Tag Archives: PaizoCon2016

Bad Blood (Thoughts After the PaizoCon Panel on Evil Campaigns)

Posted on June 1, 2016 by lostspherespublishing

  We had the opportunity to participate in the panel from Stephen Radney-Macfarland and Amanda Hamon Kunz on running evil campaigns at this year’s PaizoCon. They made some excellent points and shared a lot of tips with us. With a recent Adventure … Continue reading →

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Bonus Track (Tracking Initiative in the Pathfinder RPG)

Posted on May 31, 2016 by lostspherespublishing

Fresh back from PaizoCon, we got to game with nearly a dozen new GMs and played beside several more.We liked a lot of techniques we saw and wanted to share a few of the best practices we witnessed at our … Continue reading →

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Emerald Spire, Year 2

Posted on May 30, 2016 by lostspherespublishing

After last year’s Emerald Spire slaughter at the hands of a gibbering mouther (and Owen KC Stephens), we went back for seconds! This year maybe RPG Superstar, Monica Marlowe and finalist Andrew Marlowe can help is survive! So far odds … Continue reading →

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Play It Again (Rapid Shots: GMing in Organized Play)

Posted on May 30, 2016 by lostspherespublishing

Polling players at PaizoCon this week, we saw a lot of patterns for player satisfaction when playing in Organized Play scenarios. Below are the top 5 yays and nays we heard: Yays! (Good Tips for Organized Play GMs) Do voices … Continue reading →

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Tuppence a Bag (Packing for Mobile Gaming & Cons, PaizoCon Countdown: 3)

Posted on May 24, 2016 by lostspherespublishing

If you are heading to PaizoCon chances are you are getting your bags of holding (if only) ready to go. Maybe you are just considering a trip with your gaming group for some Destination Gaming. What should go with you … Continue reading →

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Work Song (Varied Experienced and the Alien GM, PaizoCon Countdown: 4)

Posted on May 23, 2016 by lostspherespublishing

Convention gaming has a distinct difference from home games in that the play group assembled is eruptive (coming into being with multiple full experienced viewpoints) versus organic (most often assembled by the GM willing to run a campaign). This difference … Continue reading →

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Welcome to the Show (An Acceptance Story, PaizoCon Countdown: 5)

Posted on May 22, 2016 by lostspherespublishing

Given the climate this year socially, I figure its only fair to share to the importance from my perspective of the value of safe and welcoming tables at conventions. And I do have pretty strong opinions about it. You see, … Continue reading →

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Team (Gaming with Conflicting Personalities, PaizoCon Countdown: 6)

Posted on May 21, 2016 by lostspherespublishing

Gaming in Organized Play often means playing with people you don’t know which sometimes can be playing with people you don’t like. While we can hope that people coming to the event are all coming in the same spirit even … Continue reading →

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Light as a Feather (Gaming on the Go, PaizoCon Countdown: 7)

Posted on May 20, 2016 by lostspherespublishing

We as gamers tend to love our books. Between the current Pathfinder Roleplaying Game rulebooks, supplements, third party add-ons and the ancestral system’s material we have over 5 bookcases full of gaming content. Add magazines, figurines, dungeon tiles and maps … Continue reading →

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Gone, Gone, Gone (Preplanned Absences in Gaming, PaizoCon Countdown: 7)

Posted on May 19, 2016 by lostspherespublishing

People who are lucky enough to have regular gaming campaigns are often faced with a unique challenge during a Convention trip: Missing scheduled games. While it would be ideal to get an entire gaming group to attend a convention this can result … Continue reading →

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