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Reign of Terror - Out Now in Hardback

Mythos Horrors during the French Revolution

Reign of Terror is an epic two-part historical scenario, set during the French Revolution. Developed by Call of Cthulhu mastermind Mark Morrison, it is playable as a stand-alone adventure or as an historical interlude for use with Chaosium’s premium campaign Horror on the Orient Express.

Now available in hardback (+PDF included) from Chaosium!

What the Critics Say...

"Morrison’s love for this work shines through, and a reader easily recognizes the care and painstaking attention he and his team spent on this project… (There are) times when the players — the actual players — will want to run screaming from the room. It’s scary and it’s creepy and it’s gross and it will definitely give your more impressionable players nightmares. Just like it ought to."—Reckoning of the Dead.

Have you checked out the Miskatonic Repository yet?

The Miskatonic Repository is an official online collection of user-made content, allowing creators to sell their own original Call of Cthulhu material. Creators can make money from their published community content, or make it freely available – it is entirely up to the creator.

Interested in submitting content?

Go here to see the guidelines, and here for the additional guidelines. No extra license is required. Get started and download the MS Word template or the InDesign template for Miskatonic Repository submissions, and check out our other free creator resources.

Interested in checking out the content?

More material from creators is being added each week!

New - and free! - on DriveThruRPG: the solo Call of Cthulhu adventure Alone Against the Flames.

You don’t need to read the rules before you start playing. Just settle in a comfortable chair before a roaring fire. Then read on and follow the instructions.

…On second thought, don’t sit too close to the fire. Alone Against the Flames.

Chaosium's Susan O'Brien and Lynne Hardy are Special Guests at Orcacon this weekend

Chaosium's Susan O'Brien (board games line editor) and Lynne Hardy (assistant editor, Call of Cthulhu) are special guests at Orcacon in Bellevue, WA this weekend. They'll be taking part in panels and demos, and will be happy to chat about the many exciting things Chaosium has in store for 2018, including Susan's forthcoming Reiner Knizia game, Miskatonic University: The Restricted Collection, the new edition of Masks of Nyarlathotep, and Call of Cthulhu campaign book Lynne has in development, The Children of Fear.

We'll also be running Chaosium games and demos at Orcacon - looking forward to seeing you if you're attending!

"The artwork is fantastic. Each card bursts with charm and irreverence, the cartoonish artwork not only drawing the players in but providing a foil to the sometimes harsh game play. It is a really endearing and imaginative interpretation of the world of Glorantha... If you are looking for a quick and easy game that offers both challenges and entertainment then Khan of Khans is an excellent choice."
—The Campaigner reviews Khan of Khans

Licensee Focus

New at Chaosium.com!—MOTHER OF MONSTERSis a HeroQuest Glorantha adventure by Robin D. Laws with illustrations by Dan Barker.

Produced as a fundraiser for The Kraken, the "baroque gathering of international gamers, gamemasters and game creators to play, develop and test fine quality games" that takes place every year at the Prussian Château Schloss Neuhausen.

Licensee Focus

The eldritchly amazing Call of Cthulhu Metal Dice our friends Q-Workshop unleashed on Kickstarter last year are now available to buy from their web store!

Chaosium on Social Media 2017 - connecting with the tribe

Since August 2015 the new team at Chaosium has striven to reconnect with our tribe all around the world—rebuilding and restoring communications with our existing customers and fans, and reaching out to new ones. With the release of new products for Call of Cthulhu, RuneQuest, and HeroQuest Glorantha, and returning to Chaosium's roots with our first board game for two decades, it's been great to see our audience continue to grow. Our fans are our lifeblood after all, and this is reflected in Chaosium's social media presence. In this time:

our Facebook following has grown 1486% to 29,266 followers
our Twitter following has grown 670% to 8767
our Google+ following has grown 624% to 3622 followers

In 2017, we also revived the Chaosium Instagram page (after MOB noticed his 13 y.o. son's Instagram page had more followers, and his son mainly posts photos of his soccer boots). Chaosium Instagram now has 1170 followers (hey, almost three times more than Leo's football boots!). And we've started a Chaosium Youtube channel, and most recently a Chaosium Pinterest page. Plus, for the business-orientated, we also now have 182 followers on LinkedIn (which was, of course, started by a Chaosium alumni).

Recent Releases from Chaosium - Available Now!

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 Hardcover, comes with PDF included
Authors: Mark Morrison, Penelope Love, James Coquillat, Darren Watson
Cover Art: Victor Leza

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

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

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

*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 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.

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.