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The schedule for Dragon*Con has recently been set. Organization of the convention is a little bit different than prior years, so the schedule was delayed a bit from before.
We're going to have a large need for GMs this year, as we expect the con to grow by a large margin over the prior year. Once the approved schedule is in my hands I'll be able to take volunteers officially, and I'll be making a thread on the Paizo boards about it. That being said, you can contact me for volunteering to GM at the Con; my email address is kyle.pratt@georgiapfs.org.
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This link is the place to go. However, as of right now the Pathfinder Society games are still not available for purchase. The schedule has been in the conventions hands for a few weeks, so it should be entered in soon. Once it is, I'm sure you'll see a blast of marketing for it!
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This link is the place to go. However, as of right now the Pathfinder Society games are still not available for purchase. The schedule has been in the conventions hands for a few weeks, so it should be entered in soon. Once it is, I'm sure you'll see a blast of marketing for it!
Just a suggestion, but maybe you need to light a little fire under them.
Unless of course this is how it went last year then I guess its normal.
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Just putting a little bump to this post... and realizing that I had never posted all the information for the convention!
Welcome to the best Dragon*Con yet for Pathfinder Society!
Held every year in Downtown Atlanta during Labor Day weekend, this year the event is from Friday, August 31st through Monday, September 3rd. Campaign RPG Gaming will be held in the Hilton Atlanta. In addition to Pathfinder Society, there will be plenty of other campaign events, including Living Forgotten Realms, Witch Hunter, Campaign of Shattered Empires, and Heroes of Rokugan.
For Pathfinder Society alone, we held over a hundred tables last year. This year we plan on going even further. We will be offering over 50 different scenarios and events, including:
- The new Special: Race for the Runecarved Key
- Four Modules
- Every Season 3 scenario
- Every Current Season 4 scenario
- Four tables of the Pathfinder Society Exclusive, The Cyphermage Dilemma
- Various Season 0 and Season 2 scenarios to fill out what you've missed
- All three parts of First Steps in nearly every slot - Perfect to start a new character or to bring someone new to Pathfinder Society
To pull this all off, we are going to need plenty of volunteer GMs, as we have nearly 170 tables to fill! For Dragon*Con 2012 there will be three levels of rewards:
Volunteer 5 slots and you will receive a free Dragon*Con 2012 badge, free RPG gaming during the convention, and a special GM only boon
Volunteer 3 slots and you will get six slots of gaming for free and a special GM only boon
Volunteer 2 slots and you will receive a special GM only boon
To Volunteer send Kyle Pratt an email at Kyle.Pratt@georgiapfs.org with the subject 'DragonCon 2012 Volunteer GM'. Please mention how many slots you would like to volunteer for, if you have any preferred slots, and any preferred tiers. I will get back to you confirming your request soon thereafter.
You can purchase tickets to play PFS events on the Dragon*Con Events Search website. Unlike prior years, slots for most days run from 8 AM to 1 PM, 1 PM to 6 PM, 7 PM to Midnight, and from Midnight to 4 AM.
Happy Gaming!
This will be my first Dragon Con ever, and my first gaming convention in a LONG time. I'm not signing up for any games ahead of time, because I want my schedule to be fairly open. If I do decide to join a game session, there will be opportunities to do so there, won't there?
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The Pittsburgh Crew from last year will be showing up as well.
If you have need of an understudy DM, I'm available. I'm obviously not Atlanta crew, so this coordination is sketchy at best and I had no clue what channels to go through to volunteer. As such, I'm available as an understudy; if emergency comes up and someone needs to call off, I can fill in if needed.
*Edit* DOH! I see how now. Stupid Twitchy!
I have been searching the Dragon Con site and I cannot find any mention of whether or not Paizo will have a booth! I would love to stop by there and possibly blow some $$$.
Also, I would love to play in a game... but I have yet to actually get to play Pathfinder (I play D&D 3.houserules). I would love the opportunity to learn the differences, but I didn't want to be the noob at the table sandbagging everyone else's gaming experience!
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oErasmaso,
Paizo sadly won't have an official booth at the convention... however we're offering an intro series scenario to almost every single slot of the convention. The Intro Mod: First Steps series is specifically made for people that are completely new to Pathfinder Society. If you're interested in starting up Pathfinder Society for the first time. Those would be the scenarios to try out.
To buy tickets and to see the schedule go here and filter by the Game System of "Paizo's Pathfinder Society Campaign."
That's a HUGE bummer!
Oh well, I will have to get the book I was looking for when I get back home.
And thank you for the information and the link! I might just have to sign up and pack my dice & handbook!
Venture-Captain, California—San Francisco Bay Area South & West
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That's a HUGE bummer!
Oh well, I will have to get the book I was looking for when I get back home.
Anything Paizo would be selling will almost certainly be available in the Dealer area - I'm sure there will be several game stores represented there.
That's true!
Also... if I do sign up for one of these First Step games, what do I need to bring? Obviously I will need dice, pencils, paper, etc. But do I need to have a character already rolled up... or what about a miniature?
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@ oErasmaso
We will have all you need to play! Paizo has some neat level 1 pregen characters that we will have handy so all you have to do is show up and play. Your GM will probably even have dice/minis you can borrow. As a bonus, even if you use one of these pregen characters you are still allowed to apply the credit to another character you can build at a later date.
Seriously, just show up :)
@ Benwin
I believe preregistration was closed as of now, but I still see lots of slots open so YES! Please come by. I expect we will be able to accommodate walk-in players.
Excellent... thank you guys!
I'm looking forward to learning how to play. I have already incorporated the Combat Maneuvers system into my homebrew rules and am anxious to see if there is more that suits my fancy!
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@Benwin
You'll be able to purchase tickets at the Convention. In fact, I'm expecting that a good number of people will be walking in with generic tickets / buying tickets on site.
I'm about 90% certain that you can pay with cash at the table, so if you don't even feel like buying the tickets downstairs, you can simply give the GM/Organizer $3 when you sit down to play. So I'd suggest bringing quite a few 1 dollar bills with you.
