dragon con 2012


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The Exchange 3/5

is paizo doing anything for this? i am interested in gming but i cant seem to find any info about how to go about this.

The Exchange 5/5

Pathfinder Lost Omens, Rulebook Subscriber

The schedule for Dragon*Con has recently been set. Organization of the convention is a little bit different than prior years, so the schedule was delayed a bit from before.

We're going to have a large need for GMs this year, as we expect the con to grow by a large margin over the prior year. Once the approved schedule is in my hands I'll be able to take volunteers officially, and I'll be making a thread on the Paizo boards about it. That being said, you can contact me for volunteering to GM at the Con; my email address is kyle.pratt@georgiapfs.org.

The Exchange

I'm not currently planning to run anything but I am expecting to be there. This would be my first time at DragonCon so I'm hoping its a good one :)

Dark Archive

Dragon Con rocks. See you there Kyle.

Harry

Grand Lodge

i'd like to get in a game while at dragoncon! here's hoping i get a ticket for your event before they sell out (those tickets go fast!)

Silver Crusade 5/5

I know I had planned to be there this year. My ride and room was going to be provided by a friend as a favor owed. Who decided to go crazy, and now I'm not going with him. So, unless I can get transportation, and a ride. I will be unable to attend. :(

The Exchange

Daniel - If you can get to the Royal Oak area I think we may have an open spot in the car - and if you bring a sleeping bag and pillow you're welcome to crash in my hotel room.

The Exchange

Err... correction! I confused this thread with the Gencon thread.. I am NOT driving to DragonCon, nor will I have a hotel! So... scratch that!

HOWEVER, Daniel, I AM driving to Gencon and you are welcome to crash in my room there if you don't already have other arrangements.

Otherwise.. carry on!

Silver Crusade 5/5

I'm good on Gencon, but thank you! lol

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Pathfinder Rulebook Subscriber

So, where can we sign up for society games at dragon con? The gaming page seems to only show non campaign games.

The Exchange 5/5

Pathfinder Lost Omens, Rulebook Subscriber

This link is the place to go. However, as of right now the Pathfinder Society games are still not available for purchase. The schedule has been in the conventions hands for a few weeks, so it should be entered in soon. Once it is, I'm sure you'll see a blast of marketing for it!

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Kyle Pratt wrote:
This link is the place to go. However, as of right now the Pathfinder Society games are still not available for purchase. The schedule has been in the conventions hands for a few weeks, so it should be entered in soon. Once it is, I'm sure you'll see a blast of marketing for it!

Just a suggestion, but maybe you need to light a little fire under them.

Unless of course this is how it went last year then I guess its normal.

The Exchange 5/5

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Shivok wrote:
Just a suggestion, but maybe you need to light a little fire under them.

That assumes we haven't :)

Scarab Sages 4/5

Have to be a big fire to move an 800lb gorilla :-)

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DRAGON*CON!

The Exchange 5/5

Pathfinder Lost Omens, Rulebook Subscriber

Tickets are now available for purchase!

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Hey Guys I may be going to DRAGON CON if anyone has available crash space le me know. I'm avg size and take showers regularly.

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Shivok is awesome do whatever it takes to get him to your con

The Exchange 5/5

Pathfinder Lost Omens, Rulebook Subscriber

Just putting a little bump to this post... and realizing that I had never posted all the information for the convention!

Welcome to the best Dragon*Con yet for Pathfinder Society!

Held every year in Downtown Atlanta during Labor Day weekend, this year the event is from Friday, August 31st through Monday, September 3rd. Campaign RPG Gaming will be held in the Hilton Atlanta. In addition to Pathfinder Society, there will be plenty of other campaign events, including Living Forgotten Realms, Witch Hunter, Campaign of Shattered Empires, and Heroes of Rokugan.

For Pathfinder Society alone, we held over a hundred tables last year. This year we plan on going even further. We will be offering over 50 different scenarios and events, including:

  • The new Special: Race for the Runecarved Key
  • Four Modules
  • Every Season 3 scenario
  • Every Current Season 4 scenario
  • Four tables of the Pathfinder Society Exclusive, The Cyphermage Dilemma
  • Various Season 0 and Season 2 scenarios to fill out what you've missed
  • All three parts of First Steps in nearly every slot - Perfect to start a new character or to bring someone new to Pathfinder Society

To pull this all off, we are going to need plenty of volunteer GMs, as we have nearly 170 tables to fill! For Dragon*Con 2012 there will be three levels of rewards:

Volunteer 5 slots and you will receive a free Dragon*Con 2012 badge, free RPG gaming during the convention, and a special GM only boon
Volunteer 3 slots and you will get six slots of gaming for free and a special GM only boon
Volunteer 2 slots and you will receive a special GM only boon

To Volunteer send Kyle Pratt an email at Kyle.Pratt@georgiapfs.org with the subject 'DragonCon 2012 Volunteer GM'. Please mention how many slots you would like to volunteer for, if you have any preferred slots, and any preferred tiers. I will get back to you confirming your request soon thereafter.

