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Aaron, I appreciate your perspective that canceling subscriptions ultimately hurt the people that keep the lights on, but the people who keep the lights on keep quitting or getting fired. Take some time to self reflect and realize people leave bad bosses, not bad jobs. How much longer are the execs going to let this continue before I see another Paizo talent accept a position at WotC?
Hi John, There are several things we can do, and even now while we are restricted with COVID. Word of mouth is always fairly reliable. Tell you friends, and tell their friends. If you have coworkers who already game, offer to run the Beginner Box, or a Quest, just to wet their appetite. Definitely work with your host locations on cross promotion. Make sure your host location has some form of in store advertising, like a calendar, a wall for flyers, something people who walk in asking if the store knows anyone who runs Paizo games can be directed toward so they can join the community. Getting store engagement to advertising Paizo Organized Play is a dual benefit; the store can turn that one time customer into a repeat customer, and we make new friends, new GMs, and maybe even some day, new Venture-Officers! Find out where gamers are gathering, and bring Paizo games to them. Find event sites, like Meet Up, and see if you can offer Paizo games at those meetings. See if there are gaming groups meeting up at local libraries, universities, or military installations. So much of growing the community isn't insisting that players come to us. Listening to players, and bringing games to them, in person, online, and where they are most comfortable, is the key to happy and healthy gaming.
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