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, [...]

Saturday, March 9, 2013 at 9:00am - 11:00PM at Chinese Commerce Centre, Saint John, NB A full Day of Gaming for $10 Parking lot accessible from Peters St The annual tradition of a day of gaming after March Break continues. As always, we are at the Chinese Commerce Center (Kent Theatre). The cost for a full day of fun is $10! Here is the tentative schedule as of Jan 8th, to be added to as we gain more volunteers: 9:00AM-1:00PM ... Star Fleet Battles - Joe Hatfield Infinity - Peter Darling GURPS: Steampunk Adventure - Heather Cato Battletech - Darren Drew 2:00PM-6:00PM Demon the Fallen Larp - Chris Fougere Magic booster draft ($10 cost) - Rob Watters Munchkin - Heather Cato AD&D 2nd Edition - Donna Nutter 7:00PM-11:00PM Vampire the Masquerade (LARP) - Steve Henderson Call of Cthulhu - Dana Betts Zombie Dice/Cthulhu Dice - Heather Cato Vendors and guests include: Andre Myette (artist) Kadi Oram (L00T jewelery and novelties) Tina and Amber Vautour (crafts/oragami) [...]

At the Chaosium Online Store you can fill your last-minute gaming needs. We are offering GREAT PRICES on items across our catalog. You can find DISCOUNTS FROM 10% to 30% on games, supplements, and miniatures including the following great titles: TERROR FROM THE SKIES A Race to Save Humanity From a Dark Future: In Terror From The Skies the investigators race to save earth from malevolent creatures in this Call of Cthulhu supplement. Set in 1920s England, the adventure is rife with plot twists, mini-adventures linked to create a sizable campaign, and formidable foes. Investigators are lured into the campaign with a tale of local mystery, slowly unfolding into a heart-pumping time-sensitive race for humanity! This campaign intertwines historic events with mythos themes, creating a captivating experience for keepers and players alike. Terror From The Skies includes 10 chapters, an array of NPCs, and a variety of maps and handouts. BIG FANTASY FLIGHT STOCK-UP Just in time for our holiday special, we received a bunch [...]

Our Kickstarter project to revise and re-imagine our classic Horror On The Orient Express adventure for Call of Cthulhu has been a great success. Virtually every ascept of the campaign has been improved. We have met about a dozen stratch goals, and we encourage you to click on the image above and give our project a glance. Thanks-- The Folks at Chaosium

Well, this certainly has taken longer than expected! We thought electrons moved faster than this. The Chaosium website has moved to a new server; a process proving more troublesome than expected. The little green men gnashed their teeth when moving our old website, muttering about broken databases. They stomped their feet when upgrading our shopping cart software. They flailed their hands in the air when making the final move, redirecting name servers and MX records, IP addresses, mail processes, and server and firewall ports. We just shake our heads and sigh. Anyway, the move to the new server is finished, but not all of the changes we will make are completed. We are still working out kinks and would appreciate you letting us know what is not working. Here are a couple of differences you will notice in the new software: Chaos Points: we have enabled a system whereby you can earn Chaos Points, good for discounts on future orders. You can earn Chaos Points [...]

WOW. It's been a very busy few days since Harbour Con-Fusion wrapped up and we've already been asked many times if we would be able to host a COSPLAY and costume event. Tentatively we're working on making that happen (courtesy of the HCF panel), and there's rumours of a dance and midnight movies for the all night crowds. If all goes as planned, Impossible Realities will be even more for everyone. As we know, we'll post.

Chaosium (of course!), Blue Panther LLC, PEGINC.COM and Flying Buffalo have provided support packages for you, our players. Is that love or what? More coming!

PIYA SINHA-ROY REUTERS LOS ANGELES - Comic-Con International rolls into San Diego this week for its annual pop culture convention, and high on the list of must-see events is film footage of what actor Elijah Wood promises is a bigger Hobbit than fans can imagine. Comic-Con, which kicks off on Thursday and is expected to attract more than 125,000 people, is the biggest event of the year for many fans of comic book superheroes and science-fiction lovers. And TV networks and Hollywood's major studios stage elaborate promotions to showcase upcoming films and programs. Actors Robert Pattinson, Kristen Stewart and Taylor Lautner will put on their vampire fangs and werewolf claws for the last time to discuss The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part 2 . Hollywood veterans Sylvester Stallone and Arnold Schwarzenegger will be on hand to promote The Expendables 2 . Perhaps the greatest sense of anticipation this year is reserved for The Hobbit , a Warner Bros. film based on the novel by [...]

We live in an age of speed-up, which may explain why the Spider-Man franchise feels the need for a reboot only 10 years after its first picture, and five years after the most recent one. In its broad strokes, The Amazing Spider-Man is a remake of Sam Raimi's Spider-Man (2002), but it's not the broad strokes we care about. This is a more thoughtful film, and its action scenes are easier to follow in space and time. If we didn't really need to be told Spidey's origin story again, at least it's done with more detail and provides better reasons for why Peter Parker throws himself into his superhero role. Parker is played by Andrew Garfield (Never Let Me Go), who at 28 looks too old to be in high school, but then movie teenagers usually do. His key quality is likability, which he shares with his predecessor Tobey Maguire. As his classmate and girlfriend, Emma Stone (The Help) plays a well-grounded girl who needs [...]

X-Men | Moncton man says technology means you can be successful and still live in smaller communities By SHANE MAGEE magee.shane@dailygleaner.com The aisles in the back of Fredericton's Strange Adventures shop on York Street were crowded as people lined up to talk with Nick Bradshaw, a Moncton artist who illustrates one of Marvel Entertainment's top X-Men comics, Wolverine and the X-Men. 'It was cool,' said Nichole Saunders. 'I'm an artist myself so it was great to talk to someone in the indu st r y.' She was one of about 20 people in the store just after 1 p.m. on Saturday . Bradshaw talked to her for about 15 minutes about his work, the comic industry and her own work. 'He gave me a list of different comics and information to help me with my work,' she said. He offered Saunders advice on a web comic she's producing, telling her that a lot of people in the industry keep an eye on new web comics [...]