Palladium drops TMNT, Chaosium pulls AI titles, and Sword World secures $2m. Catch up on the week’s tabletop roleplaying game news and bundle deals.
Sagas of Sundry: Darkling Gate brings Call of Cthulhu horror to the Regency era
Geek & Sundry launches Sagas of Sundry: Darkling Gate, an eight-part Regency Call of Cthulhu series run by Ross Bryant and syndicated through Critical Role feeds.
Why Chaosium changed Shub-Niggurath to Shub-Gorath for Old Ones Origins
Chaosium renames the cosmic entity Shub-Niggurath to Shub-Gorath in Call of Cthulhu: Old Ones Origins, citing algorithmic filters and gaming table comfort.
QuestXR Interview: Taking Basic Roleplaying outside under the ORC licence
QuestXR blends augmented reality with Chaosium’s d100 rules. Co-founder Adam Lesh discusses the BackerKit launch and outdoor roleplaying games.
Chaosium brings Call of Cthulhu to Stirling Castle for a live historical game
Chaosium and the University of Edinburgh bring Lovecraftian horror to Stirling Castle for a live roleplaying games event set in 11th-century Scotland.
Chaosium’s Time Without Tide RPG Nears $200k on BackerKit
Chaosium trades d100 mechanics for a tactical d6 dice pool in Time Without Tide, a faux-Victorian survival TTRPG currently funding on BackerKit.
Free Time Without Tide quickstart lands as Chaosium sets September crowdfunding date
Chaosium has released a free 62-page quickstart for its upcoming post-apocalyptic game Time Without Tide ahead of the 1 September BackerKit launch.
Master Chaosium’s D100 Engine: Rivers of London and Age of Vikings join new Humble Bundle
Dive into Chaosium’s d100 systems with the From Rivers to Fjords bundle. Grab Rivers of London, Age of Vikings, and Basic Roleplaying rulebooks DRM-free.
Samuel W. Bailey designs an asymmetric Cthulhu strategy game for Chaosium
Chaosium announces Call of Cthulhu: Old Ones Origins on Gamefound. The asymmetric strategy board game reimagines Forbidden Stars with a strict no-AI policy.
Routinely Itemised: RPG #370
This week’s RPG news: Chaosium reveals a new original game, Paizo shakes up the Archives of Nethys licence, and an indie charity bundle supports accessibility.
