Pathfinder Society European Extravaganza!

Friday, June 25, 2010

Next month I travel to Europe for a Pathfinder Society whistle-stop tour of several exciting events. I start with an event in Copenhagen on July 9, head down to Wiesbaden, Germany for an Ulisses-Spiele event on July 11, swing over to Utrecht and Leiden in the Netherlands for a pair of back-to-back events on July 13, skip down to the south of France in beautiful Lyon for a Black Book Editions event on July 15, and then make my way north to Birmingham for a weekend of Paizo Con UK events from July 17 through July 18. Then, just when it's getting started, I wing my way back to Paizo on July 19.

Quite a trip—one that I'm very excited to embark on—but before I get down to the details of each stop, I'll give a little background on why Paizo is sending me through the European Union and the UK to participate in Society events.

When the Society first started, we knew we eventually wanted to build a dedicated network of volunteer coordinators—we call them Regional Coordinators. These folks would be our go-to men and women who could help organized local conventions, game days, and hobby store events as well as function as our core of volunteers at Paizo Con, Gen Con, Dragon Con, Paizo Con UK, Games Expo UK, Gen Con Australia... well, you get the idea. We are now ready to make a big deal about our coordinator system (watch for a blog post here next week), but before we can really get started I need to know where our largest communities in Europe are, and who among them are the most dedicated. I already had a good idea of who and where these folks were in the US, Australia, and Canada, but I had only a vague notion of our hardest-core European groups. Thus a trip was ordered, and now I head for Europe next month to participate in local events and talk to their organizers about possibly becoming a regional coordinator for their city or country.

Here are the details:

Copenhagen, Denmark—July 9, 2010
Address:
Støberiet, Blågårds
Plads 3, 2100
København Ø
Time:
Two slots, 12:00–17:00 and 18:00–23:00
Additional Details:
You must email Henrik Garde to sign-up. This event is free.

Wiesbaden, Germany—July 11, 2010
Address:
Nachilfeinstitut Faultier
Adolfsallee 59
65185 Wiesbaden
Tel: 0611-505870-7
Time:
10:00–18:00
Additional Details:
This event will be held at the tutoring center "Faultier" ("lazybones"). There are a large number of single rooms so groups don't disturb one another and enough tables and chairs for larger groups. The center has a microwave and an electric water boiler for Tea and instant coffee free of charge. The station across the center covers all the other needs (bakery, McDonalds, Asia Snack and Mr Doener). A big thank you in advance to Michael W. and the team of the tutoring center for giving us the permission to use their facilities. Across from the tutoring center there is the department store called "Lilien-Care" with a parking deck where you can park your car for a fee of only EUR 3.00 for the whole day. Around the center there are several more parking areas too but we recommend that you use the parking deck. You can find free parking lots behind the Wiesbaden main station in the direction of the Schlachthof and behind the Motel One. Finally, we recommend that you come by public transit. The center is in only 2 minutes walking distance from the Wiesbaden main station and from the central bus station. This event is free.

Utrecht, Netherlands—July 13, 2010
Address:
Labyrinth
Oudegracht 207
Utrecht
Time:
11:00–16:00 (the event might run later—I leave at 16:00)
Additional Details:
This event is free.

Leiden, Netherlands—July 13, 2010
Address:
Café 't Keizertje
Kaiserstraat 2-4
Leiden
http://www.keizertje.nl/
Time:
Two slots, 12:00–17:00 and 19:00–24:00 (I arrive at 18:00)
Additional Details:
This event is free.
Sign up can be done at: http://www.warhorn.org/pathfinder-netherlands/schedule/day.php?date=2010-07-13

Lyon, France—July 15, 2010
Address:
Trollune
25 rue Sébastien Gryphe
69007 LYON
Time:
Two slots, 14:00–19:00 and 20:00–01:00
Additional Details:
This event is free.

Birmingham, United Kingdom—July 17–18, 2010
Address:
Aston University Business School
Birmingham, UK
Time:
Several gaming and panel slots on the 17th and 18th—see the Paizo Con UK website for details.
Additional Details:
This event requires the purchase of an event badge. See the Paizo Con UK website for details.

If you live in Europe or plan to be there during my trip, stop by one of the events and say hello! I hope to see you all there!

Joshua J. Frost
Events Manager