Press [Chaosium] Chaosium Con EU: Come and meet these members of the Chaosium Team!

[Michael O'Brien]

Meet members of the Chaosium Tribe at Chaosium Con Europe (Gdansk, Poland - Oct 30-Nov 2) – the passionate team making sure the #TTRPGs, boardgames, and fiction you love come to life and continue to inspire mythic adventures.

Here's everyone from the team who are coming to Gdansk! We invite you to join them!

Andrew Bean​

Andrew Bean spent more than a decade roaming the Arabian wastes in search of lost cities, ancient ruins, and rare Arabian Leopards and Oryx, before returning to Melbourne, Australia. He now uses his International Man of Mystery skills in service to Chaosium and conventions world-wide. When we finally hold a convention in the cyclopean ruins of Nan Madol, Phonpei, his work will be complete.

Nick Brooke​

Nick Brooke is one of Chaosium's indefatigable community ambassadors. An award-winning and best-selling community content creator himself, Nick was the 2020 recipient of the Greg Stafford Memorial Award for Gloranthan Fandom.

Jason Durall​

Jason Durall is Chaosium's creative director for Basic Roleplaying (BRP). He has been playing and writing games for more than 35 years, with many many products under his belt he always has a new project(s) to talk about.

Don Ford​

Don Ford joins Chaosium as communicty ambassador for a new program we are setting up for Age of Vikings. A GM and player of RuneQuest for over 40 years, at Chaosium Con UK 2025, he fell in love with the Age of Vikings roleplaying game.

Laurence Finch​

Laurence Finch is Chaosium's Ecommerce Manager and UK Sales Representative.

Paul Fricker​

Paul Fricker helped write the current 7th Edition of Call of Cthulhu and is now Associate Editor as well as working on the ENNIE-award winning Rivers of London RPG. He is an active writer on the Miskatonic Repository and in his podcasts.

Maciej Górkowski​

Maciej Górkowski is a production manager for Chaosium, supporting the production of our books and board games. He is also a game developer in Chaosium's board games studio.

Lynne Hardy​

Lynne Hardy is Associate Editor for Chaosium’s Call of Cthulhu line and editor for the ENNIE-award winning Rivers of London RPG.

Ossi Hiekkala​

Ossi Hiekkala is Staff Artist at Chaosium. Inspired by RuneQuest in his early teens, he then discovered Stormbringer, and his path was set. Ossi studied graphic design in Rovaniemi, Lapland, followed by three years studying illustration in Japan.

Michal Lisowski​

Michal Lisowski is the Vice President of Chaosium ph'nglui mglw'nafh Cthulhu R'lyeh wgah'nagl fhtagn. Ch' f'uaaah shuggagl, vulgtlagln s'uhn f'chtenff naflkadishtu chtenff naflgrah'n 'fhalma yanyth, Chaugnar Faugnyar nay'hah hafh'drnnyth phlegeth.

Keris McDonald​

Keris McDonald, associate line editor for Call of Cthulhu, is our resident expert on Cthulhu by Gaslight and life in the Victorian Era. She has also been one of the contributing writers to Chaosium’s Rivers of London RPG.

Rick Meints​

Rick Meints is the President of Chaosium, and head of the company's Nostalgia Department. An avid RPG collector, his love of all of Chaosium's publications, plus anything Gloranthan or RuneQuest in nature has earned him the nickname "Mr. Suitcase" (or "Monsieur Valise", as he is known on the Continent).

Artur Mikucki​

Artur Mikucki is a Graphic Designer in Chaosium's board games studio.

Michael O'Brien​

Michael O'Brien ('MOB') is Vice President for Chaosium. His role encompasses creative and business development, community engagement, and MGF ('maximum game fun'). He is also producer/co-producer of Chaosium's actual play and live shows including Bookshops of Arkham, Graveyards of Arkham, and Call of Cthulhu Live.

