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Now also a FREE download at DriveThruRPG: 'The Domestic', our Rivers of London RPG solo adventure, based on Ben Aaronovitch's hugely successful urban fantasy series. As you play through it you learn the rules of the game, and discover the setting! https://www.drivethrurpg.com/product/461938/The-Domestic--Rivers-of-London-RPG-Solo

The Domestic: An Introductory Solo Adventure for Rivers of London: the Roleplaying Game Spring, 2016: the Folly, also known as the Metropolitan Police Service’s “special magic branch,” has received word of repeated domestic disturbances at an address on Prince of Wales Road, London—and very odd ones, at that. Convinced that there’s more going on than meets the eye, DCI Thomas Nightingale has assigned you, his newest recruit, to the case. The Domestic is an introductory solo scenario for Rivers of London the Roleplaying Game. Designed for one player, it is based on Rivers of London creator Ben Aaronovitch’s short story of the same name. Choose to play as a magic-wielding police officer, nurse, or social worker in a game set in the world of the hugely successful Rivers of London series. Armed with this book, a pencil, and some roleplaying dice, you are ready to take on your first case for the Folly. No GM needed! Can you solve the mystery on Prince of Wales Road? Download the FREE 34 page PDF here. Note: 'The Domestic' solo adventure is also included in Rivers of London: The Roleplaying Game core book, available separately. What the critics say about Rivers of London the Roleplaying Game 2023 ENNIE Awards: Winner – BEST RULES (Silver); Nominee – PRODUCT OF THE YEAR “9/10: You don’t have to be well-versed in Rivers of London to want to pick up this roleplaying game… a ‘must own’. — The Gaming Gang. "The whimsical and at times humorous Urban Fantasy setting of Rivers of London makes it ideal as either a first TTRPG or a transition game for players looking to expand beyond Dungeons & Dragons." — GameOnAUS. "A fantastic gateway into tabletop role-playing games." — British Fantasy Society. "A superb realization of a much-loved series, dripping with character while offering fast and streamlined mechanics. Another classic in the making, and deservedly so... Chaosium have been pushing out great game after great game for years now, and this is no exception. A delight." — Paul Mackintosh. RPGNet. Get your own copy of Rivers of London the Roleplaying Game! Hardcover (price inc PDF): $59.99 Special Leatherette edition (price inc PDF): $99.00 PDF: $29.99 Also available at DriveThruRPG: $29.99

First Call of Cthulhu Gaslight novel announced by our friends Aconyte Books - coming in Summer 2024! https://aconytebooks.com/news/summer-2024-aconyte-titles-announced/

More stunning verisimilitude from our friends at the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society! This is the official Certificate of Interment for the Old Arkham Cemetery. It was created for our Graveyards of Arkham Kickstarter, and soon we'll be asking backers at the Arkham Citizen pledge level how they'd like to be remembered for eternity.

