Hillsboro, OR: Troubles getting the PFS ball rolling.

[Lincoln Hills]

We don't have any local PFS events yet out in the west end of the Willamette Valley area. I've been showing up once every 2 weeks for a couple of months and so far, no dice. I'm posting for two reasons:

1. Letting any Society members in the Valley know that Rainy Day Games in Aloha is trying to get PF Society events started (and they'd love it if somebody could run twice a month on a GOOD evening, such as Friday or Saturday: all my work schedule allows is Wednesday, when it's harder to find players).

2. Seeking advice from other GMs. Is there anything we can do to prime the pump? Or are we essentially just hoping that the event coordinator and the Paizo liaison can think of something, possibly involving free food?

[ThornDJL7]

I advertise constantly how awesome PFS is. I even got the guy who I buy my lotto tickets from at the local gas station now wanting to play. Essentially I'm saying don't shut up, keep talking to everyone, make it seem awesome, because it is.

[Katharan al-Zawree]

What Thorn says is true.

If your time allows you only Wednesday, then run on Wednesday. Get the people to try it first.
And keep at it. Don't get discouraged.

JP

[Branding Opportunity]

Just to be clear: You are saying that you don't have enough players, yes?

If so, the first thing I would do (if you haven't done so already) is sign up at Bigtent and look for "Portland RPG Gatherings", then join the group. I run a biweekly PFS game at Guardian Games in SE, and have recruited all of my players there. Once you are part of the group you can post messages seeing if anyone might be interested in PFS in the Aloha area.

If you need more GMs, I'd be happy to run games in Aloha from time to time. You can contact me at brandingopportunity at gmail.