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On the occasion of our first Gold seller in the Jonstown Compendium (A Rough Guide to Glamour) we thought it a fitting time to congratulate all the titles and their creators that have - so far! - made it to Gold, Electrum, and Silver sales status:

We at Chaosium highly value the work of the independent creators who contribute to the Jonstown Compendium, our community content site for Greg Stafford's World of Glorantha at DriveThruRPG. And we're delighted new self-published content is being added every week! Did you know DriveThru RPG uses metal icons as "rough indicators" of a product's sales level? Each level is progressively harder to reach, rather than a simple doubling of the previous level. On the occasion of our first Gold seller in the Jonstown Compendium, we thought it a fitting time to congratulate all the titles and their creators that have (so far) made it to Gold, Electrum, and Silver sales status! Congratulations to the creators behind A Rough Guide to Glamour, the "indispensable companion for any visit to the capital city of the greatest empire the world of Glorantha has ever known". It has reached Gold seller status in a mere three months! To mark the occasion, its creators have released a special "Glamour Goes Gold" bonus download. Everyone who has purchased the title can download this extra content for free. And if you're interested in buying it, the PDF version of A Rough Guide to Glamour is currently 25% off in DriveThruRPG's 'Christmas in July Sale'. Gold seller status (500+) A Rough Guide to Glamour Chris Gidlow, Mike Hagen, Nick Brooke, Michael O'Brien, Jeff Richard, Greg Stafford (113 page PDF, $14.95 $11.21 sale price; also POD option) Electrum seller status (250+ sales) Six Seasons in Sartar Andrew Montgomery (148 page PDF, $19.95 $14.96) Tales of the Sun County Militia: Sandheart Volume 1 Jonathan Webb (39 page PDF, $3.95 $2.96) The Armies and Enemies of Dragon Pass Martin Helsdon (382 page PDF, $24.95 $18.71) The Duel at Dangerford Nick Brooke (37 page PDF, $3.95 $2.96) Silver Status (100+ sales) Arrows of War Martin Helsdon (5 page PDF, Pay-What-You-Want suggested price $1.00) Blue Moon, White Moon John Wick (14 page PDF, $0.99 $0.74) Early Family History Jacob Andersson (17 page PDF, Pay-What-You-Want suggested price $3.95) Elgar's Blade: Part 2 of Red Deer Saga Paul Baker (108 page PDF, $10.00 $7.50) Geiron, Lord of Elephants Akhelas, Austin Conrad (5 page PDF, $1.50 $1.13) Heortlings of Sartar Akhelas, Austin Conrad (21 page PDF, $1.00 $0.75) Humakt, Raven, and Wolf Jacob Andersson (15 page PDF, $3.95 $2.96) Jonstown Compendium Scenarios and Sourcebooks Nick Brooke (23 page PDF, $0.50 $0.38) Jorthan's Rescue Redux Matthew Pook, Stephen R. Marsh, John Sapienza Jr. (24 page PDF, $6.00 $4.50) Night of the Quacking Dead Akhelas, Austin Conrad (5 page PDF, $1.50 $1.13) Rocks Fall Diana Probst, Beer With Teeth (16 page PDF, $5.00 $3.75) Rubble Runners - A Collection of Pavis Characters Jon Hunter (39 page PDF, $4.99 $3.74) Secrets of Dorastor Simon Phipp (259 page PDF, $25.00 $18.75) Spirits of Madness Akhelas, Austin Conrad (3 page PDF, $1.00 $0.75) Stone and Bone Diana Probst, Beer With Teeth (25 page PDF, $7.95 $5.96) Temples and Towers Martin Helsdon (20 page PDF, $4.00 $3.00) The Corn Dolls: Sandheart Vol 2 Jonathan Webb (45 page PDF, $4.95 $3.71) The Throat of Winter Akhelas, Austin Conrad (26 page PDF, $5.00 $3.75) This Fertile Ground Michael Paul Sullivan (22 page PDF, $4.99 $3.74) Treasures of Glorantha: V1 — Dragon Pass Akhelas, Shawn Carpenter, Austin Conrad, Gil Cruz, Simon Phipp, Jerry Thorpe (61 page PDF, $14.95 $11.21) Valley of Plenty Troupe Games (Shawn & Peggy Carpenter) (150 page PDF, $24.95 $18.71; also POD option) Vinga's Ford Diana Probst, Beer With Teeth (19 page PDF, $2.95 $2.21) White Stone Ruin: Part 1 of Red Deer Saga Paul Baker (88 page PDF, $10.00 $7.50) Yozarian's Bandit Ducks Ernesto María Orellana, Xavier Llobet (40 page PDF, $4.00 $3.00)

