Saturday, 23 December 2017

Chaosium Inc. - Newsletter

The latest additions to Call of Cthulhu courtesy of Chaosium...
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#62 the straight scoop from the well of chaos...

The Miskatonic Repository is Live!

Chaosium's Miskatonic Repository went live today,
opening with five original scenarios by community creators to light the way through cosmic horror.

The Miskatonic Repository is a new community content program on DriveThruRPGwhere creators can publish and distribute their own original Call of Cthulhu content.

Here's how it works: under the Miskatonic Repository community content license, Call of Cthulhu fans can make their own work for use with the game line available to the public, using guidelines, templates, and art provided by Chaosium. Whether they share their content for free or put it up for sale, this program will be a digital home for terror that will soon join the dreamscapes of all who peruse it.
We're helping kick things off at the Miskatonic Repository with five original Call of Cthulhuscenarios by community creators. And more are sure to quickly follow!
The five initial contributions are:
  • TERROR ITSELF - a 1920s Call of Cthulhu scenario, by David Naylor & James Coquillat
  • PLAGUE - a modern-day scenario for Call of Cthulhu, by Noah Lloyd & Matt Ryan
  • TALES OF THE MONOLITH, Part I (The Scales of Time) and Part II (Trail of the Monolith) - each part an installment of a two-fisted 1920s Call of Cthulhu scenario, by Mike Nagel
  • ISLE OF MADNESS - a Pulp Cthulhu scenario set in the 1930s, by Ed Possing.
And more from other community contributors are sure to quickly follow!

Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Conversion Guidelines available as free download

Got something for the Miskatonic Repository but it's for 6th Ed or earlier? Call of Cthulhu 7th Ed Conversion Guidelines are available as free downloadat DriveThruRPG.
These pages are taken from the Call of Cthulhu 7th Edition Keepers Rulebook.

Licensee Focus

Just four days to go for Delphes Desvoivres' IDOL OF CTHULHU Kickstarter—an RPG sequel of HPL's story The Call of Cthulhu. It's a full multimedia experience with sound files, paper props, and even sculptures, and is already over 300% funded.

Check it out while you can!

A Trio of Chaosium Family Fun!

Our Holiday Season Family Pack is R'lyeh Awesome...

https://www.chaosium.com/2017-holiday-season-family-pack
$39.90 + $4.70 Shipping: Available only in the United States
A great way to introduce your kids to the Mythos (and to Greg Stafford's legendary universe Glorantha) - or perhaps your nieces and nephews: go on, be that beloved, exceedingly strange relative!

Recent Releases from Chaosium - Available Now!

ALONE AGAINST THE DARK
Defying the triumph of the ice

Rules: 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu
ISBN: 978-156882-453-6
Page Count: 102
Format: B&W PDF (print edition available in Q1, 2018*)
Authors: Matthew J. Costello, Mike Mason
Cover Art: Petr Štovik
DOWN DARKER TRAILS
Mythos Terror in the Wild West

Rules: 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu
ISBN: 978-156882-448-2
Page Count: 256
Format: Color Hardcover, comes with PDF included
Authors: Kevin Ross, Mike Mason, Scott David Aniolowski, David Cole, and Todd Woods
Cover Art: Sam Lamont
PETERSEN'S ABOMINATIONS
Five Epic Tales of Modern Horror

ISBN: 978-1-56882-452-9
Format: Color PDF (full color hardback available in Q1, 2018*)
Pages: 200
Authors: Sandy Petersen, Mike Mason
Cover Art: Victor Lesa

 
REIGN OF TERROR
Mythos Horrors in the French Revolution

Rules: 7th Edition Call of Cthulhu
ISBN: 978-1-56882-451-2
Page Count: 128
Format: Color PDF (full color hardback available in Q1, 2018*)
Authors: Mark Morrison, Penelope Love, James Coquillat, Darren Watson
Cover Art: Victor Leza
*Buy the PDF now, get a coupon for hardcover version later!
So you want to purchase the hardcover version, but really want to get your hands on the Alone Against the Dark, Reign of Terror and Petersen's Abominations PDFs now so you don't have to wait. We have you covered! When you buy the PDFs now, we will send you a discount coupon that will offset the PDF purchase price once the hardcover version is available.

and last but not least...

Lynne, Lillian, James, Ian, Susan, Jason, Todd, Raja, MOB, Neil, Jeff, Rick, Mike, Nick, Dustin, Sandy and Greg wish you the compliments of the season and all the best for 2018!
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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