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Chaosium Digest Volume 33 Number 03
Chaosium Digest Volume 33, Number 3
Date: Tuesday, February 20, 2001
Number: 1 of 2
Contents:
* Above and Beyond (CTHULHU)
by Matt Sanborn <monsterfashion@earthlink.net>
Editor's Note:
The winner of the last Chaosium Contest of 2000 is The Broken Seal by
Michael Blenkarn which appeared in issue 32.5. I'm also pleased to announce
that Chaosium will continue to offer a quarterly contest for those Chaosium
Digest submissions dealing with Call of Cthulhu, Nephilim, Elric! and/or the
new Dragonlords of Melnibone material. To qualify, the submission must be
received before the end of the quarter, March 31, 2001 in this case, and be
picked for publication in the Digest. Submissions should be kept to 50 KB or
less in size for ease of distribution. Send submissions to Digest Editor
John W. Thompson (gobackstage@prodigy.net) with a note in the subject that
the email is a submission. Note that even though they do not qualify for the
Chaosium sponsored contest, I also accept submissions dealing with
Glorantha, Pendragon, Delta Green, Cthulhu Live and related material.
This issue presents a great introductory CoC adventure by Matt Sanborn,
which also includes some ideas on 1920s Piloting that can be of use to
Keepers.
Enjoy this issue and keep those submissions coming!
ANNOUNCEMENTS
* TENTACLES NEWS POST
Volume 2, Nummer 1, 1. January 2001
~~ S L U R P A g a i n F o l k s ! ~~
The Countdown is running for Tentacles 2001 - the international Hero Wars
and Call of Cthulhu Fest!
The event will take place at Castle Stahleck in Germany from the 1st - 4th
June 2001.
Visit:
www.tentacles-convention.de
for information about this wonderful (in)famous convention. You can register
yourself online! I fear we will be booked out soon...
Fabian
--
~Tentacles Convention~
www.Tentacles-Convention.de
~ Tentacles 2001 ~
The Hero Wars and Call of Cthulhu Fest
1st - 4th June 2001
Castle Stahleck, Germany
* Issaries, Inc. Press Release
Oakland, CA
January 22, 2001
Issaries Inc. Signs Robin D. Laws to Write Novel
Issaries, Inc., is proud to announce that it has signed up world famous
author and game designer Robin D. Laws to write a novel for the Hero Wars
Fiction line. Robin is known for his excellent fiction works, including the
novels Pierced Heart and The Rough and the Smooth. Robin is also the
designer of the popular role-playing games Feng Shui and Hero Wars, among
many others.
A Promise of Thunder is a full length novel about young Tarkalor, the
forgotten son of the royal family of the Kingdom of Sartar. The young prince
struggles with the burden of royal blood and divine descent during Sartar's
war against the Lunar Empire.
Robin comments, "I've always wanted to write fiction set in Glorantha. My
Tarkalor novel deals with the nature of heroism, the clash of ideologies,
and
passionate family conflict; all perfect for good fiction. Not just good
gaming fiction, but good fiction, period."
A Promise of Thunder is scheduled to be released in August 2001. It will be
the second fiction book released by Issaries, Inc., this year, after The
Complete Griselda.
A Promise of Thunder
ISS 4503
February 2, 2001
Issaries, Inc. is very excited to announce that the first Player's Book for
Hero Wars, Thunder Rebels (ISS 1302), was auto-shipped to distributors
Wednesday,
January 31st. It should be in stores by the middle of next week. For more
information, go to www.HeroWars.com/products/1301.html.
The book looks fantastic. We are confident that it is worth the long wait,
and hope that everyone is as excited about this development as we are.
Storm Tribe (ISS 1310) is currently in the editing process, and we are
confident that we can meet our current March release date. Sartar Rising!
(ISS 1401) is
also proceeding well. 2001 is shaping up to be a great year for Hero Wars.
February 8, 2001
Pavis and Big Rubble Detailed in French Hero Wars Supplements
Multisim, the renowned French game publisher, has just released its first
Hero Wars supplements in the French language. The two books are titled
Pavis/Hero Wars and Pavis/Glorantha. Each is a 160-page book with maps,
charts, and illustrations.
Content of these books is primarily taken from books of the same title that
were previously published as part of the now out-of-print RuneQuest game
system. The statistics were updated to conform to the Hero Wars game system,
which is the modern Glorantha role-playing game.
Thus far, these are only available in French. When asked if they would be
available in English, Greg Stafford (president of Issaries, Inc.) replied.
"Yes, Issaries, Inc. plans to publish these books as official Hero Wars
supplements in English. They are approved for the French, but the job was
rushed and we plan to make changes to our own edition." Multisim plans to
release editions of these books soon for its German edition of Hero Wars,
and future licensees will likely publish them as well.
When asked why this material was published in French and not English,
Stafford explained. "The background text for the setting and adventures is
available in English now through Moon Design Publications. We don't want to
step on our licensor's sales. We plan to put much of the Hero Wars
information on-line soon.