Daria Pilarczyk​

Daria Pilarczyk is the Vice President of Chaosium, where she oversees licensing and plays a key role in the management of the Board Games Division—pioneering new ways for fans to experience Chaosium’s legendary worlds. She also leads Black Monk Games, a Polish publishing company responsible for bringing Call of Cthulhu and Pendragon to the Polish market.

Kuba Polkowski​

Kuba Polkowski is the Lead Producer at Chaosium’s new Board Games Studio, launched in 2024 with the release of the board game adaptation of Horror on the Orient Express. As the driving force behind this new venture, Kuba is leading the development of upcoming titles that bring Chaosium’s rich worlds to the tabletop in exciting new ways.

Sasza Redwan​

Sasza Redwan is a Game Developer in Chaosium's board games studio.

Jeff Richard​

Jeff Richard is Vice President and Creative Director for Chaosium. He is the lead author of the Guide to Glorantha, and RuneQuest: Roleplaying in Glorantha. Jeff has been the creative director of all things Glorantha since 2008.

Neil Robinson​

Neil Robinson is Chaosium's Chief Executive Officer. As CEO, Neil leads the company and is responsible for Chaosium's overall operations. He is also the producer of Chaosium's Age of Vikings and BRP lines.

Ariel Sawicki​

Ariel Sawicki is a VTT developer at Chaosium. Part web developer, part graphic designer, part video editor, he loves to learn new systems and settings, and is a huge mechanics and technology geek.

David Scott​

David Scott is Chaosium’s convention coordinator for the UK and IT support specialist.

Małgorzata Śliwka-Kurek​

Małgorzata Śliwka-Kurek is a staff artist in Chaosium's board games studio. She specializes in computer graphics, though she still occasionally reaches for a brush or pen out of sentiment. Her other great passion is fantasy—literature, RPGs, board games, and video games.

Martyna Starczewska​

Martyna Starczewska is a staff illustrator at Chaosium. Martyna began working at Black Monk Games in 2020 as a marketing graphic designer and assistant, right after graduating from an art high school in Poznań, Poland. Over time, Martyna had the opportunity to create illustrations for Black Monk for the Polish editions of various RPGs, and in early 2024 Martyna took on the role of staff illustrator at Chaosium.

Ben Taylor​

Ben Taylor is Chaosium's EU warehouse manager, taking care of Chaosium's fulfilment for continental Europe. Ben started working for Black Monk Games, Chaosium's Polish licensee and partner, in 2021, and that's how he ended up being involved in the logistics side of our hobby.

Join us at Chaosium Con Europe!​

? When: October 30 – November 2, 2025

? Where: Uphagen Manor / Gdańsk, Poland

Hours:
⇨ Thursday VIP Dinner Party 6PM - 10PM
⇨ Friday & Saturday 9AM - 8PM
⇨ Sunday 9AM - 4PM

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Chaosium Con Europe 2025

Join the first-ever Chaosium Con Europe at the historic Uphagen Manor in Gdańsk, Poland! Celebrate 50 years of Chaosium with RPG sessions, panels, VIP games, and unforgettable mythic adventures.

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[Michael O'Brien]

Chaosium Con EU: Play in these VIP Games with Chaosium team members as your GM!

VIP Sessions at Chaosium Con Europe​

Here are the current VIP sessions - we have games of Call of Cthulhu, Cthulhu by Gaslight, RuneQuest, Rivers of London, Age of Vikings, and BRP, with Chaosium team members in the GM's chair.

Event registration opens on Sunday, October 5th!

Remember, you must already be a registered attendee for Chaosium Con Europe to book as a VIP player for one of these sessions. Get your badge for Chaosium Con Europe here!

