RUNEQUEST is available for purchase NOW!
 We're delighted to announce that RuneQuest is now out in release!
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RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha is an all-new edition of one of the world’s most influential and acclaimed fantasy roleplaying games. First appearing almost 40 years ago, RuneQuest is as dynamic and vital as ever. This all-new, deluxe edition introduces RuneQuest and its setting of Glorantha to new players everywhere. |
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We have stocks in all three of our warehouses (US, UK, Australia).
Books can be purchased individually, and in the special Leatherette edition too.
SLIPCASE SET:
INDIVIDUAL BOOKS:
LEATHERETTE EDITION:
EMPTY SLIPCASES:
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NOTE:
If you were a previous purchaser of the RQG core rules, or bought PDFs, you should have received your coupons by email by now.
If not, check your spam/junk mail folder in case it ended up there.
Otherwise, please contact
customerservice@chaosium.com
and Dustin will assist! |
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"It's already been a fun journey discovering this unique world"
—Unboxing the RQG Slipcase Set
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RPG Imagings has never played RuneQuest before and so is looking at the release totally fresh:
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Call of Cthulhu coming to Penny Arcade this week
 Coming up this week! Chaosium's Mike Mason will be in the Keeper's chair for Penny Arcade. He'll be taking them through the mysteries of 'Paper Chase', one of the scenarios from the Call of Cthulhu Starter Edition.
Watch the Live Stream on Twitch TV on Tuesday April 9th at 2.30pm PT (10.30pm GMT):
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7th Sea at Chaosium.com
Last week we shared the exciting news that 7th Sea and John Wick have come to Chaosium.
We now have a dedicated 7th Sea section at Chaosium.com. We are in the process of moving the physical books into our warehouses. In the meanwhile, if you buy the PDF now, you can get a coupon off that price for the physical book when it arrives in the warehouse.
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Chaosium at the Middle East Film and Comic Con, Dubai - April 11-13
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DevaCon III - RuneQuest and Call of Cthulhu in Chester UK on April 27
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DevaCon is a one day tabletop roleplaying and board gaming convention happening in Chester, UK later this month. Games on offer include RuneQuest and Call of Cthulhu.
Tickets are limited, but still available! |
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Licensee Focus
Official RuneQuest Sword is ready for forging
Our friends the master prop-makers at TYPE 40 have finished the mold for their amazing RQG sword, and showed it off at SupaNova Melbourne last weekend. Next is casting it in bronze. We can't wait!
 The sword is an exact replica of that wielded by warrior Vasana, as depicted by Andrey Fetisov on the front cover of the RuneQuest Quickstart.
Also check out their amazing rune metal (spun aluminium) official RuneQuest shields!
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What the critics already say about the new RuneQuest...
 The RQG Core Rules
"Greg Stafford's supreme creation brought fully up to date with the presentation it deserves and tremendous added depth. A fitting memorial. STYLE - 5/5. SUBSTANCE - 5/5: Can it go higher than 5?"—Paul StJohn MacIntosh, RPGNet review.
"In a market stuffed to the gills with fantasy RPGs, RuneQuest offers something a little different from the heroic norm – something a little deadlier, rooted in a time of bronze and barbarians, where historic realism mixes with raw, primitive magic that hangs in the air like early morning mist."— Tabletop Gaming review, Oct 2018 (nb #9 on their list of 150 Greatest Games of All Time)
"…a fascinating blend of wild heroism and ruthless simulation that goes to create a game that offers something utterly unique…[ RuneQuest] breaks away from the core tropes of gleaming armour and codified magic that have come to dominate fantasy in recent decades and replaces it with something that feels closer to ancient myths and legends – more The Odyssey than Lord of the Rings."— EN World.
" RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha is a work of art. It is a gorgeous book and an engrossing game in one, the future of the RuneQuest system superimposed on the most detailed RPG setting of them all. The design dynamically delivers the impossible, turning crunch and fluff into one. Its capability to create stories even before the characters are presented to one another, and its crunchiness when the going gets tough and hard decisions are required, have already earned it a place in the pantheon of gaming. Veterans will feel right at home, while new fans will wonder how come a game like this didn't exist up to now. Everything the new Chaosium touches turns to gold. Buy and play, immediately!"—Antonios S. , RPGNet review. "One of the most stunning RPG books ever made"— Games Vs Play. |
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 The RuneQuest Glorantha Bestiary
"The Bestiary is a treasure, a masterfully illustrated and produced tome that far and away surpasses any other monster guides we have seen for Glorantha… the most definitive and comprehensive look yet at Glorantha’s non-human cast of characters to date."— Andrew Logan Montgomery, Exploring the Otherworlds of Fiction, Magic, and Gaming.
"STYLE: 5. The revitalized Chaosium has been putting out some dazzling books, and this one is no exception - especially with the vivid and loving renditions of the various beasties and beings. SUBSTANCE: 5. Not just a compendium of creatures, but an indispensable companion, steeped in Gloranthan lore and thoroughly inspirational."—Paul StJohn Mackintosh review, RPGNet. |
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 The RQG Gamemaster Screen Pack
"If I have a chief complaint with the new RuneQuest GameMaster Screen Pack, it's that it is a very badly named product. Yes, there is a gorgeous gamemaster screen in there, 20 pages of handy reference sheets, sumptuous character sheets, tons of maps, and even a calendar... but what the team have really given us here is a living, breathing culture. The component they humbly refer to as a "booklet" is in fact a 128-page book detailing the lands and peoples of the Colymar tribe. It easily could have been sold separately from the "Screen Pack," but Chaosium has never been big on half measures."—Andrew Logan Montgomery, Exploring the Otherworlds of Fiction, Magic, and Gaming. |
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Now all three titles available together in a beautiful slipcase!
We invite you to join our mythic adventures!
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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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