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OPC Log—7 Kuthona 4715

Monday, December 7, 2015

Hail and well met! As the chill days of November fade into a frosty December, at least in the northern hemisphere, and our Southern Hemisphere brethren prepare for the heat waves of summer, I give thanks for wool socks and thick sweaters. Soon the shortest day will be upon us, along with cornucopia of holiday traditions and revels.

In this moment, between the month of thanks and the month of celebration, I wish to do a bit of both. Our volunteers are the backbone of Pathfinder Society and without the hours they put into preparing games, organizing venues, coordinating tables, and leading their communities, PFS wouldn't exist. I only listed a few of the ways they help, and I appreciate all the effort expended on our mutual hobby.

With a heavy heart, I say goodbye to those that left the volunteer crew. The hours you spent spreading the love are greatly appreciated. So I raise a glass and offer a toast – Cheers to you and best wishes on your next endeavors.

But hellos accompany goodbyes. So I would introduce to you the new members of the Venture-Officer crew. Some names are familiar, as they accepted promotion from Venture-Lieutenant to Venture-Captain. Others are new to the team. Welcome and thank you for stepping up to lead PFS in your area.

  • Nicole Alamo Fernandez, Venture-Captain—Les Palmas de Gran Canaria
  • Thea Peters, Venture-Captain—West Tenessee
  • Joshua Hancock, Venture-Captain—St. Louis
  • Jason Rosauer, Venture-Captain—Nebraska
  • Steven Schopmeyer, Venture-Captain—Phoenix
  • Bill Loescher, Venture-Captain—Springfield
  • Allen Wilkins, Venture-Captain—Southwest Missouri
  • Barb Wilkins, Venture-Captain—Southwest Missouri
  • Micah Daniel, Venture-Captain—West Texas
  • Robert Thomson, Venture-Captain—Memphis
  • Aaron Steele, Venture-Lieutenant—Edmonton
  • David Creighton, Venture-Lieutenant—Toronto
  • Stephen Slater-Brown, Venture-Lieutenant—Auckland
  • Joan Eric Barroso Cotrina, Venture-Lieutenant—Madrid
  • Luis Manuel Amores Machado, Venture-Lieutenant—Santa Cruz de Tenerife
  • Roger Corbera Mestres, Venture-Lieutenant—Tarragonna
  • Benn Roe, Venture-Lieutenant—Philadelphia
  • Brian Gambrell, Venture-Lieutenant—Columbia
  • Chris Reed, Venture-Lieutenant—Orlando
  • Christopher Reed, Venture-Lieutenant—Orlando
  • Christopher Wasko, Venture-Lieutenant—Fairfield County
  • Elizabeth Roper, Venture-Lieutenant—Boise
  • Jared Thaler, Venture-Lieutenant—Sacramento
  • Jeremy Lepoma, Venture-Lieutenant—Gulfport
  • Jon Davis, Venture-Lieutenant—Savannah
  • Jonathan Ng, Venture-Lieutenant—Seattle
  • Jonathon Ayres, Venture-Lieutenant—Phoenix
  • Justin McNeely, Venture-Lieutenant—Bloomington
  • Luke Poeschi, Venture-Lieutenant—Iowa City
  • Mitchell Kramer, Venture-Lieutenant—Black Hills
  • Quinn Shannon, Venture-Lieutenant—Pittsburgh
  • Randy Price, Venture-Lieutenant—Northern Kentucky
  • Shauna Charlton, Venture-Lieutenant—Mobile
  • Tiffany Henneburger, Venture-Lieutenant—Athens

Besides the new officers, there are a few others that I would like to recognize this month. GMs take many hours out of their schedule, preparing to run tables. Some like to make fancy terrain, paint special miniatures of non-player characters and monsters, laminate handouts, and other additions that are not necessary, but do highlight their tables. To achieve 5-star ranking as a GM, they put in over 750 hours of game time to run 150 games, as well as all the prep time. They tackled special events, such as the interactive specials. It is my pleasure to introduce you to our newest 5-star GMs:

