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UPDATED LIST OF 69 PDFS FOR $25:

• Misfit Studios: The Rogue Mage RPG Player's Handbook
• Super Genius Games: Super Genius Presents the Vile Magic of Argonax the Mad, The Genius Guide to the Godling, The Genius Guide to What's in My Pocket, Anachronistic Adventurers: The Enforcer
• Adventureaweek.com: When the Ship Goes Down, A0: Crow's Rest Island (pdf), A0: Crow's Rest Island (for Fantasy Grounds II), Cry of Ill Omen by Ronald Corn, Fall of House Rodow by Haakon Sullivan, VTT maps of Vikmordere ship (top and below decks) by Todd Gamble, and B10: White Worm of Weston
• Battlefield Press: Sherwood: The Legend of Robin Hood (Savage Worlds Edition)
• Black & Green Games: Breaking the Ice and Shooting the Moon
• Cartography Unlimited: The NPC Collection
• Clockwork Gnome Publishing: Along the Faerie Path and The Virtuous and the Vile--Morithal, Lord of Unceasing Hunger.
• Dreamscarred Press: Third Dawn Adventure Path—From the Deep #1: Uncertain Futures
• Eden Studios: Conspiracy X 2.0 and All Flesh Must Be Eaten
• Elf Lair Games: Spellcraft & Swordplay, and Monstrous Mayhem
• Fabled Environments: Modern Floorplans Airships and Arctic Research
• Fat Dragon Games: Dungeon Delvers Weapons and Borderland Keep
• Fat Goblin Games: Feyborn, Open Gaming Monthly #1, Call to Arms: Archer's Arsenal, CLASSifieds: Pyromancer, Creature Monthly, Detective Carnacki’s Serial Killers of Vathak, Racial Ecologies: Guide to Hauntlings, Shadows over Vathak, Condition Tokens, and Call to Arms: Tomes of Power.
• Frog God Games: One Night Stand: Death in the Painted Canyons
• Green Ronin: Blue Rose RPG
• Gun Metal Games: The Yaurcoan Empire
• Interjection Games: Annals of the Drunken Wizard: Weapon Modifiers and Class-Expansions: A Love for the Universalist
• Jess Hartley: Conventions for the Aspiring Game Professional
• Kobold Press: Tyman's Taunting Tower and Alleys of Zobeck
• Legendary Games: The Necrotic Verses and Meditations of the Imperial Mystics
• Little Red Goblin Games: Tome of Leaf & Thorn (ranger redesign)
• LPJ Design: Enemies of NeoExodus: First Ones, Enemies of NeoExodus: Folding Circle, and NeoExodus Chronicles: Usual Suspects
• Matt Forbeck: "Prometheus Unbound" story
• Minotaur Games: Monster Focus: Skeletons
• Monica Valentinelli: "My Compliments to the Tailor" story
• Pinnacle Entertainment Group: Pirates of the Spanish Main
• Purple Duck Games/4 Wind: (4WFG) Inkantations and Albion Armitage's Astounding (PDG) Legendary I: Legendary Blades and Legendary IV: Legendary Shields.
• Rite Publishing: A Witch's Choice (AE) part 1 of Rituals of Choice adventure path, The Secrets of the Luckbringer, 101 New Skill Uses, Adventure Quarterly #1, #30 Haunts for Houses, Faces of the Tarnished Souk: Belladonna, the Face of Love Unrequited
• Sub Rosa Ars Magica fanzine issues 8-10
• Total Party Kill Games: More Malcontent

We are up to 69 PDFS!!!!

LOUIS PORTER, JR. DESIGN

NeoExodus Chronicles: Usual Suspects

I may have to wait until after I get paid, but after a look at the list of contributors, enlightened self-interest dictates that I support this. Wow...

Yes, we are AMAZED by the 3PP community support. You don't want to miss out on this bundle!

Many third-party publishers have banned together to produce a massive bundle of 68 PDFS (and growing) for a $25 contribution to help send industry pros Christina Stiles, Amanda Hamon, and Owen K.C. Stephens to GenCon. Additionally, the publishers want to get fan-favorite reviewers ENDZEITGEIST and KTFISH7 to the Big Show.