Are you a RuneQuest GM looking for new scenarios and story elements? A player looking for something mysterious to spark a character idea? Is your group looking for more Gloranthan goodness to use in your game? The Jonstown Compendium is where you can find —and create —self-published material for your Gloranthan roleplaying games. Here are the latest releases from independent RuneQuest creators; do check them out, and leave a star rating or review if you like what you see! Hydra! Peter Hart ($15.00, 171 page PDF) The Lunar College of Magicians wants to get hold of this year’s batch of Hydra’s eggs. Yes, that’s Hydra! Not some lesser hydra, but one of Glorantha’s few greater hydras: the only one known to exist in Genertela. The hydra of legend, said to be as large as a city, which lives atop Hydra’s Hill in the Hydra Mountains. The burden of expectation on the Magicians is currently high and delivering domesticated lesser hydra to fight alongside the troops in the field would satisfy Moonson of their continued utility. To that end the College has had assembled a disparate crew of expendables. Recent defeats in Sartar have a silver lining. Disgraced warriors who have fallen from favour may now be assigned to dangerous but potentially rewarding missions. Enter the adventurers! The Sanctum of Sarkath Han Magnus Seter, Robert Dudock, The Yellow Hand ($9.99, 50 page PDF) One Hundred Years. Two hundred Years. Three Hundred Years. Alabastor Did Not Know How Long She Had Been Incarcerated. But Now, She Would Soon Be Freed From Her Shackles. The adventure builds on the legendary starter adventure The Vault of Sarkath Han by the late Steve Perrin. The King-who-Walks Vivien Prigent ($7.50, 67 page PDF) This book is the first of the Beyond the Vale series, the sequel to In a Merry Green Vale and A Vale Ablaze. The King-who-Walks offers a two-fold scenario leading the players from Dangerford to the Godtime. Although the default setting is 1613-1624, advice to adapt it to a post-Dragonrise timeframe is provided, offering the PCs the opportunity to play a key-role in Kallyr Starbrow’s victory at the Battle of Dangerford. Ostrich Riders JK Revell ($4.00, 26 page PDF) This is a description of one of the lesser, ‘independent’ tribes of Prax. It includes brief character generation rules for the Ostrich Riders, and a description of the cult of the Ostrich Mother, central to their culture. It also includes a brief history of one of the ostrich clans, with twelve NPCs that can provide interaction or story possibilities for RuneQuest or QuestWorlds games in Glorantha. Islands of the Lost: Hero Wars in the East Isles - Vol 3 Hannu Rytövuori, David Cake, Nils Weinander ($12.00, 140 page PDF) Campaign and a sourcebook for the Korolan Islands in the East Islands, following on from the previous volumes in this series, Korolan Islands: Hero Wars in the East Isles - Volume 1 and Fires of Mingai: Hero Wars in the East Isles - Vol 2. Islands of the Lost is a starting point for a campaign in the East Isles and includes four RQG scenarios and contains a detailed gazetteer plus four adventures set on the Korolan Islands of Tamoro and Luvata and on two islands outside Korola. The book also has a timeline of future events of the East Isles, new ships and a summary of needed ship rules, six new cults and a new martial arts style. Stern Kolating Zed Nope ($5.00, 4000 pixel PNG image) A watercolour illustration of a Kolating Shaman, holed up in a cave somewhere, may be used under license in Jonstown Compendium projects. Tarkalor's Keep Finmirage ($2.50, 11 page PDF) Adventure location situated near Apple Lane and featured briefly in the RuneQuest Gamemaster Screen Pack's Adventures book. Details the eponymous keep, and includes a short adventure. Eurmal's Truth Smol Snek ($0.50, 2 page PDF) There was a murder, but it was 20 years ago. Ghosts call out for venge... no wait, the ghost is summoning a bear, not vengeance. In need of plot, or filler, or the happy warm feeling of supporting a young writer? We have you covered! Tiny Treasures Smol Snek ($0.50, 2 page PDF) Six precious things to spice up market-time or send your adventurers off after the rumours of new treasures. Some are simple or common, one is unique but cheap. Give your Jonstown Market a boost with a new caravan, or pick one up in the graceful collonades of Boldhome, or the loud souks and painted trade-houses of Nochet. Porcupine Cat Smol Snek ($0.50, 2 page PDF) A single cute but very spiky animal, two pages of cuteness with spikes. Full stats and three mini plots so you can use this splendid creature in your campaigns without effort. The Bandit Den Smol Snek ($0.50, 2 page PDF) There are bandits in the hills again, and the PCs are hired to deal with them. The place is hidden ­– yay! – trapped – double yay! – and full of violent murderers, so it’s a specialist job. This is a simple fight-it-out adventure, showing the consequences of banditry; you have a PC problem. 100 Hooks and Rumours for Griffin Mountain Adrian Kennelly ($1.99, 10 page PDF) Characters can come across rumours when asking around for information and this supplement has 100 such for them to hear in Balazar, primarily related to the three citadels. Whether or not any particular rumour is true is up to the GM. They can be used as background colour, misinformation and as potential adventure hooks. Glorantha Scenes - Orlanth Temple Mikael Mansen (Pay-What-You-Want, Rec price $0.00, 2 page PDF) Orlanth Temple map, based on the Orlanth Temple Map in RQ3's Strangers in Prax. Maps by Mikael Mansen: These maps include a commercial license so creators can use them in Jonstown Compendium products. Pamaltela - Glorantha Continent Mikael Mansen ($4.50, 9 page PDF) Boshan - Glorantha Area Maps Mikael Mansen ($5.50, 4 page PDF) Glorantha Settlement Hillhaven Village Mikael Mansen (Pay-What-You-Want, Rec price $0.00, 4 page PDF) Two Pine Ridge - Glorantha Close up Mikael Mansen ($4.50, 2 page PDF) Indigo Mountains - Glorantha Close up Mikael Mansen ($4.45, 4 page PDF) Black Forest - Glorantha Close up Mikael Mansen (Free, 6 page PDF) High Llama Pass - Glorantha Close up Mikael Mansen ($4.50, 5 page PDF) Glorantha Settlement 19 Mikael Mansen (Free, 2 page PDF) Ruined Glorantha Settlement 1 Mikael Mansen ($3.50, 4 page PDF) Ruined Glorantha Settlement 2 Mikael Mansen ($3.50, 4 page PDF) Glorantha settlement - 29 Mikael Mansen ($3.60, 4 page PDF) Glorantha Settlement 28 Mikael Mansen ($4.50, 4 page PDF) Glorantha Settlement 27 Mikael Mansen ($4.50, 4 page PDF)

