Director of Game Design
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Hi there Everybody,
The Beta Playtest of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is officially closed. What started on March 18th, 2008 with the release of the first Alpha playtest documents has now come to its successful conclusion, after 6 months of playtesting the Beta rules. As of this date, there have been over 45,000 downloads of the rules and well over 100,000 posts to our boards with a lot of great feedback, criticism, and praise.
While all of the Alpha forums and the Beta Playtest forums are now closed to comment, the Announcement, Playtest Reports, and General Discussion forums will remain open until the release of the final game on August 13th, 2009 (the first day of the GenCon Game Fair). The pdf of the Beta Playtest version of the rules will remain available until that time.
I just wanted to take a moment to thank each and every one of you for contributing your feedback throughout this lengthy process. I see this project as a joint effort between the design team and you, the thousands of folks who have given their time and energy to make this a better game. Over the next few months, I look forward to showing off some of the game that you helped shape. Check back with the Paizo Blog for updates and previews of the final game.
It is my hope that you will check out the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game when it is released and give it a try. I am sure that you will find it packed full of helpful revisions, simplified rules, and inspired ideas, all of which you helped to create.
Thank you again
Jason Bulmahn
Lead Designer
Paizo Publishing