Any word on a Pathfinder "basic?"

[bugleyman]

Hiya folks:

I don't hit this area of the boards much any more (not playing Pathfinder), but the RPG world can always use another good way to find a bigger audience, so: Has there been any word on a Pathfinder "basic" or Starter Set?

[galvatron42]

I believe I remember Mona saying he had an intrest in such a product, but it would be down the line somewhere. Nothing official that I know of yet.

[Vic Wertz]

galvatron42 wrote:

I believe I remember Mona saying he had an intrest in such a product, but it would be down the line somewhere. Nothing official that I know of yet.

That is indeed where we currently stand, officially.

[Dark_Mistress]

Vic Wertz wrote:

galvatron42 wrote:

I believe I remember Mona saying he had an intrest in such a product, but it would be down the line somewhere. Nothing official that I know of yet.

That is indeed where we currently stand, officially.

So what you're saying is that officially there is nothing official about it? :)

[Lyingbastard]

Dark_Mistress wrote:

Vic Wertz wrote:

galvatron42 wrote:

I believe I remember Mona saying he had an intrest in such a product, but it would be down the line somewhere. Nothing official that I know of yet.

That is indeed where we currently stand, officially.

So what you're saying is that officially there is nothing official about it? :)

Unofficially?

[d20pfsrd.com]

I'll take this opportunity to note that WotC is going to be releasing a rules-light D&D intended for kids and newbies etc. I haven't looked into the details much yet but I'd strongly suggest that since the future is always an important target demographic it might be important to help generate a simplified PF for kids and beginners.

Does anyone know of any such PF-Lite projects already ongoing or that I might help contribute ideas to? I'd really like to see something like this happen and if Paizo doesn't have the bandwidth to do it maybe its something the fan-community might better handle?

[Vic Wertz]

d20pfsrd.com wrote:

I'll take this opportunity to note that WotC is going to be releasing a rules-light D&D intended for kids and newbies etc.

I think you might mean this.

If we were working on something it probably wouldn't be really very much like that. :-)

[Vic Wertz]

Lyingbastard wrote:

Dark_Mistress wrote:

Vic Wertz wrote:

galvatron42 wrote:

I believe I remember Mona saying he had an intrest in such a product, but it would be down the line somewhere. Nothing official that I know of yet.

That is indeed where we currently stand, officially.

So what you're saying is that officially there is nothing official about it? :)

Unofficially?

Unofficially, that will be our official stance for a while. I wouldn't hold your breath.

[Lyingbastard]

Phew. *exhales*

[d20pfsrd.com]

Vic Wertz wrote:

If we were working on something it probably wouldn't be really very much like that. :-)

Granted, that's not how I'd approach it either. I'd make it a bit more "full featured" and not just one adventure, but its the idea that matters, a greatly stripped down system that handles the essential concepts and introduces young and very casual players to the hobby.

[Darkwolf]

GURPS Lite or Quick Start Call of Cthulhu are good examples of 'stripped down' versions of their respective games.