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How many people will be seated at each table of the Banquet?

Yes, 10 people per table for the banquet.

I have a question about the critical fumble deck. A few of the cards have something like (DMG 237) or some such after the description of the fumble. Can anybody tell me what, exactly, that means? At first I thought it meant "damage" but I'm seeing it on a few that don't necessarily deal with damage.

Those were page references that pointed you to the old 3.5 books. In this case, DMG 237 was Dungeon Master's Guide page 237.

Would someone official from Paizocon answer this thread?

Parking used to be included for those renting rooms during other cons at this hotel. This is Paizo's first venture there and it would be good to know this in advance. An extra $60 fee to park is a consideration (F,S,S). Also, check to see if the ATM machine is operating and stocked and that the hotel is not under remodelling. At one recent Rustycon both those situations arose: the only ATM was empty for the entire weekend and the only restaurant was at half-capacity. And it is 3-4 blocks to alternatives for those, not a quick dash.

Parking at the hotel is extra even for those staying at the hotel. I'll double-check that the ATM is full and as far as I'm aware, there should not be any remodeling during our show. I think we got quite enough of that last year at the Redmond location.

Tempest_Knight wrote:

Just got around to trying to book a room for the con, and it is all Con bloc is all full...

Anyone have looking for a room share?

Are all the rooms at the hotel already taken? It seems a bit early. I'm still trying to get my bosses to OK, all the time off.

No there are still plenty of available rooms at the hotel and on our block so feel free to book at anytime.

A quick question if I pledge $15 do I get the chronicle sheet as well or just the PDF.

At $15 you just get the Emerald Spire PDF. To get both the chronicles sheet and the ES PDF, you have to pledge $35 and that gives you the game and a bunch of other stuff. The best way to figure what you get in each pledge level is to consult the graphics near the bottom of the KS page.

Hey Romaq,

If you're not 100% sure on the value of attending PaizoCon this year (since we don't have 1-day tickets) you and your wife can always drop in and wander about to get a feel for the event. You won't be able to take part in any of the seminars or activities (and won't get a swag bag) but you'll be able to meet some folks and see what PaizoCon is really about.

Then you'll be better armed to make a decision about future PaizoCons.

Hmmmm.... Badge and Banquet CHECK....Flight from East Coast...CHECK.....Room reserved CHECK

Attending first PaizoCon...CHECK

What???? There's NO INFORMATION I can find on the convention events? I don't play Pathfinder Society so what else is there to do? I want to do some role-playing but not Pathfinder Society.
What other events, work shops, are there?

Where is a list of what happened at last years 2012 PaizoCon?

Help a "newbie" out here! I'm sure many first time attenders have the same questions. ;)

Hey Monkplayer,

It will be another few months before we begin to post the events. We are still coordinating the Special Guests and working on our internal programming for the show.

We will have a variety of panels and workshops that are open seating, as well as open gaming areas and plenty of non-Pathfinder Society gaming.

Keep your eyes peeled for more news!

I made a mistake, and I'm trying to rectify it. We'll see what happens.

It is still early enough in the process that Customer Service can help refund your tickets if it ends up that you cannot attend. Just let us know!

Any plans on selling the other "styles" they make, such as the milk, or white chocolate here on Paizo.com?

This is the only product that the manufacturer is offering through the Hobby distribution channel so far. I may look into ordering direct from the manufacturer but since these are *perishable* I'm not sure how many SKUs I want to have on hand.

waltero wrote:

Will the Meet and Greet be somewhere onsite now? or is there a nearby alternative?

Not sure exactly where this hotel is compared to other "Airport" hotels but if it's not too far away I found a place last trip to Seattle that was a 50's diner style. Huge meals, reasonable prices. I know where it is, right by the new Hampton Inn, just trying to recall the name.

My best guess is that may have been the 13 Coins...?

What's the parking situation at the hotel for those of us who are local and won't be staying at the hotel? Can we pay the day parking rate and park at the hotel, or is that for guests only?

Te rates we've shown should be available to all of our attendees. Just be sure to mention that you are there for PaizoCon.

Yes, the books are finally in the warehouse and they look amazing...and in time for the Holidays!

If we can have everyone please remember to double check their address and payment method before Monday that would be great.

Happy Turkey Day!

Lots of folks are using the PDFs of the maps to import into d20pro (or whatever online software they have) and are playing virtually. Liz here at the office has been running a group of us through our Jade Regent AP this way and it's been great.

Just wanted to let everyone know that these are now back in stock! We just received what they had leftover from Gen Con so get them while they last.

Lisa Stevens wrote:

Just to fill in here. We actually printed more than normal for this book because we feel it is one of our core campaign setting books. Not as much as we should have it seems. However, we are going to go back to print on this book so that future Pathfinder fans will be able to buy it and read the coolness that James has injected into our planetary system. So it won't be sold out for long! Second print run already ordered!

-Lisa

Do you have a ballpark idea of when that second print run will be available? My credit card wants to know ;)

We are expecting these back in sometime in mid September.

Thanks for the kind words everyone. I had a blast at the con and hearing that you all had fun as well makes it all worth it! See you next year. :)

That's a good idea and we'll try to fast-track the GMs...but we've also revamped the check-in process so it should go much more quickly!

Registration will begin at 7AM.

Are there plans to have this set available again?

I don't believe that they've made any kind of decision about issuing a new Starter Set or new coin packs but I'll be keen to discuss this with them in person at Gen Con. Hopefully I come away with some good news to report. Until then, stay tuned.

Will registration be open the day before to pick up badges ahead of time?

