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| Type | Private |
| Founded | 1975 |
| Headquarters | Hayward, California (originally Oakland) |
| Key people | Greg Stafford, Charlie Krank, Sandy Petersen, Lynn Willis |
| Industry | Wargame and Role-playing game publisher |
| Products | Call of Cthulhu |
| Website | http://www.chaosium.com/ |
Chaosium is one of the longer lived publishers of role-playing games still in existence. The term privately held company refers to ownership of a business company in two different ways first referring to ownership by non-governmental organizations and second Hayward ( is a city located in the East Bay in Alameda County. For Greg Stafford the Australian rules football player in the AFL, see Greg Stafford (footballer. Carl Sanford Joslyn Petersen (born September 16, 1955) is a Game designer. Lynn Willis is a Wargame and Role-playing game designer who has done work for Metagaming Concepts, Game Designers' Workshop, and Chaosium For other uses of this term see Industry (disambiguation An industry (from Latin industrius, "diligent industrious" A wargame is a Game that simulates or represents a Military operation. A role-playing game ( RPG; often roleplaying game) is a Game in which the participants assume the roles of Fictional characters. In Marketing, a product is anything that can be offered to a Market that might satisfy a want or need Call of Cthulhu is a Horror fiction Role-playing game based on H A website (alternatively web site or Web site, a back-construction from the Proper noun World Wide Web) is a collection of Web pages A role-playing game ( RPG; often roleplaying game) is a Game in which the participants assume the roles of Fictional characters. Founded by Greg Stafford, its first game was actually a wargame, White Bear and Red Moon, which later mutated into Dragon Pass and its sequel, Nomad Gods. For Greg Stafford the Australian rules football player in the AFL, see Greg Stafford (footballer. White Bear and Red Moon ( WBRM) is a Fantasy Board wargame set in the peculiar fantasy world of Glorantha, invented by Greg Stafford White Bear and Red Moon ( WBRM) is a Fantasy Board wargame set in the peculiar fantasy world of Glorantha, invented by Greg Stafford White Bear and Red Moon is notable for containing the first published material about Glorantha, later used as the primary setting for the role-playing game RuneQuest, Hero Wars and now, HeroQuest. White Bear and Red Moon ( WBRM) is a Fantasy Board wargame set in the peculiar fantasy world of Glorantha, invented by Greg Stafford Glorantha is the Fantasy world created by Greg Stafford and since used as the background for several Role-playing games, including RuneQuest RuneQuest is a Fantasy Role-playing game first published in 1978 by Chaosium, created by Steve Perrin based on the mythical world HeroQuest is a Fantasy Role-playing game written by Robin D Laws and published by Issaries Inc HeroQuest is a Fantasy Role-playing game written by Robin D Laws and published by Issaries Inc
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Background
The rules of RuneQuest, Chaosium's first role-playing game, were distilled down into a generic, genre-neutral format known as Basic Role-Playing (BRP). Basic Role-Playing ( BRP) is a Role-playing game system which originated in the Fantasy -oriented RuneQuest These generic rules formed the basis of many, if not most, of Chaosium's later RPGs, such as Call of Cthulhu, Stormbringer, Nephilim, and Ringworld. Call of Cthulhu is a Horror fiction Role-playing game based on H The Stormbringer fantasy Role-playing game published by Chaosium puts the players in the world of the Young Kingdoms based on the Elric of Melniboné This article is about the Role-playing game for the supernatural beings see Nephilim Nephilim is a Role-playing game about powerful elemental The Ringworld Science fiction Role-playing game was published by Chaosium in 1984, using the Basic Role-Playing system
Chaosium and Greg Stafford are also responsible for Pendragon, an Arthurian RPG now published by White Wolf, Inc.'s ArtHaus imprint after a spell with Green Knight Publishing. For Greg Stafford the Australian rules football player in the AFL, see Greg Stafford (footballer. Pendragon, or King Arthur Pendragon, is a Role-playing game (RPG in which players take the role of Knights performing chivalric Green Knight Publishing was founded by Peter Corless after he bought the rights to the award-winning Pendragon Role-playing game from Chaosium Other games of note include Mythos, Elfquest, Worlds of Wonder, Superworld, Hawkmoon, and the frequently forgotten Prince Valiant. Elfquest (or ElfQuest) is a cult hit Comic book property created by Wendy and Richard Pini in Worlds of Wonder is a 1982 multi-genre Role-playing game produced by Chaosium. Superworld is a Superhero -themed Role-playing game published by Chaosium in 1983. Dorian Hawkmoon Duke of Köln is one of the fictional characters created by Michael Moorcock in his series of the Eternal Champion books Prince Valiant in the Days of King Arthur, or simply Prince Valiant, is a Comic strip created by Hal Foster.
