Industry Legends and 3 Days of Gaming Fun to Celebrate the World of Pathfinder, Seattle, July 4—6, 2014
Paizo Inc., publisher of the world's bestselling Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, announces today the line-up of games industry special guests who will be attending PaizoCon 2014.
Guest of Honor: Legendary author and game designer Frank Mentzer. Mentzer is best known for his work on early materials for the Dungeons & Dragons RPG. Mentzer worked at TSR from 1980—1986 as Creative Advisor to the Chairman of the Board, Gary Gygax, and he founded the RPGA (Roleplaying Game Association). Mentzer has been closely involved with the world's largest game auction at the Gen Con game convention since 1983, and is an expert on, and major collector of, roleplaying games and family board games. He's currently producing "old-school" game accessories with Eldritch Enterprises, and recently contributed a dungeon level to Paizo’s massive Emerald Spire Superdungeon.
Artist Guest of Honor: Jesper Ejsing. Ejsing created the covers for Pathfinder Adventure Path: Legacy of Fire, and for the Pathfinder Module: Emerald Spire Superdungeon. Ejsing studied Danish literature and Art History before setting out on the life of a freelance artist.
Hundreds of gaming events will take place over the 3 days, including:
PaizoCon is an annual celebration for fans of all things Pathfinder, where community members and players from around the world convene on Seattle for 3 days of gaming, panels, workshops, costumes, and other activities with Paizo staff and dozens of hobby gaming's veteran authors, artists, publishers, and designers.
When:
July 4—6, 2014
Where:
Seattle Airport Marriott
Cost:
3-day adult badges are $50 in advance, $55 at the door. For children 10 and under, $25 badges are available.
About Pathfinder Adventure Card Game
The Pathfinder Adventure Card Game (PACG) translates the world's best-selling Pathfinder Roleplaying Game (RPG) into an entirely new breed of card game, where players adventure, battle monsters and villains, and acquire new feats, items, weapons, and allies—all without a Game Master. The first game, PACG: Rise of the Runelords, made its debut at Gen Con Indy 2013, where it sold out in the first four hours. The follow up, Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Skull & Shackles, based on the pirate-themed Pathfinder RPG Adventure Path, is scheduled for release at Gen Con Indy 2014.
About Pathfinder Roleplaying Game
The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is the world's best-selling tabletop roleplaying game, in which players take on the role of brave adventurers fighting to survive in a world beset by magic and evil. The Pathfinder RPG is currently translated into multiple languages, with hundreds of thousands of players worldwide. Players need only the Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook to play, but Paizo Inc. produces a wide range of books and accessories, from hardcover rules compendiums to complete campaigns to packets of beautiful, full-color maps. The Pathfinder brand has also been licensed for comic book series, graphic novels, miniatures, plush toys, apparel, and is being developed into a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game. For more information, please visit paizo.com.
About Paizo Inc.
Paizo Inc. is the leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, accessories, board games, and novels. Paizo's Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game, the result of the largest open playtest in the history of tabletop gaming, is currently the best-selling tabletop roleplaying game in hobby stores. Pathfinder Adventure Path is the most popular and best-selling monthly product in the tabletop RPG industry. Paizo.com is the leading online hobby retail store, offering tens of thousands of products from a variety of publishers to customers all over the world. In the eleven years since its founding, Paizo Publishing has received more than 50 major awards and has grown to become one of the most influential companies in the hobby games industry.
