Apologies if this is the wrong spot for an inquiry like this.
I currently live in a small town in the middle of nowhere--but we just got our first gaming store. D&D's kind of got a foothold--I don't know if they're doing the Adventurers League or whatnot or not--but I enjoy Pathfinder far more, myself. I've never experienced organized play, but I think it'd be cool. I was wondering how to go about trying to get something like that started. I'm totally ignorant, so, uhm. Halp, I guess?
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You're in the right place!
in theory has everything you need.
Like The Guide to Organized Play
A link to Paizo's Regional Coordinators (The nearest one to you can almost certainty at least provide advice and guidance, probably more.)
Do you have people already, or starting completely from scratch? Also, whereabouts are you? (vague is fine, just trying to help get your local Venture Captain pointed in your direction.)
Thanks for the info, Robert.
I live in a small town in the Texas Panhandle, north of Amarillo, and it looks like the nearest coordinators are ~3 hours away, heh, since there are none in Amarillo. Which is an hour away itself, unfortunately.
I've no people and nothing lined up. Maybe my wife, who plays in my at-home campaign. I'm not sure what all is possible, anyway. For one thing, the new store isn't carrying Paizo products. I've suggested, but, erm. They're very much a Magic-centric shop, and I think by extension D&D-focused. Corporate ties and all.
I'm feeling a bit daunted by the landscape, now that I'm looking at things, lol. I noticed some talk of online play I think I need to learn more about--is that mainly PbP, or are there real-time options available?
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You could start by playing with your home group. PFS need not be played only in public venues.
My home group uses PFS as a nice substitution game when one person or another needs to be absent for work- or family-related reasons.
That might be a good way to get your feet wet before approaching the store. Once you are comfortable with how PFS works, you can start organizing games at the store and see if anyone shows up.
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ARGH... this is exactly why i wish they'd fix the game finder. Your closest game could be connected by the texas, new mexico, or oklahoma venture critters.
The nearest coordinators are 3 hours away but that doesn't mean its the nearest game. Last week someone was looking for a game but the nearest venture officers were 2 hours away in albany, but they were smack dab in between 2 stores that offer games under 30 minutes away.
Stores don't need to sell a lot of pathfinder stuff to have PFS folks come in. Maybe a core rule book or and some players guides, but usually the pathfinder crowd will also buy minis from anyone, dice, sodas candy and comics.
Parts is parts and geeks is geeks. There will be something for you guys to buy.
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Concerning online play, there are two main options; PBP (play-by-post), and via a VTT (virtual tabletop). Since you seem to know about PBP (and because I don't really do anything with PBP myself), I'll talk a bit about VTT's. Games run on a VTT tend to be run in realtime. The most common VTT (but certainly not the only one) is Roll20, and many people combine that with something like Google Hangouts to enable everyone playing to talk to each other in realtime. This post by our online Venture-Captain, Jesse Davis, has some very good information and links for people new to online play.