Pathfinder Society Campaign Coordinator
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I wanted to take a minute to welcome the new VC of Chengdu, China, Matt Muller. His region will consist of the metropolitan area of Chengdu: 1,617 km2 (624 sq mi) and a population of more than 10 million. There may be possibilities he can assist remotely with other regions in China, including Beijing, Shanghai, Llasa, or Hong Kong.
I will let Matt introduce himself, advise what websites he will use to coordinate PFS in his region, etc...
Welcome aboard!
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Nimen hao! Hello, everybody!
Glad to be part of the team. I’m an American teaching and writing in Chengdu, a megacity once described by W. Somerset Maugham as a lonely Chinese city with roads full of robbers, and the snowy mountains of Tibet could be seen from its walls at sunset. Some of that is right.
Interest in Pathfinder Society has grown in my area since many of us love the game but can’t attend ongoing campaigns but still want to play from time to time. Most players here are expats from the U.S. and U.K., though we had a French national for a while. And then of course, we got our Chinese friends and significant others involved.
While there is no Chinese language version of the game (that I know of), many Chinese young adults have enough English fluency to participate fully so long as we walk them through the game.
My goals here are defined within an Asian/Chinese and expat context: 1). Grow the player-base amongst Chinese and expats alike; and 2). Promote the game as a fun-filled way to exercise linguistic/verbal intelligence, critical and creative thinking amongst learners of all ages.
The big problem here is the scarcity of players and role-playing materials. Most of us expats either buy digital content or haul back books, dice, and miniatures from overseas. While there may be stores in Hong Kong, the rest of the country – about the size of the continental U.S. – totally lacks stores selling games. The best we can do is buy digital content and order hard copies from online sellers.
I’ll be in touch about events and social media. But one site I’ve set up for my area is a yahoo.com/group site:
http://games.groups.yahoo.com/group/chengdu_dungeoneers/
Thanks again for your support. I look forward to hearing from you all.
Matt Muller
