October Update—PAX Unplugged, Spotlights and Conventions!!

Wednesday, October 3, 2018

I just returned from Hurricon in Orlando, Florida. Two weekends earlier found me in the Twin Cities attending SkalCon and in two weeks I'll be on the Gold Coast of Australia attending PaizoCon Asia-Pacific. Lots of travel, but after this I'll only have two shows left in 2018. Around this travel, I'm still focused on catching up on the backlog of tasks and looking forward to convention planning for 2019. Paizo organized play is still on target to attend Origins, Gen Con, and PAX Unplugged 2019 in force, as well as support the multitude of conventions arranged by local teams.

Some of you noted on Facebook that we've been friends over social media for three years. September 28^th marked my three-year anniversary with Paizo. Reflecting over my time spent in the OPC/OPM role, there've been some bumps in the journey, but my net sum is positive. Part of the reason for that involves our community! The past three years offered many chances to hang out with players and volunteers, meet new members of our community, and engage in some positive debate on the future of organized play. You energize me and help me look forward to the next three years. Here's to many more exciting adventures together!

Campaign Coins

While I travelled to Hurricon this past weekend and SkalCon a few weeks ago, I awarded no new campaign coins! One of the criteria used by the team and I when evaluating potential recipients are recommendations. For those individuals that submitted recommendations that haven't been acted on, rest assured I have them in a file and refer to them often.

If you know a deserving member of your community, please email me at organizedplay@paizo.com with their name, location, and the reasons you feel they should be recognized for their service. If you are able, please include what events they may attend in 2018. This is especially helpful if they will be at an event with a member of the organized play team (see further down the blog for that list of events.)

Stars and Novas

A new month brings new GM additions to the 5-star roster. Huge congratulations to all those that achieved their fifth star over the past month!

To achieve this milestone, GMs run 150 games, of which at least 50 must be unique scenarios and 10 special scenarios, as well as run a game for a venture-captain. A conservative estimate of time needed to reach 5-stars is 650 hours! To the GMs listed below, thank you very much for the time and energy you spend running Pathfinder Society games! Kudos on your achievement!

• Gerard van Konijnenburg
• Geoffrey Peart
• Quinn Shannon
• Alex Bielke
• Nick Oswald
• Tristian Sullivan

The organized play team formulated their first draft of the 5-nova qualifications and are soliciting feedback from a variety of sources. We should have an update next month!

Looking forward to Pathfinder Society version 2, I've seen suggestions for using either Glyphs (using the Symbol of the Open Road) or Sigils (using the Sihedrion) for the GM designator. Vote in the poll at the end of this blog

PAX Unplugged

Organized play is coming to PAX Unplugged! Led Venture-Captain Quinn Shannon, a team of volunteer GMs offer up Pathfinder Society, Starfinder Society, and Pathfinder Playtest for attendee enjoyment. We are doing warhorn.net preregistration for the first 4 seats at every table, with seats 5&6 available for signup onsite daily from 8 am. We feel this is the best way for established players to know there is something they can play, but also allows for recruitment onsite. Registration opens October 26^th at 10 am Pacific time. Visit Warhorn to register for games.

We also have a Paizo Booth on the floor running demos of Pathfinder Playtest! If you're at the event but not interested in a full game, stop by and try it out. If you are already part of the Playtest, feel free to come by and say hi!

Volunteers who completed the registration form, look for acceptance emails and scenario assignments before I leave for Brisbane mid-October. If you are interested in volunteering, we still have a few spaces available. To sign up, complete this questionnaire.

Convention Listing

Want to attend a convention in the next few months? Check out the list below! The list includes all the event support requests received to date. If you see one missing, ping the organizer and have them submit a request for support or have them email me at organizedplay@paizo.comto discuss their event. All of the conventions on the list maintain some type of web presence, be it website, social media page, or Warhorn listing, so if you are interested in attending in either capacity, check out their websites or contact the local venture-officer for more information!

Convention Name	Location	Start Date
Dan's Con of the Vale 19 (2018)	Brookfield, WI	10/5/2018
Five Nations XLI (2018)	Schenectady, NY	10/5/2018
NukeCon 2018	Omaha, NE	10/5/2018
Octogônes 2018	Villeurbanne, France	10/5/2018
MACE 2018	Charlotte, NC	10/9/2018
CinCityCon 2018	Cincinnati, OH	10/12/2018
Conapalooza 2018	Kingsport, TN	10/12/2018
Crucible 7 (2018)	Kissimmee, FL	10/12/2018
FlatCon 2018	Bloomington, IL	10/12/2018
Games +1 2018 Extravaganza (2018)	Davenport, IA	10/12/2018
Save Against Fear 2018	Harrisburg, PA	10/12/2018
Viking Con 2018	Copenhagen, Denmark	10/12/2018
Charity Event for CASA (2018)	Colorado Springs, CO	10/13/2018
Gameday 10/13 (2018)	Austin, TX	10/13/2018
Rock-Con 2018	Rockford, IL	10/18/2018
AVL Scarefest 2018	Montreat, NC	10/19/2018
GLYPHCon 2018	Edmonton, Alberta, Canada	10/19/2018
PaizoCon Asia-Pacific 2018	Brisbane, Queensland, Australia	10/19/2018
Pathcon 5.0 (2018)	Salt Lake City, UT	10/19/2018
Gobloween 2018	Bloomington, IN	10/26/2018
QuestCon Leon18 (2018)	Leon, Spain	10/26/2018
Snap-Con 2018	Cape Girardeau, MO	10/26/2018
Tavern Con 2018	Bay City, MI	10/26/2018
B-CON Herbst (2018)	Frankfurt am Main, Hessen, Germany	10/27/2018
JenCon Six (2018)	Sheffield, England, UK	10/27/2018
Midwest GameFest 2018	Independence, MO	11/1/2018
Carnage 2018	Killington, VT	11/2/2018
Convention Pathfinder France '18	Paris, France	11/2/2018
Fallicon 2018	Dayton, OH	11/2/2018
NekoCon 2018	Hampton, VA	11/2/2018
Jet City Comic Show 2018	Tacoma, WA	11/3/2018
Extra Life - Gem State - 2018	Boise, ID	11/4/2018
GameHole Con VI (2018)	Madison, WI	11/8/2018
PFS & SFS at Con on the Cob 2018	Richfield, OH	11/8/2018
Conquest Avalon 2018	Sacramento, CA	11/9/2018
GameCon XI (2018)	Colorado Springs, CO	11/10/2018
SP "The Hao Jin Cataclysm" DAU'18	Barcelona, Spain	11/23/2018
WinterWolfCon'18	Chicago, IL	11/23/2018

2018 Organized Play Staff Travel

I've submitted the 2019 travel schedule to the Paizo executive staff, so I should have an updated list of appearances soon. We try to do our annual plan in August, so 2019 is pretty wrapped. Looking forward, if you are an event organizer and want to invite us out at your event in 2020, drop an email to organizedplay@paizo.com before next summer.

If your attending any of the following events, please stop by the booth or organized play room and say hi!

Convention Name	Location	Start Date	OP Staff
PaizoCon Asia-Pacific	Brisbane, Australia	10/19	Tonya
Hal-Con	Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada	10/26	Linda & Mark Seifter
U-Con	Ann Arbor, MI	11/9	Tonya
PAX Unplugged	Philadelphia, PA	11/30	Tonya (+Paizo staffers)

Next week, the team delves into the second installment of the Pathfinder Society version 2 discussion. Topics include chronicle sheets, the prize table model of rewards, and boons.

Until next time—Explore, Report, Cooperate!

Tonya Woldridge

Organized Play Manager