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Here's what the forthcoming Malleus Monstrorum slipcase set is going to cost: — 480 page PDF (both volumes): $39.99* — 2 Vol Hardcover Slipcase Set: $89.99** — 2 Vol special Leatherette Edition in slipcase: $199.99*** *remember, if you buy the PDF direct from Chaosium.com, you get the full price of the PDF off the physical product when it is released **includes PDF in the price if you purchase direct from Chaosium.com, or from a FLGS that participates in the Bits & Mortar program ***Chaosium website exclusive! The Malleus Monstrorum will be available from all five of our fulfilment warehouses (USA, UK, Australia, Poland, Canada). The PDF will go on sale soon, from Chaosium.com and DriveThruRPG. Here are the back covers; as you can see, we've still got to add the barcodes (and a few other final things) before its ready...

Weighing in at 480 pages, the new Malleus Monstrorum will be coming out as a two volume hardcover slipcase set! Volume I Monsters of the Mythos - 216 pages Volume II Deities of the Mythos - 264 pages You'll be sure to find this two-volume collection packed with ideas, concepts, and insights to immerse your scenarios and campaigns deep in the heart of the Cthulhu Mythos. With lore and statistics updated and revised for Call of Cthulhu 7th edition, and all brought to startling life by the illustrations of expert artist Loïc Muzy. The Malleus Monstrorum will be available in PDF very soon from Chaosium.com and DriveThruRPG. The print edition will be available in October. If you buy the PDF direct from Chaosium.com, you get the full price of the PDF off the cost of the slipcase set when it is released.

Yes, we are doing an update of the Guidelines. But in the meantime, feel free to start creating 13G materials for the Jonstown Compendium.

With 13th Age Glorantha 60% off as DriveThruRPG's Deal of the Day today, this is a fitting moment to announce 13th Age Glorantha material is now allowed in the Jonstown Compendium, our community content site for Greg Stafford's World of Glorantha!

Sadly, due to the Covid-19 restrictions on large gatherings, Eternal Con couldn't go ahead last weekend. One of the most popular events at Eternal Con has always been the "Ask Jeff" seminar. People ask their questions about Chaosium, RuneQuest, Call of Cthulhu, Pendragon, ancient history, mythology, whatever, and Chaosium's Jeff Richard does his best to answer them. Jeff went to the castle anyway, and did his AMA on Twitch. And here it is!

Chaosium thanks everyone who bought a copy of the Gloranthan game Last Faction Hero while it was available as a Pay-What-You-Want title for charity on itch.io during the month of May. The Covid-19 pandemic is impacting communities everywhere, and we are all in this together. Because of your generous support, we will be donating some $1579.50 (less itch.io fees) to the World Health Organisation's Covid-19 Solidarity Fund—#WeAreAllUs

The King Agamemnon scenes with Sean Connery are, for me, some of the most vividly Gloranthan/RuneQuest imagery (that is not actually Gloranthan) put on screen... [the rest of the above scene is excellent too, but alas not to be found with a quick look on YouTube. King Agamemon and the kid then go back to the city, which has a very New Pavis vibe...]

ARCANE LORE, part of the Stafford Library, is DriveThruFiction's Deal of the Day: 50% off! Arcane Lore reveals a vast treasure trove about Heroquesting in Glorantha. Collected from almost 30 years of questing, Greg Stafford explores the philosophy, mechanics, and practice of Heroquesting from a multitude of viewpoints and angles. https://bit.ly/2McCiPN

Last day where our Glorantha board game LAST FACTION HERO is Pay-What-You-Want at itch.io, with all proceeds going to the WHO's COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. https://chaosium.itch.io/last-faction-hero

Tanna - nominated for Best Foreign Film Oscar. "Tells of a sister's loyalty, a forbidden love affair and the pact between the old ways and the new" There's tribal lore, shamans, and a smoking volcano. And the hilarious scene with the Christians would be just like meeting Lunarised converts.

It already is, on Nocturnal Media's page at DriveThruRPG. The core rulebook we are distributing has been offset printed, rather than POD. Other than that we understand it is the same as the Nocturnal Media version on DriveThruRPG. That would ultimately be up to Nolosrol, and Nocturnal Media.

Great news: layout for the Malleus Monstrorum is almost done! Here's a few finished pages to whet your appetite for our mighty mythos bestiary...

No, sorry only available in PDF Yes.