PAUL FRICKER​

Call of Cthulhu - Hotel of Horror
Friday 9 AM (Boardroom)
5 players / 15€ per player

Set in 1920s New York. The management of the Chalmers Heights Hotel want you to investigate certain strange disappearances that have taken place over the last year.
Teen and above (13+) / 180 min

Call of Cthulhu - The Dreaming Ward
Friday 5 PM (Boardroom)
5 players / 15€ per player

Set in 1920s New York State. Each troubled by nightmares, you apply to take part in Dr Thorne’s dream therapy 3-day course at the University of Albany, NY. It pays $5 a night—what could possibly go wrong?
Teen and above (13+) / 180 min

Call of Cthulhu - Many Mansions
Saturday 9 PM (Boardroom)
5 players / 15€ per player

Set in 1920s Arkham. Your investigations have led you to an abandoned house in the French Hill district of Arkham, on the trail of a man named Matos. Inside the house, you meet a man with a hammer, and he’s busy nailing boards over Matos’ bedroom door. Just what is it he’s afraid of?
Teen and above (13+) / 180 min

LYNNE HARDY​

Rivers of London - Dead Lock
Friday 12 PM (Boardroom)
4 players / 15€ per player

The investigators receive an urgent summons from a most unexpected source – the genius loci of the River Lea herself! But something is rotten in the county of Hertfordshire. Will the investigators survive their trip upriver as they attempt to resolve Lea’s predicament? Only time will tell…Pre-generated characters will be provided. No experience necessary.
Content warning: depictions of death
Teen and above (13+) / 180 min

Rivers of London - Murder at the Museum of Memories
Saturday 12 PM (Boardroom)
4 players / 15€ per player

This morning, staff at the Museum of Memories in Spitalfields, London, found the body of an unknown man upon the stairs. The problem is, he shouldn’t be there – there are no signs of a break in, and nothing is missing. This sounds like a case for the Special Assessment Unit! Pre-generated characters will be provided. No experience necessary. Content warning: depictions of death
Teen and above (13+) / 180 min

Rivers of London - The Foulness in the Fog
Sunday 9 AM (Boardroom)
4 players / 15€ per player

Three people were rushed to the Royal Brompton Hospital a short while ago, after suddenly collapsing in the middle of an otherwise empty street. There’s no apparent sign of a gas leak, although a witness claims he saw a dense cloud of fog in the street at the time the incident occurred. A newly-trained Folly Liaison Officer is convinced that there’s something odd about the whole affair and has called in the investigators. Can they work out what’s going on in Atwood Road? Pre-generated characters will be provided. No experience necessary. Content warning: imprisonment, exploitation, enclosed spaces".
Teen and above (13+) / 180 min

MICHAEL O'BRIEN​

RuneQuest - A FEW GOLD MEN "You can't handle the Truth"
Friday 1 PM (Professor's Room A / Table 27)
5 players / $15 per player

Beg the Count to pluck out your eyes rather than send you to Pent Ridge – Sun Domer adage. The salt mines at Pent Ridge are hell under the sun for prisoners and guards alike. Inmates curse the sun as “Yelm the Torturer”, yet fear breaking discipline lest they be banished into the deepest caverns with the worst criminals, shut off from the light forever. So why has Vega Goldbreath, the leading Light Lady of Sun County, sent us on a secret mission to infiltrate the prison? Why do we have to pretend we’ve all broken our geases? I don’t even like bird meat…A RuneQuest scenario for five players by Michael O'Brien, set in Sun County.
Teen and above (13+) / 180 min

JASON DURALL​

Age of Vikings - Smoke on the Waves
Saturday 9:00 AM (Boardroom)
5 players / 15€ per player

A community is torn apart when two families fall out over a sudden fortune. The heroes must intervene when things spiral out of control, pitting neighbors against one another. Haunted by strange dreams of fire and tide, can the heroes stave off a grim reckoning? Pregenerated characters provided
Teen and above (13+) / 180 min

Basic Roleplaying - Neon Gods
Sunday 1:00 PM (Boardroom)
5 players / 15€ per player

Japan, 2025. You are kami, what’s left of the 10,000 gods and spirits of Japan. You inhabit a shadow realm of ghosts, demons, and other monsters… wheeling and dealing to survive. This wheel of karma is ready to turn, and portents hint at a malevolent force tipping the world towards a cycle of darkness and despair. What, if anything, can you do against fate? Pregenerated characters provided.
Teen and above (13+) / 180 min

