PaizoCon 2020

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We are still working out the details and deadlines for various tasks associated with organizing the event. We will share more information as it becomes available.

We still have vacancies for more volunteers.

I am leaning heavily on attending again... I need to get through Christmas first. I had a ball the last two years!

I don't really do organized play, but I might try to get into an SFS game or two. (My one SFS character has thus far been in exactly two games: one each at PaizoCon 2018 & 2019.)

Assuming I make it out there, I'm planning to run some non-Paizo RPGs. Games I'm considering include: Zombie World, Monster of the Week, Impulse Drive, Fate: Masters of Umdaar, Spirit of '77, For the Queen, Ten Candles, Girl Underground, Troika!, and The Quiet Year.

Let me know if any of those appeal!

Tickets bought, and I submitted to run three games:

I'm planning to be there a day early and stay a day late, and will be available to play/run other stuff too!!

Update:

Vacation Request: Pending (In log by seniority)
Flight from Midwest: Pending
Accommodation: Reserved @ Tower, Doubletree. Arriving Wednesday, departing Tuesday
'REAL' ID: Pending
Tickets and Banquet: Ticket to convention complete, Banquet n/a
Registering GM Blocks: Complete, waiting to hear back on correction sent in availability

As far as I understand, "Real" ID is not required to board flights until October 2020 . Though I am thinking of upgrading/going through that process before paizocon as well just in case.

For me there's three pretty much guaranteed round trips I'll be making before October, and they're spaced evenly enough apart that trying to get it in between them is going to be problematic at best.

This is supposed to be the first time my wife and I are going to Paizocon, travelling from the Detroit area. We booked our hotel and flight back in December. With the Coronavirus issues in the Seattle area, and discussions about limiting travel and large gatherings, are there discussions taking place about delaying or cancelling the con? Is there information Paizo can share with us about the status of such discussions?

We still plan to come to the con, but if there is going to be a cancellation or delay, more time to make changes to arrangements would be preferred.

At this time there are no plans to delay or cancel the con. It is hoped that the CDC can get a handle on this issue long before PaizoCon in the later half of May. However, Paizo has been taking some actions to protect their staff in the short term. All official travel has been cancelled and senior staff such as Sara Marie are closely following the daily reports so that they can properly respond to the current trending. If PaizoCon was in March, I can almost guarantee we would see a delay or cancellation. If we are still talking about this as an outbreak in May, PaizoCon will probably be the least of our worries. I would encourage all attendees to make the best decision for themselves even if that means choosing not to attend. However, we are hopeful that things will return to normalcy by then and we can all gather to celebrate Paizo and their awesome products.

by no means am I an official voice for Paizo Publishing. I am just speaking as an organizer for OPF events at PaizoCon and in that capacity, we have not deviated from our normal planning

Thanks for the update, Bob!

This is supposed to be the first time my wife and I are going to Paizocon, travelling from the Detroit area. We booked our hotel and flight back in December. With the Coronavirus issues in the Seattle area, and discussions about limiting travel and large gatherings, are there discussions taking place about delaying or cancelling the con? Is there information Paizo can share with us about the status of such discussions?

We still plan to come to the con, but if there is going to be a cancellation or delay, more time to make changes to arrangements would be preferred.

Hey Lee, I'm right there with you. Got a chance to attend for the first time and I grabbed it! Really excited, but at the same time, we're definitely keeping an eye on how things go.

I am likewise hyped for the convention, with hotel room, flight booked.

Even if the convention does *not* happen, it'll be a week in Seattle because non-refundable and hey, the area really is beautiful.

Given a choice of that or working on one of the busiest beer-shoving holidays in the store's liquor department? SOLD!