Subversive Sci-Fi Evolution is the new Kickstarter by our friends at Ghost Show Press. It's the fifth volume in their 'Everyone’s Gone to the Movies' series of entertaining essays on cinema genres. Once again, the august list of contributors includes writing by Chaosium team members and alumni:

Meet members of the Chaosium Tribe at Chaosium Con Europe (Gdansk 🇵🇱 - Oct 30-Nov 2)—the passionate team making sure the #TTRPGs, boardgames, and fiction you love come to life and continue to inspire mythic adventures. Here's everyone from the team who's coming to Gdansk! We invite you to join them!

New Unknown Armies character concept just dropped

Well this is the coolest thing I’ve seen in a minute.

Repost with a game released the year you were born

Happy Stanislav Yevgrafovich Petrov Saves the World Day, everybody. 42 years ago today, Lt. Col. Petrov prevented an accidental nuclear war. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stanisl...

Guess you could say this one really...snuck up on me. 🥷 I can't think of a finer set of inspirational flicks to get you ready for your next ACTION INTERNATIONAL! campaign. Check it out!

Sometimes it's nice to remember that even Marcus Aurelius was like "you don't have to comment on everything bro"

One of the best things about editing Wyrd Science is that you might, say, call up Rick Priestley for a 1 line quote & 2 hours later have an unexpected feature you've now got to make space for The 2nd best thing is you get to call up artists like @flopscomics.bsky.social & have them illustrate it

The Pro Family Forum’s early 80s Satanic Panic pamphlet "Dungeons and Dragons: Only a Game?” has it all: - a great cover - a description of D&D guaranteed to entice 14 year olds - a list of other, “more sophisticated and cruel" fantasy TTRPGs to try

We're gonna need a bigger Round Table — over 1000 sign-ups already for Pendragon Classic! If you'd like you'd like to be notified when we launch the Kickstarter, join us at the link: www.chaosium.com/blogcoming-s...

Can confirm. 🙃

What were your first 3 #TTRPGbox sets, you say? 1. D&D Expert Set (Mentzer) 2. D&D Basic Set Set (Basic) 3. Dark Sun Yes, I got the Expert Set first. (A birthday present—a friend assumed I already played and owned the Basic Set, haha. 🤓)

In the heart of Logres, an enchanted wood festers and grows. Many who venture beneath its nighted boughs are never heard from again... Pendragon: The Sauvage King is a collection of scenarios for roleplaying in King Arthur's Britain!

You've been kidnapped. The characters from the last TV show you watched are trying to rescue you. Who's coming to save you? (I’ll be fine.)

If you have a Patreon page, please fill out this survey to tell them that creating AI tools so that users can fill their pages will AI slop will just serve to kill them. Point out how well it worked for NaNoWriMo. (Spoiler: it did not.) There's also a drawing for five $100 gift certs.

What gif pops up when you type your name?

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I see that @rhershey.bsky.social has uploaded some new art from his Patreon to his @drivethrurpg.com account. Rick makes great stock art at great prices and I use the hell out of his art for my books. If you need art for a project, check out Rick.

For a poem praising him, the 11th century King Cnut rewarded its author with a purse containing silver worth 200 cows. So yeah freelance writing rates have definitely not kept up with inflation

Silver for Best Cartography goes to Pendragon: Map of King Arthur's Britain by Francesca Baerald, Chaosium Inc.

BOOGEYMAN (1986) Acrylic on Watercolor Board - 28" X 17" I love doing covers for anthologies, and I especially enjoy doing covers for horror anthologies. This piece was commissioned for one of DAW Books' annual collections of The Year's Best Horror Stories. 1/3

Yo, sure is a lot of bullshit in the world these days, huh? Let's keep hosing down that dumpster fire together. Choose 1: 👍🏻 Go leave 5⭐ on someone's game! 🗣️ Shoutout a TTRPG creator folks should follow here! 💅🏻 Share something that you are creating and are excited about! Go forth; spread mirth!

"911? I'd like to report a savage attack on my person."

A map produced for the new 6th edition of Greg Stafford's Pendragon roleplaying game has been nominated for Best Cartography in the 2025 #ENNIES Awards. All up Chaosium creators have received nine nominations across six categories in this year's awards.

Share the last 4 TTPRGs you played and expose your gaming habits. Vampire: The Masquerade Pendragon Eat the Reich Honor + Intrigue

Reposting for the morning crowd: Green Ronin Publishing is raising funds for a fast-response legal defense in the Diamond Distribution bankruptcy case, to prevent hundreds of thousands of dollars of their consignment inventory from being liquidated to pay-off Diamond's debts.

Rivers of London: In Liberty’s Shadow - A Guide to Case Files in the USA is a sourcebook for Rivers of London: the Roleplaying Game, based on the Rivers of London series by Ben Aaronovitch. Available now: www.chaosium.com/rivers-of-lo...

*crying in art director* Please please please let your #portfoliday gift to yourself be adding your contact info (email), portfolio (link), and NAME to your socials. Some of you are missing opportunities because we can't reach you!!!!! 🫣

Attention #TTRPG community: If you found an indie game or supplement you like, take a moment to tell the creator on social media. Unlike big companies, indie devs WILL notice and often greatly appreciate you taking the time to reach out. Sometimes it's the only way we know anyone likes our stuff!

3-2-1-HUZZAH! Mark Morrison describes the fun activity he ran at Chaosium Con Australia last weekend that got eight people at a time playing Pendragon (and learning the core rules of the game in 5 minutes).

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Happy 4th of July, Batman.

coworker: oh are you a romance reader? :D me: uh

"The biggest names here include Call of Cthulhu's Keeper Rulebook, which contains the core rules you need to start playing the Lovecraftian D&D rival." — Wargamer. And there are 50+ other amazing titles from our TTRPG publisher friends too. Get this Mega-Bundle and support Extra Life!

I'm looking forward to this from @badsquiddogames.bsky.social ! Should be awesome! 😎 www.kickstarter.com/projects/bad...

For the past few months, I've been running a super-casual Pendragon play-test campaign as bonus content for my higher-tier Patreon backers. If you're curious how a typical session goes, here's a shorter one I'm putting out, non-paywalled, for folks to check out: www.patreon.com/posts/salisb...

You know that here at Wyrd Science we love a weird little guy and few make them weirder or littler than @meridianminiatures.bsky.social, who are running a Kickstarter to produce another set of Hieronymus Bosch inspired lil freaks www.kickstarter.com/projects/200...

what do you mean 'normal tools'?

What’s a poster you had in your room growing up (I was very cool, obviously)

🆕 The sixth of eight 28mm miniatures I have been painting for the new ‘Medieval Foot Knights’ release by Victrix Ltd.⚔️ The flag is one of three flag transfers in the new ‘Loyal Barons’ transfer set🛡️ This might be my favourite, hard to choose though, a lot of options & I had fun painting all eight 😀🖌️

Unfortunately, due to unforeseen and critical Life Events™️ (I'll be fine, eventually), I have had to cancel my planned trip to Chaosium Con Australia. On both a geo-political and personal level, this week can truly get in the bin. 😩

Happy news – our Call of Cthulhu scenario collection NO TIME TO SCREAM has just won the 2025 Origins Award for 🏆Best RPG Supplement🏆! Take a bow Brian Holland, Bridgett Jeffries, C. L. Werner, Mike Mason, James Coquillat, and everyone in the development team!