Sorry, I have no idea, but KlêiosCanvas's Twitter page specifically mentions "taking commissions". If by "fannish offers" you mean "not willing to pay the going rate" then yes, they probably would be unwelcome.

A Classic Roleplaying Game Aquelarre ("Coven") has been described as the "best RPG not available in English". And now, almost 25 years since it was first released in Spain, Aquelarre is available for English-speaking gamers! Originally from Spanish publisher Nosolorol, Chaosium is distributing Aquelarre after Nocturnal Media's successful Kickstarter. The English edition is a gloriously illustrated complete roleplaying game, which comes with a selection of supplements and gaming aids for long-term play. Game and Setting Aquelarre offers everything you expect to find in a fantasy RPG: character creation, game system and magic system. It also includes detailed information about the medieval Iberian setting, the cosmology of angels and demons, and a bestiary. Player characters in Aquelarre begin life in one of five kingdoms that dominated the Iberian Peninsula during the Middle Ages—Castilla, Aragón, Granada, Navarra, or Portugal. Based on their region, characters may be of various cultures—Arabian, Basque, Castilian, Catalan, Jewish, Muslim, and many more. Social position (from nobility to slave) and father’s occupation affect their capabilities, including profession. Of course, personal characteristics play their part, too. One such is the Rationality/Irrationality rating, which determines how attuned a character is with the Irrational world, how capable with magic, and how susceptible to it. Rituals of faith depend upon a high Rationality instead. Advantages and Disadvantages help to round characters out. The game system itself relies mainly on percentile rolls against either characteristic ratings or skills based on those (and on character experience). As might be expected from a game that has thrived for several decades now, rules for combat, weapons, and healing are all nicely detailed, with options to suit a variety of playing styles. Aquelarre also includes considerable detail about medieval life in Iberia, from daily business to social mores to fairy tales, besides the expected focus on angels and demons. The Aquelarre Line Experience one of the finest European roleplaying games ever published and treat your play group to a different, darker fantasy campaign. Available now from Chaosium.com. In print (comes with PDF as part of the purchase price): Aquelarre Core Rules - available from Chaosium's USA & UK warehouses Aquelarre Brevarium (Players Book) - available from Chaosium's USA & UK warehouses Aquelarre GM Screen - available from Chaosium's USA & UK warehouses In PDF: Aquelarre Core Rules - PDF Aqualarre Brevarium (Players Book) - PDF Asturies Medievalia - PDF Fatum Sperantia - PDF Aquelarre Character Sheet - PDF (free) Aquelarre Introduction - PDF (free)

The Masks we ordered from Redbubble have arrived at Chaosium's antipodean HQ! We're all set to wear these until the Stars are Right again, and it's good to know that for every mask sold, Redbubble is donating a mask to Heart to Heart International https://rdbl.co/2VU2tjX

Our friends at the H.P. Lovecraft Historical Society have closed out their deluxe prop set for 'The Brotherhood of the Beast', their Dark Adventure Radio production based on Call of Cthulhu's 'Fungi from Yoggoth'. This has left them individual props to sell off (they don't usually do this, but they're making an exception). The props are super-realistic documents and are perfect for Call of Cthulhu gamers, LARPers, or those who love vintage documents: https://store.hplhs.org/products/brotherhood-of-the-beast-prop-closeout

A bit of trivia, KlêiosCanvas is the same artist behind a Gloranthan rendition of the "Woman Yelling at Cat" meme ("Orlanth, after hearing of the apotheosis of the Red Goddess, 1247ST":

We love this beautifully drawn character sheet for HeroQuest Glorantha! It's by digital artist/illustrator KlêiosCanvas and vibrantly describes the young Dara Happan noble Korissa Aramis and her retinue. https://www.deviantart.com/kleioscanvas/art/Korissa-Aramis-Character-Sheet-843206862

I've been camping up that way, in the Victorian high country. This is the bit of the newspaper article that creeped me out the most: "They say no one knows he is near until he decides to make himself known. A wildlife photographer spent days taking shots in the area near the Button-Man’s camp. When he returned home and downloaded his photos to his computer there was one unexplained shot of the photographer asleep inside his tent. No one knows who took the shot."

