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Amongst legal drama, Chaosium gives Christmas gift to Éditions Sans-Détour backers

December 23, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Éditions Sans-Détour has a license problem. They’ve not paid for their rights to the French rights of Call of Cthulhu for months, and the lease has now expired.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium, legal

Rights to the King Arthur Pendragon RPG returned to Chaosium

December 11, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

King Author Pendragon was created by Chaosium founder Greg Stafford. The company notes that the return of the game has the blessing of his wife and children.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chaosium, Greg Stafford, king arthur pendragon, Nocturnal Media, pendragon, Steve Wieck, Stewart Wieck, white wolf

Chaosium strips Éditions Sans-Détour of Call of Cthulhu license; fans may miss out

December 8, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Last month Chaosium made it clear to ESD that the license had expired and would not be renewed. ESD were advised they are in cardinal breach of its previous license.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium, law

Chaosium picks up 3 times ENnie winning Harlem Unbound and will publish the second edition

August 14, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Darker Hue Studios had a cracking ENnies this year. Chris Spivey’s indie Call of Cthulhu (and Gumshoe) supplement Harlem Unbound won three ENnies. It took home gold for Best Setting, Best Writing and Best Art (Cover). That’s not mucking around. The mystery is set in 1920s New York City Harlem, prohibition is in full swing […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chaosium, chris spivey, Darker Hue Studios, gumshoe, Harlem Unbound

The King Arthur Pendragon RPG moves forward thanks to Chaosium helping Nocturnal Media

August 14, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

King Arthur Pendragon RPG

The tabletop roleplaying games publishing industry can be brilliant at times. In this case, we have Chaosium deserving of a round of applause as they step up big time, put their money where their mouth was and help Nocturnal Media with the release and distribution of the King Arthur Pendragon RPG. Sadly, in 2017 Stewart […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Chaosium, Greg Stafford, king arthur pendragon, marketing, Nocturnal Media, pendragon, Stewart Wieck, white wolf

Discover the winners of the ENnies 2018 RPG Awards

August 4, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Gen Con hosted the ENnies last night and there’s a host of winners to announce. EN World shared the news this morning, along with a hat tip to the hosts Andy Hopp, Stacy Dellorfano, BJ Hensley, Mark Morrison and Amanda Valentine. Congratulations to everyone who took home a prize. It’s worth popping back to Geek […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Arc Dream Publishing, blades in the dark, Bully Pulpit Games, burning games, Catalyst Game Labs, Chaosium, Darker Hue Studios, Evil Hat, Gaming Paper, green ronin, grim & perilous studios, lamentations of the flame princess, Modiphius Entertainment, paizo, Son of Oak Game Studio, star trek, third eye games, wizards of the coast, Zadmar Games

7,764 free RPGs! It’s Free RPG Day

June 16, 2018 by Andrew Girdwood 2 Comments

It’s Free RPG today. Gamers around the world are encouraged to pop into their local store and try a new RPG for free today. It’s made possible by a host of sponsors which Geek Native thank and will mention a little later on. Since 2014 Geek Native has been tracking the number of free RPGs […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Arc Dream Publishing, Atlas Games, Chaosium, chessex, D101 Games, Delta Green, dms guild, dungeon masters guild, Dungeons & Dragons, FATE, flying buffalo, free rpg day, free to download, goodman games, Monte Cook Games, paizo, Pelgrane Press, q-workshop, Renegade Game Studios, sales, stats, Steve Jackson Games, Troll Lord Games, Ulisses Spiele, UltraPro, wizards of the coast, wyrd miniatures

Ennies 2017 winners!

August 20, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Free League Publishing’s RPG Tales from the Loop took Best Game and a host of other Ennies in 2017. The game’s rules are based on Mutant: Year Zero and while you can get the game from FLP’s site now you’ll have to wait until September for it to arrive on Amazon. In 1954, the Swedish […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Atlas Games, Chaosium, Cubicle 7 Entertainment, Evil Hat, Free League Publishing, John Wick Presents, kobold press, lamentations of the flame princess, magpie games, Modiphius Entertainment, Monte Cook Games, Son of Oak Game Studio, Stygian Fox Publishing, Ulisses North America, wizards of the coast, wizkids

Chaosium leads the 2017 ENnie nominees. Can you pick a winner?

July 4, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In this post you’ll get a list of all the nominees for the 2017 ENnies. We’ve added up all the nominations each publisher has picked up. Our math puts Chaosium up in front but the chasing pack is strong. Who do you think will be there? First of all you’ve a chance to vote for […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: All Rolled Up, Atlas Games, burning games, Chaosium, Cubicle 7 Entertainment, Evil Hat, Free League Publishing, green ronin, Imaginary Empire, jarnringen, John Wick Presents, kobold press, lamentations of the flame princess, magpie games, Metal Weave Games, Modiphius Entertainment, Monte Cook Games, Mystical Throne Entertainment, Paizo Publishing, Pelgrane Press, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Son of Oak Game Studio, Stygian Fox Publishing, third eye games, Ulisses North America, wizards of the coast, wizkids

Glorantha’s Khan of Khans conquers Kickstarter

January 27, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The nature of the beast means there’s no such thing as a ‘safe Kickstarter’ but Khan of Khans is complete, just waiting for the Kickstarter campaign to finish before going to the printers, it has more than 300% of target in funds and is being managed by Chaosium. Check out the campaign page here. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/448333182/khan-of-khans-family-game […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: card games, Chaosium, Glorantha, Greg Stafford, kickstarters

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