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We just finished "Island of Empty Eyes" and we hit a second scenario (the first being the final one from Tempest Rising) where we don't have enough cards to complete the setup.

Trying to be spoiler-free here, but the scenario requires you to put 8 of a certain card in the blessings deck. But we only have 6. We put in different placeholders for the missing 2 cards, but this is the second time this has happened.

Is it now assumed that we don't just buy the base game + scenario packs?

I have signed up for the current Pathfinder Adventure Path subscription, but did so after the initial ship date of #31. So I'm scheduled to receive the first two adventure hardcopies (31 and 32) together in April.

My question: When should I be able to download the PDF version of #31? Will that only be enabled when my hardcopy of #31 hits the mail?

In the thread "Round 2 Assignment Questions--Taking Your Input", Vic made the following suggestion:

Which leads to this unsolicited advice from me: regardless of the length we assign, prospective authors should plan to make sure that the audience has fallen in love with the submission before they've read 100 words.

Apparently, many of the RPG Superstar Top 32 didn't read this advice. Over half of the country entries open up with something droll like government, history, or geography. (And if geography is the most compelling thing about your entry, you have other problems.) The excellent entries opened up with either a teaser or a description section that summarized the coolness of their country.

So, to the 16 of you that make it to the next round, please heed Vic's advice. If you're not leading with your best material, you're going to lose to others who do. Lazy judges like me won't even bother to finish reading your entry if you don't grab us in the first few lines.

Originally each voter got one vote per round. Now it looks like we can choose up to five votes for this round. Why the change?