Timitius
Wayfinder, PaizoCon Founder
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Hello everyone. Big news, up front:
You can find Wayfinder's new repository at https://www.patreon.com/cw/Wayfinder_Fanzine.
Back in...March?? 2026, the PDFs for Wayfinder issues 1-22 and the Wayfinder Bestiary disappeared from the Paizo Store. I'm told that the new store website did not know how to deal with FREE products. Note that if you have already downloaded them previously, they are still available in the legacy account webpage in My Downloads.
But regardless, they are gone from the Paizo website. Luckily, I still have all the files for Wayfinder. I have the PDFs we sent to be uploaded to the Store. I just could not figure out how to find them a new home that remained compliant with the Community Use Policy.
Many suggested moving them to the Pathfinder Infinite store. Great idea...but Wayfinder wasn't about making money. And if it was, we would have to spread that payment out to all the people involved with making each issue. That's like 80-90 people!
Also, it would require leaving the CUP and going to the Infinite License. Not a problem if you are creating new content with Infinite in mind. Moving to Infinite would have required us to go into each issue and remove the CUP language, and insert the Infinite language. There also seemed to be some issues with using some OGL content and, well, all of the issues have OGL content and are from pre-ORC times. Seemed like sticking with the CUP was less work.
In the end, I decided to move everything to a Patreon account for Wayfinder. Simple, free access, a possibility for growth and accepting donations (should we resurrect the project).
I appreciate all the support from the fan community here. I was surprised by how many people messaged me or emailed asking "WHERE are the Wayfinders???" I thought (with some sadness) that the community had moved on and forgotten about Wayfinder.
I hope the new Patreon site will serve the community well for accessing our issues. Please consider joining (it's free), and leaving us reviews or comments, liking issues, starting discussions, etc.