OPC Log—8 Calistril 4716

Monday, February 8, 2016

Hi friends! I spent the past five days in Fort Wayne, Indiana, attending the Winter Fantasy Convention hosted by Baldman Games. What a blast! With a small but dedicated Pathfinder presence, we played lots, laughed lots, and rolled quite a few dice. I enjoyed introducing new players to the Pathfinder Society. The offerings included all three evergreen scenarios, #6-98: "Serpents Rise", #6-99: "True Dragons of Absalom", and most of Season 7's scenarios. The Adventure Card Guild launched the Season of the Runelords with resounding success—one group even came back three days in a row to work their way through the first adventure. I took Gronk the Druid through the entire adventure as well, avoiding death and leveling him to Tier 2.

Next weekend, I’m off to Con of the North in Minneapolis-St. Paul, Minnesota. As Con of the North features both the Roleplaying Guild and Adventure Card Guild, I will offer Adventure 1 for Adventure Card Game players and preview the soon-to-be-released Barbarian Deck. Ostog, you’re my only hope! The Con also features a full slate of Season 7 offerings, as well as #7-00: "The Sky Key Solution."

And on another note, judging for the Miniature Painting Contest closed last Friday, and what a fantastic display of Pathfinder Society members' art! I saw so many great pieces to choose from. Thank you to everyone who entered and to all those Pathfinders who voted for their favorite miniature. In the end though, our voters couldn’t make up their minds, resulting in a three-way tie. So instead of a first prize and three runners-up, I am adding a bit to the prize pot so each winner tied for first receives $25 in paizo.com store credit and the runner-up receives $15.

Without further ado, the three winners tied for first are—drumroll please:

• "Dolgar" by Christine Brockley-Blatt, Venture Captain
• "Prunette" by Lady Gragra
• "Mortimer Raven" by Quadstriker

And the runner up is—more drumrolls please:

• "Goblin Chief Effigy" by Fomsie

Our next contest kicks off mid-March! There’s just about a month of preparation time in case the category gets your creative synapses firing. Really excited since I know our group makes cool stuff! The theme of the second competition is: Best Handmade Adventure Card Guild Accessory. The category includes, but is not limited to: dice rolling devices, play mats, dice trays, or character deck bling. Pretty much anything that improves the atmosphere of your Adventure Card Guild playing experience will qualify.

The prize? Gift certificates to paizo.com! First place will win $25 and three runners up will get $15 each. The crunchy bits for entering:

• You may only enter once
• All submissions must be by the item’s owner.
• Entries must be submitted to contest@paizo.com
• Include a photo of your accessory. Photos may be resized or cropped to better show off the mini for voting. We suggest trying to send the biggest possible resolution to retain details for resizing. Any image format is acceptable!
• Include your paizo.com username

Do not send your entries yet!. Anything received before the official entry opening date in March won’t count—think of this as a bit of free divinatory magic on your behalf.

Off now to catch a plane back to Seattle. Take care and remember:

Explore, Report, Cooperate!

Tonya Woldridge
Organized Play Coordinator