Donβt even think it, Sam
04.02.2026 21:17 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0@markmwrites.bsky.social
He/Him. Mediocre Old One: Call of Cthulhu RPG & videogame writer, Chaosium Community Ambassador, Pendragon squire, rampant herbivore. My dogs say hi.
Donβt even think it, Sam
04.02.2026 21:17 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Dare the Realm of the Sauvage King!
In the heart of Logres, an enchanted wood festers and grows. It is the realm of Madog, King of the Forest Sauvage, and it holds many great perils⦠and strange wonders. How will you fare?
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I adore that song: makes me think fondly of my dad (a Yβs Man, but same feeling). Let the toast to absent members.
04.02.2026 08:19 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Join Chaosium's Community Coordinator Bridgett Jeffries as she hosts the AMA for The Sauvage King, the eagerly-anticipated scenario for the Pendragion #TTRPG, releasing on February 4th. Bridgett's guests include Pendragon line editor David Larkins and his The Sauvage King co-author David Zeeman.
31.01.2026 13:28 β π 23 π 7 π¬ 1 π 0Good old Barnyard. Grand Theft Cow!
29.01.2026 05:38 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Prepare for adventures in the Forest Sauvage!
Available from Chaosium and your friendly local game store February 4th.
Who's excited?
I donβt want to worry anyone but Digging for Britain has just said that the largest UK archaeological dig is currently taking place a stoneβs throw from where MR James set A Warning to the Curious.
14.01.2026 21:58 β π 380 π 126 π¬ 20 π 13David Mitchell reading his book Unruly. Nonstop snark about people in metal hats.
15.01.2026 01:06 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Voyage on, Dean. My place is alongside continuing Call of Cthulhu editor Mike, BRP editor Jason, Pendragon editor of Greg's choice David, my 40-year RuneQuest mate MOB, the amazing Dustin, Chaosium historian Rick, Gloranthan savant Jeff, and others beloved of Greg or newly arrived. We are all us.
14.01.2026 01:56 β π 4 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0To finish up, Chaosium never went bankrupt, it's just celebrated 50 years. Moon Design did not "buy the name" but became part of the ownership group. Superb RPG historian Shannon Appelcline chronicles the history in detail in Designers & Dragons. (5/5) www.designers-and-dragons.com/2018/08/23/c...
14.01.2026 00:23 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0You're welcome to reinstate any free works you've done for Call of Cthulhu back on DriveThru, if you want to. As you know I'd like to put "Porphyry & Asphodel" and perhaps "Deadwave" on the Miskatonic Repository, shame on me for not doing the 7e conversions yet. It's going on my Trello board! (4/5)
14.01.2026 00:22 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0My co-ambassador Nick found 4 of your Call of Cthulhu PDFs on DriveThru as "Pay What You Want", plus a fixed price bundle. He believed these should be free, like your other 18 titles are. No shade intended, just clarity. If he was wrong, I'd love to help sort it with you. (3/5)
14.01.2026 00:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0But seeing as we are now on Main: I love to see Call of Cthulhu work from anyone and everyone. Publications can be sold as licensed products with a licensing agreement, or as community content under the terms of the Miskatonic Repository, or released free under the fan-use policy. (2/5)
14.01.2026 00:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Whoa, this came at me like a busload of Deadwave zombies! As a current and former Chaosium employee, community content ambassador, and author of a free scenario you've just removed from DriveThru, I'm in a unique position to help. Email me anytime. It's always nice to hear from you. (1/5)
14.01.2026 00:21 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Newtling
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Oh my, yes; how I miss Lynn, and Keith in his happier times. His one-man run of Lovecraft Country guidebooks is peerless, and the art was so good then. All that was pre-YDSC I think? Maybe Beyond the Mountains of Madness might have been during? Me, I still miss Dagon magazine! The stars burn on. π€
02.01.2026 03:44 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0We certainly glommed to YDSC because everyone was there in those days, before social media expanded and fragmented the places for discussion. Great times and great friendships (with occasional spats). Itβs a huge task to keep them aloft, so rest is deserved. Unlike Cthulhu, moderators never sleepβ¦
02.01.2026 03:07 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Golden days, great chats, rare lore, shared starry wisdom: Vale Old Yoggie. But, um, βback when Chaosium actively publishedβ??? The cracking new Arkham and Gaslight books are truly splendid, Alone Against the Static is a thriller, new players abound, and Iβm super active on a future book. Onwards!
02.01.2026 02:52 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 2 π 0Strange Aeons indeed. Thanks Paul. Enjoy the serenity!
02.01.2026 02:46 β π 3 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0Chaosium wishes Jane Austen a belated 250th birthday. Weβre not sure if Regency Cthulhu is entirely what she had in mind, but her wit and verve certainly inspired us....
23.12.2025 12:59 β π 44 π 6 π¬ 2 π 0Thatβs huge, Dan! Congrats. Iβll miss the random chance to see you around campus, but I enjoy a regular musical catchup via Screen Sounds. Play on!
18.12.2025 22:09 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0I gotta admit, βSmoke on the Westfoldβ is a banger.
18.12.2025 12:40 β π 1 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0A lord of the rings band called Flock of NazgΓ»l
18.12.2025 05:58 β π 13 π 0 π¬ 1 π 1Three T-shirts on a table. Pendragon (My Other Ride is a Horse), Age of Vikings, and RuneQuest Adventures in Glorantha.
2026 convention shirts just arrived! You can see which games Iβm fired up to run in the New Year. How about you?
17.12.2025 23:25 β π 12 π 0 π¬ 1 π 0Pendragon: The Arthurian Companion contains over 1000 entries covering all the people and places associated with the Arthurian stories.
Each entry is allows you to immerse yourself further into the Pendragon setting!
Get yours today: www.chaosium.com/pendragon-th...
Thank you; I took myself by surprise with that one. Hearing the question I thought βHow can I support this gamemaster?β, and that went well until what I *really* think about AI clawed its way out of my larynx like a goddam homunculus.
(Twas a wonderful chat, audience member assassination aside.)
BLOODY AI,a thread:so, I saw a picture online of the Towers of Perugia by a Renaissance artist, Benedetto Bonfigli whose other work I know a little bit. Here is the image 1/n:
08.12.2025 14:08 β π 258 π 147 π¬ 9 π 29Weβre just normal men
08.12.2025 04:18 β π 23 π 1 π¬ 3 π 0Kinda like finding a U2 record on your iPod.
07.12.2025 03:04 β π 0 π 0 π¬ 0 π 0The old dog barks backwards without getting up.
I can remember when he was a pup.
- Robert Frost