  • Eric Bennett
  • Daniel Luckett
  • Ross Tait
  • Andrew Hollingshead
  • Liam Fisher
  • Jesse Riggs
  • Chad Newman
  • Zachary Hall
  • Donald Kidd
  • Mark Mastej
  • Jason Swanson
  • Alistair Rigg
  • Guy Martelle

The awesomeness of our volunteers humbles me, as without their commitment to the campaign there would be no Pathfinder Society. Again, to all the volunteers, thank you for your effort and commitment to our great Society!

I know there are several conventions going on between now and the end of the year (and we just finished up three others). If you're in the US, choices include Gaymer X, Geekonomicon, MoatCon, Georgia PFS Weekend, and a 48-hour Charity Marathon. Outside the US, there is DAU, Kena Con!, MacquarieCon, KRD Game Days, and the Swiss End of the Year Con.

Please share your Pathfinder related holiday fun in the comments below! May you be safe and sound and your holidays warm and bright!

Tonya Woldridge
Organized Play Coordinator

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Liberty's Edge 4/5

Congratulations all
Dark Archive 5/5

Congrats Everyone!
The Exchange 5/5 Regional Venture-Coordinator, Mediterranean

Congratulations and welcome!
4/5
2 people marked this as a favorite.

Congrats to everyone, and my best wishes for all those that have left the service.

And really special congrats to Benn Roe cause he's awesome.
Liberty's Edge 5/5

Congrats and great job everyone!
Grand Lodge 4/5
2 people marked this as a favorite.

System upgrades in progress.
Sovereign Court 4/5 5/5 ***
Pathfinder Starfinder Adventure Path Subscriber

Woo Benn! One of us! One of us!
The Exchange 5/5
Quote:
Thea Peters, Venture-Captain—West Tenessee

Technically East TN as I'll be cover Knoxville and Chattnooga as well as Mufreesboro

Horizon Hunters 4/5 5/5 ***
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Thea Peters wrote:
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Thea Peters, Venture-Captain—West Tenessee
Technically East TN as I'll be cover Knoxville and Chattnooga as well as Mufreesboro

Wait, what? VC now? That's great!!! Grats!

5/5

Congrats all! <Privately wondering just how far past the 150 table mark Al Rigg might actually be!>

Congrats all!
1/5 Contributor

Congratulations and thanks to all!
Liberty's Edge 4/5 *

Excited for the opportunity to grow and nurture PFS in St. Louis. And well deserved promotion Barb and Allen!
Lantern Lodge 5/5
Jason Rosauer wrote:
Congrats all!

To you, too. Uh, Boss.

Scarab Sages 5/5 5/5 **** Venture-Captain, Washington—Spokane

Thank you to all of you who have left the Venture-Officer corp for all you have done for your local PFS communities and the global PFS communities. May the next leg of your journey be filled with best wishes and smooth sailing.

Congratulations to those newly appointed and promoted Venture-Officers!

A hearty congratulations to those new 5 star GMs (especially Andrew Hollingshead), thank you for taking the time to provide your communities with great games and helping out players.
Sovereign Court 1/5

I for one welcome our new TOZ overlords.
Grand Lodge 4/5 *
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Dick Gilbert wrote:
Congrats all! <Privately wondering just how far past the 150 table mark Al Rigg might actually be!>

I'm sure he'll count them up after he returns from his wedding celebrations. Congrats, Helen and Al!

Silver Crusade
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Thea Peters, Venture-Captain—East Tenessee

Fixed that for you. You had the wrong side of the state.

Grand Lodge 3/5

Congrats to all for the promotions!
Sovereign Court 4/5 * Organized Play Coordinator
Thea Peters wrote:
Quote:
Thea Peters, Venture-Captain—West Tenessee
Technically East TN as I'll be cover Knoxville and Chattnooga as well as Mufreesboro

Got it :D

Grand Lodge 4/5

Congrats to all!

