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ON CHAOSIUM
ON CHAOSIUM
Here we have background and a brief history of the company, a few notes about our publishing philosophy, tidbits about the people who work here, and information about the books we publish.
About Chaosium
About Chaosium

In 2005, Chaosium is celebrated our 30th anniversary. In 2006, Call of Cthulhu celebrated it’s 25th anniversary.

World View
World View

Here is a brief look at Chaosium's worldview and what we hope to achieve through our publications.

What is Roleplaying?
What is Roleplaying?

Chaosium publishes several roleplaying games based upon literary sources and a line of Lovecraftian fiction anthologies.

Chaosium Awards
Chaosium Awards

Here's a partial list of the awards we've won over the years.

Staff Bio: Charlie Krank
Staff Bio: Charlie Krank

Here's a brief bio for our President, Charlie Krank. He also handles layout, accounting, purchasing, collections, invoicing, phone-answering, licensee relations, and kitchen remodeling, et al.

Staff Bio: Lynn Willis
Staff Bio: Lynn Willis

Here's a brief bio for Lynn Willis, our Editor-in-Chief and the constant force behind Call of Cthulhu.

Staff Bio: Fergie
Staff Bio: Fergie
Fergie is the shipping Shoggoth in charge of our catalog customer service.
Staff Bio: Dustin Wright
Staff Bio: Dustin Wright
Dustin Wright is our Sales & Marketing fellow. He resides in the curious San Juan Mountains of Colorado, perpetually seeking again the entrance of a cave that once carried him to the far Plateau of Leng.
Staff Bio: William Jones
Staff Bio: William Jones
William Jones Joins Chaosium
Staff Bio: Meghan McLean
Staff Bio: Meghan McLean
Meghan is a member of our production department.
Staff Bio: Nick Nacario
Staff Bio: Nick Nacario
Nick is our customer support, shipping, and invoicing fellow.
Call of Cthulhu Intro
Call of Cthulhu Intro

Call of Cthulhu is published by Chaosium Inc. Chaosium is one of the original publishers of paper roleplaying games and has been in business for more than 30 years. Chaosium is famous for the excellence of its game designs.

Introduction to Call of Cthulhu
Introduction to Call of Cthulhu

Call of Cthulhu is a horror roleplaying game based upon the writings of Howard Phillips Lovecraft and a few others. Lovecraft wrote during the 1920s and 1930s, and he became a cult figure before dying in 1937.

The Roots of Play
The Roots of Play

The game is an evolving interaction between players (in the guise of characters unraveling a mystery) and the keeper, who presents the world in which the mystery occurs.

The Players
The Players

Each player takes on one or more investigator personas. During the game, the player attempts to speak and act in terms of those personalities.

The Keeper
The Keeper

The keeper becomes the game moderator. Perhaps using a published scenario, or creating one of his or her own, the keeper knows the entire plot of the story and presents it during play.

Player Cooperation
Player Cooperation

Gaming is social. Roleplaying brings together a number of people in order to form a communal fantasy often more verdant and imaginative than one person alone could ever create.

The Setting
The Setting

The parts of the Cthulhu Mythos originated by Lovecraft himself define this game. Certain concepts and creations by some of Lovecraft's friends are also used.

The Purpose of Play
The Purpose of Play

The purpose of horror roleplaying is to have a good time. Right down to pounding hearts and sweating brows, it's part of human nature to find pleasure in being scared, as long as being scared is not for real.

Call of Cthulhu Quick Start PDF
Call of Cthulhu Quick Start PDF

Here you can download a PDF copy of our Call of Cthulhu Quickstart Rules.

H.P. Lovecraft
H.P. Lovecraft
Gentleman Scholar. The Father of Modern Horror. Here you can learn a bit about Lovecraft and his life and times.
The Eternal Lovecraft
The Eternal Lovecraft
Chaosium has developed a deep respect for this Providence-born gentleman-scholar. We have made it our goal to ensure that he is never forgotten.
H.P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos
H.P. Lovecraft and the Cthulhu Mythos
In a 46-year lifetime H. P. Lovecraft wrote or collaborated on more than 65 stories, penned dozens of articles and essays, and hundreds of poems, and wrote perhaps as many as 100,000 letters.
H.P. Lovecraft: Influences
H.P. Lovecraft: Influences
Lovecraft enjoyed little success during his lifetime. It was through publication in amateur magazines and later in Weird Tales that Lovecraft met other authors of the macabre tale.
H.P. Lovecraft: The Man
H.P. Lovecraft: The Man
It was in the library of Grandfather Whipple that Lovecraft first discovered the Arabian Nights, the myths of Greece and Rome, and Edgar Alan Poe.
H.P. Lovecraft: An Expanding Circle
H.P. Lovecraft: An Expanding Circle
The1940s and '50s saw an expansion of the Mythos. It was August Derleth who contributed the most, producing a number of original tales as well as posthumous collaborations based on Lovecraft's story notes.
A Brief Introduction to the Cthulhu Mythos
A Brief Introduction to the Cthulhu Mythos
H.P. Lovecraft once wrote: "All my tales are based upon the fundamental premise that common human laws and interests and emotions have no validity or significance in the vast cosmos-at-large.”
HPL Bibliography
HPL Bibliography
A bibliography of H.P. Lovecraft's works.
Sneak Peeks
Sneak Peeks
Here is a peek into features of select Chaosium titles. These generally consist of tables of contents, selected excerpts, and book introductions. We also offer PDF downloads of character sheets and handouts.
BASIC ROLEPLAYING introduction
BASIC ROLEPLAYING introduction
Welcome to Chaosium’s Basic Roleplaying system, a set of rules aimed at bringing together into one place one of the original and most influential role playing gaming systems in the world.
BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS contents
BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS contents

The table of contents for the epic campaign and sourcebook

BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS foreword
BEYOND THE MOUNTAINS OF MADNESS foreword

Beyond the Mountains of Madness continues the story begun in Lovecraft’s novel of the Antarctic. It is the tale of the Stark-weather-Moore Expedition of 1933.