GO HERE to view what's available from publishers like Super Genius Games, Rite Publishing, Fat Dragon Games, Fat Goblin Games, Green Ronin Publishing, Pinnacle Entertainment Group, Clockwork Gnome Publishing, Legendary Games Publishing, Battlefield Press, and many others!

The newest additions include the following (added to IndieGoGo very soon):

BATTLEFIELD PRESS

Sherwood: The Legend of Robin Hood (Savage Worlds Edition):.

CLOCKWORK GNOME PUBLISHING

Along the Faerie Path.

The Virtuous and the Vile--Morithal, Lord of Unceasing Hunger.

FAT GOBLIN GAMES (8 MORE!)

Call to Arms: Archer's Arsenal.

CLASSifieds: Pyromancer.

Creature Monthly .

Detective Carnacki’s Serial Killers of Vathak.

Racial Ecologies: Guide to Hauntlings .

Shadows over Vathak.

Condition Tokens .

Call to Arms: Tomes of Power.

we are at 68 PDFs for the Get Industry Pros/Reviewers to GenCon! This is well over $300 now.

Here are some of the new things we've received:

BATTLEFIELD PRESS

Sherwood: The Legend of Robin Hood (Savage Worlds Edition):.

CLOCKWORK GNOME PUBLISHING

Along the Faerie Path.

The Virtuous and the Vile--Morithal, Lord of Unceasing Hunger.

FAT GOBLIN GAMES (8 MORE!)

Call to Arms: Archer's Arsenal.

CLASSifieds: Pyromancer.

Creature Monthly .

Detective Carnacki’s Serial Killers of Vathak.

Racial Ecologies: Guide to Hauntlings .

Shadows over Vathak.

Condition Tokens .

Call to Arms: Tomes of Power.

We have officially funded Owen's appearance at the con, thanks to everyone! Now, us ladies need to secure a way. And we want to meet our stretch goals, as well. Please help us spread the word. We need for this to go viral to get Thilo and Josh to the Big Show!!! These guys deserve to get there for all the hard work they do for the industry and gamers!

Jason Bulmahn, would you give us a social media shout-out, good sir?

And Green Ronin has added Blue Rose, the precursor to True 20, to the bundle!

Yes, sir, you are correct. :) One of the short stories is completely new and has not been for sale at all.

We won't lie, it's close to 2K to get Thilo over here. However, where there is a will, there is a way. We just need a lot of gamers to buy in. Thilo and Joshua have both done a tremendous amount of work over the past few years--work out of sheer love. Yes, they get some cool free stuff, but that's A LOT of work, even for free stuff. They have my TOTAL admiration!!!!

They are on the page, yes. Sorry about that.

Btw, I can't get the home computer to update the IGG page, but there is a great call from 3PP publishers to do something to get ENDZEITGEIST and KTFISH to GC. I also want to get Jess Hartley to the show to get another woman designer to the show. I've also posted a plea to help get Marc Radle to PaizoCon (on the Kobold Press site).

Anyway, we need to ramp up this campaign and spread the word far and wide. I'm going to change up some of the reward levels to let publishers pay their respects to these reviewers.

Perhaps a panel directed at women interested in game design at PaizoCon? That is assuming the events aren't closed. I'm going to find out.

And MORE coming. Mark Gedak of Purple Duck/4 Winds is in as well! Stay tuned...

We may have hit 50 pdfs. If not, we are very close!!!

Just read this thread, but I hope that Sean sends out a similar call for next year's contest. I would be great to see more women designers!

So just out of curiosity, what's the total $$ value of the bundle right now? It seems like a LOT.

I'll have to sit down and total it all up! IMO, it's PRICELESS that so many individuals and companies have been so generous. ;)

Right now, some Kobold Overlord guy has me chained to an editing desk, though, so I won't be able to tally that all until later in the evening--or in the morning, when he's sleeping. Shh! Don't tell him.

