Holiday festivities in medieval and Tudor England included a celebration of social chaos and misrule, a tradition now honored in vestigial form for the next ~30 hours at supermarkets

Short work week begins. Be kind to those customer service and support folk eh? This time of year folks are all dialed up to eleven. Thank you. #kindness

The Knight Without Pity strikes again! Delighted to record live in Kyiv, Ukraine with @idearoll.club at their studio. We played some @chaosium.bsky.social Pendragon. Will our bold knights prevail to gain glory from @sirlarkins.bsky.social or die in ignominy to the strange beast of the woods?

The #1 movie when you were 10 is how your 2026 is going to go. (Maybe I should back that TOON Kickstarter? 🤔)

"I can't afford to support my favorite author right now, I—" Reviews. Reviews are free AND they are a gift to authors that can keep on giving (i.e., exposure, marketing, algo boosts, etc.) Please, give the gift of reviews to your authors this holiday season. It really can make a difference!

Kicking off "Six Seasons in Sartar" on the actual-play podcast this evening. It's an ideal group for this coming-of-age tale; we're made up of folks who range from a little experience with RQ and Glorantha (including me) to some with none at all! www.patreon.com/posts/new-se...

You can’t fool me. I know a byakhee when I see one.

If you see this, QTP with a video game that transports you back to your childhood

You don't see a lot of wry wit on Wikipedia so chef's kiss to "Mrs Buchan died of natural causes in 1791, disproving her claim to immortality."

Camera movement has existed longer than we might think, with pans becoming common in the 1900s. Early filmmakers also simulated movement. This 1908 fairy tale THE GRATEFUL LITTLE MICE gives the illusion of a zoom by pulling the performers and prop book toward the camera. It's nearly seamless.

Returning to Ann Arbor April 16-19 2026 - join us for a weekend of eldritch horror, chivalrous questions, and essential runes! Volunteer Sign-Up: tabletop.events/conventions/... Hotel Block: book.passkey.com/event/511043... Badges: tabletop.events/conventions/... Event reg opens Nov 28th!

Giant, screaming marionette? Why yes, we had that. youtu.be/iFAISCllmhU?...

Okay, this one got me

We all deserve a little Conrad Veidt today

#CompanionChronicles #11: Heirs & Spares A review of the supplement for Pendragon, Sixth Edition, published by Chaosium, Inc. on The Companions of Arthur community content programme. rlyehreviews.blogspot.com/2025/03/comp... #reviewsfromrlyeh #rpgreview #rpgreviews #rpg #Chaosium #Pendragon

I think the first edition of Pendragon remains the most beautiful box set in the history of the roleplaying game art form. Gorgeous cover by Jody Lee, innovative but clean layout by Yurek Chodak, wonderful full colour map by Charlie Krank and above all the romantic interior art by Lisa Free.

We are in the final days of our Pendragon Classic Kickstarter and multiple stretch goals have been unlocked! Back now, while you can, and don't miss out! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cha...

Sounds like a great campaign setup for ACTION INTERNATIONAL!

Like movies? Like sci-fi? Then check out Ghost Show Press's "Subversive Sci-Fi Evolution" on Kickstarter! Part of a series of entertaining essays on cinema genres. If you email them, they'll send you a free sample of a previous book in the series to check it out!

Our Pendragon Classic Kickstarter has five days to go! Having passed the first two Stretch Goals, Double the Dice and GM Screen, we're pleased to announce new Stretch Goals to carry us through to the end of the campaign... #pendragon #ttrpg #kickstarter

Realizing ELO predicted ChatGPT psychosis back in 1981... I drive the very latest hovercar I don't know where you are But I miss you so much 'til then I met someone who looks a lot like you She does the things you do But she is an IBM www.youtube.com/watch?v=wtfj...

Heading out

One week left!

Berry Gordy's The Last Dragon (1985) is out the cinemas for its 40th anniversary. As a martial arts blaxploitation film, complete with a hermit master, that celebrates Motown, it's got a lot going for it. It's the kind of work I'll be writing about in one part of my new book on wuxia storytelling.

Parents, please check your kids’ candy this Halloween. I’ve just found an ancient metal whistle with the inscription “QUIS EST ISTE QUI VENIT" inside a Snickers bar. I blew it and heard a note of infinite distance, and now I’m haunted by a figure in pale, fluttering draperies. Be safe.

The new Knights of the Round Table pledge level for the #Pendragon Classic Kickstarter includes a limited edition numbered print of the legendary box cover painting by Jody Lee! www.kickstarter.com/projects/cha...

From the jump, I've wanted my actual-play to be, well, actual play, whether gathered at a table or playing through Zoom, with minimal edits, warts and all. The term I've coined for this approach is "actual-play verité". Maybe it'll catch on? 🤔 www.eorpodcast.com

Is that the Silver Shamrock ad? Fuckin turn that shit up!!

800 backers for Pendragon Classic, so far! You can read RPG historian Shannon Appelcline's @shannonappelcline.bsky.social's full essay about Pendragon from Hobby Games: The 100 Best (2007) here: chaosium.com/100-best-gam... #pendragon #rpg #ttrpg

Portraits of Death, the Devil and the Harlot come to life and take over a bookshop to enjoy some creepy reading in the German smash hit horror anthology EERIE TALES (1919)

Pendragon Classic is live on Kickstarter! 40 years after its original publication, we are proud to recreate the original edition of this classic RPG, as pure and raw as it was back then, with bonus content from the archives. Back now -> www.kickstarter.com/projects/cha...

I’m in this, writing about Vegas in Space!

Today is the birthday one of the most talented creators in TTRPGs, Jennell Jaquays, who passed away last year. Jennell was one of our company's earliest artists, and played an prominent role in Chaosium's success over many years, as an illustrator and writer.

This man has changed and continues to change so many people’s lives for the better, including mine.

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!