You can purchase tickets to play PFS events on the Dragon*Con Events Search website. Unlike prior years, slots for most days run from 8 AM to 1 PM, 1 PM to 6 PM, 7 PM to Midnight, and from Midnight to 4 AM.

Happy Gaming!

The Exchange 5/5

Pathfinder Lost Omens, Rulebook Subscriber

To add, we still have room for about 3 full volunteers (15 slots). I will gladly take a few overfill GMs as well, so if you'd like to volunteer follow the instructions above.


This will be my first Dragon Con ever, and my first gaming convention in a LONG time. I'm not signing up for any games ahead of time, because I want my schedule to be fairly open. If I do decide to join a game session, there will be opportunities to do so there, won't there?

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Kyle, I have a couple of vacation days looking for a home, so I might come to DragonCon. And since I'm so cheap, I'd be interested in volunteering for the full 5 slots if possible.

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The Pittsburgh Crew from last year will be showing up as well.

If you have need of an understudy DM, I'm available. I'm obviously not Atlanta crew, so this coordination is sketchy at best and I had no clue what channels to go through to volunteer. As such, I'm available as an understudy; if emergency comes up and someone needs to call off, I can fill in if needed.

*Edit* DOH! I see how now. Stupid Twitchy!


I have been searching the Dragon Con site and I cannot find any mention of whether or not Paizo will have a booth! I would love to stop by there and possibly blow some $$$.

Also, I would love to play in a game... but I have yet to actually get to play Pathfinder (I play D&D 3.houserules). I would love the opportunity to learn the differences, but I didn't want to be the noob at the table sandbagging everyone else's gaming experience!

The Exchange 5/5

Pathfinder Lost Omens, Rulebook Subscriber

oErasmaso,

Paizo sadly won't have an official booth at the convention... however we're offering an intro series scenario to almost every single slot of the convention. The Intro Mod: First Steps series is specifically made for people that are completely new to Pathfinder Society. If you're interested in starting up Pathfinder Society for the first time. Those would be the scenarios to try out.

To buy tickets and to see the schedule go here and filter by the Game System of "Paizo's Pathfinder Society Campaign."


That's a HUGE bummer!
Oh well, I will have to get the book I was looking for when I get back home.

And thank you for the information and the link! I might just have to sign up and pack my dice & handbook!

Shadow Lodge 4/5 Venture-Captain, California—San Francisco Bay Area South & West

oErasmaso wrote:

That's a HUGE bummer!

Oh well, I will have to get the book I was looking for when I get back home.

Anything Paizo would be selling will almost certainly be available in the Dealer area - I'm sure there will be several game stores represented there.


That's true!

Also... if I do sign up for one of these First Step games, what do I need to bring? Obviously I will need dice, pencils, paper, etc. But do I need to have a character already rolled up... or what about a miniature?

Dark Archive

Will we be able to pay when we get there or do we have to buy tickets now? Also I tried to email you at the email u have in ur first post but received an error message.

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@ oErasmaso
We will have all you need to play! Paizo has some neat level 1 pregen characters that we will have handy so all you have to do is show up and play. Your GM will probably even have dice/minis you can borrow. As a bonus, even if you use one of these pregen characters you are still allowed to apply the credit to another character you can build at a later date.

Seriously, just show up :)

@ Benwin
I believe preregistration was closed as of now, but I still see lots of slots open so YES! Please come by. I expect we will be able to accommodate walk-in players.


Excellent... thank you guys!

I'm looking forward to learning how to play. I have already incorporated the Combat Maneuvers system into my homebrew rules and am anxious to see if there is more that suits my fancy!

The Exchange 5/5

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@Benwin

You'll be able to purchase tickets at the Convention. In fact, I'm expecting that a good number of people will be walking in with generic tickets / buying tickets on site.

I'm about 90% certain that you can pay with cash at the table, so if you don't even feel like buying the tickets downstairs, you can simply give the GM/Organizer $3 when you sit down to play. So I'd suggest bringing quite a few 1 dollar bills with you.

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Dollar bills? Sounds like it's going to be a great weekend!

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Kyle Baird wrote:
Dollar bills? Sounds like it's going to be a great weekend!

After you have a stash of these bills, find a nearby joint called "The Cheetah". I'm sure they will help you get rid of all those singles.

The Exchange 5/5

Hey, is anybody going to be around Thursday night and want to run one?

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