See, koboldminion7 needs a minion to research such things. :)

Adventureaweek.com just added When the Ship Goes Down. Here's its description from the Paizo product page: When the Ship Goes Down.

Get Industry Pros to GenCon.

Oh, and it's 34 pdfs now and 17 publishers. :)

What a great community we have!!!!

Thanks to Scott Gladstein, we now have Tome of Leaf & Thorn (ranger redesign)added to the bundle.

And the glorious geniuses have added the following:

The Genius Guide to the Godling
The Genius Guide to What's in My Pocket
Anachronistic Adventurers: The Enforcer

And thanks to Daigle for the twitter shout-out! See, even the maestro of monsters wants us to succeed!

Seriously, you can't go wrong for $25!

AND, if we can get this thing to exceed our demand by a good bit, we just might be able to get Owen out to PaizoCon! It's going to take your spreading the word to make that happen, though.

Get Industry Pros to GenCon.

Scott from Little Red Goblin Games gave me the name of his PDF, but I will add tomorrow. Sleep calls.

Kobold Press has included Tyman's Taunting Tower (a short PF encounter by me) and Alleys of Zobeck.

Dreamscarred Press is donating a TBD pdf.

Rite Publishing has blown us away with the addition of 6 PDFS: A Witch's Choice (AE) part 1 of Rituals of Choice adventure path, The Secrets of the Luckbringer, 101 New Skill Uses, Adventure Quarterly #1, #30 Haunts for Houses, Faces of the Tarnished Souk: Belladonna, the Face of Love Unrequited.

This is getting BUNDLE-LICIOUS for $25! I hope you will consider supporting us. The full list of pdfs is in the project:

Get Industry Pros to GenCon!.

Kobold Press has said they will add a pdf. I'm waiting to hear what that will be, but that's wonderful!

Here is the list so far:

Misfit Studios: The Rogue Mage RPG Player's Handbook
Super Genius Games: Super Genius Presents the Vile Magic of Argonax the Mad
Black & Green Games: Icebreaker
Cartography Unlimited: The NPC Collection
Fat Dragon Games: TBD
Fat Goblin Games: Feyborn and Open Gaming Monthly #1
Gun Metal Games: The Yaurcoan Empire
Jess Hartley: Conventions for the Aspiring Game Professional
Little Red Goblin Games: TBD
LPJ Design: TBD
Total Party Kill Games: TBD

Rite Publishing wrote:

Incantations? my brain is missing the exact thing your talking about?

They appeared in 3.5's Unearth Arcana.

Kobold Press gave them a new life. I saw some in the Midgard Northland supplement.

They are very cool, since they are spells for everyone to use. Very flavorful too.

Scott Gable did some stuff with incantations. Kobold Press loves them--they are cool! And, Steve, Mr. Ben McFarland is excellent at writing those. You should hit him up after he's finished his Ars Magica stuff.

I'd like to see several of us take a particular topic and spin 4 different pdfs off the subject matter. The pds wouldn't necessarily have to come out at the same time (within a month or so, maybe), but we would reinforce each other's products. I know the SGG, Rite, and LPJ folks, so those would be the ones I'd like to work with on doing so. Remember the days of GR/Paradigm Interlink? Something like that.

I may, in fact, have a topic for us--which would lead into future topics--and Mike Welham is working on the pdf for me.

Robert Brookes wrote:

The exception is Zombie Jim Groves, yes? I mean after the last couple of weeks of work, anyway, he's likely to be among the walking dead.

DON'T TELL MR. SCHNEIDER THAT!

You're gonna get me benched!

Jim, Paizo doesn't discriminate...even against the undead. Besides, undeath helps freelancers work longer hours. :)

Yay, Judy is going to be a writer on the book! And Nick is back.

It depends on the product as to whether or not I want to spend the $300+ cover art price. If it's for print, then yes. If it's an artist with name recognition, then yes--still for print, though.

I'm gearing up to do more PDF projects in the future, though, so I need to learn from you guys! ;)

Great choice, Christina! I ran a Faery's Tale game at PaizoCon 2010. I only had two players (a mother and her son), but we had a lot of fun.