WHAT THE WORLD KNOWS
WHAT THE WORLD KNOWS

What the world knows about the M.U. Expedition to Antarctica, 1930–31. Most of the following came to the world via the Arkham Advertiser’s powerful radio installation at Kingsport Head, Massachusetts.

MYSTERIES OF THE WORM introduction
MYSTERIES OF THE WORM introduction
The dedication and introduction to Mysteries of the Worm
SECRETS OF JAPAN contents
SECRETS OF JAPAN contents
Secrets of Japan presents a whole new world of possibilities for keepers and investigators wishing to take their adventures East.
SECRETS OF JAPAN introduction
SECRETS OF JAPAN introduction
In this book you will find a comprehensive portrayal of the culture, history, and people of Japan, presented in a Lovecraftian setting.
SECRETS OF KENYA contents
SECRETS OF KENYA contents
Secrets of Kenya is a supplement for Call of Cthulhu. It introduces a portion of the vast and varied African contenent three times the size of the United States.
SECRETS OF LOS ANGELES contents
SECRETS OF LOS ANGELES contents
The contents for the Secrets of Los Angeles sourcebook for Call of Cthulhu
SECRETS OF LOS ANGELES introduction
SECRETS OF LOS ANGELES introduction
An informative resource for keepers should the lead the investigators to the California Southland, or as a base for your campaign. Here are facts, legends, and rumors of the people, places, and events of 1920’s Los Angeles.
SECRETS OF MOROCCO contents
SECRETS OF MOROCCO contents
A guide to the information in this book.
SECRETS OF MOROCCO introduction
SECRETS OF MOROCCO introduction
The author's introduction to the book.
TATTERS OF THE KING contents
TATTERS OF THE KING contents
Events here take place over the winters of 1928-29 and 1929-30, precipitated by those seeking the Great Old One, Hastur.
VOODOO AND THE MYTHOS
VOODOO AND THE MYTHOS

Keepers may be leery about introducing some of the folksy elements of voodoo into a campaign which has led players to believe that sanity-blasting revelations await their investigators around every corner.

WELCOME TO ROME, Capital of the Known World
WELCOME TO ROME, Capital of the Known World

IN 50 CE, ROME IS A BUSTLING CITY of over one million inhabitants. People flow into it from the provinces every day in the hopes of striking it rich, or at least earning a decent wage. Some succeed, but more often they end up destitute in the slums.

Submissions
Submissions
Chaosium is happy to consider your work for publication.Different kinds of product plae different demands upon the author. If you are just beginning, consider creating a Monograph.
Monograph Submissions
Monograph Submissions

We're always looking for monographs to publish, for both Basic Roleplaying and Call of Cthulhu. Chaosium monographs are a means for you to present your ideas to a discriminating roleplaying audience.

Call of Cthulhu Submissions
Call of Cthulhu Submissions

Here you discover our requirements for you to submit a Call of Cthulhu roleplaying game proposal. Finishing a full book can take a great deal of time and work (and patience), but there is no feeling like seeing a published book that you have written.

Art Submissions
Art Submissions

Here are details concerning submitting your artwork to Chaosium.

Fiction Submissions
Fiction Submissions

Submitting short stories and novels to Chaosium.

Basic Roleplaying Submissions
Basic Roleplaying Submissions

In addition to Call of Cthulhu, Chaosium publishes Basic Roleplaying. Here are notes about writing for BRP.

Catalog Submissions
Catalog Submissions

Chaosium may consider your merchandise for our online catalog.

Web Submissions
Web Submissions

We’re certainly willing to consider submissions for inclusion on Chaosium.com, including Tuesday Terribles.

Other Submissions
Other Submissions

Some ideas defy categorization.

CUSTOMER SUPPORT
CUSTOMER SUPPORT
Here you can find details and information if you have any trouble with our site, with an order, or with an items you receive from us.
Chaos Bucks
Chaos Bucks

What are Chaos Bucks? How can I get some? Can I give them to my buddies? Will nightgaunts carry me away to some far-off land?

Conditions of Use
Conditions of Use

Chaosium Inc. is pleased to allow fans and others to use our trademarks and logos on their web sites as long as certain principles are met.

Privacy Policy
Privacy Policy

We know that evil monsters and nefarious henchmen would love to know all secrets. We work to foil them at every turn!

Shipping Policy
Shipping Policy

Chaosium strives to ship your order quickly and completely. Chaosium can ship your order to any place in the world reachable by the U.S. Postal service or by UPS.

Warranty & Returns
Warranty & Returns

We like having happy, happy customers. This section details our warranty, and what you should do in the event that the post office did something awful to your package.


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