KERIS MCDONALD​

Call of Cthulhu - Camera Obscura - Friday 1:00 PM (Professor's Room C)
5 players / 15€ per player

Call of Cthulhu - Camera Obscura - Saturday 5:00 PM (Professor's Room C)
5 players / 15€ per player

Call of Cthulhu - Camera Obscura - Sunday 9:00 AM (Professor's Room C)
5 players / 15€ per player

Cthulhu by Gaslight, set 1890; London, England. A brand-new Cthulhu by Gaslight scenario, written by Stuart Sellens. You are all committee members of the ‘Pimlico Amateur Photography Society, ’ a club of like-minded middle-class individuals with an interest in the photographic arts. One morning, you receive a summons from an unexpected source—your presence is required at Lambeth Workhouse. Thus begins a journey into horror and the darkest of dark rooms…Content notification: suicide, dead bodies.
Teen and above (13+) / 180 min

JEFF RICHARD​

Call of Cthulhu - Jeff runs Call of Cthulhu!!
Friday 5:00 PM (Professor's Room C)
5 players / 15€ per player

Join Chaosium creative director Jeff Richard in a spontaneous game where we experiment with what can be done with the setting and themes of the game.
Teen and above (13+) / 180 min

RuneQuest - Jeff runs RuneQuest!!
Saturday 9:00 AM (Professor's Room C)
5 players / 15€ per player

Join Chaosium creative director Jeff Richard in a spontaneous game where we experiment with what can be done with the setting and themes of the game.
Teen and above (13+) / 180 min

ADAM WIECZOREK​

Call of Cthulhu - The Secret of the Black Sarcophagus
Friday 9:00 AM (Professor's Room C)
4 players / 15€ per player

Call of Cthulhu 1920s. The archaeological team in Peru works on the path of a newly constructed railway line. They must assess whether the strange tomb has any historical value and provide engineers with further directions. Of course, everything goes sideways, and they have to fight for their lives when ancient power rises. Pregenerated characters.
Teen and above (13+) / 180 min

[Polish] Call of Cthulhu - Niespokojna Toń
Saturday 1:00 PM (Professor's Room C)
4 players / 15€ per player

Call of Cthulhu, 1910s. Jest deszczowy październik 1913 roku. Do prowadzonego przez Badaczy biura detektywistycznego w Liverpoolu zgłasza się tajemniczy osobnik, prosząc o przeprowadzenie śledztwa w sprawie poczynań byłego oficera armii brytyjskiej. Pracując nad tym zleceniem, Badacze trafią do niewielkiej nadmorskiej wsi Old Colwyn, gdzie nie wszystko jest tym, czym się wydaje. Odkrycie prawdy zmusi ich do podjęcia dramatycznych decyzji. Pre-generated characters.
Teen and above (13+) / 180 min

[Polish] Call of Cthulhu - Duchy Heliopolis
Sunday 1:00 PM (Professor's Room C)
4 players / 15€ per player

Call of Cthulhu, 1937. Kair, rok 1937. Badacze trafiają na ekskluzywne przyjęcie w niesamowitym Domu Indyjskim w nowoczesnej, tętniącej życiem dzielnicy Kairu Haliopolis. Domostwo skrywa jednak straszliwą tajemnicę. Fakt, że Badacze mają podczas przyjęcia ukrytą agendę, dodatkowo nie ułatwia sprawy. Czy uda im się wyjść cało z opresji i wykonać zlecone zadanie? Pregenerated characters.
Teen and above (13+) / 180 min

Join us at Chaosium Con Europe!​

? When: October 30 – November 2, 2025

? Where: Uphagen Manor / Gdańsk, Poland

Hours:
⇨ Thursday VIP Dinner Party 6PM - 10PM
⇨ Friday & Saturday 9AM - 8PM
⇨ Sunday 9AM - 4PM

Tickets on Sale Now!​