Publications has continued to publish the HeroQuest RPG, largely for tabletop roleplaying in Greg Stafford's fantasy world of Glorantha. In April 2020, Moon Design Publications published the Questworlds System Reference Document (SRD) so independent publishers could use the HeroQuest RPG core rules system for other game worlds and settings. The sale and transfer of the HeroQuest trademark from Moon Design Publications to Hasbro was completed in July 2020. What's Next for HeroQuest the Boardgame? That is up to Hasbro and their board game subsidiary Avalon Hill. For more information, see: https://heroquest.avalonhill.com What's Next for HeroQuest the Tabletop Roleplaying Game? The HeroQuest tabletop roleplaying game is being rebranded as Questworlds. The rules themselves will remain unchanged. For more about Questworlds, the rules and prep-lite RPG system that facilitates beginning play easily, and resolving conflicts in play quickly, see: https://questworlds.chaosium.com Over coming months, Chaosium will be rebadging all HeroQuest products. "We are currently selling off existing printed stocks bearing the HeroQuest mark at a discount. Purchase these print releases while you can! Once these books are taken down from sale they will be out-of-print permanently," said Michael O'Brien. Purchase HeroQuest and HeroQuest Glorantha products here (limited time only): https://www.chaosium.com/heroquest Contact Information: Michael O’Brien, Head of Licensing mob@chaosium.com chaosium.com

A free download on itch.io! – THE WHISPERING RUINS by Jason Durall and Jeff Richard is a RuneQuest:Roleplaying in Glorantha encounter location for your adventurers, or could be fleshed out as the setting of an entire adventure. https://chaosium.itch.io/the-whispering-ruins For this, and plenty of other interesting Chaosium content, check our itch.io https://chaosium.itch.io

Please note, as of September 2020 Chaosium is discontinuing our Small Publisher Limited License licensing option. Instead, our community content programs on DriveThruRPG now serve as the means for independent creators and small publishers to create and release their own material for our game systems. Details about how these programs operate are available at the links below. Our current community content programs are: The Miskatonic Repository (Call of Cthulhu) The Jonstown Compendium (Roleplaying in Greg Stafford's world of Glorantha, including content for RuneQuest, Questworlds (Glorantha), and 13th Age Glorantha) The Explorer's Society (7th Sea) Note: we have plans to add community content programs for some of our other game systems including King Arthur Pendragon in due course. Current Small Publisher Limited License holders are unaffected. When your license expiry comes up we will discuss continuing licensing options with you. Our community content programs are distinct from our licensing structure – they operate separately in parallel. A Chaosium licensee can also have content on offer in our community content programs. For more information see our Fan Use and Licensing pages.

“How Does One Describe Something Supposedly Indescribable?” RPG Writers and Keepers Mark Morrison, Becca Scott, Amanda Hamon, and Mike Mason take on that question in our 'Describing the Indescribable - Keeping Your Monsters Fresh' panel from PAX Online:

Here's our live Call of Cthulhu game at PAXOnline if you missed in it on Twitch: The Keeper is Chaosium's James Coquillat @robopelican. The Investigators are Noura Ibrahim @nouralogical, Holly Conrad @HollyConrad, Becca Scott @thebeccascott, and B. Dave Walters @BDaveWalters. And the scenario is 'Dead Light' from Dead Light and Other Dark Turns.

FYI we're featuring recordings of all the live PAX Online events we were involved in on YouTube. When PAX Online is over we'll do a final summarising post too.

If you missed PAX's live Twitch feed of John Wick's 7th Sea game, here it is on YouTube! Meet malicious villains, daring heroes, and a bakery... John's players are the I Speak Giant team: Felicia Anne, Joel Rennie, Elyssa Grant, Zac Naoum, and Luke Lancaster.

Chaosium Tabletop Gaming starts at PAX Online today!We're running Call of Cthulhu, RuneQuest, Questworlds, Aquelarre, and 13th Age Glorantha, 24 hours a day until September 20th. It's FREE, and there are still slots left. Sign up to play at the link!https://warhorn.net/events/chaosium-online-gaming-at-pax-onlineAnd, for the duration of PAX Online, use the code 'PAXONLINE2020' at Chaosium.com to get 10% off your order.