Just one question:
Bill Loescher, Venture-Captain—Springfield
Which Springfield? Or is he covering all of them?
Liberty's Edge 4/5 *
kinevon wrote:

Congrats to all!

Just one question:
Bill Loescher, Venture-Captain—Springfield
Which Springfield? Or is he covering all of them?

Springfield, Missouri

Sovereign Court 4/5 * Organized Play Coordinator
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kinevon wrote:

Congrats to all!

Just one question:
Bill Loescher, Venture-Captain—Springfield
Which Springfield? Or is he covering all of them?

I like the idea he covers all of them *evil grin*

Shadow Lodge 4/5 5/55/55/55/5 ***** Contributor

Congratulations to all!
Liberty's Edge 4/5 *** Venture-Lieutenant, Indiana—Northwestern Indiana

Congratulations to everyone!!!
Sovereign Court 4/5 * Organized Play Coordinator
1 person marked this as a favorite.

More promotions as of tonight!

Glen Irving, VC—Auckland, New Zealand
Paul Trani, VC—South Island, New Zealand
Denzil Lim-Hussain, VC—South Austrialia
Steve Coling, VC—Canberra, Australia
Lindsey L. Long IV, VC—Houston, Texas
R Diaz,VC—Boston Metro, Massachusetts
Scarab Sages 5/5 5/5 **** Venture-Captain, Washington—Spokane

Congratulations to this latest batch of promotees!!
Grand Lodge 4/5 * Venture-Agent, Texas—Houston

Congratulation, Lindsey! Going to be nice having extra VC-level coverage for all Houston's area.
4/5

Congrats to all.
4/5 5/5 ****
Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber

Congrats to everyone.

Also, Tonya - when are you going to accept and implement Venture Agents?
Scarab Sages 5/5 5/5 *** Venture-Captain, Netherlands
ninthwatcher wrote:

Congrats to everyone.

Also, Tonya - when are you going to accept and implement Venture Agents?

Last thing I heard, the Venture Agents were stuck in the ICT pipes at Paizo.

The Exchange 5/5
ninthwatcher wrote:

Congrats to everyone.

Also, Tonya - when are you going to accept and implement Venture Agents?

Talk to your most local VC ...

Liberty's Edge 4/5 5/55/5 **
Pathfinder Battles Case Subscriber; Pathfinder Maps, Pathfinder Accessories Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Charter Superscriber; Starfinder Charter Superscriber
Kelly Youngblood wrote:
Congratulation, Lindsey! Going to be nice having extra VC-level coverage for all Houston's area.

Scared me a second there, I thought we lost you a VC Kelly.

Congrats Lindsey! Make sure Kelly does the hard work... ;)
Dark Archive 4/5

Congratulations all!
Grand Lodge 4/5

Congratulations everyone. :)
Grand Lodge 4/5 5/55/5 **

•Chris Reed, Venture-Lieutenant—Orlando
•Christopher Reed, Venture-Lieutenant—Orlando

Those are the same person. Maybe you meant to list Chris and his wife Dawn? I feel bad for Dawn if that's the case. She seldom gets the recognition she deserves.

It's an honor. Congrats to everyone who made it!
Dark Archive

Welcome to all you new and promoted VOs.
Silver Crusade 4/5 5/55/55/5 RPG Superstar 2013 Top 8

Yay!
Scarab Sages 4/5 *

Congratulations All!!
Liberty's Edge 5/5
Kryssa Lightbinder wrote:
Blog Post wrote:


Thea Peters, Venture-Captain—East Tenessee
Fixed that for you. You had the wrong side of the state.

I was thinkin'! Memphis and West Tennessee as two VC regions? Weird....

West TN makes more sense.

But what about Central TN? Nashville isn't where I live an more, but it used to be.
The Exchange 5/5
rknop wrote:
Kryssa Lightbinder wrote:
Blog Post wrote:


Thea Peters, Venture-Captain—East Tenessee
Fixed that for you. You had the wrong side of the state.

