As many of you know, Diamond Comic Distributors declared bankruptcy on January 14th. Hundreds of game publishers, including Paizo, have partnered with Diamond to sell their products into the book trade (Barnes & Noble, Ingram, Booktopia, and others). Diamond has also sold Pathfinder and Starfinder into Amazon for us.
Paizo has stopped shipping products to Diamond. This means that our August releases will not be widely available at major bookstores or on Amazon. While these sites will likely continue to list products for sale or preorder, most orders for these titles will not be able to be fulfilled. To stay up to date with your collection, please stop by your favorite local game store and ask them to order our upcoming releases, purchase them directly here on paizo.com, or sign up for one of our subscriptions.
We expect Pathfinder and Starfinder products to remain unavailable through book trade channels for several months as Paizo determines our next steps and this matter works its way through the bankruptcy court. The best thing you can do to help Paizo and the 100+ publishers caught up in the Diamond bankruptcy is to order from them directly or go to your local game store and ask them to preorder upcoming releases so you’ll have them on launch day.
Here are the Paizo products impacted for August and September.
August Releases (available July 31st)
- Starfinder Player Core
- Starfinder Player Core Retail Edition
- Starfinder Player Core Special Edition
- Starfinder Combat Pad
- Starfinder Murder in Metal City Deluxe Adventure
- Starfinder Infinity Deck Card game
- Era of the Eclipse, A Starfinder Novel (hardcover)
- Pathfinder Battlecry!
- Pathfinder Battlecry! Sketch Edition
- Pathfinder Battlecry! Special Edition
- Pathfinder Adventure Path #217: Death Sails a Wine-Dark Sea (Myth-Speaker 2 of 3)
- Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Siege
September Releases (available September 3rd)
- Starfinder GM Core
- Starfinder GM Core Special Edition
- Starfinder GM Core Retailer Edition
- Starfinder Galaxy Guide Pocket Edition
- Starfinder Player Character Folio
- Starfinder Flip-Mat: Garage Warehouse
- Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Command Center
- Pathfinder Treasure Vault (Remastered) Pocket Edition
- Pathfinder Game Night: Dawn of the Frogs (Deluxe Adventure)
- Pathfinder Adventure Path #218: Titanbane (Myth-Speaker 3 of 3)
As always, thank you for your ongoing support of Paizo!
Jim Butler
Chief Executive Officer