Great to hear. I am running off grid, so anyone interested, PM me here. I have 2 or 3 kids already. Parents welcome to play as well!

It seems like it would be easier just to say what you pay straight up. Fewer emails.

Just bought this pdf. Looking forward to diving into it! :)

Mikaze wrote:

Nate Z wrote:

Only glanced through the pdf so far, but the "cover girl" from "Blood Of Fiends" revealed to be a follower of Iomedae? That has to have been done just for Mikaze. He must feel so special. ;)

Surely not, but....to whoever made that art order: Thank you. :)

(same for the tiefling cleric of Sarenrae in Blood of Fiends!)

edit-Actually, thank you to everyone that worked on this book. :D

I think its such a sweet and wonderful testament of how much Paizo listens to us that they specifically included that tiefling and the goblin babies for Mikaze :)

Did Mikaze's character get mentioned? I included it as a boxed text bit, but it may have been cut. I haven't seen the final book.

Let's write the Sling Blade version of this book: Champions of Purty. um huh

<I keep seeing the title of the thread and reading it as Purty, for some reason--and I worked on the book itself. What's wrong with me? Lol!>

If you know a potential judge who

1) knows the PFRPG rules really well,
2) has credentials in the industry,
3) is female,
4) is willing to give up every other weekend for 4 months to review RPG Superstar submissions for no pay,

please have that person contact me. I'd love to have a female judge on the panel. It's hard enough to find qualified judges at all (it's not like we intended it to be a males-only panel...), let alone females.

I'd be interested, Sean.

1) Yes
2) I've been in the gaming industry for 13 years or so. I was an Industry Insider Guest of Honor at GenCon last year, where a Kobold Press Pathfinder product I worked on (Streets of Zobeck) won an Ennie for Best Adventure. I've worked on 4 Paizo products so far, and I've done numerous Pathfinder products for Kobold Press--several of which I was a lead designer on.
3) Yep
4) I'd be willing to do so to represent the women in the industry!

Charlotte works for me (up the hill in Asheville)! ;)

I would second the idea of 3PP at ConCarolinas and/or MACE. Anything that bolsters the Con scene in WNC is a great idea as far as I am concerned. ;)

Get thee to MACE: West this weekend in Hickory! Mike Welham and I will be there. :)

I went to PaizoCon the year before last and had a great time but I do agree - I live on the East Coast and the travel expense is just a killer!

I wish there was some way Paizo could do a PaizoCon East ...

Well, at least two of the RPG Superstars are from NC, so let's host it in Charlotte! :)

Now, if we can only get Lisa to send a handful of employees this way, we can start a PaizoCon East at MACE in November. :)

Btw, in case you guys didn't know it, Wolfgang Baur is going to be the Gaming Guest of Honor at ConCarolinas in Charlotte, NC at the end of May/beginning of June. It's a sci-fi con with gaming--about 1100 people or so. They have a dealer's room. MACE is pure gaming with about 400+ with a dealer's room. We'd love to have 3PPs come our way.

Look who's joined the Freeport crew!

I edited this book (how awesome an opportunity is that, btw? Thanks, Wes and Judy!), and there are some wonderfully evil monsters within!I'm already cooking up ways to use them in my campaign. :)

I ABSOLUTELY LOVED working on this.

I really hope this means that there will be an expanded paladin options. champion of Justice(LG), champion of Freedom(CG), champion of Tyranny(LE) and champion of Corruption(CE). Justice and Corruption already exist i just wanted all the option to be shown. Maybe a champion of Balance(N)can show up? Balance will be a tough one though.

not to thread jack, but that will be in the PF version of SpirosBlakk revision from 3 .5. Keep an eye out for a Misfit Studios announcement in the future.

That isn't wha t this book is about, though.

Yes, the Worldwound has SO screamed out for an AP!

Personally, I really want a full-blown pathfindery Freeport, with judgments, teamwork-feats, archetypes, firearms and vehicle/naval combat-support (of the paizo-system) etc. and hope the book will deliver.

