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Hello All.

I'm looking to try the PACS Open for the first time this year at Gen Con. I've signed up for a round 1 slot. There are a number of round 2 slots, some of which work with my schedule and some that don't. Both round 3 slots are available for me.

Can anyone who has participated in the past, or anyone involved in organizing, share some insights on how the scheduling for round 2 works? Is it flexible? Does it depend on when you played round 1? Do teams advance together? Any info would be helpful.

Thanks!

Has anyone been able to find any ACG events for the new season on the Gen Con event system? I've been checking almost daily since the blog post about the new season, and I can't find anything. There are plenty of the Seasons of the Shackles, Runelords, Righteous, and Plundered Tombs, but the only thing that comes up with any relation to Factions' Favor is the Special. Is there any word on when those events will show up in the system?

Hello All,

With apologies for any breach of etiquette, I've posted a question over in the Adventure Card Guild forum about how the organized play works at Gen Con. I'm cross posting here in hopes that more people see my question and can offer some insight. Check it out here:

http://paizo.com/threads/rzs2ucrt?Question-About-Organized-Play-at-Gen-Con

Thanks for any help you can offer.

Good Morning All,

I did the Cosmic Captive Special last year at Gen Con and had a blast. It was my first organized play ever. I'm looking to do a lot more organized play this year, and I'm hoping someone with some experience can help me understand the process.

If I, for example, want to run the season of the shackles, I see sixteen identical events listed at different times, all of which mention the seven available adventures (including the prequel). Would I sign up for multiple sessions of that event, then just choose an adventure level when I arrive at each session? So my first scheduled session I would sit down at the 0-1 (or 0-0, depending on my mood) table, then when I come back for my next session I would sit down a the 0-2 table, then 0-3 at the next session, and so forth?

Is it reasonable to get through a full season in one Con, while still enjoying the Con? Or would I be committing myself to all PACG all the time if I want to run an entire season? (Not that it would be a bad thinig...)

Finally, any thoughts on character class? I ran a Cleric in the special last year, and it was fun enough that I would play it again, but I'm also open to other classes. Are there any classes/roles that seem to be in short supply, or seem to be the most appreciated at conventions?

Thanks for any thoughts, tips, tricks, you can offer!

Here's another fun one for you helpful folks.

I was introducing the game to some friends last night, and we had some trouble with the difference between the Fear spell and the Black Spot spell. I know that Black Spot can be used on someone else's check while Fear can not, but I was not able to explain the difference. The wording between them is similar, neither spell limited to 'your' check and neither spell specifically allowing 'any' check.

Can someone point me to the pertinent rule?

Here's a (probably) silly question for you all:

Is there any reason to NOT utilize the most recent pdf rule book (currently for WotR, unless I'm mistaken) regardless of which base set your're using? I understand that I'll need to use the S&S rule book if I have a question about ships, but other than that, the newest version has most/all the FAQ stuff in it, right?

What do you fine people do?

Good Afternoon, All. Apologies in advance for the "newbie" question. I just joined my first organized play session at Gen Con, and had an absolute blast! (The Cosmic Captive, if anyone else participated.) I earned a few minor rewards, and now am interested in playing more ACG organized play.

My question to you all is, what is the best way for me to try to track down organized play for the ACG in my area? Either something on a regular schedule or cons or whatever? I did some poking around the website, but didn't really find anything. It's quite possible I missed what I'm looking for.

If anyone could point me in the right direction, I'd greatly appreciate it. Thanks!

Does discarding an animal card to activate Lini's 2nd power (use a d12 for Str or Dex) count as discarding it for its power, and therefore triggers her 1st power to allow you to shuffle that card back into her deck instead of discarding it?

I assume the answer is 'no', and that her first power only triggers when you use the animal ally for one of the powers printed on that particular card, but I'm not positive.

When you discard a card from the blessings deck to activate a ship's power (such as the Wormwood's 'add 1d12 to your check to defeat a bane or a ship'), does that card become the 'active' blessing? As in, is at now the blessing that is matched by blessings in your hand or copied by Blessing of the Gods? I presume so, but I'm not sure.

Sorry if this has been answered. I searched the FAQ and the forums, but did not find anything.