OPM Musings

With the current state of affairs, we wish all our community to take measures to keep themselves and others safe. Please do not attend public games if you feel ill. We encourage the community organizers to assess the situation for their area and formulate a plan.

For those wanting to game but not wanting to gather in public places, the Online Community, led by Regional Venture-Coordinator Jesse Davis, have a full roster of virtual tabletop and play-by-post games. For more information or to register for games, visit the Org Play Online discord channel.

A quick update on our tech backlog. I’ve been poking around the system (you may have seen some of my efforts) and have pieces in place as soon as we can get the user-interface complete and through quality assurance. This includes updates to 0 table Starfinder GMs and erroneous AcP numbers. Will update again when we have a firmer rollout date.

Welcome Alex

I asked Alex to write a few words of introduction to share with you!

Hi nufriends! I’m Alex Speidel, the new Organized Play Associate (read: Tonya’s minion). Our Venture Officers are already well-acquainted with me, as I’ve been sending them everything they’ve asked for over the past few weeks.

I’ve been playing Starfinder since its release in 2017; I’m here for the “roleplaying” part of the roleplaying game, and I think it’s a great universe to explore. When I’m not in the Pact Worlds, I’m watching reality TV at home, reading sci-fi and fantasy, or getting ice cream with my future husband. Moving to Seattle is a great chance for us to get out and explore the beauty out here, and I’m excited to come out to conventions and meet you all! If you like to make bad decisions, you can follow me on Twitter at @AlexSpeidel.

Sanctioning

Developer James Case led the charge on getting the next bit of sanctioning through the door for Pathfinder Society (second edition). We updated the original Character Options blog with information from the Pathfinder Gamemastery Guide and a few other clarification bits.

We still have Pathfinder (first edition) sanctioning in the hopper but had a few setbacks that mean a bit longer delay, as we ensure scenarios move through the production line and look to our convention season deadlines. Thank you for your patience.

Campaign Coins

We awarded no coins during the past month.

Stars, Novas & Glyphs

One GM reached their 5th star in December. We still have a few weeks in 2019 for those trying to earn their 5th star before the year’s end. Doing so indicates a commitment to organized play, as to achieve this milestone, GMs must 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!

Congratulations to Michael Owen Hill and Betty Osthoff on achieving their 5th star!

We had no GMs reach their 5th Nova this month.

Glyphs exist in our system and they just need a bit of webcoding to get them to show up!

Convention Listing

You can play in Society games at any of the conventions listed below! The list includes all submissions as of 3 March. If you see one missing, ping the organizer and have them submit a request for support or have them email me at organizedplay@paizo.com to 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	Location	Start Date
Cincycon (2020)	Hamilton, Ohio	3/6/2020
TPKon VIII: The Fate of TPKon! (2020)	Online	3/6/2020
Coastcon 2020	Biloxi, MS	3/6/2020
Southend Pathfinder Conclave 2020	Southend, Essex, UK	3/7/2020
Emerald City Comic Con 2020	Seattle, WA	3/12/2020
BFG CON (2020)	Frederick, MD	3/13/2020
COSCON 2020	Lyndora, PA	3/20/2020
Cleveland ConCoction (2020)	Aurora, OH	3/20/2020
KevätMaraCon2020	Oulu, Finland	3/20/2020
ConQuest SAC XV (2020)	Sacramento, CA	3/20/2020
ConQuest SAC XV (2020)	Sacramento, CA	3/20/2020
PFS MANCon 2020	Manchester, England. UK	3/20/2020
Gamestorm 22 (2020)	Portland, OR	3/26/2020
Garycon XII (2020)	Lake Geneva, WI	3/26/2020
CogCon Spring Revel 2020	Rolla, MO	3/27/2020
CoNfUsIoN 2020 - Winter (2020)	Gouda, zuid-holland, the Netherlands	3/27/2020
Logias de España 5 (2020)	Spain	3/27/2020
Not-A-Con 2020	Winder, GA	3/29/2020
Outpost III (2020)	Online	3/30/2020
CODCON 2020	Glen Ellyn, IL	4/3/2020
Save vs Hunger 2020	Maryville, TN	4/3/2020
AtomiCon VIII: Story and Song (2020)	Durham, NC	4/3/2020
AnimeDetour 2020	Minneapolis, MN	4/3/2020
NORWESCON 2020	SeaTac, WA	4/9/2020
EyeCon 20 (2020)	Sydney, NSW, Australia	4/10/2020
MDog 2020	Kalamazoo, MI	4/10/2020
WonderCon 2020	Anaheim, CA	4/10/2020
GameOn-Icon 2020	Plymouth, NH	4/11/2020
Huntsville Comic and Pop Culture Expo 2020	Huntsville, AL	4/18/2020
KoboldCon 2020	Colorado Springs, CO	4/23/2020
KoboldCon 2020	Colorado Springs, CO	4/23/2020
RavenCon (2020)	Williamsburg, VA	4/24/2020
Pretzcon 2020	Ralston, NE	4/24/2020
Chupa VII (2020)	Austin, TX	5/1/2020
1D4 Con 2020	Shepherdstown, WV	5/15/2020
PaizoCon 2020	Seattle, WA	5/22/2020
UKGE 2020	Birmingham, UK	5/29/2020

Organized Play Staff Travel

With the concerns of the spread of the COVID-19 virus, staff attendance at conventions is suspended at the moment. We apologize to all affected by this change in plans and will work with organizers to reschedule appearances. We will update this list as we have more information. To all, stay safe!

For those proactive organizers out there, please note the deadline to request Paizo staff attendance is 1 June 2020. Organizers may email your interest to organizedplay@paizo.com. Note: staff do not attend conventions that conflict with Paizo-sponsored shows.

Until next time—Explore, Report, Cooperate!

Tonya Woldridge
Organized Play Manager