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Also known as Chaosium Inc., The Chaosium, Wyrds Pubs, Wyvern Woodworks

Chaosium Inc. ( ) is a publisher of tabletop role-playing games established by Greg Stafford in 1975. Chaosium's major product lines include RuneQuest, set in Stafford's fictional world of Glorantha; Call of Cthulhu, based on the horror fiction stories of H. P. Lovecraft; Pendragon, based on Thomas Mallory's ''Le Morte d'Arthur; and 7th Sea'', "swashbuckling and sorcery" set in a fantasy 17th-century Europe.

Key facts

Publisher.name
Chaosium Inc.
Publisher.image
Chaosiumlogo.png
Publisher.founder
Greg Stafford
Publisher.country
United States
Publisher.headquarters
Ann Arbor, Michigan
Publisher.publications
Games, Books
Publisher.genre
Role-playing games, Board games, Fantasy fiction, Horror fiction, Weird fiction
Publisher.numemployees
16
Publisher.website
chaosium.com

via Wikipedia infobox

Official website

Chaosium Inc.

The home of Call of Cthulhu, RuneQuest, Pendragon, 7th Sea, and Questworlds. Your gateway to mythic adventure.

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Encyclopedic overview

11 sections
Contents
  • History
  • 1975–1980
  • 1980s: Growth and licensing with Avalon Hill
  • Late 1990s–early 2010s: Financial struggle
  • Mid 2010s: The return of Stafford and Petersen
  • Late 2010s to present: Expansion
  • Fiction
  • Magazines
  • Reception
  • References
  • External links

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