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I work at a university and will be volunteering my time to run PFS slots every Saturday night during the academic quarter for the universities gaming club student organization.
At the beginning of the year (and sometimes again at the beginning of each quarter) people that are running games are asked to stand up in front of the group and explain the type of game that they are going to run. There are some 30 to 50 student members in the club. Most are students in the room although I'm sure we'd take anyone that wanted to run or play.
Most are RPG players or board game players or minis players of some kind. We rarely get anyone that doesn't have a background in gaming of some kind. I have yet to run into any students (in the club or out) that don't have some background in gaming because of the prevalence of MMO, Facebook games and the like.
Oddly there are few if members that have gone to conventions of any kind and have no conception of an "organized play" style. Most of the RPGer crowd has played home-games (high school level stuff) and some of the PVP conversions for D&D. The structure and constants of "organized play" are sometime alien to them and seem very restrictive.
If someone at Paizo or anyone else has an "elevator pitch" (2-4 min speech sales pitch) to explain PFS in a positive light and to some degree an organized play experience I would love to hear it.
Thanx,
Kizan
P.S. I love organized play and have played at cons and at home for the past 15 years.
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Here is something I wiped up.
Pathfinder Society organized play offers a full fledged role playing experience in a 4-5 hour time frame. Game sessions are fast paced using a streamlined set of rules from Paizo's Publishing best selling Pathfinder game system. As of today there are dozens of high fantasy scenarios that will take you through the action packed world of Golarion.
Characters in the Pathfinder Society are world explorers and adventurers trying to uncover history and secrets in a world of magic and monsters.
Organized Play is designed to allow players to mix with other groups easily and play casually. You can play with your local group at a game club and then take your character to a game at game shop, or game convention. Anywhere there is Pathfinder Society organized play, there is an opportunity for for a game.
Are you up for the challenge?
Feedback welcome.
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If someone at Paizo or anyone else has an "elevator pitch" (2-4 min speech sales pitch) to explain PFS in a positive light and to some degree an organized play experience I would love to hear it.
Pathfinder Society Organized Play (PFS) uses the Pathfinder RPG rules, which are an extension of the Dungeons & Dragons 3.5 system. If you've played 3.5 before, you have a great grounding for playing Pathfinder. If not? No problem. The rules have been streamlined in a lot of places to make diving in with both feet that much easier.
Organized play takes those rules and creates a framework on which gamers from around the corner or around the world can experience the world of Golarion. You are able to take the same character from a game at your friend's house, to your local game store or even a game convention. The experience and treasure rewards are consistent across the framework, so character advancement and wealth balance are accessible to the players regardless of their frequency of play.
Another key factor for PFS play is the episodic nature of the scenarios. You play in 4-5 hour blocks, and you are done with that episode. If you can't make the game next week you miss out on that episode, sure, but when you are able to make the next game you won't feel lost or left behind from the story. They are made to stand alone.
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Here is something I wiped up.
Feedback welcome.Pathfinder Society organized play offers a full fledged role playing experience in a 4-5 hour time frame. Game sessions are fast paced using a streamlined set of rules from Paizo's Publishing best selling Pathfinder game system. As of today there are dozens of high fantasy scenarios that will take you through the action packed world of Golarion.
Characters in the Pathfinder Society are world explorers and adventurers trying to uncover history and secrets in a world of magic and monsters.
Organized Play is designed to allow players to mix with other groups easily and play casually. You can play with your local group at a game club and then take your character to a game at game shop, or game convention. Anywhere there is Pathfinder Society organized play, there is an opportunity for for a game.
Are you up for the challenge?
Can't really ask for more than that, very well stated and quite to the point.
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Pathfinder Society is a campaign structure where you don't need to hit every game, each session is a stand alone mission. This is great for us with a busy schedule as players can come an go from the group without disrupting the campaign.
In addition, your character is able to play at any pathfinder society table. So you can car pool up to CITY with us and play at their conventions with all new players and GMs.
Drop by any WEEKDAY at TIME and join in!
Venture-Captain, California—San Francisco Bay Area North & East
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I actually gave one of these in an email just yesterday. (In response to someone looking for pathfinder games in general)
Hi. So, I'm with Pathfinder Society Organized Play. Basically, the publisher (Paizo) organizes groups across the country to run their scenarios, with all groups following the same set of campaign rules (no evil characters, only certain races, etc.) Every game has a certain range of levels that are accepted (Typically a 5 level range, such as 3-7). In theory games last 4 hours, but sometimes they run long. While they can be run with 3 to 7 people, they are intended for 4 to 6.
Characters begin at level 1 and gain a level every 3 games, until they retire after level 11 (mostly). You can run as many characters as you like, but can only get credit for a game once for playing and once for running the game. There are currently games 209 available (about 2 new each month). One benefit of the system is you can start a character in one store then go to another store a week or year later and merge right in.
There are pre-made characters available for most classes at levels 1, 4, and 7. If you don't have a character of the right level you can use one of them and hold the credit until your character gets there.
