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Gaymer X is the first gaming and geek lifestyle convention with a focus on LGBTQ culture. Gaymer X is open to all, whether you’re bisexual, transgender, gay, asexual or an ally and we hope to make an experience that will be meaningful as well as educational and fascinating.
I’m working to organize Pathfinder Society play at GaymerX in San Francisco this summer. My hope is to introduce new players to Pathfinder, old hands to Pathfinder to Society play, and create a space for LGBTQ members of the Society to play together as part of the convention. Because this is a new convention and there are a lot of unknowns, currently I have only proposed a single slot of formal Society play. Based on preregistration and demand, this could expand further before the convention (or just become some pick-up games in open gaming areas, depending on space requirements).
GaymerX is doing Panels/Events/Gaming on an Upvote/Downvote system for their inaugural year. This means that all proposed events are voted for on their website as part of the approval process, to see what people do and don’t want to see. If you’re going to GaymerX or interested in going for Pathfinder Society,register on their website here and vote for panels here.
The deadline for panel voting is April 30th. Should Pathfinder Society be approved, this post will receive a heavy duty edit into a more formal call for players and volunteers, as well as updates on pre-registering for games.
-Brian Kunde (AKA Psyche on GaymerConnect).
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We've made it! Pathfinder Society is on the schedule to have the entire Tabletop Gaming room 3 PM-7 PM on Saturday August 3rd. I'm going to also give some support to anyone wanting to do scenarios as part of the open tabletop hours.
GM/Volunteer Signups Are Open!
If you have any questions, you can email me at gaymerxpfs@gmail.com.
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Hey Folks,
As a heads up, as of this post I have zero GMs signed up to run a game at GaymerX. Zilch. None. Nada.
While I'd be happy to run an intro scenario of some sort that I might be able to get two tables through in two hours, that will limit me to only being able to provide Pathfinder Society play to 6-12 people. Given we've been given the Open Tabletop room for a time block, I'd really like to be able to meet any demand as much as possible.
So if you're interested in GM'ing PFS for a single game at GaymerX, know someone who is, have a group mailing list you'd be willing to let me hit up that might have people who'd want to help out drop me a line at gaymerxpfs@gmail.com
-Brian
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I have asked for badges for GMs, but have not had much luck in that area unfortunately. Volunteers for the Con itself are only getting badges for next year's GaymerX. I intend to try to get some sort of incentives for GMs, but can't promise anything until I've secured them.
This is unfortunately an issue with GaymerX being completely new and running on a limited, kickstarter based budget and needing to keep their attendance level in check with the space they can afford.
If, at this time, it is not possible to get GMs in for PFS without badges I will make it clear to the organizers that the event will have issues. Unfortunately, this process until now has involved a lot of education about the nature of organized play so there may be a lack of understanding on how organizing an event like this works.
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Hi there Brian!
I'm counted in! I am open to do whatever is needed. I will only be there on Saturday, but I will be sending out the message in our area to get more people to SF on that weekend. I know for a fact that you guys are located in Japantown, which will be a huge sell for my friends who have anime and gaming loves at the same time.
Looking forward to this convention! It's going to be loads of fun!
P.S: Negative to that 135 plan. But if they do $60, then we're good. So hopefully there will be a go-to plan to help out. :D
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Good News Everyone!
Pathfinder Society Volunteers will receive the same perks at the same time rates as any other GaymerX Volunteer! So, if you agree to help judge a game during the four hour event slot, you get a badge at half the preregistration cost (So a weekend badge for $22.50). And these badges will be held/available to you at the door.
And if you're willing to volunteer another 2 hours on generic GaymerX things, your badge is free. That's right. Free. F-R-E-E. Feeling really helpful? At a total of 12 hours (4 with PFS, 8 w/ GaymerX General Labor) you get a free VIP badge. How's them apples?
You Just Need to Do Two Things:
1) GM Signup: http://tinyurl.com/gaymerxpfsgm
2) Volunteer Application: https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GaymerX
*You MUST, on Question 10, state you are volunteering as a PFS Judge.
My current official cutoff for GM signups is Friday July 5th, 11:59 PST. I will aim to have the Warhorn open for pre-reg by the 8th.
As always, I can be reached here, on GaymerConnect as Psyche, or via email at gaymerxpfs@gmail.com with any questions or concerns.
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A note: The volunteer training is mandatory for all volunteers, including PFS Judges. It can be undertaken on either Friday afternoon (August 2nd) or Saturday morning (August 3rd, also the day we'll be doing PFS). I will have more specific times when they are set by the organizers. The training will likely be about 1 hour.
The training itself has to do with preparing GaymerX's volunteers to make sure the convention is an inclusive and safe space. I assure you, it is worth your time.
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GaymerX was a blast. The energy of everyone involved was amazing and despite being in its first year, ranks among my favorite con going experiences ever.
Thank you so much to Andrea Brandt, Will Johnson, John Brandt, and David Li for their support and assistance. Every single one of our players said they had a great time and were excited to find more Society play in their community.
A few debrief items:
1) We had to turn away at least 15 people.
Five people makes a solid table; this means had the demand been there at the start and we'd been given the space, I could have put together at least five more tables. This isn't even counting the number of people who wanted to play and asked me if we'd be doing it at any other time in the con, meaning there could have been multiple time slots/rounds. We also realized that we should have setup a Beginner Box table for teaching the game that would have allowed groups of 4 to play quick one hour sessions. I'm sorry that we were not able to get more people seated to play, but this is important data that I can pass on to GaymerX organizers about Pathfinder Society event needs in the future.
2) Space for tabletop gaming of any kind was hard to find; I'm going to push pretty hard to address this next year.
Word in the halls was that there had been an underestimation of just how much tabletop/card/board gamers and electronic gamers overlap community-wise. As a piece of scheduled programming, Pathfinder Society played an important role in illustrating this both in our inability to meet demand and demonstrating the impact of even that small space being unavailable.
Thank you all for not only your participation, but your patience.
3) Reporting Items
Reporting is mostly done, but there are a few tidbits I want to see if I can't address first before I declare it "complete".
- I do not have a PFS # for the character "Pips Riverclaw" who played The Midnight Mauler with David Li. Please contact me if this is your character with either your PFS number or if you need a new one to register the character with. I cannot report/give credit to your character in Paizo's system without a PFS number to assign.
- A person with the confirmation code "GA6QWX" listed this instead of their PFS # at my table, The Night March of Kalkamedes. Please contact me directly if you think this was yourself (if you filled the sheet out in a circle, I believe this would have been Merisiel/The Rogue). If you have your proper PFS number still, I can enter that in or I can get you a new one for reporting purposes.
- The player of Merisiel/The Rogue at the same table never got a Chronicle sheet from me before leaving. If you would still like one, please contact me directly.
I can be reached on GaymerConnect, in private message on these boards, and at gaymerxpfs@gmail.com. If you have any Pathfinder Society specific feedback from the event, please feel free to drop me a line. If you have feedback about the convention itself, I strongly encourage you to reach out to GaymerX's staff. They are very open to comments, suggestions, and so forth. You can reach them here: http://www.gaymerconnect.com/info/contact
