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===1975–1980===
[[Greg Stafford (game designer)|Greg Stafford]] founded "The Chaosium" in 1975, deriving the name partly from his apartment (which he described as a house of chaos), which was near the [[Oakland Coliseum]], combining "coliseum" with "chaos". His purpose was to publish his first fantasy war game ''[[White Bear and Red Moon]]'' (later renamed ''Dragon Pass''), a board game set in his fantasy world of [[Glorantha]].

In 1978, Chaosium published Steve Perrin's roleplaying game ''[[RuneQuest]]'', also set in Glorantha, following up with a second edition in 1980 and various supplements over the next six years.

In 1979, Chaosium entered the [[board wargame]] market with ''[[Reich (board game)|Reich]]'', ''[[Raiders and Traders]]'', and (in 1980) ''[[Panzer Pranks]]''. Although all received positive reviews,<ref name=pa>{{cite magazine | last= Vasey| first= Charles| date=February 1980 |title=Raiders and Traders| magazine=[[Perfidious Albion (magazine)|Perfidious Albion]] | issue=45| pages=7}}</ref><ref name=dragon>{{cite magazine|last=Ward|first=Jim|authorlink=James M. Ward| date=September 1979 |title=The Dragon's Augury |magazine=[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]| issue=29|pages=47}}</ref><ref name="WW43">{{Cite magazine |last=Rolston |first=Ken |authorlink=Ken Rolston |date=May 1994|title=Treasures from the Archives |magazine= [[White Wolf Magazine]] |number=43 |page=60-61}}</ref> none of the games found an audience.