Impossible Realities is back for its 12th year of a full weekend of gaming with IR12: My Dice Are Out To Get Me on Sept 13-15, 2013. We'll be at the Kent Theatre/Chinese Commerce Center on Coburg Street in uptown Saint John. Admission is $20 for a weekend pass or $10 for a single day. Doors open Friday at 6PM with cleanup Sunday at 5PM. Anyone who wants to organize a game, please contact Steve Henderson or Dana Betts Here is a schedule (Sept 9 version) that will be updated as more game masters become available: Friday 7:00PM Vampire the Masquerade LARP - John Blatchford Elder Sign - Dana Betts Revolution - Heather Cato Star Fleet Battles Hockey (Learn to play) - LJ Leblanc Battletech - Darren Drew Circus Imperium - Joe Hatfield Pathfinder - Andrew Miller Gamma World (Hell in Haton part 1) - Josh Churchill Pathfinder (We Be Goblins!) - Rick Doucette Relic Board Game - Corey Despres Friday 8:30PM The Resistance - [...]

IR12: My Dice Are Out To Get Me will be hosting our FIRST PLAY TO WIN sanctioned game tournaments. The rules are pretty simple: sign out one of the titles listed below, play it (even show others how to play it!), and return it for others to try. On Sunday before the convention ends, a random name will be drawn from those players who played the game, and THEY TAKE THE GAME HOME! PLAY TO WIN: Salmon Run sponsored by Eagle & Gryphon Games Dice Garden sponsored by Meridae Games Little Devils sponsored by Stronghold Games Crazy Creatures of Dr. Doom sponsored by Stronghold Games Lost Temple sponsored by Stronghold Games Slapshot sponsored by Columbia Games

I'm beginning to like this summer more and more. Our sponsor support is rolling in, and first up to the plate is Flying Buffalo, returning for another year of support. They are the proud maker of many fine games, and is the sanctioned sponsor for Sunday afternoon's 12 player Nuclear War tournament being run by Dana Betts. Their website can be found at http://www.flyingbuffalo.com/ Meridae Games, the proud maker of Garden Dice, has stepped up to the plate to offer their support to you, our gaming fans. Their website can be found at www.meridaegames.com Third Eye Games has given us redeemable PDF coupons for our winners for stuff on their online store. Check them out at http://www.thirdeyegames.net Precis Intermedia is another of our proud sponsors for Impossible Realities 12: My Dice Are Out To Get me. Check out their goodies at our event like New World Disorder, and Lords of Olypmus. Please check them out at www.pigames.net! Nox Arcana and Monolith Graphics have confirmed AGAIN [...]

We'll be working on the website for the next little bit, just to spiffy up the place! If we have to completely go down for any reason, we'll let you know!

Hey everyone, with the awesome weather (read too dang HOT) I've been busy keeping the minions in the pool. Time to update the page!

ASTOUNDING ADVENTURES Pulp Adventures for Basic Roleplaying Welcome to the heart-pounding, two-fisted, action-filled world of the Pulps! Throughout ASTOUNDING ADVENTURES you will find Basic Roleplaying rules for new character types, skills, combat, magic, mad science, and a plethora of villains, henchmen and monsters. Accompanying the text are several sidebars containing special, optional rules to help jack up the pulpiness of your campaign, and rules aimed specifically towards those who enjoy using miniatures and map grids in their games. How far you want to push the envelope is up to you—and you’ll find all the tools you need within these pages. So strap on a rocket-pack, load up your .45, and get ready to take on a dozen Nazis single-handedly, while standing atop the ruins of a lost Aztec temple! Once you open up the Pulps you are in for the adventure of a lifetime! CALL OF CTHULHU 7th Edition Horror Roleplaying in the Worlds of H. P. Lovecraft By Sandy Petersen with Mike Mason, Paul [...]

CALL OF CTHULHU 7th Edition Horror Roleplaying in the Worlds of H. P. Lovecraft By Sandy Petersen with Mike Mason, Paul Fricker, and Lynn Willis The Great Old Ones ruled the earth aeons before the rise of humankind. Originally they came from the gulfs of space and were cast down by even greater beings. Remains of their cyclopean cities and forbidden knowledge can still be found on remote islands in the Pacific, buried amid the shifting sands of vast deserts, and in the frigid recesses of the polar extremes. Now they sleep -- some deep within the enveloping earth and others beneath the eternal sea, in the drowned city of R'lyeh, preserved in the waters by the spells of mighty Cthulhu. When the stars are right they will rise, and once again walk this Earth. CALL OF CTHULHU is Chaosium’s classic roleplaying game of Lovecraftian horror, in which ordinary people are confronted by the terrifying and alien forces of the Cthulhu Mythos. CALL OF CTHULHU [...]

By TARA CHISLETT chislett.taralynn@dailygleaner.com Attention capital region comic book lovers: if you're looking to pick up a unique addition to your collection while helping a worthy cause, the manager of Strange Adventures is hoping to see you at the shop this weekend. The comic book and collectible shop, located downtown on York Street, will be auctioning off about three dozen comics with one-of-a-kind covers designed by Maritime artists Saturday from 2 to 4 p.m. as a fundraiser for the Dr. Everett Chalmers Regional Hospital Foundation. Store manager Jason Arnold said the idea for the auction came in December, when the store received a number of comics with blank covers from Marvel Entertainment. A relatively recent development in comic publishing, Arnold said the idea behind the blank, cardstock covers is that fans can purchase the comic and take it to conventions for their favourite artists to draw on. But, with Christmas around the corner, Arnold said he started wondering if there was a way the blank [...]

It has been some time since we sent out a proper newsletter; we've been working away on products near and far. In the near category, you will soon see Atomic-Age Cthulhu in your friendly local game store, along with the recently-released Terror From the Skies. Chaosium is also honored that Diehard Gamefan has awarded Tabletop Gaming Awards to two of our 2012 publications: Cthulhu By Gaslight Cthulhu By Gaslight won Best Re-Make / Re-Release. It was praised for the new content and quality of production. Everyone at Chaosium is thrilled to be part of creating great products. While we strive to publish books of the highest quality, our aim for 2013 is to publish more great quality works. We are working hard to ensure more releases for your enjoyment. “Cthulhu By Gaslight wasn’t just the best re-make of the 2012, it was one of the best RPG books of the year, period.” — Alexander Lucard Mythic Iceland Mythic Iceland was also honored with an award, [...]