We are currently updating the guidelines. You can reference Down Darker Trails, Reign of Terror, etc.

Wyrms Footprints was a Reaching Moon Megacorp product, and we don't have the rights to that. If you mean Wyrms Footnotes (the Chaosium house magazine 1976 - 1982 + 2012), we currently do offer those in PDF: https://www.chaosium.com/wyrms-footnotes

Make some room on your bookcase! Rick has received the remaining RuneQuest Classic titles we're preparing for POD. These will all be available to order very soon. Makes for an impressive collection of titles when you put all them all together in one stack...

The PAX Online 'Get a foot in the RPG industry door with community content!' panel for aspiring RPG writers, now up on YouTube at the link. With Chaosium's MOB, Lysa Penrose from the DM's Guild, and best-selling DM's Guild author M.T. Black, who tells the tale of how starting with community content eventually got him a writing gig with WotC itself (Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus)...

The PAX Online 'Get a foot in the RPG industry door with community content!' panel for aspiring RPG writers, now up on YouTube at the link. With Chaosium's MOB, Lysa Penrose from the DM's Guild, and best-selling DM's Guild author M.T. Black, who tells the tale of how starting with community content eventually got him a writing gig with WotC itself (Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus)...

The PAX Online 'Get a foot in the RPG industry door with community content!' panel for aspiring RPG writers, now up on YouTube at the link. With Chaosium's MOB, Lysa Penrose from the DM's Guild, and best-selling DM's Guild author M.T. Black, who tells the tale of how starting with community content eventually got him a writing gig with WotC itself (Baldur's Gate: Descent into Avernus)...

If you missed PAX's live Twitch feed of our 'Get a foot in the RPG industry door with community content!' panel for aspiring RPG writers, here it is on Chaosium's YouTube!

Part Three of Andrew Logan Montgomery's insightful discussion about the Nephilim Occult RPG. Here, he discusses how gameplay unfolds, and, with a wink and a nod, how Nephilim salutes its parent game (RuneQuest): https://andrewloganmontgomery.blogspot.com/2020/09/nephilim-part-three.html

Take a look inside HEROQUEST GLORANTHA, a marvelous roleplaying system, a World of Gods, Heroes, and Mythic Fantasy! A reminder that HQG in hardback was $39.95, now $14.99 (You save $24.96) Available from our UK, EU, AUS warehouses https://www.chaosium.com/heroquest-glorantha-hardcover Yes, only available from the AUS warehouse. TCS is available from the UK warehouse (plus US, EU, and AUS) We will not be restocking. Yes, it would be a good idea to order the HeroQuest PDFs you want sooner rather than later.

If you missed PAX's live Twitch feed of our RuneQuest game, here it is on Chaosium's YouTube! With Chaosium's Todd Gardiner, and RQ first-timers Becca Scott, Panda TV, Noura Ibrahim, and Brian Holland. The perfect actual play to learn more about the mythic setting of RuneQuest, and the unique (and brutal!) game mechanics:

Find out more about LORDS OF THE MIDDLE SEA, one of our new RPG projects! Line developer Jason Durall talks with Charles Dunwoody of EN World about the coming game, set in the post-apocalyptic ruins of a flooded North America. https://www.enworld.org/threads/lords-of-the-middle-sea-an-interview.674601

Great review of CDA3 over on RPGNet – reviewer Antonios S says "Cthulhu Dark Ages 3rd Edition is a hell of a book... the research that has been put into it is outstanding, its focus is spot-on, while the interconnection between rules and theme is what every RPG should aspire to. Between Berlin The Wicked City and this, Chaosium has simultaneously produced the best sourcebook and the best setting guide on the market irrespective of RPG." STYLE 5/5 SUBSTANCE 5/5 Full review here: https://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/18/18780.phtml