By LISA RICHWINE, RONALD GROVER Reuters The Avengers proved that five superheroes are better than one by bursting into Hollywood's record books with a massive $200.3 million in ticket sales over its opening weekend in U.S. and Canadian theatres, kicking off Hollywood's summer movie season with a bang. The domestic debut for the bigbudget, effects-filled movie from Disney's Marvel studios sped past last summer's Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows - Part 2, which opened with $169.2 million in its first weekend, according to Box Office Mojo. In March, The Hunger Games opened with $152.5 million, the fourth largest opening in box office history. The Avengers, which reunites Marvel comic heroes Thor, Iron Man, Captain America, the Hulk and Black Widow, has collected $641.8 million since it opened in international markets on April 25. 'We keep thinking we have a sense of what this movie can do, or will do, and every time we get a report it does even better,' said Dave Hollis, Disney's [...]

Well, a week ago our printer dropped-off a new supply of our Call of Cthulhu rulebook. They also gave us a delivery date of April 4th for Cthulhu by Gaslight, a legendary Chaosium title. We have added the print version of Cthulhu by Gaslight to our catalog; we will ship orders including that book as soon as it is delivered to our warehouse. Here is an updated Cthulhu by Gaslight PDF along with separate files for the new Gaslight character sheet and the transit map of 1890s London. TALES OF CONGRESSIONAL SPACE Over the last year or so, Chaosium's steadfast editors have worked to increase the number of titles we have in the works, so that we can more predictably get titles released on schedule. Among these projects is an effort to offer fiction in other genres. A Long Way Home: Tales of Congressional Space tells the story of a young farm boy from a rustic world who accidentally gets involved in a firefight involving [...]

From now until March 7th is our industry's celebration of the vital role that the gamemaster plays in every roleplaying game. Various companies are celebrating this time in various ways. Since we just sent Cthulhu by Gaslight to the printer, we here at Chaosium thought we would use that as a theme. So, until March 7th, you can save 25% on the following downloadable books: Cthulhu by Gaslight, The Gaslight Equipment Catalogue, Dark Designs, Agents of the Crown, and Queensguard. The discount is already applied on our site, just add them to your cart. CTHULUH BY GASLIGHT We are extremely happy to announce that Cthulhu by Gaslight, a legendary Chaosium title, is now at the printer. A couple of days ago, Charlie posted the pdf of Cthulhu by Gaslight (along with separate files for the new Gaslight character sheet and the transit map of London). Some of you have already found it. We though that we would introduce many of you to this wonderful book [...]

Time flies when you're this busy. Our Facebook page has been seeing muchy more traffic than we ever expected so trying to keep up with both is quite a handfull. March To Oblivion Tentative Schedule (and you KNOW there will be last minute adds) 9AM-1PM: Shadowrun - Andrew Kelly Munchkin Demos - Heather Cato ... fIGHT fOR iNFINITY video game tournaments - Adrian Silva Battletech (Introductory level) - Darren Drew Formula D - Kale Harding 4th Edition D&D (LFR level 7-10) - Tony Spence WH40K Tournament Registration – 9:30 WH40K Tournament – Round 1 10 AM WH40K Tournament – Round 2 12:45 PM 2PM-6PM Demon the Fallen LARP - Chris Fougere Mutant Future - Steve McCavour D&D 3.5 - Donna Nutter Munchkin Demos - Heather Cato fIGHT fOR iNFINITY video game tournaments - Adrian Silva Heroclix Bizzaro event - Rick Hawkes 4th Edition D&D (LFR level 1-4) - Reg Moore WH40K Tournament – Round 3 3:45 PM 7PM-11PM Vampire the Masquerade LARP - Steve Henderson [...]

The Stars are Right as 'Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land' Launches! After a year of intensive development, the small indie team of Red Wasp Design have announced that their anticipated title, Call of Cthulhu: The Wasted Land has launched on iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch. The game is a turn-based strategy RPG inspired by the works of cult horror writer H.P. Lovecraft and developed in co-operation with Chaosium, the publishers of the cult horror role playing game, Call of Cthulhu. The game is now out on iTunes and is a universal iOS app so the same game works for iPhone and iPod Touch both SD & HD and for iPad, and carries graphics optimised for each of those platforms. It is priced $4.99, £2.99 & €3.99 for the full universal app. The game's designer, Tomas Rawlings said, “We've put a vast amount of our time, energy and ideas into this game over the last year. It's been a long journey for us because we [...]