Here's the Media Release we sent out today about Harlem Unbound 2nd Edition.Harlem Unbound 2nd Edition Releases in Hardback and Limited Edition Leatherette Darker Hue Studios’s Multi Award-Winning Roleplaying Book Tackling Race and Racism at the Gaming Table is Back for a Second Edition with Chaosium Alexandria, VA/Ann Arbor, MI. July 16, 2020Harlem Unbound 2nd Edition, a sourcebook and scenario collection for the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game, releases this week in hardback. The 368-page book presents a New York where Prohibition is in full swing and bootleggers are living high. Blacks flee the oppressive South for greener pastures, creating a new culture in Harlem. There’s a feeling of possibility in the air like never before. But, even in this land of promise, Harlem is a powder keg, ready to explode. This updated edition expands the Cthulhu Mythos and contains seven scenarios, new occupations, Mythos entities, and a crash course on addressing race in gaming.Roleplaying can educate, build understanding of history, and help foster community, all of which are essential to building a more equitable future. Chris Spivey, author of Harlem Unbound and founder of Darker Hue Studios, offers a vision of the Harlem Renaissance as seen through the lens of the Cthulhu Mythos. The book’s core centers around a conversation about racism and injustice in America—and, indeed, the world over—in an honest and clear way, inviting people from all walks of life to thoughtfully consider the Black experience in history and the present.Harlem Unbound is like no other published roleplaying book. Created by an African American game designer, its approach to race and social injustice presents clear and actionable advice on race and oppression in a roleplaying context, and explores what is and what is not appropriate at a gaming table. Significantly, the first edition won multiple gaming industry awards, has been accepted into the collections of museums, and has been taught at universities as part of the curriculum. WHAT CRITICS ARE SAYING ABOUT HARLEM UNBOUND 2ND EDITION"An essential Call of Cthulhu 1920s supplement, expanding not just the game we love, but how you view the entire genre and society itself."— Mark Morrison, Call of Cthulhu writer (Horror on the Orient Express, Reign of Terror, Terror Australis, etc)"A strong labor of love that combines both passion for a vital time and place in American history with a deep pool to draw various strains of horror, both familiar and unfamiliar, into the Call of Cthulhu game. I love this book and cannot recommend it enough."— Never Read the Latin"Strongly Recommended. This product is exceptional."— Gnome StewChris Spivey said, "I am grateful to Chaosium for approaching me to make a second edition of Harlem Unbound. As an African American game designer in an industry that is dominated by white males who tell stories from the white perspective, it was my mission to bring the stories of Black Americans and other marginalized communities to the forefront, and to challenge the assumptions of the status quo."Chaosium president Rick Meints added, "We at the Chaosium know that Harlem Unbound rightly deserves to reach a wider audience. We take pride in sharing this important journey with Chris, now more than ever." HARLEM UNBOUND SECOND EDITIONBy Chris Spivey, with Brennen Reece, Neall Raemonn Price, Ariel Celeste, Sarah Hood, Cameron Hays, Bob Geis, Noah Lloyd, Alex Mayo, Jabari Weathers, and Steffie de VaanArtists: Brennen Reece, Alex Mayo, Jabari WeathersCartography: Alex MayoLayout: Nicholas NacarioISBN: 978-1-56882-422-2MSRP: USD$49.99, includes PDFFormat: Full color. Hardcover. 368 pages.Product Number: CHA23166-HRelease: Available nowAvailable from Chaosium.com, DriveThruRPG.com, and through standard distribution channels to hobby stores and bookstores.CONTACT INFORMATION DARKER HUE STUDIOSChris Spivey, CEOdarkerhuestudios@gmail.comdarkerhuestudios.comCHAOSIUM INC.Michael O’Brien, VP of Licensingmob@chaosium.comchaosium.com###

Time to head into the wild... a collection of ready-to-play scenarios for RuneQuest! THE SMOKING RUIN & OTHER STORIES is now available in hardback and special edition leatherette! Order yours today, directly from Chaosium. Includes PDF. – Hardcover – Leatherette Note: currently available from our US, UK, and EU warehouses. Still on the way to our Australian and Canadian warehouses!

With nothing but candle light and your wits, your journey into the Dark Ages begins... CTHULHU DARK AGES 3rd Edition is now available in hardback and special edition leatherette! Order yours today, directly from Chaosium. Includes PDF. – Hardcover – Leatherette Note: currently available from our US, UK, and EU warehouses. Still on the way to our Australian and Canadian warehouses!

"Can you hold it together and keep the terrors at bay for one more song?" The critically-acclaimed HARLEM UNBOUND 2nd Edition by Chris Spivey is now available in hardback and special edition leatherette! Order yours today, directly from Chaosium. Includes PDF. – Hardcover – Leatherette Note: Currently available from our US, UK, and EU warehouses. Still on the way to our Australian and Canadian warehouses!

Rick has approved the printer's proofs for THE PEGASUS PLATEAU. Next step, printing!

