Starfinder GM Core Pocket Edition

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Preorder expected November 2025

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Unleash your imagination, creating new galaxies and tales with the Starfinder GM Core for Starfinder Second Edition! This comprehensive 264-page rulebook gives Game Masters everything they need to craft thrilling tales of adventure, from a single-night’s scenario on the mean streets to complex epics spanning years. Within these pages you’ll find clear guidelines for creating new hazards and alien creatures, tools to design challenging, balanced encounters, and rules for rewarding characters for the dastardly challenges you array before them! Starfinder GM Core also contains rules for quick-to-run cinematic starship combat and dynamic hacking rules!

Starfinder GM Core is the second core rulebook for the Starfinder Second Edition RPG! Along with the Player Core and Alien Core, these books provide a new foundation for the future of tabletop gaming!

The pocket edition presents the same contents as the standard edition in a smaller sized softcover for a lower price and better portability.

Starfinder GM Core includes:

  • The rules needed to run a game of Starfinder, including guidelines for creating challenging encounters, determining success, and giving out rewards.
  • Advice aimed at making you an incredible Game Master, along with tools to ensure you and everyone else at your table has a safe and enjoyable experience.
  • Guidelines to help you create your own content, from campaigns and adventures to hazards and monsters.
  • Rules subsystems to help you handle a wide array of game situations, including rules for chases, cinematic starship combat, research, hacking infiltration, and more!
  • A guide to the Pact Worlds and wider galaxy, with a look at several important regions, and an exploration of the wider cosmos!

Written by: Jessica Catalan, Thurston Hillman, Jenny Jarzabski, Mike Kimmel, and Dustin Knight.

ISBN-13: 978-1-64078-710-0


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Product Availability

Preorder, expected approximately 3 Dec 2025

Are there errors or omissions in this product information? Got corrections? Let us know at store@paizo.com.

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Paizo Employee Sales & eCommerce Assistant

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Announced for December! Product images and descriptions are not final and are subject to change. :)

Grand Archive

Pathfinder Maps, Starfinder Accessories, Starfinder Adventure Path, Starfinder Roleplaying Game, Starfinder Society Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber

Still hoping and wishing for that Starfinder pocket subscription to appear ;-)

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Calcryx666 wrote:
Still hoping and wishing for that Starfinder pocket subscription to appear ;-)

Thank you for letting us know it's something you would want!


Pathfinder Starfinder Roleplaying Game Subscriber

Are there going to be any free or paid campaigns released right away? I see separate release dates for Player, GM, & Alien guide. When should I plan to start a campaign in second edition?

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mcshannon wrote:
Are there going to be any free or paid campaigns released right away? I see separate release dates for Player, GM, & Alien guide. When should I plan to start a campaign in second edition?

Honestly, I'd recommend starting to plan your campaign once you've got all the books so you're the most informed!

Silver Crusade

Pathfinder Maps, Starfinder Roleplaying Game, Starfinder Society Subscriber; Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Superscriber

And the Guilt of the Graveworld AP has already been solicited so there is a campaign releasing.

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Cori Marie wrote:
And the Guilt of the Graveworld AP has already been solicited so there is a campaign releasing.

Very true! I'm just an overprepare-type! ^_^

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Oh absolutely same, I refuse to start an AP as GM until I've read every volume at least once, and volume one twice


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Calcryx666 wrote:
Still hoping and wishing for that Starfinder pocket subscription to appear ;-)

I would also be very interested in this!

Wayfinders

Hello,

I'm interested in this version as it is smaller and weighs less. I do have a question, however. Does this soft bound copy include the digital access on Demiplane? I assume it does but thought it best to ask.

Also, will there be a digital pdf ONLY version for purchase of the Core 2.0 rules any time soon?

Thanks in advance.

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Dr. Xasou wrote:

Hello,

I'm interested in this version as it is smaller and weighs less. I do have a question, however. Does this soft bound copy include the digital access on Demiplane? I assume it does but thought it best to ask.

Also, will there be a digital pdf ONLY version for purchase of the Core 2.0 rules any time soon?

Thanks in advance.

Purchase this does come with access to Demiplane! In order to get Demiplane access and our PDF you have to buy it from the Demiplane side!

Also, yes, there will be a PDF version available from the main product page once it's released!

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