Chaosium Inc. - Newsletter

The latest RuneQuest and Cthulhu releases from Chaosium...
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#80 the straight scoop from the well of chaos... The Beasts are on the Loose!   A Myriad of Foes, Rivals and Allies to challenge your RuneQuest Heroes The RuneQuest: Glorantha Bestiary contains almost 200 creatures native to the world of Glorantha or in the spirit worlds adjacent to it. These creatures range from weak to apocalyptically powerful, allowing a RuneQuest gamemaster to choose the right creature to suit any encounter or need. Available now in PDF from Chaosium.com and DriveThruRPG. REMEMBER: on purchasing the PDF from Chaosium.com you will receive a coupon for the full cost of the PDF off the price of the hardback version when it is released later this year.   Let your players be Trolls, Centaurs, or a different Intelligent Races! Non-human species detailed for use as player character adventurers, ranging from multiple types of elves, dwarfs, centaurs, dark trolls and great trolls, all the way to unique Gloranthan species such as intelligent baboons and ducks, dragonewts, Men-and-a-half, trollkin, and Wolfbrothers, complete with their professions, cults, and magic. CTHULHU CHRONICLES: New Adventures to be released for Investigations in Lovecraft Country This week the first of these new adventures, “The Good Professor” was released (July 17th) for Cthulhu Chronicles. This will be followed by: —"Miskatonic University": at 11AM PT on Tues, July 24 —"Crimson Letters": ay  11AM PT on Tues, July 31 —"Blackwater Creek": at 11AM PT on Thurs, Aug 2 Cthulhu Chronicles is currently on iOS but will eventually make its way to other devices, including Android. Download the Cthulhu Chronicles for your iOS device today! Cthulhu Chronicles is free to download and you get free 3 trials every day. "Christmas in July" Promotion at DriveThruRPG It's 'Christmas in July' at DriveThruRPG, and there's big discounts on 280 different Chaosium releases for the rest of the month! The Leaves of a Necronomicon: coming in November, from Chaosium Fiction The Necronomicon. For centuries, scholars of the occult have sought out the darkly fabled tome, hoping to gain insight into the secret workings of the universe—or simple brute power. What the book offered them instead was, more often than not, madness and devastation.  Under the guidance of Shirley Jackson Award-winning editor Joseph S. Pulver, Sr., The Leaves of a Necronomicon traces the impact of a single copy of the mysterious work on its owners and those around them as it passes from hand to hand across the decades. The history is told in braided novel form, with chapters contributed by a gathering of outstanding horror and dark fantasy authors, including S.P. Miskowski, Michael Cisco, Damien Angelica Walters, Nick Mamatas, Anna Tambour, Jeffrey Thomas, and more. Coming in November from Chaosium Fiction! Cover design by Inkspiral Designs/Matt Bright