Just my 2 cents and not wanting to step on any toes here. :)

We are on the same page, Thilo! Those are the types of things I'd like to see in the book and help bring to the book.

Oh, I've been noticing the lack of female representation. I've commented on it before. Glad to see some change in that regard.

It's also the first AP adventure written by a woman, which is HUGE. WOO HOO!!!!

At AP #73, may I just say: It's about freakin' time!!!!!!!

I love you guys, but I really can't believe it took this long to let a woman into the AP-writing stable. We women game writers aren't THAT rare.

To Amber: Congratulations!!!!!! Represent. I'm looking forward to this one. :)

I've posted Part I of what Tilo's been working on. Forgive me if there are typos, as I had to post while trying to get packed for a trip. Putting Some Bite into Lycanthropy by Thilo Graf. I will try to get Part II up when I arrive at my destination later this evening.

Jennell Jaquays art unlocked!

Interesting.

Writers are always the big draw on something like this.

Obviously there is Christina but adding Wolfgang, Dave Gross, SKR, Mike Welham, Ben McFarland and Owen Stephens adds to the sexiness.

It isn't very clear what they're writing though, any more we can learn?

Yes, certainly. Wolfgang and Dave are detailed on the KS page, with Dave writing a were short story to be set in SpirosBlaak, and Wolfgang writing the foreword and a section on lycanthropes in Midgard.

Steven Trustrum of Misfit Studios, main author of SpirosBlaak (a Misfit Studios property), is writing about lycanthropes in SpirosBlaak and adding feats, traits, etc. We'll be pulling some OGC from SB, of course.

Rick Hershey and Jason Stoffa of Fat Goblin Games will be discussing lycanthropes in Vathak.

Louis Porter Jr. is discussing lycanthropes in NeoExodus.

Steve Russell of Rite Publishing will be writing about lycanthropes in Questhaven.

Ben McFarland will be writing the wereblooded (aka weremarked) alternate PC race, and I hope to talk him into doing an incantation or two.

Owen Stephens is doing a prestige class (or an archetype). SKR is doing an archetype.

Mike Welham is working on a werebadger and is on the stretch goal for the Bite Me! The Gaming Guide to Dhampir! He'll likely be adding to the races and feats, traits, etc.

Liz Courts will be working on the moon's effects on weres.

Crystal Frasier will likely be doing a race or alternate ways of getting rid of lycanthropy. We are still talking on her part.

Thilo Graf (ENDZEITGEIST) is writing a bit called Meat-That-Screams. I'll have a teaser from this up on the Misfit Studios site soon.

And Dawson Kriska and I will be dealing with other parts of the book, our weresharks writing new lycanthropes, and my wereapprentices writing parts of the book and new lycanthropes.

Did I miss anyone?

Thanks for asking!

EDITED for Mike Welham's role.

Hey, if you are a Dave Gross fan and just want a copy of his new were short story from our Pathfinder Lycanthropes project--or you just want to spread Dave's awesomeness LIKE lycanthropy, then I've added a pledge level for that!

Bite Me! The Gaming Guide to Lycanthropes.

Updated product with final cover image and description!

Also, Seelah on the cover! *squee*

And where are the authors' names, young lady? :) It's one of the few Paizo credits I have.

Btw, Liz Courts is joining us!!!! With me, Crystal, and Liz, us ladies are REPRESENTING!

And I forgot to add that Nick Milasich and Ted Reed from various Kobold products are on this, as well.

Congrats, guys!

It is definitely a smart move for a publisher to give themselves a lot of leeway. Numerous people are involved in the making of a book, and many of them are only doing it part time. Family crises and illness and life changes happen, so it's best to have some breathing room.

Btw, I've long admired END's analytical, on-the-spot reviews and have offered him some work on the Bite Me! The Gaming Guide to Lycanthropes for playing lycanthropes in Pathfinder. We are working out the details now.

I've added a publisher ad piece for $100 for pdf/print versions of the book.

Looks ROCKIN'!