Spotlight: Charity Conventions

Wednesday, October 31, 2018

Over the past year, Society GMs and players opened their hearts (and wallets) in support of other people. While the reasons varied from sick children to cancer research to wounded service members to animal shelters, the generosity of our community didn't waver. Thank you and a huge round of applause to all the organizers on the list for the extra effort it takes to include a charity component in your event. Through the efforts of your labors and the generosity of your players, someone's day brightened.

Below is a list of all conventions that submitted requests for convention support from Nov 2017 through October 2018. This doesn't include the smaller events that may have had a charity component, but not reached the 15-table minimum needed for event support. Colorado Springs, CO, hosted the most charity events with 3 apiece. Looking at the regional standings, we had a three-way tie between Great Lakes, Northeast, and Western Eurasia-Middle East with 9 events each. Again, thank you to all the organizers listed below for their time and energy in support of their chosen charities!

Event Name	Location	Region	Organizer	Start Date
Extra Life 2017	Boise, ID	Northwest	Ebee Roper	11/4/17
Extra Life Day 2017	Austin, TX	Southwest	Paul Worral	11/4/17
Enchanted Realms Fall Charity Event '17	Colorado Springs, CO	Southwest	Everett Morrow	11/4/17
3XP - Winter 2017	Sutton, England, UK	WEME	Carol Tierney	11/9/17
Fall MepaCon 2017	Allentown, PA	Northeast	Jason Schimmel	11/10/17
U-Con 2017	Ypsilanti, MI	Great Lakes	William Jones	11/17/17
30 Hour Food Drive 2017	Spokane Valley, WA	Northwest	Preston Hudson	12/15/17
MarsCon 2018	Williamsburg, VA	Southeast	Michael Meunier	1/12/18
Contingency 2018	Fordingbridge, England, UK	WEME	Chris Manning	1/17/18
CaptainCon 2018	Warwick, RI	Northeast	David Montgomery	2/2/18
FlintCon 2018	Flint, MI	Great Lakes	Michael Eischer	2/3/18
Aid Another: Winter 2018	Philadelphia, PA	Northeast	Benn Roe	2/10/18
Hoop & Stick 2018	New Plymouth, OH	Great Lakes	Michael McNerney	2/22/18
2nd Annual Boys and Girls Club Con	Bellevue, NE	Midwest	Gary Bush	2/23/18
RPI's Genericon XXXI	Troy, NY	Northeast	Janet Kuhlmann	3/2/18
CoNfUsIoN 2018	Utrecht, Netherlands	AEE	Tineke Bollman	3/9/2018
ConClave 2018	Southend-on-Sea, England, UK	WEME	Dave Harrison	3/10/2018
CosCon XXX 2018	Butler, PA	Northeast	Quinn Shannon	3/16/2018
Coastcon 41 (2018)	Biloxi, MS	Southeast	Jay Betbeze	3/16/2018
PFS MANCon 2018	Manchester, England, UK	WEME	Ian Hawthorne	3/23/2018
Help The Halflings II (2018)	Spokane Valley, WA	Northwest	Preston Hudson	3/30/2018
Save vs Hunger 2018	Maryville, TN	Southeast	Stephen Wight	4/6/2018
MAG CON 10 (2018)	New Caney, TX	Southwest	Aaron Reichgott	4/7/2018
1D4 Con 2018	Martinsburg, WV	Northeast	Nicholas P Ruchlewicz	4/13/2018
Springfest 2018	Tri Cities, WA	Northwest	Richard deMorris	4/13/2018
Gaming for Conservation 2018	Newington, NH	Northeast	Aaron Bradford	4/21/2018
Gaming Hoopla 2018	Mundelein, IL	Great Lakes	Chris Rathunde	4/27/2018
2018 D8 Summit	Utica, IL	Great Lakes	Jesse Besowshek	4/28/2018
Chupacabracon V (2018)	Round Rock, TX	Southwest	Ken Fisher	5/4/2018
ConTRAPtion 2018	Worthing, England, UK	WEME	Chris Brockley-Blatt	5/4/2018
David Setty Memorial Game Day (2018)	Cincinnati, OH	Midwest	Brent Bowser	5/6/2018
3XP Summer 2018	Ely, England, UK	WEME	Carol Tierney	6/22/2018
VrockCon 2018 - Are You Thursty?	Flat Rock, NC	Southeast	Steve Johnson	6/30/2018
Gaming Marathon for Charity 2018	Colorado Springs, CO	Southwest	O.J. Pinckert	7/14/2018
Summerfest 2018	Richland, WA	Northwest	Richard deMorris	7/20/2018
Paizocon UK 2018	Birmingham, England, UK	WEME	Chris Brockley-Blatt and Dave Harrison	7/20/2018
2D Con 2018	Bloomington, MN	Midwest	Jolene Danner	8/3/2018
Coulee Con 2018	La Crosse, WI	Great Lakes	Mark Mastej	8/24/2018
CoNfUsIoN 2018 - Summer	Utrecht, the Netherlands	AEE	Tineke Bolleman	8/31/2018
SIBCON 2018	Butler, PA	Northeast	Alex Wreschnig	9/7/2018
BattleCon The Third (2018)	Richmond, VA	Appalachian	Rigby Bendele	9/14/2018
Grand Con 2018	Grand Rapids, MI	Great Lakes	Troy Stevens	9/14/2018
SkålCon 2018	Roseville, MN	Midwest	Jack Brown	9/14/2018
AB-Con Winter 2018	Aschaffenburg, Germany	Central Europe	Sebastian Hirsch	9/21/2018
HMGS-South Hurricon 2018	Kissimmee, FL	Gulf	Dominick Trascritti	9/27/2018
Saluki Comic Con (2018)	Carbondale, IL	Midwest	Phillip Pierce-Savoie	9/28/2018
SPSX 2018	Glasgow, Scotland, UK	WEME	Douglas MacIntyre	9/29/2018
FlatCon 2018	Bloomington, IL	Great Lakes	Gabriel Anderson	10/12/2018
Save Against Fear 2018	Harrisburg, PA	Northeast	Joseph Peters	10/12/2018
Charity Event for CASA (2018)	Colorado Springs, CO	Southwest	O.J. Pinckert	10/13/2018
AVL Scarefest 2018	Montreat, NC	Appalachian	Michael Tracey	10/19/2018
Tavern Con 2018	Bay City, MI	Great Lakes	Eric Clingenpeel	10/26/2018
JenCon Six (2018)	Sheffield, England, UK	WEME	Jen Edwards	10/27/2018