A group of newcomers to the Folly find magic lurking between the shelves of a local bookstore! Join Becca Scott, Cynthia Marie and Sandeep Parikh as the Stream of Chaos's James Coquillat takes these first-time players into the Rivers of London! 15th Dec 6pm PT/ 9pm ET! Rivers of London: The Roleplaying Game is based on Ben Aaronovitch's popular novel series. Players take on the roles of newly recruited members of the London Metropolitan Police Service’s special magic branch, aka “the Folly.” You will solve mysteries, catch criminals, and come to grips with the “demi-monde”—those who have been irreversibly changed by magic. twitch.tv/chaosiuminc

Did you know John Kovalic's popular comic series Dork Tower is an affectionate pun-on-a-pun, taken from Jennell Jaquays' "Legendary Duck Tower” for RuneQuest, itself a pun on Jennell's earlier D&D "Dark Tower" module? Jennell Jaquays is a long-standing and multi-talented contributor to TTRPGs - as a designer, writer and artist. While she's created material for a host of game systems since the earliest days of roleplaying, we especially revere Jennell for her highly-regarded work for RuneQuest. This includes such iconic titles as Griffin Mountain and Cults of Terror, and of course the Judge's Guild's Legendary Duck Tower. What's more, Jennell did the earliest depiction of a TTRPG Duck, as cover art for Wyrm's Footnotes #8, drawn in 1979. Sadly, Jennell is now critically ill, and John has created this cool limited edition poster to help! 100% of the proceeds from both the prints and the original art will go towards Jennell Jaquay’s GoFundMe. You can purchase John's limited edition poster here: https://shop.dorktower.com/product/limited-edition-fundraising-duck-tower-print You can donate to Jennell's GoFundMe here: https://www.gofundme.com/f/jennell-jaquays-has-a-long-road-back

Did you know that Alone Against the Static, our new solo adventure for Call of Cthulhu, is also available at DriveThruRPG? Set in the Dakota Black Hills in the early 1990s, Alone Against The Static is designed for a single player—no Keeper required! You will choose to play as either Alex or Charlie, each of which have their own strengths, weaknesses, and choices to make. No two playthroughs will be the same! The PDF helpfully is internally linked, taking you to the correct entry as you make your choices playing the adventure. Alone Against the Static is also available in full color hardback from Chaosium.com, price includes PDF.

Today Graveyards of Arkham Kickstarter backers ($99 and above) received a digital copy of our magnificent Old Arkham Graveyard Map. Graveyards of Arkham backers at specific levels were able to reserve a graveyard plot of their own; soon we'll be asking them to pick out a headstone from our selection of master masonry, and write their epitaph. There's even a City of Arkham notarised Plot Certificate, which we'll share soon! About the Old Arkham Graveyard The Old Arkham Graveyard on East Church Street in the French Hill neighborhood sits across the street from Smith’s Boarding House - certain rooms within provide a splendid view of the cemetery, although Phineas Smith who runs the boarding house with his wife Harriet suggests refraining from staring at the graveyard at night lest the view encourages troublesome nightmares. The graveyard is a remnant from Arkham’s founding. Antiquarians and history lovers may delight in finding many 17th century headstones among its well kept vegetation and newer plots. Of course, those taking too much of an interest in the graves are liable to be warned off by Klaus Mehler, the groundskeeper, who is disdainful of those who disturb the rest of those who lie there. Created by the wickedly inventive HPLHS The magnificent Old Arkham Graveyard Map was created specially for the Graveyards of Arkham Kickstarter by our wickedly inventive friends Sean Branney and Andrew Leman of the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society They also contributed the wryly authentic advertisements on the Akrham Map we've already shared in this Kickstarter, and look out for Andrew as a guest NPC when Graveyards of Arkham releases! Sean and Andrew have won multiple awards for their amazingly authentic props and documents exploring the Mythos, and with this resonantly detailed map you can see why! Check out the other prop sets the HPLHS has created at their website, including the Masks of Nyarlathotep Gamer Prop Set and Call of Cthulhu Classic Prop Set. They're already two-time ENNIES Product of the Year winners, but the HPLHS continue to raise the bar with their latest Call of Cthulhu prop set: the new Arkham Investigator's Wallet. This is a real vintage-style leather wallet, packed full of more than 40 things that an investigator in 1920s Arkham might have on them. To help crank up the fun, they've even included an all-new Call of Cthulhu scenario written to feature the wallet and its contents! The Old Arkham Graveyard Map will be available to purchase in general release in the lead-up to the launch of the Graveyards of ArkhamCall of Cthulhu actual play series in 2024. In the meantime, do check out the ENNIES-nominated previous series Bookshops of Arkham, if you haven't already!

