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Rivers of London: The Roleplaying Game

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Magic has returned to our world

“I think becoming a wizard is about discovering what's real and what isn't.”

—Ben Aaronovitch, Rivers of London

In Rivers of London: the Roleplaying Game, players take on the roles of newly recruited members of the London Metropolitan Police Service’s special magic branch, aka “the Folly.” You will solve mysteries, catch criminals, and come to grips with the “demi-monde”—those who have been irreversibly changed by magic.

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What's Inside

The Rivers of London: the Roleplaying Game core book contains everything you need to start exploring Ben Aaronovitch's magical version of London.

The World at your Fingertips

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This single, epic volume is for both players and Game Moderators alike! The tome comprises all the rules you need for fully-fledged Rivers of London campaigns.

Build your group of freshly-recruited officers of the Folly with character creation, expand and grow those characters with the complete rules for character advancement, and enjoy extensive advice for running tabletop RPGs—and Rivers of London specifically—provided for the Game Moderator.

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Learn to Play by Playing

Collaborative Storytelling

Explore a magical mystery in London, and learn the rules of the game as you play! The solo adventure, based on the short story “The Domestic,” is designed to introduce a player to the world of Rivers of London and the mechanics of the game.

Also included is “The Bookshop”—a standalone adventure designed for a first-time group of players.

Additional Rules

Explore Magical London & Beyond

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Rivers of London: the Roleplaying Game includes setting information and history, and the wondrous details of how the “Newtonian” magic system works. The book also contains a full list of spells derived from those found in the novels of Ben Aaronovitch.

To give both players and Game Moderators the best sense of the setting and role of their characters, special attention is paid to detailing how police work in London, and how criminal investigations are carried out.

This book also includes exclusive Rivers of London short fiction by Ben Aaronovitch.

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Do you play Call of Cthulhu?

Rivers of London: the Roleplaying Game is based off the award-winning Basic Roleplaying System used in Call of Cthulhu, RuneQuest and many other games.

If you are familiar with the core mechanics from Call of Cthulhu like rolling D100s, using Luck, and getting Hard Successes, then you’ll pick up Rivers of London: the Roleplaying Game in no time!.

 

What is Rivers of London?

Rivers of London by Ben Aaronovitch is the first novel in the long-running series of urban fantasy novels, that focuses on the Officers of the Folly as they explore the magic-tainted city of London, and solve intricate, arcing mysteries.

You can buy Rivers of London and other novels from Ben Aaronovitch’s webstore, on Kindle and Kobo eReaders, and from all good bookshops.

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Allen A July 08, 2023 2:32 pm UTC
Are there going to be adventures released?
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Michael O October 28, 2023 12:48 pm UTC
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Yes, there are scenarios in the works.
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Christopher K April 11, 2023 1:04 pm UTC
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Any chance of form fillable character sheets?
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Michael O May 04, 2023 11:45 am UTC
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There are auto-calc character sheets available; check out the product page at the Chaosium website.
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Paul V December 15, 2022 4:58 pm UTC
Do you get the $29.99 discount on the physical copy if you buy it on here?
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Michael O December 17, 2022 8:28 pm UTC
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No, to get that buy the PDF direct from Chaosium.com
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John C December 01, 2022 6:27 pm UTC
Hey there, I love this series, in audiobook format. And I love the Basic System, so I am overjoyed to see this paring!!! one question though... will there be a Print-on-demand or other variant to this title?
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Andre J December 01, 2022 7:42 pm UTC
Chaosium will make a regular print run in eary 2023.
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Michael O May 04, 2023 11:41 am UTC
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Rivers of London the RPG is now available in hardback at the Chaosium website
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Chris J December 01, 2022 12:44 pm UTC
I picked this up over at the Chaosium site (to get the eventual coupon for the eventual hard copy version). I like it. It's like British Dresden Files (sorta). It's also a strange departure from the Cthulhu line of products in that it really feels to written in the vein of "My First Roleplaying Game". It doesn't talk down to the reader, per se, but there's a definite shift in tone from the Cthulhu products in how information is presented. Perhaps this is Chaosium's version of a "gateway to RPGs" product? I dunno. Nonetheless, it's a very solid product weighing in 400 pages. You can't go wrong with Chaosium.
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Andy M December 01, 2022 10:15 pm UTC
I wonder if they are expecting a number of people to pick it up based on enjoying the book series, so it might be their first TTRPG?
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Paul V March 09, 2023 12:35 pm UTC
the author of the series links to rpg from his main site - so i guess he is hoping to as well
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Markus K November 30, 2022 5:27 pm UTC
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Dear Chaosium,
the file is called " CHA3200_-_Rivers_of_London_RPG_-_low_resolution.pdf. If that means there is also a high-resolution variant, it would be nice to get it too here.
Thank you!
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Michael O November 30, 2022 6:22 pm UTC
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We have added the high resolution pdf to the downloads
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Markus K November 30, 2022 6:58 pm UTC
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And it is internaly hyperlinked, thats great! Thanks!
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Ben Aaronovitch, Graeme Barber, Paul Fricker, Adam Gauntlett, Lloyd Gyan, Lynne Hardy, Gavin Inglis, Mike Mason, Keris McDonald, Lucya Szachnowski
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Lin Hsiang, Gary Bedell, Irene Cano, JB Casacop, Caleb Cleveland, Doruk Golcu, Richard Hardy, Kurt Komoda, Anh Le, Lucas Marques, Ernest Mason, Maurice Mosqua, Nicholas Nacario, Matt Ryan, Brooklyn Smith, Anastasia Magloire Williams
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