"More importantly, however, this is old stuff for us. We wanted to produce
new material for Hero Wars first. The real action starts in Dragon Pass,
where the new books are set, rather than the fascinating but much-detailed
backwater of Pavis."
Pavis/Hero Wars and Pavis/Glorantha
Available from Multisim
13 passage du Clos Bruneau
75005 Paris
France
They can be contacted by email at info@multisim.com, and their web site has
recently gone on-line at www.multisim.com.
February 8, 2001
Issaries, Inc. Announces Hero's Book, Playing in the Hero Wars
This April, Issaries, Inc. will release the non-Deluxe version of Hero Wars.
It is titled Hero's Book, and is authored by Mark Galeotti.
"Hero's Book is the handbook for role-playing in Glorantha," says Greg
Stafford, president of Issaries, Inc. "It is all you need to play Hero Wars.
Anything else is optional."
Hero's Book, Playing in the Hero Wars is a 64 page book, half rules and half
background. "It's not even really 32 pages of rules," says Stafford. "Much
of this text consists of examples that show how to master the game with its
own tricks." The background is divided between barbarian Sartarites and
Imperial adventurers, both sections are profusely illustrated and with
enough information to let newcomers play with confidence.
Hero's Book, Playing in the Hero Wars (ISS 1002)
By Mark Galeotti
64 pages, illustrated, 8.5"x11" full size format.
Stephen Martin
Issaries, Inc. 900 Murmansk St., Suite 5; Oakland, CA 94607
Phone: (510) 452 1648 Fax: (510) 302 0385
Publisher of Hero Wars, Role-playing in Glorantha
See our site at: <http://www.herowars.com/>www.HeroWars.com
* NEWS FROM CRAWLING CHAOS PICTURES
"H. P. Lovecraft's Nyarlathotep" is finally done! My short film is now
available on VHS for $7 dollars plus $3.50 s/h (if you live in Southern
Maine, copies will also be available at Videoport in Portland). The film is
just under 15 minutes long, and is in black and white. I hope to show it
this summer at the NecronomiCON convention in Providence RI and at the H. P.
Lovecraft Film Festival in Portland OR in the Fall. If you would like a copy
please send a check or money order (in U.S. funds) to:
Christian Matzke
84 Carleton St. #13
Portland, ME 04102
Thank you for your interest!
Christian Matzke
crispen@hotmail.com
http://www.nyarlathotep.8m.com
* February 11, 2001
Sci Fi Channel Says The Hills Rise Wild!
The Sci Fi Channel gave an "A" rating to Pagan Publishing's fast-play
miniatures game, The Hills Rise Wild!, this week at SciFi.com. According to
reviewer Ken Newquist:
"This is a great game to play when you want to break
from the ordinary and veer into the downright weird."
THRW! debuted at GenCon in August of 2000, and Gamers.com promptly gave it
the Weirdest Game of GenCon Award. This fixation on the game's stranger
elements is shared by other reviewers as well, including John Kovalic,
creator of Dork Tower:
"The Hills Rise Wild is a frantic, easy, fast-playing
game of horrible mayhem and hideous blood-lust."
and rpg.net columnist Mike Mearls:
"After playing The Hills Rise Wild! I can honestly say
that it's impossible to imagine how empty my life was
before I was introduced to the joys of hillbilly
miniatures combat."
At conventions, living rooms, and candlelit cultist temples around the
world, gamers are discovering the most fun you can have on three legs: THE
HILLS RISE WILD! Backed by an extensive web site with a thorough FAQ,
downloadable unit sheets, variants, optional rules, and much more, this is a
miniatures game that's light on the rules and heavy on the ghouls.
If you haven't taken a look at the world of monstrous inbred hillbilly
miniatures gaming, why not start now? THRW! is available in gaming stores
everywhere for just $34.95 (US).
Relevant URLs:
Home Page:
http://www.tccorp.com/pagan/thehillsrisewild/
Sci Fi Channel review:
http://www.scifi.com/sfw/issue198/games.html
* From Chaosium
Our Call of Cthulhu rulebook has been reprinted, and after several delays,
is on it's way to our warehouse. We'll be very happy to have our big seller
back in print and on retailer shelves again. Please let your local shop know
Call of Cthulhu is coming back.
Meanwhile, we're finishing off World of the Eternal Champions: Dragon Lords
of Melnibone. We'll be sending this our first D20 release off to the printer
soon. Then we'll let Charlie Krank out of his cage long enough to celebrate
his wedding anniversary with his better half, Tree Mclean. Dragon Lords is
expected to show up in early March. Charlie is expected back considerably
sooner.
The first Dragon Lords D20 adventure, Slaves of Fate is now in the capable
hands of Jason Durall. Jason was a contributor to our Elric! RPG and it's
great to be working with him again. SOF is expected to release in April.
With the re-release of our Call of Cthulhu rulebook, the debut of Dragon
Lords, and the January release of Unseen Masters, we're kicking 2001 off
pretty well. All three books will go a long way towards stabilizing our
otherwise slippery release schedule. A big Chaosium "Thankee" to all of you
who continue to be so supportive. We're printing books as fast as we can!