Congratulations to our friends Frog Games in Japan! Earlier this year we announced the licensing agreement to bring the RuneQuest TTRPG back to the Japanese market after 29 years. And now the RuneQuest Starter Set has been released in Japanese translation! The Frog Games edition features art by renowned magna artist and character designer Kamui Fujiwara. 私たちはすべて私たちです

There will not be a soft cover version.

Folks can be hospitable without being friendly, and the reverse is also true (nb I experienced both living and working for a decade in the Middle East). I laughed at that one!

Alone Against the Static is our newly-released modern-era solo scenario for Call of Cthulhu, set in the Dakota Black Hills in the early 1990s. Download the free 7 page character sheets pack, containing the character sheets and Log Sheet, which is a new mechanic for solo play. With the log sheet you track choices you make, secrets you discover, and items you’ll find that aid (or hinder) your adventure with a separate sheet designed with spoiler-free text. The Log Sheet can also be used as a list of achievements—can you unlock everything there is to discover? You can download the character sheet pack directly from the Alone Against the Static product pages, and at our Itch.io page. Alone Against the Static is also available in PDF at DriveThruRPG.

Related to what goes on in God Forgot: Because the traditionally ordained agricultural practices of the Brithini are better suited to frigid Old Brithos than rain-sodden Heortland, the Bandori who come to God Forgot to work on the Talar's farms keep one field for show, and do things their own way on the rest. Just before harvest-time, they will surreptitiously "dress" the show field with the finest produce from the back fields, ready to show off to the Talar on his annual tour of the farms.

Today Graveyards of Arkham Kickstarter backers ($49 and above) received a digital copy of our magnificent Graveyards of Arkham Official Movie Poster. It depicts main cast members Mark Meer (Keeper of Arcane Lore) and Investigators Josephine McAdam, Patrick Logan, Lucia Versprille, and Noura Ibrahim. We love it! The artist who created this spectacular poster is Chaosium staff artist Ossi Hiekkala. His work for Chaosium includes the covers for the RuneQuest Starter Set, RuneQuest: Weapons and Equipment, and the forthcoming Lords of the Middle Sea. You can also see Ossi's art inside Basic Roleplaying: Universal Game Engine , and titles in the new Cults of RuneQuest series including Cults of RuneQuest: The Earth Goddesses, Cults of RuneQuest: The Lightbringers, and most recently, Cults of RuneQuest: Mythology. Ossi currently has a slate of art commissions underway for RuneQuest, Call of Cthulhu, Pendragon, BasicRoleplaying, and Lords of the Middle Sea that will appear in coming Chaosium releases. The Graveyards of Arkham Official Movie Poster will be available to purchase in general release in the lead-up to the launch of the Graveyards of Arkham Call of Cthulhu actual play series in 2024. In the meantime, do check out the ENNIES-nominated previous series Bookshops of Arkham, if you haven't already!

The old wooden stairs creak ominously as you descend to the cellar floor, somehow feeling much further than it is. Even with a flickering lantern, the shadows seem to leap out at you. As you reach the bottom of the stairs, you hear the faint sound of something moving in the shadows, a strange wet gurgling sounds that chills you to the bone. Fear grips you as you realize you are not alone… What lurks in the cellar? With the new Call of Cthulhu: Cellar SoundSet from our friends at Syrinscape, it can be so many nightmarish things! With incredible music and horrifying sound fx, this SoundSet will have your players on the edge of sanity. Ben from Syrinscape shows off what's in the Cellar Soundset SoundPack: This Soundset is perfect for use with What's in the Cellar?, one of the three scenarios found in Call of Cthulhu's Gateways to Terror. Did a respected businessman really commit the bloody murder of his beloved wife in the cellar of the family's ancestral holiday cabin? While the body has never been found, it seems like the criminal has been caught. Is a terrible injustice about to be served? Just what happened in that cellar? Available now!

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Sure! But that's how it works. The bereaved use whatever techniques they can to make their dead loved one stay rosy cheeked and as if alive, and boom! the healing magic applied makes it so.