COVID-19 Shipping and Fulfilment Update - May 12th We hope that you, your family, and your friends continue to be in good health.Chaosium's warehouses in the USA, UK, Australia, Poland, and now Canada, are all shipping product normally. While delivery times may be slower than usual, the only country we currently cannot ship to is Norway.We have also been advised by Diamond/Alliance, one of our major distributors, that they will begin resuming operations the week of May 18. This is good news for game stores!Please remember that buying electronic versions of our products from Chaosium.com or DriveThruRPG is of course, unaffected. And if you buy a PDF direct from Chaosium, you get the full price of the PDF off the printed book if you decide to buy it later.We will announce any changes to our shipping and fulfilment status as the situation continues to unfold.The COVID-19 pandemic is impacting communities everywhere. We are all in this together, all over the world, and it's never been more urgent to support the global response. We're supporting global relief efforts for the COVID-19 situation in several ways: Until the end of this month, we're donating 100% of the proceeds of the "Pay-What-You-Want" Gloranthan board game Last Faction Hero to the World Health Organisation's COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund. Last Faction Hero is available to download as a print-and-play game at our new page at itch.io. At our Redbubble merchandise store we're offering face masks featuring dozens of Chaosium designs to wear until the Stars are Right again! For every mask sold, Redbubble is donating a mask to the Heart to Heart International charity. At DriveThruRPG, we've included RuneQuest Classic in the Cov-19 World Food Programme Bundle. This charity bundle contains titles worth a total of $625.51, but is available for $19.95 – a saving of 97%. All proceeds from this bundle will go towards the WFP's efforts to prevent hunger during the COVID-19 pandemic. 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 - May 22nd We hope that you, your family, and your friends continue to be in good health.Chaosium has fulfilment warehouses around the world (USA, UK, Australia, Poland, Canada), and throughout the Covid-19 crisis fortunately we've been able to keep shipping products as normal, with only a few exceptions. We're pleased to announce we can once again ship to Norway.We will announce any changes to our shipping and fulfilment status as the situation continues to unfold.Spring Cleaning Warehouse SaleOur spring-cleaning warehouse sale is still going on, and there's lots to choose from at special prices so we can clear some shelf space. Please note that products are only available at certain warehouse locations.As part of our recent upgrade to the Chaosium website the inventory locations for each title are now included on "Add to Cart" button. We hope this will assist when ordering from our site. Remember, if you buy a PDF direct from Chaosium, you get the full price of the PDF off the printed book if you decide to buy it later.Gen Con CancellationAs you may have already seen or heard, Gen Con has announced the cancellation of Gen Con 2020 this August in Indianapolis, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. As an exhibitor of very long standing at Gen Con, running hundreds of events, Chaosium is of course disappointed this year's event cannot proceed. But we appreciate that the organisers considered everyone's health and safety to be the foremost priority in making this difficult call.Gen Con has announced a virtual convention during the original dates (July 30 – Aug 2), and Chaosium will be looking ways we can actively participate!Chaosium supporting Covid-19 Relief Efforts We're donating 100% of the proceeds of the Gloranthan board game Last Faction Hero to the World Health Organisation's COVID-19 Solidarity Response Fund until the end of May. Available to download as a 'pay-what-you-want' print-and-play game at itch.io. For every face mask sold, Redbubble is donating a mask to the Heart to Heart International charity. Check out the 'Mask of Nyarlathotep' and the dozens of other mask designs we have at our Redbubble merchandise store. RuneQuest Classic is part of DriveThruRPG's Cov-19 World Food Programme Bundle. $19.95 gets you $625.51 worth of product and all proceeds go towards the WFP's efforts to prevent hunger during the COVID-19 pandemic. 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 - June 17th We hope that you, your family, and your friends continue to be in good health. Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic we've been able to keep our fulfilment warehouses in the USA, UK, Poland, and Australia open, and even opened a new one (Canada). We're currently experiencing some postal delays, especially in the US and Europe, but unfortunately this is not something we can control. 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. We will announce any changes to our shipping and fulfilment status as the Covid-19 situation continues to unfold. On behalf of the whole Chaosium team, wishing everyone all the best until the Stars are Right again. — Rick Meints, president Chaosium Inc.

We spoke to Chaosium's staff artist Kalin Kadiev about his role as art director for THE PEGASUS PLATEAU. Kalin also shares some of his favourite art from the book: https://www.chaosium.com/blogkalin-kadiev-on-art-directing-for-runequests-the-pegasus-plateau

On the other hand, it could lead to glorious MGF. The Light Son Lester of Salfester has been perpetually perplexed, ever since his god Yelmalio commanded him to "commune with impalas". If only he knew what an impala was... One day he hopes (and the GM will ensure) this becomes significant. And look where that got them. Better just to abide by your geases, no matter how inexplicable they are...