OPC Musings
Hello everyone, and happy December! This blog is a week later than usual because I’ve just returned from PAX Unplugged, which was a tremendous success! It was our first visit since 2019, as well as my first visit overall, so I wasn’t sure what to expect. My worst fear was that nobody would be interested in our games, and we’d be sitting around all day bored out of our skulls.
I am delighted to report that we had the exact opposite problem. We got a ton of attention from attendees, many of whom were excited to talk about the Pathfinder Remaster and pick up the newest books. Our retail partner, Card Titan, ran out of books by the end of the show!
But by far the biggest star throughout was Starfinder 2! We ran alpha demos of the game, which were a roaring success. We had attendees waiting hours in line to play, and everyone who walked away from the table was excited about the new edition. I can’t wait until we get to start showing it off to a wider audience!
With that said, let’s dive into our update!
Digital Adventure Releases
These adventures will be available on December 20, 2023.
Pathfinder Society
Pathfinder Society Scenario #5-08: Protecting the Firelight*
Pathfinder Quest (Series 2) #16: The Winter Queen's Dollhouse
Starfinder Society
Starfinder Society Scenario #6-11: Gifts Ungiven*
*part of a subscription
Lorespire Wiki
Last month, the hosting for the Guides to Organized Play went down for a couple of very chaotic weeks. I’m delighted to announce that they are back online in their new home, the Lorespire Wiki! You can access this wiki at lorespire.paizo.com. This is a Paizo-hosted server, so it should remain online for as long as the rest of our website is.
Our Guide Team has been hard at work both restoring service and updating the Pathfinder Society Guide to be in line with the Remaster. In coming weeks we’ll also be looking at hosting additional resources here, such as region homepages to help players find games. Stay tuned for new and exciting things on this front!
Pathfinder Remaster
The Pathfinder Remaster launched last month to great success! The books have been flying off the warehouse shelves, and Pathfinder Society characters are converting like never before! A reminder that the guidelines for these changes are available on the Lorespire Wiki.
We’ve made a couple of updates to the Character Options and FAQ pages since the launch, so be sure to keep an eye on those for future changes. Thank you all for your patience and understanding, and for your helpful questions in the forum threads as we stamp out any issues. It’s our hope that all this work will make the launch of Player Core 2next summer as smooth as possible.
2024 Major Conventions
This is just a heads-up that very soon, we’ll be soliciting GMs for PaizoCon Online as well as Gen Con Indy! Stay tuned to the Paizo blog for more information on this in January but mark your calendars now. We’re hoping to make both conventions better than ever before, and to do that we need talented volunteers like you!
GM Recognition
Campaign Service Coins
This month, several new Campaign Service Coins were awarded at local conventions! We award these coins to members of the community who have gone above and beyond to provide an exceptional program to the community at large. Campaign Coins are awarded based on nominations; if you believe someone in your community is deserving of this award (whether they are a Venture Officer or not), send an email to organizedplay[at]paizo[dot]com with their name and the reasons they deserve the award.
Congratulations to:
Wally Waltner, who now holds a campaign coin and OP ID #872
Barb Crase, who now holds a campaign coin and OP ID #901
and Nicholas Ruchlewicz, who now holds a campaign coin and OP ID #906
GM Ranks
Whether stars, novas, or glyphs, achieving a 5 ranking in any program involves a substantial amount of time. To achieve the 5th milestone, a GM must run 150 games, of which at least 50 must be unique scenarios and 10 must be special scenarios, as well as run between one and three games for venture-captains (program dependent). A conservative estimate of the time needed to reach the 5th milestone is 650 hours!
This month, we had one GM earn their 5th rank!
5th Glyph (PFS2): Doug Edwards (our third 5/5/5 GM!)
That’s all from me! Until next time - Explore! Report! Cooperate! I’ll see you next year!
Alex Speidel
Organized Play Coordinator