Paizo Names New Organized Play Coordinator Mike Brock Joins Paizo Publishing Paizo Publishing has named Mike Brock as Pathfinder Society Campaign Coordinator, overseeing the massive Pathfinder Society Organized Play worldwide shared-world RPG campaign. A former Pathfinder Society regional coordinator from Atlanta, Georgia, Brock brings years of local campaign management experience to the international stage. Brock’s tenure will begin in October of 2011. “Mike has done a wonderful job managing the Pathfinder Society program in Atlanta,” said Paizo Publisher Erik Mona. “He has a list of ideas as long as a greatsword he’d like to implement to make the campaign even better, and we are thrilled to have him as a member of our adventuring party.” Mike Brock said, “It is a privilege to have been chosen by Paizo to oversee Pathfinder Society, and I’m very excited about getting started when I arrive in Seattle. I’m looking forward to working...

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Gen Con Pathfinder Society Recap Monday, August 15, 2011 It’s been over a week since Gen Con wrapped up, and a little less than that since we returned to business as usual here at Paizo HQ. But even though we’re back in the swing of deadlines and such, the rush of Pathfinder Society at Gen Con still has me feeling high! Over the course of four days and ten slots, we seated over 3,000 excited Pathfinders, many of whom played their first Pathfinder Society scenario during the convention. And though we sold out almost every event months before the show, I’m proud to say that nearly everyone who wanted to get into a game with generic tickets was able to do so. We only had to turn people away in two of the ten slots! Our Friday night special, Blood Under Absalom, was a smashing success, and we were able...

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The Future of Pathfinder Society Organized Play, Part XX: Gen Con Is Here! Monday, August 1, 2011 This is it, folks! The 20th installment in the Future of Pathfinder Society Organized Play blog series by yours truly. On this, the first of August, we’re literally just hours from the kickoff of Pathfinder Society’s fourth year, Season 3: The Year of the Ruby Phoenix! So what can Pathfinders expect from Gen Con this year? Well, for starters, we have an exclusive Chronicle that we’ll give to all players and volunteer GMs who play or run either a scenario or delve event in the Pathfinder Society room (rooms 231–234)—the largest such space we’ve ever had at Gen Con, I might add. “From ashes of Shadow, the Ruby Phoenix rises.” Everyone who plays a session of either type of event will get a key (or a coin that can be turned in...

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The Future of Pathfinder Society Organized Play, Part XIX: Retuning the Rules Monday, July 25, 2011 We’re just over a week away from Gen Con 2011 and the launch of Pathfinder Society Organized Play’s fourth year, dubbed “The Year of the Ruby Phoenix”, and the entire editorial staff seems to be under the permanent effects of haste and insanity. While I’m burning the midnight oil from both ends (sorry ’bout the mixed metaphor, but it’s accurate), I thought I’d make a short post to preview some of the revisions to the campaign rules themselves, as will appear in the newest version of the Guide to Pathfinder Society Organized Play, which we’ll have out shortly. For full details on these and other changes, you’ll have to wait for the full rules, but here’s a hint at some of what’s in store. Note that none of these rules go into effect until August 4,...

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The Future of Pathfinder Society Organized Play Part XVIII: Ensure the Decemvirate doesn’t take advantage of Pathfinder agents. Monday, July 18, 2011 For decades, a growing segment of the Pathfinder Society’s membership has become disillusioned with the Decemvirate. Whether they hold personal grudges against the masked leaders of the Society for slights they feel were never remedied or watched too many of their friends suffer for the good of a Society that seemed to thank them very little, these rebels’ numbers have surged in recent years, swelling the Shadow Lodge’s membership. In 4710 AR, several fringe cells of the underground resistance movement broke off from the main body of the Shadow Lodge, and began a series of open attacks on the Grand Lodge and those loyal to it. The Decemvirate, recognizing that there was a real problem to be addressed, quelled the rebellion by bringing the Shadow Lodge back...

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The Future of Pathfinder Society Organized Play, Part XVII: Use the Pathfinder Society’s Resources To Do Good in the World Monday, July 11, 2011 When the existence of so many factions within the Pathfinder Society began to become apparent, many were dismayed, especially those who took umbrage at the Society’s resources being used for ethically questionable purposes or personal gain. Unable to eliminate such elements as the Shadow Lodge from the ranks of the organization, an influential group of Pathfinder clerics, paladins, and servants of good-aligned deities banded together to form their own faction—the Silver Crusade—as an answer to these undesirable offshoots of the Society. While a crusade in name only, the Silver Crusade models itself after the staunchly good silver dragon, making a valiant effort to use the Society’s influence, reach, and resources to do good throughout the Inner Sea region and beyond. If there’s one thing the...

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