Hail and well met, ‘Finders! As the seasons change into summer, we’re looking ahead to Father’s Day here in the United States, and giving you an easy guide to gaming gifts for dad!

There’s just something about an epic horde of enemies on the table that brings the sense of danger to the scene. For over a decade, Paizo has partnered with the hobby leader WizKids/NECA in bringing characters and foes to life in three dimensions. With iconic sets of heroes and villains, the Builder Set series of Goblins and Undead, and sets tied to key Adventure Paths and regions of Golarion, the Pathfinder Battles line of prepainted collectible miniatures are a fast way for Game Masters to being the world to life on the tabletop.

The most recent update on Pathfinder Arena includes plenty of exciting news. The wonderful cover art of the core set, realized by Wayne Reynolds, is completed. The logo underwent some changes too and we are proud to share the definitive cover of the game.

This week, we conclude our preview of the forthcoming Pathfinder Battles: Darklands Rising set of prepainted plastic miniatures from our partners at WizKids. Before we get into looking at the final figures in the set, I wanted to provide an update on Darklands Rising’s release. Due to a number of logistical issues, some game distributors have not received their orders of Darklands Rising, so WizKids has pushed the release date back 2 weeks to February 3, 2021. This should give the remaining product time to make it to distributors and then to retail stores in time for everyone to have the same street date. We hope this won’t cause anyone any problems, and thank the community for your understanding.

The Paizo offices (or our home offices, I guess) may be closed for the holidays, but that doesn’t mean we can’t show off some of the great new minis coming next month in WizKids’s Pathfinder Battles: Darklands Rising set of prepainted plastic miniatures.

We’re just a few days from the most magical day of the year, but for Pathfinder players, every day is filled with magic, be it a healing potion, consecrated ground around a Pharasmin temple keeping the restless dead at bay, or a tactically cast wall of fire spell. As we delve deeper into the Pathfinder Battles: Darklands Rising set of prepainted plastic miniatures from our partners at WizKids, it’s hard to think about all that right now. I’m downright terrified of some of the creatures that lurk below. So, of course, I’m going to share some of them with you now!