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This is fantastic news!

We’re truly experiencing the “golden age” of Paizo. You know, like that era in TSRs history before everyone went insane and everything imploded? So, enjoy this time, guys, before the following…

Lisa gets bored dominating the RPG industry with every new endeavor and creates another company to compete with herself since, after all, only she can truly compete with Lisa Stevens.

Erik buys WotC and only produces stuff originally published between 1974-1989. It might not turn a profit but its old school, dammit!

Jason leaves Paizo to pursue his one true love: buying minis. Yes, he’ll be broke, homeless, and have nowhere to store them but he’ll own them alllllll!

James finally emerges from a pile of books after developing Lost Cities of Golarion…2 years after Lisa has crushed Paizo with her new product: Magical Vampires: The Star Wars Pathfinders.

Vic finally relents and becomes the front man for the Indigo Girls.

Okay, in all sincerity, congratulations on your success, Paizo! May it continue for many years to come!

This is awesome news!

Pathfinder is a great game and we should seek to take advantage of introducing it to new players however we possibly can.

So, my wish list would be…

(1) Keep it simple. Easy rules with far less options than in the Core Rulebook. Consider, perhaps, saving things like skills and feats for the full-feathered version of the game.

(2) Complete compatibility. Don’t make players who play the basic set relearn how to play if they move on to the Core Rulebook (in other words, no “race as class” stuff which will confuse players). The transition (if they choose to make it) should be seamless, adding some rules/options, but not finding out that the way they learned was incompatible with the Core Rulebook.

(3) No minis. All of that tactical maneuvering is probably too much for a rules light game.

(4) Continuous line of products. Perhaps consider making the game an ongoing option to the full-feathered Core Rulebook. In other words, don’t make the focus of the set the transition into the Core Rulebook. Many gamers prefer “rules light” systems and might prefer to stick with the basic system. Continually support it with additional products and you may be able to tap into the market of the Old School Renaissance taking place in the gaming community.

(5) Hire Larry Elmore to do NEW artwork for the set(s), inside and out. ‘Nuff said! ;)