Ain't Slayed Nobody Significant Streams is a new feature on the Chaosium news blog where we highlight actual play streams, podcasts, and YouTube channels featuring Chaosium games that we think are worth checking out. Ain’t Slayed Nobody is the popular comedy-horror Call of Cthulhu podcast that launched in January 2020. Winner of the 2022 Gold ENNIE for Best Podcast, the show has attracted listeners and subscribers from all over the world. And just recently they passed a significant milestone: 1 million unique downloads! In 2024, Ain't Slayed Nobody are returning to the Down Darker Trails setting to finish their Bleeker Trails series and remaster Y'all of Cthulhu. They'll also be publishing Call of Cthulhu improv one-shots and a homebrew Call of Cthulhu series by Masks of Nyarlathotep 'Peru' chapter author Scott Dorward. In early 2025, they are launching a new Call of Cthulhu campaign called ARCUS, starring Ross Bryant, Nic Rosenberg, Rashawn Scott, Scott Dorward, and Keeper Cup of the ain't Slayed crew, who says "This is probably the best thing we've ever made. We are rotating Keepers and stringing together Chaosium published scenarios for this series." For more information about Ain’t Slayed Nobody, please visit: https://www.aintslayednobody.com.

For Seven Mothers cultists that's where embalmers come into the picture. Then you prop the dead sable rider up in the saddle and keep on riding until the full moon*. *But its not a "dead" body though, not officially, not until the priests says resurrection is no longer viable.

No worries. Cults of Prax is available in PDF and POD if you're interested (fully-remastered true to the original).

With the release of Alone Against the Static, this thread is to catch any typos or errors spotted. Please note them here, quoting the relevant page number, the error, and the suggested correction. We will correct the PDF file and the print file for reprints. Please ensure you are suggesting corrections from the PDFs, and the most recent version of the files. They all end with v3. IMPORTANT NOTE: this is not a thread for questions or discussion of the rules, we are specifically looking for errors and typos only. Please take discussion to another thread.

What reviewers are already saying about alone Against the Static "A successful evolution in the line of solo adventures for Call of Cthulhu, featuring innovations... as well as a deep, twist-filled, dark, and terrifying story. In terms of technical aspects, the artwork is top-notch, evocative when necessary and clarifying when appropriate, in full color both in digital and print formats." — La Biblioteca Orne. "Alone Against the Static creeps me out... it’s one of the most atmospheric adventures I’ve played, run or simply read from Call of Cthulhu. Highly recommended. Two thumbs up." — Pen and Paper News. "I was also pleased that not everything is handed to you on a plate, so even after playing through the game several times, there are still questions that cannot be answered - and often that is what horror is all about. 9/10" — Poltergeist.

A Call of Cthulhu nightmare beyond signal range! Alex and Charlie believe that a secluded weekend getaway in the Black Hills of South Dakota is just what they need to reinvigorate their marriage—but older and darker things than broken hearts exist in the forgotten places of the world. Will they survive, alone against the static? Alone Against The Static is a modern-era scenario. It is designed for use with either the Call of Cthulhu Keeper Rulebook or the Call of Cthulhu Starter Set. Solo Call of Cthulhu in the 1990s Set in the Dakota Black Hills in the early 1990s, Alone Against The Static is designed for a single player—no Keeper required! You will choose to play as either Alex or Charlie, each of which have their own strengths, weaknesses, and choices to make. No two playthroughs will be the same! Brand-New Solo Mechanics Alone Against The Static introduces The Log Sheet to the world of solo Call of Cthulhu play. Track choices you make, secrets you discover, and items you’ll find that aid (or hinder) your adventure with a separate sheet designed with spoiler-free text. The Log Sheet can also be used as a list of achievements—can you unlock everything there is to discover? A New Entry Into The Cthulhu Mythos Included in Alone Against The Static is a new Mythos entity, detailed for use in your own Call of Cthulhu scenarios. You can expand the experience beyond solo play by taking this entity into scenarios of your own making, perhaps even using Alone Against The Static as a prelude for your players! Available now at Chaosium.com: Full colour hardcover: $29.99 (price includes PDF) PDF: $14.99 PDF also available at DriveThruRPG. nb Alone Against the Static is not currently available from our Australian warehouse; it should arrive later this month.

Cults of Prax advises that local customs are given preference. So it depends where in the Empire you are. It also says that the cult will routinely try to resurrect devout worshippers "if possible", so funeral rites wouldn't take place until that is no longer viable (a week, according to the resurrect rune spell). From that I take it that a full week must pass after a SM worshipper dies before an official declaration of death can be made. There is a bit more detail about funerals for Rune Priests and Lords of the cult, and the songs sung during the rites for them, which don't take place until the full moon. So they must have embalmers on hand.