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This is all very cool news. Out of curiosity, what does it take to get a retired scenario ran at a convention? Lots of notice? A specific member of the community to get flown in on the con's dime? I'm sure more conventions, especially outside the US, would love the opportunity. Would just be a matter of learning what the parameters to be met were.
Pathfinder Society Lead Developer
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This is all very cool news. Out of curiosity, what does it take to get a retired scenario ran at a convention? Lots of notice? A specific member of the community to get flown in on the con's dime? I'm sure more conventions, especially outside the US, would love the opportunity. Would just be a matter of learning what the parameters to be met were.
The traditional requirement (a tradition of ~2.5 years, that is) involves having a member of the Pathfinder Society team present to run the adventure. We also tend to run a slot or two of retired/revised adventures at PaizoCon.
If you would like to participate, work with your organizers and convention staff to arrange for one of us to head your direction. Keep in mind we schedule our travel in big blocks of time, though, so it's important to plan this out well in advance. We do, however, endeavor to reach as many regions as we can.
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If you would like to participate, work with your organizers and convention staff to arrange for one of us to head your direction. Keep in mind we schedule our travel in big blocks of time, though, so it's important to plan this out well in advance. We do, however, endeavor to reach as many regions as we can.
Are you guys cool with going to different countries?
And by PFS team, do you mean specifically those from Paizo itself, or would someone like Thurston Hillman count?
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If you would like to participate, work with your organizers and convention staff to arrange for one of us to head your direction. Keep in mind we schedule our travel in big blocks of time, though, so it's important to plan this out well in advance. We do, however, endeavor to reach as many regions as we can.Are you guys cool with going to different countries?
And by PFS team, do you mean specifically those from Paizo itself, or would someone like Thurston Hillman count?
Cool with traveling to other countries? *tries for nonchalance* Well, I guess, if we must. *fails save*
Heck yeah! I love new places :)
Currently, the team is John and Linda for development, Mark for design, Emily for art, and myself as coordinator. In the past, we've granted authors permission to run their scenario, if retired. But we haven't retired any of Thurston's writings :)
What does it take to get a staffer to your convention? Varies. The more costs the convention can offset, the easier it is to add to the schedule. But it also depends on timing, when the request is coming in, what other deadlines are looming, if we have other travel plans, and who else might be traveling.
To give you an idea - we have the entire 2017 PFS travel schedule outlined. There is some flexibility in the next few months and after Gen Con, but May through August is pretty full. So if you want a staffer, I suggest sending a request in asap!
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In the past, we've granted authors permission to run their scenario, if retired. But we haven't retired any of Thurston's writings :)
Admittedly, I did get special permission to run True Dragons of Absalom. All this, in spite of my rather low number of GMing stars... *innocent whistle*
Venture-Agent, Australia—QLD—Gold Coast
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Don't forget to put PaizoConOz 2017 on your calendar for October 13-15 in New Zealand at Hobbiton!!!
Early Bird special still open til the end of the month - check us out on FB, Warhorn, Meetup, or here!
The Shire beckons....
Gonna be awesome cant wait for the Saturday night!!!
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Likewise, we also have MarsCon going on the weekend of January 13th-15th down in Williamsburg VA! We've got a large PFS presence there (it's the Richmond, VA's biggest con of the year). If anyone's interested in attending, drop me a PM and I can get you all of the details.
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To give you an idea - we have the entire 2017 PFS travel schedule outlined. There is some flexibility in the next few months and after Gen Con, but May through August is pretty full. So if you want a staffer, I suggest sending a request in asap!
Really hope that UK Games Expo and/or PaizoCon UK 2017 are on that schedule!
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Really hope that UK Games Expo and/or PaizoCon UK 2017 are on that schedule!
To give you an idea - we have the entire 2017 PFS travel schedule outlined. There is some flexibility in the next few months and after Gen Con, but May through August is pretty full. So if you want a staffer, I suggest sending a request in asap!
Well, the implications in the press releases are that Paizo will be turning up in (relative) force. :)