Here's our current release schedule through April.
Cheers!
Dustin Wright
Leng Embassy
Late February Release
CALL OF CTHULHU RULEBOOK
CHA 2386
$37.95
ISBN 1-56882-148-4
Hard Cover
The Great Old Ones ruled the Earth aeons before the incidental rise of man.
They came from the gulfs of space, waged war upon one another, and then were
cast down by even greater beings. Remains of their cyclopean cities and
forbidden knowledge can still be found in the remote extremes of our planet.
Upon uncharted islands, within dark ocean depths, under burning desert
sands, locked within polar ice, miles below the Earth's crust, they lay
imprisoned. But when the Stars are right they will awaken and walk this
earth once more.
Call of Cthulhu is Chaosium's classic role-playing game of Lovecraftian
horror in which ordinary people are confronted by the terrifying and alien
forces of the Cthulhu Mythos. A bestseller with over 300,000 copies sold
world-wide. Call of Cthulhu has won dozens of game awards. In 1996 Call of
Cthulhu was elected to the Academy of Adventure Game Designer's Hall of
Fame. in 2001 Call of Cthulhu celebrates it's 20th anniversary. Call of
Cthulhu is well supported by an ever growing line of high quality game
supplements. No Gaming library is complete without a copy of this book!
This new hardback edition is completely compatible with all our previous
5th edition supplements for Call of Cthulhu. Some sections of the book have
been revised and clarified, and the book includes some new interior art.
This book is a complete role-playing game in one volume. All you need to
Play Call of Cthulhu is this book, some dice, imagination, and your friends.
Can your investigators handle the truth?
Worlds of the Eternal Champion:
Dragon Lords of Melnibone
A New World for the d20 System
CHA #2017
$23.95
ISBN 1-56882-150-6
196 pages, illustrated.
For ten thousand years the bright empire of Melnibone ruled the world. Her
soldiers were ruthless, unspeakably cruel, and well-skilled at arms.
Powerful sorcerers, magic comes easily to them, as easy as breathing. They
forged eternal bonds with the aloof gods of Law and Chaos, with the hideous
demons from other planes, with elemental lords that are of the world itself,
and with the ancient dragons that Melnibone used to enforce her might.
But wealth and age has dulled the Bright Empire, tarnished it beauty, and
weakened its people. The empire rots from within. And outside, young
kingdoms arise on the lands Melnibone's sons and daughters carved from the
stuff of chaos that lies at the edge of the world. They are petty, and
envious of the ancient wealth of their former masters.
A pirate navy is forming, to sail against the Dreaming City of Imrryr. Its
captains hope to recapture stolen riches and to bring a hated overlord to
ruin.
DRAGON LORDS OF MELNIBONE provides a heroic setting for your d20 System game
in a complete and detailed role-playing world developed by Chaosium Inc. and
based upon the fabulous stories written by Michael Moorcock.
The island of Melnibone and the world of the Young Kingdoms wage their
eternal battle in a fully developed and extensive storyline. Ancient magic
abounds. Sorcerous swords whisper of forgotten treasure. Spirits and demons
plague the living. . .
. . and a new albino emperor has taken the Ruby Throne, promising to
restore the terrible heritage of Melnibone and bring the young upstarts to
heel.
MARCH 2001
THE THREE IMPOSTORS & OTHER STORIES
The Best Weird Tales of Arthur Machen vol. 1
CHA 6030 $13.95 ISBN
1-56882-132-8 pp. 320
Some of the finest horror stories ever written. Arthur Machen had a profound
impact upon H.P. Lovecraft and the group of stories that would later become
known as the Cthulhu Mythos. This first volume of Chaosium's Arthur Machen
collection begins with the chilling "The Three Impostors" in its complete
form, including the rarely seen sections "The Decorative Imagination" and
"The Novel of the Iron Maid." Rounding out the first volume are "The Great
God Pan," "The Inmost Light," and "The Shining Pyramid," all are excellent
tales. Introduction by S.T. Joshi.
Shipping April
SLAVES OF FATE
A Dragon Lords of Melnibone(r) D20 adventure
CHA 2018
$8.95
32 pages
Written by Jason Durall
ISBN 1-56882-152-9
Far out to sea, captive on a Vilmirian slave ship, the adventurers' troubles
are just beginning. If judged worthy they are destined for the slave markets
of corrupt and terrifying Pan Tang, If not, they will be callously
slaughtered at sea, their souls left for the dread undead galleys of the god
Pyaray, Tentacled Whisperer of Impossible Secrets.
While struggling to escape before matters get any worse, the Chaos goddess
Eequor, Blue Lady of Dismay, takes an interest in the adventurers' plight.
Their fates are forever changed.
A D20 adventure for character for levels 1-3.
---------------------------
Above and Beyond
A Call of Cthulhu Adventure
by Matt Sanborn
(continued)
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