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Greg Stafford’s long-anticipated Gloranthan novel, A Pyre for Gods and Heroes is coming in 2026

Posted on January 1, 2026 by Graphic Policy Team

Chaosium founder Greg Stafford‘s long anticipated novel A Pyre for Gods and Heroes, set in his legendary world of Glorantha, will be released in 2026, Chaosium has announced.

The book will initially be released as a special edition for collectors, as part of Chaosium’s 50th anniversary celebrations, and then released in other formats including US Trade paperback, Kindle, e-book, and Audible.

Greg Stafford’s A Pyre for Gods and Heroes will be the first release in a new RuneQuest Fiction line from Chaosium. It is set in Glorantha’s First Age, and chronicles the early career of Harmast Barefoot, one of the fabled setting’s greatest heroes.

The leatherette limited edition will be individually numbered. The cover design, depicting the Gloranthan constellation Orlanth’s Ring, is by Chaosium’s Monika Godyń. Monika’s stunning leatherette design work can be seen on such Chaosium special edition titles as Cthulhu by Gaslight, Call of Cthulhu: Arkham, and the Pendragon Magnum Opus edition.

Fans who would like to be informed when the special collector limited edition goes on sale can sign up with their email address here to be the first to know!

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Chaosium announces Call of Cthulhu in a Castle, coming to Philadelphia January 2026

Posted on August 30, 2025 by Graphic Policy Team

In collaboration with The Game Theatre, Chaoisum presents Cthulhu in a Castle, a brand-new three-day Call of Cthulhu RPG vacation event—set within the eerily atmospheric halls of Cairnwood Estate in Philadelphia, PA. Tickets are available now.

From January 23–25, 2026, Call of Cthulhu afficionados can step into a cinematic weekend of cosmic dread, dark mysteries, and unparalleled roleplay—crafted specially for longtime Chaosium fans.

What Makes This Event Unmissable:

An epic Call of Cthulhu scenario inside a real Gilded Age mansion, replete with candlelit chambers, ancient lore, and lingering shadows.
A fully inclusive horror getaway—two nights luxury hotel stay, six themed meals, endless snacks, and Bundled hospitality.
A chance to connect with fellow explorers of the Mythos, forging unforgettable memories in a storybook setting.
A rare opportunity in our company’s historic 50th year to experience tabletop horror as you’ve never before.

Tickets are extremely limited, and this unique fusion of Chaosium’s Mythos and immersive environment won’t come again.

Out now for Call of Cthulhu – The Sutra of Pale Leaves: Twin Suns Rising

Posted on June 12, 2025 by Brett

Chaosium has released The Sutra of Pale Leaves: Twin Suns Rising. This supplement is set in Japan of the 1980s, an all-new setting for the Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game.

The book contains three all-new scenarios that are suited to stand-alone play, or strung together as part of a larger campaign set in 1980s Japan.

The Sutra of Pale Leaves was written and produced by The Sons of Singularity in collaboration with Chaosium. Under license from Chaosium, The Sons of Singularity have produced Call of Cthulhu releases that have achieved critical and popular acclaim. These include The Sassoon Files, Journal d’Inochine, and The Blessed and the Blasphemous.

A second volume for this setting, The Sutra of Pale Leaves: Carcosa Manifest, will be released later in 2025.

Available in the following formats

Discover Chaosium’s RuneQuest Roleplaying Game with Humble Bundle

Posted on March 11, 2025 by Graphic Policy Team

Discover the legendary and beloved tabletop RPG RuneQuest, where heroes are forged in the fires of myth and magic. The RuneQuest Roleplaying in Glorantha encore Humble Bundle includes everything you need to treat your group to endless adventure in the rich, storied world of Glorantha. The RuneQuest Starter Set will get you up and running, including rulebooks, adventures, pre-generated characters, and more. The Red Book of Magic is an essential sourcebook packed with new rules for magic and a wizard’s library of spells to add to your campaign. The Pegasus Plateau & Other Stories contains 7 adventures that’ll transport your group to some of Glorantha’s most thrilling locales. Pay what you want for all these books and more, and help support Code.org with your purchase!

The RuneQuest Roleplaying in Glorantha encore Humble Bundle has a retail value of $334 and you can get it all for $18.

Discover Chaosium’s RuneQuest Roleplaying Game with Humble Bundle

Posted on March 9, 2025 by Graphic Policy Team

The RuneQuest Roleplaying in Glorantha encore Humble Bundle has a retail value of $334 and you can get it all for $18.

Discover Chaosium’s RuneQuest Roleplaying Game with Humble Bundle

Posted on February 24, 2025 by Graphic Policy Team

The RuneQuest Roleplaying in Glorantha encore Humble Bundle has a retail value of $334 and you can get it all for $18.

Chaosium’s 50th Anniversary Convention Support Pack offers $500 worth of free physical product to convention organizers

Posted on January 9, 2025 by Graphic Policy Team

Conventions big and small have been a vital part of a thriving tabletop gaming community. Chaosium has always understood that and in its fiftieth year they want to show their support for tabletop conventions – even for events they can’t be at.

With the 50th Anniversary Convention Support Pack throughout 2025 Chaosium is going to ship $500 worth of Chaosium products to conventions across the world, completely free of charge.

Chaosium will also provide conventions with its 2025 Convention Demos: these are pick-up-play scenarios for Chaosium’s most popular games: Call of Cthulhu, RuneQuest, Pendragon, and Rivers of London. These scenarios come complete with pre-gen characters and handouts ready to feature in gaming sessions at the event.

