D&D 5E I'm surprised: number of D&D AL vs PFS scenarios

[MerricB]

G'day, all!

I haven't followed the Pathfinder Society that much (too busy with all my other gaming), but I respect it as what seems to be a pretty good example of a company supporting its game through Organised Play.

Recently, I began running D&D Adventurers League material; mainly the big published adventures, but also some of the Expeditions. And I was getting really frustrated by the slow rate of their release.

So, I went to the PFS pages to see how quickly they release their adventures. And I was surprised to find that in a year they only release about 26-28 adventures. Meanwhile, after a full year of D&D AL, we should have 30 adventures (not counting Epics or the published adventures).

Oh. I didn't expect that. It seems that the two programs do have quite a similar release schedule. They're different in a number of other ways (and similar in others), but it does seem that the lack of content I perceive with the D&D AL will be a temporary thing. Probably.

Good to know!

 

[Pickles JG]

Given what a rip off of PFS the AL is this does not suprise me at all

 

[Beleriphon]

Given what a rip off of PFS the AL is this does not suprise me at all

Isn't PFS a rip off of the old Living settings organized play?

 

[exile]

I originally kind of thought the same thing (and still think the name is kind of a rip-off). But the truth is, there are only so many ways to structure a living/organized play campaign.

 

[exile]

As to the number of adventures produced, yeah, it's pretty similar. From what little I have seen, the key difference is that the PFS adventures tend to be better developed with artwork and what not than are the Expeditions.

Of course, you pay for that.

Of course, you can pay for that without having to be buddy buddy with an approved retailer.

 

[carmachu]

Isn't PFS a rip off of the old Living settings organized play?

Correct. Thats what I was going to post that the PFS is a rip off of the old RPGA......