Pathfinder 1E [Paizo] 10,000 Gamers Download Pathfinder RPG in One Week

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10,000 Gamers Download Pathfinder RPG in One Week

Kicks off largest open playtest in RPG history.

March 26, 2008 (BELLEVUE, Wash.) – Paizo Publishing today revealed that more than 10,000 gamers have downloaded the Pathfinder RPG Alpha release 1 since its announcement one week ago. The free PDF is available now at paizo.com/pathfinderRPG.

"The huge number of downloads has exceeded our expectations, as has the outpouring of support from gamers around the world,” said Paizo Publisher Erik Mona. "Our open playtest forums have exploded with thoughtful commentary on the Alpha release, and I look forward to a long and productive playtest effort going forward."

Playtester feedback has already resulted in development changes to the initial Pathfinder RPG Alpha release 1. The changes have been integrated into to a new release 1.1 of the Alpha PDF, and are summarized in the first of a series of Development Notes downloads from Paizo Lead Designer Jason Bulmahn.

The Pathfinder Roleplaying Game is a tabletop fantasy roleplaying game that will serve as the anchor for Paizo’s popular line of Pathfinder adventures, sourcebooks, and campaigns. Last week marked the beginning of a year-long open playtest of the new rules, which are based on the popular 3.5 rules available under the Open Game License. The Pathfinder RPG is designed with backward compatibility as one of its primary goals, so players will continue to enjoy their lifelong fantasy gaming hobby without invalidating their entire game library.

Paizo intends to release multiple Pathfinder RPG Alpha downloads to flesh out the system with additional classes, spells, magic items, and additional refinements of the core 3.5 system between now and early summer. Playtester feedback on the Pathfinder RPG messageboards will guide the direction of the Pathfinder RPG Beta to be released at Gen Con this August. The Beta release will take all of the Alpha playtest feedback to create a 320+ page, soft-cover, full-color book, available in print for $24.99 on paizo.com or at your local game store and as a free downloadable PDF on paizo.com. The Beta will serve as the primary playtest document for the Pathfinder RPG until summer 2009 when the rules will be finalized and released as a hardcover rulebook.

Additional information on the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game can be found at paizo.com/pathfinderRPG.

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"The thousand gamers of the Paizo empire descend upon you! Our posts will blot out the sun!"

"Then we will play in the shade."

;) :p :lol:
 

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JoshuaFrost said:
Paizo intends to release multiple Pathfinder RPG Alpha downloads to flesh out the system with additional classes, spells, magic items, and additional refinements of the core 3.5 system between now and early summer. Playtester feedback on the Pathfinder RPG messageboards will guide the direction of the Pathfinder RPG Beta to be released at Gen Con this August. The Beta release will take all of the Alpha playtest feedback to create a 320+ page, soft-cover, full-color book, available in print for $24.99 on paizo.com or at your local game store and as a free downloadable PDF on paizo.com. The Beta will serve as the primary playtest document for the Pathfinder RPG until summer 2009 when the rules will be finalized and released as a hardcover rulebook.

I really do love Paizo's products. They are unfailingly high quality and routinely bring "teh win."

But.

I have issues with paying to beta test a product. I really do. Maybe it's because I used to be paid to test other people's games. But I cannot fathom paying money for the privilege of testing someone else's product.

--G
 

jaerdaph said:

Except that like Windows, Pathfinder will be maintaining unnecessary legacy support for old and busted mechanics, while 4e will be ditching legacy support for a smoother, more streamlined, and more intuitive user experience.

Also, don't Mac users tout the "user-friendliness" of their product? 3.5e, at least according to some on these boards, was less than user friendly. In fact, clunky might be a better way to describe it.

And since Macs are now on Intel machines, we have an explanation for 4e's movement related "rounding errors."

:D

--G
 

Goobermunch said:
I really do love Paizo's products. They are unfailingly high quality and routinely bring "teh win."

But.

I have issues with paying to beta test a product. I really do. Maybe it's because I used to be paid to test other people's games. But I cannot fathom paying money for the privilege of testing someone else's product.

--G

Then download the free PDF? I don't see much of a problem there. I wouldn't exactly expect them to eat the costs of printing 10,000 Beta copies.
 


Goobermunch said:
I have issues with paying to beta test a product.

JoshuaFrost said:
The Beta release will take all of the Alpha playtest feedback to create a 320+ page, soft-cover, full-color book, available in print for $24.99 on paizo.com or at your local game store and as a free downloadable PDF on paizo.com.

:-)
 

This playtest is the best thing ever! :) I love Paizo for doing this. It's great to see the game develop and the playtest feedback making its way into the official documents. This is going to be great!

Pinotage
 

Pinotage said:
This playtest is the best thing ever! :) I love Paizo for doing this. It's great to see the game develop and the playtest feedback making its way into the official documents. This is going to be great!

Pinotage
I'm in complete agreeance with you Pinotage. It's gonna be awesome to see what becomes of this.
 

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