Pathfinder News From GAMA

News from the GAMA trade show, as reported by the (excellent) Know Direction podcast: Return to a classic Adventure Path with Curse of the Crimson Throne, one of Paizo’s most popular campaigns! The city of Korvosa is in chaos, and her new queen may well be the source–can a ragtag group of heroes stand before the might of one of Golarion’s most nefarious villains? This immense book has everything you need to run an entire full-length campaign covering months and months of play!

• Updates the classic Adventure Path to the Pathfinder RPG rules for the first time.
• Explore expanded adventures, including a brand new mission written by Paizo’s Creative Director, James Jacobs, that sends the heroes into a perilous dungeon run by the queen’s infamous Gray Maidens!
• Features dozens of evocative illustrations of classic characters.
• Updated rules for monsters, magic items, and character options, some old, some new.
• Retail Price: $49.99

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The two best-selling Pathfinder RPG hardcovers of all time come to paperback at least in brand-new “Pocket Editions” set for a Fall 2016 release!

• Affordable price significantly lowers Pathfinder’s cost barrier to entry.
• Perfect for use with Pathfinder Society Organized Play.
• Exactly the same content as the hardcover editions, at a new low price!
• Core Rulebook Retail Price: $24.99
• Bestiary Retail Price: $19.99

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Credit for the pictures goes to the Uncle’s Games Twitter page.

 

[Laurene19996]

Curse of the Crimson Throne was one of my favorite APs to play in -- until we had a TPK in book 4

 

[thom_likes_gaming]

Looking at it from a collector's perspective, I'm happy with this. I'm missing one CotCT book(AP#8 if memory serves) and this will do nicely.

As for the paperbacks, I'm not sure on that either. I was half hoping, like others said, that it would be a skeletoned-down version of the full book, maybe with a focus on players, but doesn't look like it. Well, wait and see, I'll say.

 

[Arilyn]

This should work well for Paizo. Hearing a lot of worry over the future of Paizo and Pathfinder. Paizo, you should remember, is a very nimble company, and have shown they can respond quickly to changes in the market. They have taken some serious hits in the past and have come out strong. 5e is a very popular game, but with WOTC releasing very little, I doubt Paizo has much to worry about in terms of sales figures. I am sure there is a lot of Paizo products getting converted. I have played Pathfinder, 13th Age and some 5e. My Paizo products are a great resource no matter which game I'm playing!

 

[billd91]

I'm very excited about the compilation of CotCT. I'm running it now in a PbP format and it has always been very high on my list of favorite APs. And, from what I've seen, that sentiment is pretty widespread.

Lately, I've been wondering about how Paizo will handle product saturation, particularly on rulebook expansions. But right now, Ultimate Intrigue is generating a lot of positive buzz from subscribers getting their early access to the PDF.

 

[Mistwell]

This sounds good to me. I've always consistently heard good things about this AP (though I've never played it). I only recently departed from a prior Paizo AP for my 5e game (converting on the fly) and this might make for a good future choice to convert to 5e for me.

 

[mangamuscle]

I also would have proffered a softcover players handbook+DM guide or races/classes/skills/feats+spellbook+DM guide. ATM the transition from the beginners box to the Pathfinder core rulebook is too steep.

 

[Shawn Carman]

My second favorite non-Thunderscape path, after Kingmaker. I didn't get the RotRL hardcover but I'll definitely get this one.

 

[Starfox]

Thunderscape?

 

[crazy_cat]

What we need is a Paizo/WOTC collaborative one off - to convert Age of Worms to 5e and publish it as a compliled hardcover.

 

[marv]

I'm really excited about CotCT hardcover! Looking forward to adapting it to 5th Ed. It's so clear to me that Paizo has the best campaign setting and adventures, while WoTC has the best mechanics in 5th Ed.