Wednesday, 11 July 2018

Chaosium Inc. - Newsletter

The latest news from Chaosium...
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#78 the straight scoop from the well of chaos...


ANNOUNCING CTHULHU CHRONICLES

THE OFFICIAL CALL OF CTHULHU INTERACTIVE FICTION GAME


We are delighted to announce the official release of Cthulhu Chronicles, a single-player narrative horror mobile game based on the Call of Cthulhu RPG.

Developed in partnership with MetaArcade, the Seattle-based developer of interactive fiction, Cthulhu Chronicles distills the essence of the award-winning Call of Cthulhu roleplaying system into a story-driven, intuitive experience designed for mobile gamers.

This narrative-driven, immersive campaign
experience comprises multiple stories set in the 1920s New England. You play as one of several investigators, trying to untangle the mysteries involving crazy cults, sinister creatures, and horrors from beyond space.

We're commencing with an iOS version [link]; an Android version is planned after release.

Investigations in Lovecraft Country


The individual stories in the initial Cthulhu Chronicles release form a larger campaign set in 1920s New England. Investigations in Lovecraft Country comprises several Call of Cthulhu scenarios well known to Chaosium fans, including Alone Against the Flames, Edge of Darkness and Dead Boarder.

Additional campaigns are planned after launch; there will also be an opportunity for the community to create their own Cthulhu Chronicles stories in the future.


Download the Cthulhu Chronicles for your iOS device today! Cthulhu Chronicles
is free to download and you get free 3 trials every day; one attempt to play any story – whether successful, failed or abandoned – consumes a trial.
Find out more about the Cthulhu Chronicles...
https://www.metaarcade.com

This is the front of the Masks of Nyarlathotep Keeper Screen, featuring Loïc Muzy's depiction of the Dark God. The back features six panels of tables and GM resources to help run the campaign.

The Keeper Screen comes as part of the Masks of Nyarlathotep PDF set. This MASSIVE pdf package contains the following electronic items—it truly is the Holy Grail of Horror:
—666-page Masks PDF Omnibus of both volumes
—96-page Handout Booklet PDF, inc Maps
—85-page Keeper Reference Booklet PDF
—12-page NPC Portraits PDF (105 portraits!)
—6-page Keeper Screen PDF
—High-res images of the covers
—10 x Pre-gen Character Sheets and backgrounds
Available now from Chaosium and DriveThruRPG.



On purchasing the PDF from Chaosium.com you will receive a coupon for the full cost of the PDF off the price of the slipcase version when it is released later this year.
"Masks is a classic car rebuilt from the ground up with modern parts and the original's soul." says Andrew Logan Montgomery. "If you play Call of Cthulhu, you need to own it. If you don't play Call of Cthulhu, now is the time to start.

Masks of Nyarlathotep once again sets the standard for what a complex, lengthy RPG campaign should look like, and with products like these Chaosium reminds us exactly why it is as storied an institution as it is."
—Masks of Nyarlathotep: the Review, in Exploring the Otherworlds of Fiction, Magic, and Gaming.

More reviews in the BRP Central Reviews Thread!

Syrinscape launches Part One: Peru SoundPack for Masks of Nyarlathotep

 

Cthulhu is coming, can you hear him?

Mind-bending cosmic horror sounds will envelop your gaming table in an atmosphere of unease, suspense and dread with Call of Cthulhu’s first official soundtrack from the award-winning Syrinscape app. Install Syrinscape today and play the legendary Call of Cthulhu RPG like never before!

The Eldritch Sounds of Peru

Our friends at Syrinscape have launched their first sound pack for Masks of Nyarlathotep, covering the new Peru Prequel Chapter. This enables players to experience and explore this new scenario with fully immersive background sound and music matched scene by scene to the adventure.

The "Part 1 - Peru" SoundPack supports:
the exotic bustling streets of Lima
trendy cafes and busy streets filled with 'classic' cars
Bar Cordano with actual music from the period
  • a high stakes chase on foot
  • a steamboat journey
  • not quite entirely deserted tunnels
  • bumping trucks up terrible roads
  • the extra-ordinary Father of Maggots
  • lamas and many more ungodly mind destroying creatures to haunt your Players' dreams
  • and so much more!
Here's Syrinscape's Ben Loomes to tell you more about it...

The Amazing Masks of Nyarlathotep Gamer Prop Set from HPLHS

 
Our friends the HP Lovecraft Historical Society are recording almost seven hour radio play adaption of Masks of Nyarlathotep for their Dark Adventure Radio Theatre.
And with that, they're creating an amazing Gamer Prop Set to enhance your roleplaying fun—"as far as we know, this is the largest, most detailed prop collection ever made for Call of Cthulhu. And probably any other RPG ever."
Here's what you get in the pack, all for an amazing USD$96.00:
  • All 109 prop documents, handouts, and maps from the Chaosium game supplement, designed and printed in the most realistic manner possible.
  • Twenty-one more bonus props.
  • An Ediphone wax cylinder case that holds a custom USB drive containing eight props that are audio files recorded by professional actors (transcripts included).
  • A set of 6 Nansen Passports issued by the League of Nations and a set of custom passport stamps .
The Masks Gamer Prop set is now open for pre-orders!

Free RPG Day's Scritch Scratch is now available!

Our Free RPG Day 2018 release, Lynne Hardy's SCRITCH SCRATCH for Call of Cthulhu, is now available in general release!
You can download a free copy of the PDF here.
Or, if you'd like a print copy, it is available POD at Lulu:

 
BTW you can still get our Free RPG Day releases from previous years POD at Lulu:

THE LAST REMAINING PRINT COPIES OF HEROQUEST (2ND ED)

We are down to our last stocks of HeroQuest (2nd Edition), Robin Laws's innovative, dynamic, and flexible RPG rules engine that is suitable for play in any genre or setting.
PLEASE NOTE: We will NOT be reprinting this book: the HeroQuest engine will soon be back in an exciting new SRD format—but if you want a print copy of HQ2, NOW is the time to get it!

Extremely limited copies are left in our US and UK warehouses.

 

Call of Cthulhu Fiction Available in Softcover from DriveThruFiction



Chaosium fiction fans! - nineteen of our Call of Cthulhu Fiction anthologies are now available in Softcover at DriveThruFiction!
(Also available in downloadable formats).

The 2018 ENnie Award nominations have been announced! We're delighted to have received eight nominations:
We're also delighted that Call of Cthulhu licensees were nominated: and congratulations to: 
Congratulations and best of luck to all the nominees! The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony on August 3rd at Gen Con.

We'd love your support when voting opens on July 11!

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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