Cthulhu needs you: vote for Chaosium in the ENnies   Get your vote in before polls close on Saturday (today) at 11PM EST.  Here's how you can vote for Chaosium at the ENnies: 1. Go to the ENnies page: http://www.ennie-awards.com/vote/2018 2. Vote 1 for the Chaosium product in these categories: BEST ADVENTURE—The Two-Headed Serpent BEST ART COVER—Down Darker Trails BEST FAMILY PRODUCT—Khan of Khans BEST FREE PRODUCT—RuneQuest Quickstart and Adventure BEST MONSTER/ADVERSARY—Down Darker Trails BEST PRODUCTION VALUES—The Grand Grimoire BEST RPG-RELATED PRODUCT—Khan of Khans BEST SUPPLEMENT—Reign of Terror FAN FAVOURITE PUBLISHER—Chaosium Your second favourite gets a "2" vote, third favourite gets a “3”, and so on. Please also vote for our licensees and friends! Stygian Fox Publishing: Hudson & Brand—Best Electronic Book Darker Hues Studios: Harlem Unbound—Best Cover Art, Best Rules, Best Setting, Best Writing, Product of the Year Miskatonic University Podcast—Best Podcast. 3. Choose Chaosium as your FAN FAVOURITE PUBLISHER. We are a small company - much smaller than many people might think (we have three full-time employees, along with Rick, Jeff and MOB as co-owners. Not even our COO Neil is FT.) But we have an amazing team of part-timers, freelancers and contractors working together with us creating games and books that seek to captivate mythic adventurers worldwide. Whatever our role in the company, we are all conscious we are carrying on the tradition of innovation and creativity that Greg Stafford started when he founded The Chaosium in 1975. 4. Tell your friends who are RuneQuest, Glorantha, Call of Cthulhu and Chaosium fans to submit their vote too! Congratulations to the many talented writers, artists, creators and fans world-wide involved in Chaosium's continuing success—these nominations are a testament to your talent, dedication, and support! Voting is live and runs until 11PM EST on July 21st. We encourage all members of the tribe to support us! Congratulations and best of luck to all the nominees! The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on August 3rd at Gen Con. What is Ab Chaos? (...from Ab Chaos #7, May 31 1992) Ab - Latin "from" Chaos - (1) Any condition or place of total disorder (modern vernacular); (2) the disordered state of unformed matter which preceded creation (since Milton, Paradise Lost); (3) the dark, empty space which preceded creation (Greek Mythology); (4) the [formerly] Californian roleplaying game company. Ab Chaos is an informal newsletter for Chaosium fans. Through our history we have tried to serve the players and gamemasters through craft and art as well as (and sometimes at the expense of) marketing and moneymaking. We appreciate your loyalty, and offer this communication to those who are curious about us, beyond the mere "product". It is planned to be informal and irregular. We are, after all, not the Orderium.

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En World - Tabletop RPG Newsletter