Several notable RPG authors have written material for Chaosium, including Steve Perrin, Sandy Petersen, Lynn Willis, David Conyers, Ken St. Andre, and Arduin creator David A. Hargrave. Steve Perrin is a Game designer and technical Writer / editor. Carl Sanford Joslyn Petersen (born September 16, 1955) is a Game designer. Lynn Willis is a Wargame and Role-playing game designer who has done work for Metagaming Concepts, Game Designers' Workshop, and Chaosium David Conyers (born Sydney, Australia, May 30, 1971) is a writer based in Adelaide, South Australia. Kenneth Eugene St Andre (born on April 28th 1947) is a public librarian fantasy author and game designer best known for his work with Tunnels & Trolls Arduin is a fictional universe and Fantasy role-playing system created in the mid 1970s by David A David Allen Hargrave (May 25 1946 - August 29 1988 known as The Dream Weaver, was a prolific and sometimes controversial game designer and writer of fantasy and science fiction
Distribution
Some Chaosium products have been translated into French, Portuguese, Japanese,German, Spanish and Italian, and were available in France from Jeux Descartes, in Germany from Pegasus Press, in Spain from La factoría de ideas and in Italy from Stratelibri and Grifo Edizioni. French ( français,) is a Romance language spoken around the world by 118 million people as a native language and by about 180 to 260 million people Portuguese ( or língua portuguesa) is a Romance language that originated in what is now Galicia (Spain and northern Portugal. is a language spoken by over 130 million people in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. Italian ( or lingua italiana) is a Romance language spoken by about 63 million people as a First language, primarily in Italy. This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. Jeux Descartes was a French publisher of Roleplaying games and Board games. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Spain () or the Kingdom of Spain (Reino de España is a country located mostly in southwestern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula. Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest
In the mid-1980s, Chaosium entered into a complex arrangement with Avalon Hill to publish RuneQuest material while Chaosium maintained editorial control over Glorantha-based material for the game (which Avalon Hill would publish). Avalon Hill was a game company that specialized in Wargames and strategic Board games. While this agreement reportedly kept the company in existence, it also left RuneQuest moribund, leading to products of questionable quality, long gaps with no products published at all, and, eventually, the death of the game altogether.
Failed ventures/new directions
In 1979, Chaosium began publication of Different Worlds, a magazine designed to support its products, much like Dragon Magazine for TSR. Dragon is one of the two official Magazines for source material for the Dungeons & Dragons Role-playing game and associated products The magazine ran for 38 issues under Chaosium, then for another nine under other publishers.
In response to the collectible card game craze, Chaosium released the Mythos CCG. Collectible card games (CCGs also called trading card games (TCGs or customizable card games (CCGs are played using specially designed sets of cards Mythos is a Collectible card game (CCG published by Chaosium. Initially it was a great success, but the crash hit hard.
In the late 1990s, Chaosium effectively split up into various successor companies, each maintaining its focus on a few of the company's products. Green Knight Publishing formed to focus on Pendragon, Chaosium "proper" retained Call of Cthulhu, Stormbringer, and Mythos, while Greg Stafford founded Issaries, Inc. to publish HeroQuest and focus on bringing new Glorantha related material into print. Green Knight Publishing was founded by Peter Corless after he bought the rights to the award-winning Pendragon Role-playing game from Chaosium Greg Stafford 's Issaries Inc is a publishing house for mythic material HeroQuest is a Fantasy Role-playing game written by Robin D Laws and published by Issaries Inc Glorantha is the Fantasy world created by Greg Stafford and since used as the background for several Role-playing games, including RuneQuest Also, Wizard's Attic (no longer in business) was formed in order to act as a fulfillment house. Charlie Krank became president when Stafford left.
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