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Live on Twitch now! https://www.twitch.tv/chaosiuminc All this superb character art is by Michelle Lockamy

Voting in the 2020 ENnies closes at 11:45pm EDT on July 12 Chaosium is up for several awards, and creators and artists behind these works would appreciate your vote: BERLIN THE WICKED CITY – Best Art, Cover and Best Setting. HARLEM UNBOUND 2ND EDITION – Best Art, Cover CHAOSIUM INC – Fan Favourite Publisher Many thanks, all the team at Chaosium! http://www.ennie-awards.com/vote/2020

"Any resemblance to a human being is, well, coincidental." That's Jar-Eel's story arc. She passionately loves what she can do, but she fervently wants to keep her humanity. But it's hard, when you have one foot firmly placed in the divine world.

At least Myers-Briggs doesn't make blanket statements (as far as I know) like "all Drow Uz are ISTJ" or "everyone living in the Lunar Empire is INFP"

No, he hasn't.

Premiering this Saturday: THE WHITE BULL CAMPAIGN, RuneQuest Roleplaying in Glorantha actual play, on Chaosium Twitch!

I think this is worthy of @scott-martin's Your Dumbest Theory thread (my fave thread on this forum for a long time). And I definitely mean that as a compliment!

ENnies voting is live! In addition to HARLEM UNBOUND 2 (Best Cover) and BERLIN THE WICKED CITY (Best Setting, Best Cover), please also support our friends Stygian Fox. Their licensed Call of Cthulhu supplement NEW TALES OF THE MISKATONIC VALLEY 2nd Ed has been nominated in the Best Electronic Book category! http://www.ennie-awards.com/vote/2020

Chaosium congratulates our 2020 ENnies Awards nominees: HARLEM UNBOUND 2nd Edition - Best Cover Brennen Reece BERLIN THE WICKED CITY - Best Setting, Best Cover David Larkins, Mike Mason, Lynne Hardy, Loïc Musy And congratulations to the Taylor University student creators of Miskatonic Repository scenario REFRACTIONS OF GLASSTON, winners of the 2020 ENnies Judges' Spotlight Award! ENnies voting is NOW LIVE and runs from July 3 - July 12. The winners will be announced at the Online ENnies 2020 Ceremony on July 31. Please cast your vote here: http://www.ennie-awards.com/vote/2020

@Jeff posted this in the RuneQuest FB group: to which Matthew Cole commented as follows:

Last year, in a creative collaboration with Chaosium, Professional Writing students from Taylor University (Upland, IN) created and published a Call of Cthulhu scenario as part of their studies. Today, the published result of that creative collaboration, the scenario Refractions of Glasston, has received recognition with a Judges' Spotlight Award in the 2020 ENnie Awards. "This is a wonderful honour and recognition for the students, who managed all aspects of the RPG design process from research, writing, editing, art direction, layout, proofreading, and finally release", said Chaosium vice president Michael O'Brien, who established the project with Prof T.R. Knight of the Professional Writing department at Taylor University. With Prof Knight, and Chaosium's Mike Mason (Call of Cthulhu creative director) and Lynne Hardy (associate editor) on hand as mentors, the Taylor U students went through the entire RPG adventure design process – from idea genesis to publication – within one hectic semester. Though many of the team are members of the professional writing major, this was their first foray into the world of RPG writing. Refractions of Glasston was published in The Miskatonic Repository, Chaosium's Call of Cthulhu community content platform on DriveThruRPG, in December 2019. The scenario takes place in a rural town in northwest Indiana (near Taylor U itself) in the classic Call of Cthulhu era of the 1920s and builds on existing local legends of supernatural happenings. Chaosium thanks the ENnies judges, and congratulates Sam Guinsatao, Carson Jacobs, Joy Lemont, Elijah Oates, Rayce Patterson, Emily Pawlowski, J. Tucker White, T.R. Knight, Mike Mason, and Lynne Hardy! Read more about the project in the updates made throughout the semester: Students at Taylor University to write and publish a Call of Cthulhu Adventure in new Professional Writing course Update on Chaosium's collaboration with Taylor University's Professional Writing Course At the halfway point: our Call of Cthulhu collaboration with Taylor University's Professional Writing Course The Semester is over and Taylor U students' Call of Cthulhu scenario 'Refractions of Glasston' is now out! Our student collaboration 'Refractions of Glasston' earns critical praise

Vale James Holloway. (Jim Holloway also did the covers for RQ3's Daughters of Darkness and The Lost City of Eldarad, his art by far the best parts of both those otherwise lamentable Avalon Hill releases.)

Chaosium mourns the passing of renowned RPG artist James Holloway. In amongst the memorable work he did for Dungeons & Dragons, Dragon Magazine, Paranoia, and many other titles, was his beautiful cover art for Savage Mountains, a supplement for Chaosium's King Arthur Pendragon RPG. Jim Holloway's art helped spark gamers' imaginations for decades, and he leaves a lasting legacy. Our condolences go to his family and friends—Chaosium Inc.

Looking forward to this new release using the BRP OGL: https://twitter.com/KabouterRPG/status/1276915585486651396

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