I was thinkin'! Memphis and West Tennessee as two VC regions? Weird....

West TN makes more sense.

But what about Central TN? Nashville isn't where I live an more, but it used to be.

Martin still has Nashville. which would be more central TN,

I've got Murfreesboro as my primary area and am currently acting VC over Chattanooga and Knoxville
Silver Crusade 5/5 5/55/5 **** Venture-Captain, Germany—Bavaria

Congrats everybody!
Grand Lodge 3/5

Congrats everyone.
4/5 5/5

A big thank you for the people that stepped down from their positions for all the work you have done for the campaign.

Another big thank you for the new 5-stars!

And finally another big thank you for the new Venture Officers, thank you for organizing games so that I can play and GM PFS in my area!
Sovereign Court 4/5 * Organized Play Coordinator
trollbill wrote:

•Chris Reed, Venture-Lieutenant—Orlando

•Christopher Reed, Venture-Lieutenant—Orlando

Those are the same person. Maybe you meant to list Chris and his wife Dawn? I feel bad for Dawn if that's the case. She seldom gets the recognition she deserves.

Two entries means twice the awesome? Or twice the work? In reality, it means I added him twice to the list and didn't proof it carefully enough before posting. Thanks for catching it.

Sovereign Court 4/5 * Organized Play Coordinator
Woran wrote:
ninthwatcher wrote:

Congrats to everyone.

Also, Tonya - when are you going to accept and implement Venture Agents?

Last thing I heard, the Venture Agents were stuck in the ICT pipes at Paizo.

Several factors holding up the rollout. One of the biggest is the fantastic response to the program. I'm working through the stack of applications. 60+ and counting. But current plan is for Venture Agents to launch the first of the year.

That being said, am open for more applications. So if your in an area that you think needs someone, contact your local VC/VL and let them know your interested!
Grand Lodge 4/5 **** Venture-Captain, California—Sacramento

Thank you all. I look forward to even more organizing fun.

And congratulations to Eric Bennett.

Sadly December is flu season in the Thaler household, (4 year old + preschool = everyone is sick all the time) so my gaming fun is apparently going to consist of annoying the VO forum by being on the computer 14 hours a day, and teaching my daughter pathfinder.
3/5 5/5 ** Venture-Agent, Maryland—Baltimore
Tonya Woldridge wrote:
Woran wrote:
ninthwatcher wrote:

Congrats to everyone.

Also, Tonya - when are you going to accept and implement Venture Agents?

Last thing I heard, the Venture Agents were stuck in the ICT pipes at Paizo.

Several factors holding up the rollout. One of the biggest is the fantastic response to the program. I'm working through the stack of applications. 60+ and counting. But current plan is for Venture Agents to launch the first of the year.

That being said, am open for more applications. So if your in an area that you think needs someone, contact your local VC/VL and let them know your interested!

Tonya - Is there an application for venture agents that one would download, fill out, and email in? I see a reference to sending an application in the venture agent description, but I can't find the application anywhere on the website.

Grand Lodge 4/5
Eric Stevens wrote:
Tonya Woldridge wrote:
Woran wrote:
ninthwatcher wrote:

Congrats to everyone.

Also, Tonya - when are you going to accept and implement Venture Agents?

Last thing I heard, the Venture Agents were stuck in the ICT pipes at Paizo.

Several factors holding up the rollout. One of the biggest is the fantastic response to the program. I'm working through the stack of applications. 60+ and counting. But current plan is for Venture Agents to launch the first of the year.

That being said, am open for more applications. So if your in an area that you think needs someone, contact your local VC/VL and let them know your interested!

Tonya - Is there an application for venture agents that one would download, fill out, and email in? I see a reference to sending an application in the venture agent description, but I can't find the application anywhere on the website.

Well, unless it changed, it was basically send an email to your local VC expressing interest and willingness to serve as VA for location Such-and-So.

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