Hi Pathfinders and Starfinders, Due to the coronavirus concerns that we outlined recently, the Governor has asked us to cancel all large events of 250 people or more, and has strongly discouraged us from moving forward with other social gatherings and recreational events. Canceled Events As a result, we are officially canceling all in-person events for […] Read more
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Published on March 12, 2020
Published on March 9, 2020
Hi Pathfinders and Starfinders, It’s us, your local organizers! We wanted to share a brief update with all of you regarding COVID-19 and how we might be impacted. The Coronavirus As you are no doubt aware, the emergence in humans of a new coronavirus is leading to disruptions worldwide. You’re probably familiar with the name […] Read more
Published on March 5, 2020
Last month I wrote “Welcome to winter,” and it seems I’ve told a lie. It’s March now, Pathfinders and Starfinders, and as I write this, we’re looking at our fourth 50-degree day in a row. What better way to spend it than gaming? We’ve got a few things coming up. First, back to March. GASP […] Read more
Published on February 29, 2020
We’ve gotten a request to help support a new convention—Roundtable Con, in Sharon, PA! Roundtable Con 2020, which takes place from April 24th to April 26th, will be the second edition of Roundtable Con, which first appeared in 2018. While the local leadership is unable to attend this year, we’re looking at having a bigger […] Read more
Published on February 29, 2020
Mark Spano is interested in running a Pathfinder Society (PF1) tournament at this March’s GASP Game Day. We’re hoping this won’t be too disruptive of the scenarios we’re running, but we figure we’ll give it a shot and see how it goes! Register for the event on Warhorn This will be run in parallel to […] Read more
Published on February 5, 2020
Welcome to winter, ‘finders! February’s upon us and March is approaching rapidly. With it comes COSCON 2020, the spring edition of our biggest con of the year! We’ve got a few updates for you. First, in case you missed it: our VC Quinn Shannon has stepped down. We’re going to miss him! Second, we’ve got […] Read more
Published on February 5, 2020
I’m sure you’ve all noticed by now that things are changing in the local PFS and SFS leadership. Quinn Shannon, Venture-Captain of Pittsburgh and Campaign Coin recipient for service to the Organized Play community, has stepped back from Organized Play and retired from the role of Venture-Captain. He and his wife, Sharon, have put a […] Read more
Published on January 30, 2020
Starfinder Society developer Thurston Hillman (Thursty) announced today that new SFS adventure paths have been sanctioned for organized play! Sanctioning Attack of the Swarm means that the adventure path can be run immediately in either “event” mode using SFS rules, or in campaign mode using whatever rules you want. (Within reason.) In a surprising twist, […] Read more
Published on January 30, 2020
Today, a new set of sanctioned content was published on the Paizo blog. Replacing what appears to be a temporary home on the Organized Play Foundation website, this blog is in a slightly different format and covers material in five hardcovers so far. (An adventure, the Fall of Plaguestone, is covered via its sanctioning document.) […] Read more
Published on January 1, 2020
Pathfinders and Starfinders, Happy new year! We’re welcoming you to 2020 with our slate of February games, plus our Coscon schedule for March! If you didn’t catch that, you should check that out. You might notice something this month: extra Victory Pointe! That’s right, we’re visiting the gaming cafe twice a month beginning in February. […] Read more