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Starting at 5 pm is a real problem for players who do the 9-5 grind. 9 pm is a rather early time for a game store that's hosting games to close.

1. See if you can get some flexibility on the space, our Brooklyn spaces generally close at around 10:30-11 pm. Maybe it might take moving game night to a different night of the week.

2. Do your players pay for a space at the table? If the store has been giving you a free ride, Having people pay for their seats might buy you more time. And it's a good thing to do, plus it gives incentive for the games to be held. The store charges our players 10 bucks per night, and they are in the process of expanding the gaming area.

We generally don't have to be out right at 9, the manager is there late doing inventory most nights, but recently someone else has been there monday nights who wants us out at 9.

All our games are free, and I'd feel wrong about charging for seats. It'd be nice to have some financial burden eased, but I don't do this for money, I do it for fun.

Only way to end on time is to start on time. It is much easier to integrate a player who is late, than to end the game and have to figure out what "would have" happened.

That said... 5PM is a VERY early start time (although obviously not under your control, if the store closes at 9). I'm not surprised that players have a hard time getting there on time. We start at 6:30, because 6:00 was still having players come late (this is a week night, so day jobs interfere).

We decided one day to fit an extra first steps 1 into a monday game, but we were strictly starting at 430. Every plauer but one arrived by 425, and we started on time. We had one guy who gets off at 430 arrive in time to jump in on the second scenario.

So, while 5pm is a hard start time for most people, it isn't a probelm for our player's schedules.

I've been organizing a weekly game at our local store for about a year and a half now. We've sometimes had to bend some rules or go lax on standards to maintain a player base, but now we are consistently running two tables a week and have a player base of about 20 people.

Recently, some of my players and GMs have approached me about things that have been frustrating them, chiefly players arriving late and forcing the game to run late. We have a tight time slot, 5pm-9pm on monday, but we've tried to overcome this by playing older adventures that run fast or adventures that the GMs know well and can run quickly. Now, running new adventures as soon as they come out, and having some less experienced GMs, the starting time of 5 has become very important.

I'm working on a one page primer explaning how our game works from explaining what PFS is and where to find resources and the ettiqute/policies of the game at the store. The store manager usually does inventory Monday nights, and doesn't mind us staying late, but recently the owner has been working Mondays and wants out right at 9.

My biggest concern is making sure that everything is still within the guidelines of PFS. We want to be as friendly and understanding as possible, but almost everyone has the ability to make it on time by 5, and just no longer see the urgency of starting on time.

I don't want to do this, but if everything has been done in the GMs power to speed a game along (arrive on time, skip optional encounters, spend little to no time referenceing rules) and we run out of time, are we able to just stop the adventure and assign chronicle sheets for what has happened that far? I'm sure that would be enough of motivator to arrive on time and focus on the game.

Does anyone have advice on how to motivate players to remember that it's and organized play game and treat it a little more seriously?

Receive a chronicle sheet for every season 6 adventure by Gen Con
Get another character to level 12
GM Eyes of the Ten
Earn my 4th star by Gen Con
GM at Gen Con again as either tier 1 or 2
Organize my local store more than a day in advance
Self Audit all of my characters

On page 17 it mentions Below Subtier 1-2 rewards. Wtf is that? Did I miss something?

The ACG is super vague about how Skirmisher ranger tricks work with animal companions. Can someone help me with some rules clarifications?

I too am having this problem. I only have two tables, when I've GMed nearly 50. Quite concerning!

Also, all of my stars disappeared! Perhaps I upset House Thrune.

These look nice, it looks like a purchase. Looking forward to the black dragons though.

I doubt they will, or at least anytime soon. We already have the huge black dragon, and they announced the medium black dragon for LoG. We'll probably get a large black in a set before they package them all up and sell them.

So, is there any plan to update the Tome of Horrors Complete anytime soon?

Can you stop trying to "Push the limits of large"? That's a huge mini on a 2" base.

Jester David wrote:

Neat. I always felt the second batch of iconics was left out.

I do wish there was a landscape alternative, as those are easier to see over.

We did consider a landscape version, but the problem is that we really need 4 panels worth of charts—some would argue 5—and landscape screens that take up more than three panels are pretty darn huge.

I love big screens. I can't even fit an open rulebook behind a standard screen.

I'll most likely use both GM screens at the same time so i have enough space.

Will this be a Con/Paizo.com exclusive, or will my FLGS be getting these soon?

I thought Bestiaries were not supposed to include playable race options. Am I mistaken or understanding this incorrectly?

It's up to the GM. For example, Aasimar are in Bestiary 1, but could be used as a PC race.

Will there be a Gargantuan White dragon in the future? I rather like my WotC white dragon, and it looks like these guys will fit right in line.

Has anyone made or come across the character sheets for the iconics in the NPC codex laid out the same as the Society Pregens?

Will this book cover the 8 factions left after two of them get the axe? Or will it have write ups on the current 10 factions?

Oh, btw, I got pictures of all 55 figures in the NEXT full set this week. It'll be a while before we have paint masters to show off, but wow, there's some really cool stuff very near the horizon!

Hopefully we get 3 or 4 more iconics. I'd like to have a full set soon.

Can I apply these to multiple characters if I have multiple games during the time period?

Also, is the even info the same as the event being run?

Greetings!

I want to get a Holy Symbol wayfinder for my Inquisitor of Cayden Cailean, but I can't decide what it should look like. A friend suggested a Mug with a clear bottom, so you can look down the mug to see the compass.

Anybody else have an idea?