Extra Life

Two years ago, several Pathfinder Society lodges supported Extra Life events independent of each other . Last year, Paizo engaged directly in fundraising for Extra Life through live play events hosted at our offices and available via a 25-hour Twitch stream. The Paizo efforts were in addition to Society Lodges hosting Extra Life events throughout the end of October and early November.

This year, the Organized Play team decided to support Extra Life by releasing world-wide benefits to any convention running between now and November 12, provided the monies raised from the charity component go to the Extra Life campaign.

The benefits include:

• Retail Incentive Program status regardless of having a retail presence at the convention.
• Access to the charity boons Hubris Coil (PFS), Lucky Knuckles (PFS), Manticore Starship (SFS), Skittermander (SFS). One boon from each program may be requested. Email organizedplay@paizo.com with the choices for your convention and for guidelines on how to report boon winners.
• Purchasable d20 rerolls - you may pay $10 for an additional reroll and $1 to bump the result up 1. So for $30, you may have a guaranteed "20". These rerolls are not limited to 1 per game and stack with rerolls from other sources. You still must choose to use a reroll before results are announced.

If an event is already registered to Extra Life, please post your link via social media or on the Extra Life post in the Pathfinder Society forums. If an event wishes to take advantage of the benefits above and isn't registered, either register a page or join us at Team Paizo. To register as part of Team Paizo, visit our Team Page and click join. If you don't have any Extra Life events near you but you wish to donate, you can visit the team page and donate to any team member.

Next week is our monthly roundup of stars, conventions, and other information. If you missed yesterday's blog—check it out—as we released the updated Starfinder Society Roleplaying Guild Guide.

Until next time—Explore, Report, Cooperate!

Tonya Woldridge

Organized Play Manager