As promised, we have recently released. These include Friday, Power Grid: First Sparks, Power Grid: the Robots, and Puerto Rico Anniversary Edition, (which we have sold out of - as it was a limited edition, we will not reprint it). The German publishers have delayed other games we planned to release and printers and we expect to release them in a few weeks. These include Upon a Salty Ocean, South Pole, and Stone Age: Style is the Goal. We will also soon be releasing Lamborghini, Leader: Hell of the North, Hawaii, and Last Will. For Dominion, we still plan to release a digital version early this year. We are also planning to release a set of all base cards (treasure, victory, and curse) that players can use to replace used cards from the base game or Dominion: Intrigue, or to use with the expansions that do not include these base cards. The planned release for this product is March of 2012. We have changed the schedule a bit and will [...]

Hobbits, Spiderman, Jason Bourne and the Dark Knight are all back on the big screen this year Published Monday January 2nd, 2012 BY JAY STONE POSTMEDIA NEWS Last year at this time, we were talking about all the upcoming movies that have numbers after the titles: 2011 was going to be a year of sequels. Well, looking over the 2012 slate, what do we find but a lot of movies with numbers after the titles, including Wanted, Journey, Scary Movie, Men in Black, Madagascar, Step Up, G.I. Joe, Clash of the Titans, Hitman, The Expendables, Paranormal Activity, Taken, and The Twilight Saga. And that's not counting the new Ghost Rider, Resident Evil and Die Hard movies. Yes, it's deja vu all over again, a sequel of sequels, but what are you going to do? In Hollywood, familiarity breeds content. Fortunately, we don't have to travel that road. There is much to look forward to next year: a Spider-Man reboot, a new Batman, another Bourne, and [...]

It's coming! The LAST March to Oblivion EVER*. March 10th, 2012 at the Chinese Commerce Center on Cobur g Street in Saint John, NB. Come see old freinds, MEET new freinds and GAME YOUR GUTS OUT! There will be DnD, board games, fIGHT fOR iNFINITY, CAM, WH40K and WOMBATS and.... well EVERYTHING game related. The CAMteen will be up and running, and I have a sneaking suspicion that Chas "Dotman" Goguen will be there. I'm also pretty sure there will be many attempts to vigilante/protect/lynch the infamous Mayor/Villager #8. * Oh, come ON. You aren't gonna fall for the "end of the world" Maya stuff, are you? YES we'll be back next year for more. SHEESH. PS The website seems to be falling to second place behind our Facebook volume. If you want REAL time information, check us there!

Here are 17 top titles for the video game fans on your Christmas list Published Saturday December 3rd, 2011 BY DAVID WYLIE POSTMEDIA NEWS No matter who you're shopping for, there's likely a video game out there that will make him or her smile. From games that teach you to dance to games where kids can interact with a baby tiger or bear, here are 17 of the best video games you can give this holiday season. Toe tapping titles Rocksmith, $80 (Xbox 360, PlayStation 3, PC) Rocksmith is the evolution in music games. Plug any real electric guitar into your video game console and learn to play notes and chords - rather than just hitting coloured buttons. The game teaches several dozen popular songs and a handful of mini-games teach specific guitar skills. If you need a guitar, a bundle that includes an instrument will set you back $200. Dance Central 2, $50 (Xbox 360, only with Kinect) Got groove? You will after playing [...]

Have a Great Thanksgiving Everyone here at Chaosium wishes you a safe, sane, and filling Thanksgiving holiday. It's hard to believe that we are in the 2011 holidays already! Have we been dreaming? . . . H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands Back in print for the holidays in a paperback format, H.P. Lovecraft's Dreamlands provides everything needed for Call of Cthulhu or Cthulhu Dark Ages investigators to travel down the seven hundred steps, through the Gates of Deeper Slumber, and into the realm of dreams. Includes a travelogue of the Dreamlands, a huge gazetteer, Dreamlands character creation rules, over thirty prominent NPC's, over 60 monsters dwelling within the Dreamlands, descriptions of the Dreamlands gods and their cults, six adventures to help jump start a Dreamlands campaign, and a fold-out map of the Dreamlands by Andy Hopp. Recent Releases COLONIAL TERRORS — a Call of Cthulhu campaign taking place in New England just prior to the American Revolution. The investigators are patriot smugglers. In this Age of Enlightenment [...]