More RPG articles from En World's weekly newsletter...
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EN World Weekly Newsletter
Pathfinder 2 Character Sheet #1: Fumbus, Goblin Alchemist If you've been following along with the Pathfinder 2nd Edition playtest news, you're in for a treat over the coming days. Paizo has very kindly sent me the character sheets of all six of the playtest...	News Digest: Witcher, Warhammer, Wrath & Glory, and Wizards of the Coast Game Announcements, and more! Hello everyone, Darryl here with this week’s gaming news! Witcher RPG release information, new D&D clothing line from Joe Manganiello, new Warhammer 40K skirmish wargame and details on Wrath & Glory,...
Pathfinder 2 Character Sheet #2: Kyra, Human Cleric It's time for the second of the six Pathfinder 2nd Edition pregenerated characters I'll be sharing with you over the next few days. Thanks to Paizo, I have here Kyra, the human cleric! I was asked...	Baldur's Gate Designer Leaves Bioware To Form D&D Publishing Company James Ohlen was one of the architects of the 1990s' Baldur's Gate and Baldur's Gate II video games, along with other classic CRPGs. He has been working for BioWare for over 22 years, but now he's...
Open Up New Worlds Of Gaming With The Open Legend RPG Many RPGs promise to let us do exactly what we want, but few of them achieve this goal quite as well as Open Legend. With a bit of effort this setting-free system can allow you to build everything...	Here's How WFRP4 Will Handle Fate and Fortune, Resilience and Resolve The Warhammer Fantasy Roleplay 4E previews are continuing to roll in prior to the game's release next month, and this time Cubicle 7 talks a little about the points you can spend to "save your bacon...
Lost Tales of Myth Drannor Now On DMs Guild The ENnie-nominated special adventure book produced by D&D Adventurers League admins last August, containing six adventure for characters level 1-20, was created for Gen Con's 50th anniversary last...	When D&D Was a Toy Dungeons & Dragons is so popular these days that it tops best-selling book lists, but there was a time when D&D was viewed more as a toy than a book. So which is it? ...
Pathfinder 2 Character Sheet #3: Valeros, Human Fighter It's another day, and you know what that means? It's time for the third of our six reveals of the Pathfinder 2nd Edition pregenerated playtest characters, courtesy the awesome folks over at Paizo....	Journey To The Hopi Welcome aboard our latest Journey To... a distant culture in Earth's past to examine how we might incorporate that culture into a broader gaming experience. Today we journey to the Hopi, a sovereign...
Pathfinder 2 Character Sheet #4: Seelah, Human Paladin It's time for the 4th of our six reveals of the Pathfinder 2nd Edition pregenerated playtest characters. Today, we'll be looking at Seelah, the human paladin. This sheet covers some of the shield...	New Hobby Releases In Stores & PDF Spotlight: 16th July 2018 Welcome to this week's rundown of games hitting hobby stores in the few days, and a look back at some of the digital release of last week! Whether you're into fantasy, sci-fi, horror, or other genres...
Pathfinder 2 Character Sheet #5: Merisiel, Elf Rogue Merisiel, the elf rogue, is the subject of our 5th Pathfinder 2nd Edition pregenerated character reveal! Check out the sneak attacks, and nimble dodges! Paizo's Mark Seifter says "Merisiel ......	Crypta Hereticarum: A ZEITGEIST D&D Sidequest Over on EN5ider is a bonus side quest adventure for those playing the 5th Edition ZEITGEIST adventure path. Evil lies trapped within the Crypta Hereticarum—the Vault of Heresies. The Clergy believes...
Epic Monsters: Cthulhu for D&D! Welcome to Epic Monsters, a complementary series to the Mythological Figures column! These are high challenge rating statblocks built to bring a grin to the faces of GMs and strike terror into the...	Core Rules Alternative Cover Gift Set Later this year, you'll be able to get your hands on a alternate cover "gift set" of the Dungeons & Dragons core rulebooks from your local game store for $170. These are apparently exclusive to local...
Torn Asunder: For That Friend Who Won’t Shut Up About Dark Souls A focused and flavorful supplement for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game from Dragon Wing Games, Torn Asunder is for that friend of yours that won’t shut up about Dark Souls; for that dad who’s way...	From Games Night to TV Chillout Night – Tales From the Loop TV Series Announced Tales From the Loop is making the jump from RPG games night to binge-worthy TV chillout night! News has just broken that Amazon has ordered a series of Tales From the Loop, to be developed by Legion...
Pathfinder 2 Character Sheet #6: Ezren, Human Wizard It's a sad day, because today is the last of our six previews of the Pathfinder 2nd Edition iconic pregenerated characters. But the full playtest is out very soon! Anyhow, today we have Ezren, the...	RPG Crowdfunding News 105: Occult Secrets of the Underworld, Dark Fantasy Collected, Harder They Fall, Tails of Valor and Terror, CYNTEK Starship Maps, The GMs Tarot, Hiraeth, Primordial Power, The Creative Fund This weeks roundup of tabletop RPG crowdfunding campaigns sees dark tidings come to fantasy settings with a sourcebook on the Underworld as well as an adventure anthology for Pathfinder & 5th Ed, a...
The Witcher Cover, Art, Info & Q&A Announced! The Witcher RolePlaying Game, developed by mother and son design team Lisa and Cody Pondsmith, is due to debut at Gen Con on 2nd August. R. Talsorian have given us a look at the cover, some interior...

Petersen Games - Newsletter

Some Kickstarter and Cthulhu news from Petersen Games...
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Announcing the Kickstarter Launch Date for Startropolis! We are happy to announce the Kickstarter launch date for Startropolis, which is July 2--so mark you calendar! This family friendly game plays in about 30 minutes, has easy to learn rules, and best of all, you get to build a 3D starbase together, while competing for revenue! Here's a video of Lincoln showing what's in the box! Check out one of the zillion ways you can put together the Startropolis Space Station! "Talking About Games" has Reviewed our Pathfinder RPG Book! Check out the most recent review of "Sandy Petersen's Cthulhu Mythos" for Pathfinder!  This massive 512 page tome contains over 100 monster stat blocks, dozens of which are Cthulhu Mythos monsters that have never been described for Pathfinder – including new rules for interacting with 25 different Great Old Ones and Outer Gods (they are much more than a simple encounter!). You can purchase this book SOON on our website.  Click Here for the review. Rock-A-Bye Cthulhu Now Available on Kickstarter Got kids or Nieces and Nephews? Cthulhu can be Enjoyed now by even the Youngest Children. Reserve your copy and teach your little ones about Cthulhu! Click Here Sandy Petersen and the Team at Petersen Games

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