I've thought a lot about this option and right now I'm leaning towards NO because there's so much involved in setting up for registration.

We're trying to streamline the registration process this year and I'm hopeful that we will be able to cycle folks thru the line much faster and get you all off to your games on time.

Ok so the hotel's official policy is "outside alcohol in meeting spaces and public spaces is strictly prohibited" so keep the homebrew in your hotel room (or on the DL).

I'm still waiting for an official response from the hotel so stay tuned!

I'm heading over to the hotel to drop off some paperwork so I'll ask and get back to you all.

I just wanted to let everyone know that this book is being pushed back to a July release. It is currently on hold in customs and won't be delivered in time to make this month's subscription run.

Open Design, HeroLab, Super Genius, Zombie Sky Press, LPJ, Fire Mountain Games, and Looking for Group will all be attending as well as others.

We are working on a more efficient registration process so hopefully things will go faster.

We are working on making this change now. Hopefully it should be live in a bit.

I was trying to do you all a favor and have the evening games start and end at an earlier time but if everyone would rather shift all the 6PM open gaming slots to 7PM then I'm prepared to do that. Just let me know and we'll make it so. At the end of the day it's YOUR show and we just want everyone to have fun so help me do that. :)

The events schedule is now live for PREVIEW.

The events schedule is now live for preview.

I have good news and bad news.

The good news is that the attendance for PaizoCon 2012 has exceeded expectations which means we've now sold through all the rooms the hotel can set aside for us for the room block. Hurray!

The bad news is we're out of rooms in the room block and all rooms booked from this point on will have to be at the regular rate.

Just thought I'd drop in and let you all know that I'm working hard building the events schedule so please don't panic yet. :)

We have a limited number of panels spaces available during the show and may not have any openings for public events. I'll know more when I get finished scheduling the Paizo panels but feel free to request them in the meantime.

Vic Wertz wrote:

We're still a little ways off from that, as we've only just this week reached the point where we're asking third-party publishers and partners to get us their event lists.

Does this mean that 3PP (such as Frog God Games) need to get in contact with you about possibly running events? Sorry Vic, Im a little late to the party on this, how do we contact you about running a couple slots?

Skeeter Green

You have mail!

The hotel says that there are plenty of rooms still on the block so feel free to call them back.

I've emailed the hotel and requested the room block to be expanded again. Once I've heard back I'll pop in and let you all know. Then you can get your rooms transferred onto the block.

It's most likely that the room block is full and I'll need to get it expanded on Monday or Tuesday. Please check back with the hotel later this week and ask them to add you to the room block.

I just received word that the room block has been expanded again so please feel free to call and book.

Reaper has started carrying CollectA, a line of museum quality prepainted dinosaur figures in multiple sizes.

Wiil we see these at Paizo?

Currently Reaper isn't offering those into the distribution channel so I'm not sure if we'll be able to offer them or not. But if we do, I'm sure that James Jacobs will be talking them up so stay tuned.

Are these available? I notice they're listed as backorder rather than special order.

We had a bit of an inventory snafu but we are taking care of it now and they will be back in stock and ready to ship momentarily. Sorry for the inconvenience everyone!

I'm looking into this now and I'll report back when I have an answer. Stay tuned!

I've been working with Q-workshop on our dice sets and so far I've seen prototypes for both Serpent's Skull and Carrion Crown but nothing from Council of Thieves. I believe that Serpent's Skull will be the next release but no promises. Hang in there and I'll post when I know more!

That sounds like a printing error and we should be able to send you a replacement in your next subscription shipment. I'm sure that Customer Service will get to this once the office opens back up.

Unfortunately you are corect that we do not take AMEX cards but that doesn't mean that you are SOL. You can purchase a pre-paid VISA or MC at your local grocery store and then use that to purchase whatever you want from our site. I guess you could also get someone else to buy you store credit and then you could pay them back.

The guys at Campaign Coins are reevaluating the line for determining what to re-mint and I don't have an answer on what that will be right now. We've spoken lots of times about bringing back a Starter Set in some configuration and restocking the GameMastery line but I'll know more in the coming months. Stay tuned!

Huzzah!

The Hotel has set up the room block so feel free to call 800-218-7141 and make your reservations. The room block is called PaizoCon 2012.

It looks like the hotel is still setting up the room block code so give it a few more hours before calling to reserve your room(s). I'm expecting a call when they are ready so I'll jump back in then and post.

Yeah, this is Out of Print and we cannot get it anymore. Sorry.

I wonder if you guys will be getting this back in?

Unfortunately this looks to be Out of Print now and I'm afraid that there's no way for us to get anymore of them. Sorry.

Phil Lacefield Jr. wrote:

Okay, just called the importer, he says the dimensions are 1.625" x 4.375" x 6.5" So, a pocket-size rabbit for those hard-to-crack ferret castles!

And no specific mention of a squeaker or squeaky wheels, and the ones we've seen are all sealed up in retail packaging which means we can't crack them open and roll them along the floor ourselves; I'm going to go with "no squeaker" on this one.

Good luck!

I'm guessing they haven't got any bigger in the last 4 and a half years. Are they actually wooden. The picture looks more like plastic or similar.

Yep, they are still that small but I do believe that they were made from wood.

I could definitely seeing myself getting this. Is there a list of the phrases somewhere? Do we have control over which phrase is stated?

I could see how shouting "Inconceivable" or stating "As you wish" at the wrong time or to the wrong person could be perceived in a fashion not desired.

Unfortunately there is no list of phrases or a release date yet.