Thread: Is Chaosium still open?

I havent had any replies to my emails about certain books they are supposed to be published. I havent been paid for one of those books. They havent updated their web page in 4 months. Does anyone know if they are still alive?

Who have you been emailing?

Dustin's been "off grid" for a while now, and Meghan and Nick are iirc in Europe researching for the new edition of Horror on the Orient Express. Might be worth pinging a PM to Zomben here - he's in contact with them over the Magic World line and may be able to put you in touch with Charlie or whoever is appropriate.

Cheers,

Nick

I was wondering myself. I have been waiting for my physical copy of Swords of Cydoria since early December. No reply to my last email, no tracking number, no book. I understand the Holiday season can be crazy, but they should be catching up by now.

I placed an order on 25/11/12 which turned up about 14/12/12

Dustin and Charlie. I know we just got out of the holidays, but I havent heard from them in a while.

I am glad you mentioned this.
I tried to e-mail Dustin last summer about a monograph that I turned in and never received a reply. I was not sure if I was just being over anxious and just bugging them so I have held off since then. Just recently I was going to try again. One of their blogs or reports said that they did have a backlog of monographs.

We feel your pain, PK. Since the Orient Express kickstarter concluded, things have been dead silent except for Twitter reports on Nick and Meghan's trip to Turkey. Personally, I'd like to know the status on several contests I entered. On the other hand, I actually got a personal phone call during Chaosium's 30 percent off sale before Christmas; they wanted to clarify my order, which arrived promptly and intact.

Dustin hasn't replied to any of my e-mails since before August. I'm really worried, since I haven't heard anything about sales of Swords of Cydoria or receiving payment for said book.

Originally Posted by Evilschemer

Dustin hasn't replied to any of my e-mails since before August. I'm really worried, since I haven't heard anything about sales of Swords of Cydoria or receiving payment for said book.

I think we need to focus on the more important issue here -that I don't have MY copy of SoC!

On a more serious note, how much would change for most of us if Chaosium slipped into the void? For those waiting on books and monographs to be published, (along with payments or for books bought but not yet recieved) there is a clear impact. What about BRP gamers as a whole?

I'm running a campaign with a 30+ year old copy of Superworld, planning a brief BRP Star Wars campaign with a recent fan produced PDF. All the material published so far will be enough for me to game for the rest of my life, but there will be more fan stuff produced, no doubt. Then there are the other D100 systems like OpenQuest and so forth.

Which is not to say I would not be saddened to see Chaosium gone. It has been a large part of my "gaming life" since the early 80's. I just mean that it will never be completely gone.

True, perhaps. But Evilschemer and PK Games don't want their renumeration to be completely gone. Dustin Wright being "off grid" is a disappointment since he is usually good about responding to questions, or has been in the past.