Paizo and UK Games Expo Sign Associate Partner Agreement!

Nov 22, 2016, 12:00 pm

Paizo Inc., publisher of the award-winning Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, and UK Games Expo, the UK's largest hobby gaming convention, announce today Paizo has signed on as an Associate Sponsor for the upcoming 2017 show, taking place Friday June 2-4 at the National Exhibition Center in Birmingham, England. Paizo's expanded participation in the show will include a presence in the exhibit hall, panel participation and extensive Pathfinder Society organized play.

"UK Games Expo has been an excellent location for our Pathfinder Society organized play for the past five years," says Erik Mona, Paizo's Publisher and Chief Creative Officer. "The show has become a premier destination for Pathfinder fans and gamers from around the world, and Paizo is proud to become an official sponsor!"

"We at UK Games Expo have been big fans and players of Pathfinder over the years and we are thrilled to have Paizo as Associate Sponsors and with a stand at the show," says Anthony Hyams, UK Games Expo Director. "This helps cement the fact the UKGE is one of the world's premier RPG events, and we look forward to working with Paizo and the Pathfinder Society Venture-Captains to deliver Pathfinder events to gamers old and new."

Additional details about Pathfinder events and activities will be announced in the coming months. Badges for the 2017 show will go on sale on 1st December 2016 at UKGamesExpo.co.uk.

About UK Games Expo
Now in its 11th year, UK Games Expo is the largest hobby games convention in the UK, drawing attendees from Europe, North America and more, appealing to families and the general public as well as hobby gaming enthusiasts. The 2016 show was co-sponsored by Mayfair Games and Hawk Wargames with associate sponsors Battlefield Hobbies, Fantasy Flight Games and Mage Company, and broke its previous year's attendance record with more than 12,5000 unique attendees.

About Paizo Inc.
Paizo Inc. is publisher of the award-winning Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, Pathfinder Tales novels, as well as board games and accessories. The Pathfinder world, in which players take on the role of brave adventurers fighting to survive in a world beset by magic and evil, is currently translated into eight languages, and has been licensed for comic book series, graphic novels, toys, and apparel, and is being developed into an MMORPG. Paizo.com is also a leading online hobby retail store, offering tens of thousands of products from a variety of publishers to customers all over the world.