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Hey there, Paizo friends!
While we deeply appreciate your love for our multiple keynotes, we are exploring new opportunities in that area and moving away from having two keynotes only two months apart. It’s a lot of weight on our team to get those recorded so close together, especially with the intense amount of prep that goes into shows like Gen Con. It also often means just holding an announcement we could have made at Paizo Con. Having talked about so many cool things at Paizo Con already and facing the launch of both Starfinder Second Edition and our upcoming Pathfinder Quest campaign, we made the decision to give our staff time to provide you with more online interactions during the show instead. You can watch our Paizo Con Keynote here to get caught up on what we’re doing, and we’ll have so many other fun ways to interact online and at the show!
Additionally, we heard what you had to say last year about missing the panels and wishing you could have them online, so we took that extra time and pre-recorded a few panels for Gen Con, so that those staying home wouldn’t have to miss out due to spotty connections at the events. We’ll have those live the day the panels are happening at the show!
We’ve also lined up some fun interviews and online events you can participate in during the show. Keep an eye on our blog next Thursday for the complete list and other exciting announcements made during Gen Con weekend! While you wait for the full list of activities, here are the things you’ll be able to check out from the comfort of your home:
Wednesday 7/30
● 3:00 PM Roll for Combat Join Mark Seifter and Stephen Glicker of Roll for Combat as they discuss all the new releases at Gen Con with Associate Publisher Thurston Hillman and Starfinder Creative Manager Jenny Jarzabski. (Livestream)
Thursday 7/31
● 9:00 AM Digital Divination: Murder in Metal City The Digital Divination team will be reviewing Murder in Metal City with adventure author and Starfinder Creative Manager Jenny Jarzabksi! (Podcast Recording)
● 11:00 AM ThrabenU Starfinder Class Guides ThrabenU is releasing in-depth strategy content and guides for Starfinder2e, starting with guides for each of the classes! (Recorded)
● 1:00 PM NoNat1 Pact Worlds Guide Explore the Pact Worlds with NoNat in “The World of STARFINDER is Crazy…” (Recorded)
● 5:00 PM Pathfinder Quest Demo on GenConTV Rue Dickey and Alex Speidel run a learn-to-play demo of Paizo’s upcoming board game Pathfinder Quest for Maya Coleman and Krystina Arielle.
● 9:00 PM Know Direction Beyond: Starfinder Player Core Join Starfinder Designer Dustin Knight and the hosts of Know Direction Beyond as they go over the Starfinder Player Core and give out some prizes! (Livestream & Raffle)
Friday 8/1
● 11:00 AM ThrabenU Starfinder Class Guides For those who missed Thursday’s, ThrabenU is again releasing in-depth strategy content and guides for Starfinder2e, starting with guides for each of the classes! (Recorded)
● 2:00 PM Starfinder Second Edition Live
● 7:00 PM Convo on the Couch Gen Con 2025 Edition Join Starfinder 1e designer Owen K.C. Stephens and Starfinder 2e designer Dustin Knight along with cartoonist Stan! as they share war stories, discuss game design, and whatever else comes to mind!
Saturday 8/2
● 10:00 AM Starfinder Launch Sequence Panel The Starfinder team takes us on a tour of the launch products—plus some special announcements!
● 12:00 PM Horizons of the Vast 2E Liveplay Join Bramblebear for showcasing the administrators of New Harmony, a planet in the untouched frontier of the vast; as they work to urbanize and colonize this newly discovered world with threats from the Aspis Consortium, Azlanti, and even a dark entity from the netherworld. (Livestream)
● 4:00 PM Phoebe Bane Reviews Starfinder2e with Developer Dustin Knight join Phoebe Bane and Chk’chk (Dustin Knight) as they review all the new goodness and gobness in Starfinder2e and win some prizes! (Livestream & Raffle)
● 6:00 PM Pathfinder Battlecry! and the Hellfire Crisis Panel Join Jason Keeley and Logan Bonner as they break down Pathfinder Battlecry! and give a look ahead to the coming Hellfire Crisis!
Sunday 8/3
● 9:00 AM Mythkeeper Guide to Magical Academies Mythkeeper is releasing a new video on his channel about the Magical Academies of Pathfinder. Drawing heavily from Lost Omens: Rival Academies, Mythkeeper tries to cover the exhaustive list of all the major magical academies across the Inner Sea and beyond. Go check it out, and let him know if he missed any! (Recording)
And finally, if you’re just hoping to catch more of our fantastically charismatic publisher online, you can join us back here on Aug 15th for a special Live announcement where Erik Mona and other talented team members chat about upcoming adventures and what you can expect heading into 2026! Note: In order to better facilitate Gen Con recovery for some of our staff, we've moved the Live announcement to August 22nd.