In return, Chaosium asks that the convention lists Chaosium as a sponsor on the convention website, at the convention, and via socials and email.

The program is for conventions taking place throughout 2025, commencing February 8th 2025. Conventions must apply a minimum of 30 days before the event!

2025 CHAOSIUM 50TH ANNIVERSARY CONVENTION SUPPORT PACK

Physical product: over USD$500.00 worth of Chaosium products including Starter Sets, core books, supplements, plus special leatherette editions (which make for great premium prizes). All stock is from the most current editions of its games; selection is Chaosium’s choice, contents will vary depending on inventory levels and availability.
2025 Convention Demos: plus a link to Dropbox with:
- 2025 Convention Scenarios, complete with pregens and handouts – PDF:
  - Call of Cthulhu
  - RuneQuest
  - Pendragon
  - Rivers of London
- Sign-up sheets – PDF
- Posters – PDF
Unique discount code: Chaosium will also create a special unique discount code for the con that can be shared with attendees – 10% off all products at Chaosium.com.

AVAILABILITY

Eligible locations: we will ship Convention Support Packs free of charge to shipping addresses in USA, Canada, UK, Australia, New Zealand, and European Union.
Rest of the World: provide Chaosium with a shipping address in a country included in this program and they’ll send it there free of charge too!

New for RuneQuest Classic: 1992’s Sun County returns

Posted on December 8, 2024 by Graphic Policy Team

New for Chaosium‘s RuneQuest Classic series – Sun County is a Gloranthan campaign supplement for RuneQuest’s 3rd edition, first published in 1992. This fully remastered version is available now from DriveThruRPG in three formats:

PDF (which of course didn’t exist in 1992)
Soft cover with B&W interior, like the original version;
and a new special hard cover version with color interior, thanks to talents of Chaosium ‘head of nostalgia’ Rick Meints and community ambassador/guru Nick Brooke.

RPG historian Shannon Appelcline (Designers & Dragons) has written a new foreword for the book. In it he describes how Sun County was “an instant classic” on release. It ushered in a short-lived but brilliant ‘RuneQuest Renaissance” for the game’s third edition, with a further five well-regarded Gloranthan titles released from 1992-1995 under the creative auspices of ‘Rune Czar’ Ken Rolston. Shannon also notes that such is Sun County‘s influence on Gloranthan creators, the themes and settings of the “RuneQuest Renaissance” are still strongly reflected today in Chaosium’s Jonstown Compendium community content program.

Sun County is a Gloranthan campaign supplement for the RuneQuest roleplaying game, containing:

Four scenarios ready for play
Extensive historical notes on Sun County and its culture
Profiles of important persons and peoples of the region
Full description of the Yelmalio cult
Extensive detailed encounter tables
Personal notes and observations of Jaxarte Whyded, Commissioner of the Imperial Census, on his travels through the land
Sundry useful and ornamental details of interest to the Gloranthan scholar.
A new foreword by RPG Historian Shannon Appelcline

ElfQuest: The Roleplaying Game returns from Chaosium

Posted on September 16, 2024 by Brett

The ElfQuest roleplaying game will return! Chaosium and Wendy and Richard Pini have announced that Chaosium will produce a reissue of the tabletop roleplaying game. It was first published in 1984 by Chaosium and based on the comic series created by Wendy and Richard Pini.

ElfQuest: The Official Roleplaying Game was originally written by Steve Perrin, Sandy Petersen, and Yurek Chodak and included several releases including supplements that featured Pini’s artwork.

ElfQuest is a comic series created by Wendy and Richard Pini and debuted in 1978. It’s a fantasy series about different species, like elves, who struggle to survive and coexist on an Earth-like planet. The series has been published by Warp Graphics, Marvel, DC Comics, and Dark Horse Comics currently publishes the series. Every comic published between 1978 and 2013 can be read for free online.

The reissue will be led by Rick Meints and will be working closely with the Pini’s on the development and presentation.

ElfQuest: The Official Roleplaying Game will launch on Kickstarter in October 2014 and celebrate the 40th anniversary of the game. The vintage game will return in its original box edition format with the later supplements included.

You can sign up now to be notified when it launches.

Call of Cthulhu Coming to Syrinscape

Posted on March 31, 2018 by Brett

Syrinscape and Chaosium Inc. have announce their partnership to create the official sounds for the Call of Cthulhu Roleplaying Game. With a suite of sounds for the base game as well as various modules in the works, players will experience this renowned game like never before. The first custom SoundSet, Call of Cthulhu 7^th Edition: Masks of Nyarlathotep, is set for release at Gen Con 2018.

The new edition of Masks of Nyarlathotep is a complete reanimation of the classic multi-part campaign for the Call of Cthulhu game, with a new chapter and full-color all new maps, handouts and artwork. Set in 1925, the steadfast investigators must unravel secrets and battle the minions of darkness in an attempt to stop world-shattering events from destroying humanity. The Masks of Nyarlahotep PDF will release in May 2018, with the published edition coming out at Gen Con 2018.

To accompany the new edition, Call of Cthulhu gets its first official sounds from Syrinscape in the Masks of Nyarlahotep Sound Set, which will be available for sale individually on Syrinscape.com or as part of a subscription. Set for release in conjunction with the module, gamers will be able to play Call of Cthulhu like never before in dynamic, realistic, cosmic horror sound.