Pathfinder Society

 We do not have any sessions of Pathfinder Society running at the store and do not know  if there are any running in the area, but if you send an email to the regional coordinator at Semopfs@gmail.com, he can point you in the correct direction. There are two sessions a month running in Cape Girardeau and some running online in Southern Illinois on Rolld20

RPG of the Week

Since we stock a whole lot of role playing games (RPGs) and sell very few of them (we sell 5 times as much D&D 5th edition per month as we do all other RPGs combines) we decided to start talking about one of them once a week in the hope of calling your (yes you) attention to some of the fine ones out there. We will also be doing this with some of the less popular boardgames we stock as well.

This week, we feature Castles & Crusades. This RPG dates back to the 3.0 D&D boom when dozens of companies brought out all sorts of RPG supplements for D&D under the OGL. Castles & Crusades is one of the very few companies (Paizo's Pathfinder RPG is another) to still survive from that era, the tagline being "Third edition rules, 1st edition feel." Troll Lord Games has always focused on recreating the style of adventures from the early days of D&D and AD&D, before there was a heavy emphasis on plot and campaign and adventures stood on their own, rather than linking together.

While characters have skills, character class is a major focus of C&C, much as it was in early AD&D and your character class defines what your character can do. If you like D&D 3.0 (or 3.5) or the play of Pathfinder, but Pathfinder has gotten too complex and materials for D&D 3.0 and 3.5 too hard to find (it is out of print after all), take a look at Castles and Crusades.

Shelf Space

Turnover is a major factor in determining if a game or graphic novel gets restocked or not.

Turnover refers to the number of times I sell a product during a given period, either per week, per month or per year. A game or graphic novel needs to sell a certain number of times in order to justify us restocking it. If a game only sells one copy a year, it is better for us, from a business standpoint, to not restock it and put those funds we would spend on it to stock in a different product. Case in point, a number of Pathfinder paperbound books. We looked at the sales records on them and found that a good half of the ones on the shelf have not sold a single copy since the first of the year, so we marked them down and put them back in the used section with no plans to restock new copies.

The Genestealer Cults figures from Games Workshop are a good example of a product with high current turnover. We have sold several copies of the Genestealer Cults book and associated figures and have restocked it weekly since release. We will do so until sale drop off but, since the army has proven a key one for Warhammer 40,000, we will keep the line in stock. 

Pathfinder Program

This week's ICV2 column expands on last week's blog post about the new Pathfinder Society retail initiative and why it might not turn around PF sales decline.

Too Little, Too Late?

Paizo announced this week, to their venture captains first and then through a press release (it appears emailing retailers was an afterthought as we still have not received anything official from them, although some other stores have), that players in PFS games at stores would receive an in-game benefit for the table for making purchases at the store on the date of the game.

Paizo first discussed this last spring with some retailers but apparently it took half a year to implement and may be too late as many stores have reported clearancing out their Pathfinder stock. I know we don't bring in anything new except for hardback books as Paizo's 20% subscription offer has proved too enticing to most local players. Either that or no local players have any interest in Pathfinder print materials as we have sold less than 100 Pathfinder items since the beginning of the year, with the top 3 items the Bigger Flipmat, the GM Screen and the Player Folio. Everything else is 1's and 2's with almost all of the modules only selling 1, not making them worth restocking as they don't sell if we do.

No More Pathfinder Softcovers

Unfortunately, after looking at Pathfinder sales for the past several months, we have decided to discontinue ordering any new release softcover Pathfinder books for the rack. They just aren't selling. We just ran a report on Pathfinder sales since the beginning of the year and found that hardback books, character folios, DM Screens, flip mats and combat pads accounted for all sales of regularly priced Pathfinder products.

 Soft cover books, with a couple of exceptions, only sold when we put them on clearance, which is not why we buy products. We will gladly bring in any books that you might want but will only stock in new hardbacks and specific flipmats from the company. There is just too much product coming out and not enough sells.

3 Problems with Pathfinder (from the Retailer's Point of View)

Scott's column on ICV2 this week discusses the problem with selling Pathfinder releases in the local game storel

Unpainted Minis from WizKids

Taking on Reaper's Bones line head on, WizKids announced a line of unpainted miniatures licensed from Dungeons & Dragons and Pathfinder and featuring sculpts of characters and monsters from both lines.  Here is more information:

UNPAINTED MINIS: DONE THE WIZKIDS WAY!
 

As many of you may have already heard, only a few weeks ago we announced a brand new line of unpainted miniatures, featuring more than 150 unique fantasy sculpts, set to be released in Q4 2016. With this release, we plan to raise the bar on collectible miniatures and blaze the trail for an era of highly detailed, desirable and affordable minis. We’d like to take some time to delve deeper into what you can expect with this upcoming and highly anticipated release, and hopefully answer any questions you may have.

We plan to roll out our new unpainted minis line with a number of our distinguished fantasy licenses.  Additionally, there will be a WizKids house brand of unpainted minis available in our offerings. Where fantasy licensed branded minis will focus on famous creatures and characters, WizKids house brand minis will focus on environmental set pieces to enhance our player’s and collector’s game experiences.  

Our team is working hard to ensure WizKids unpainted minis are highly detailed, incorporating scaled features with deep cut details, so your customers can look forward to easier hand painting.  

The unpainted minis line will not follow our historical collectible business model. Instead, it will focus on single repeat purchases, displaying the high quality minis in striking, yet visible, packaging.  Customers will be able to see what they are buying on your shelves.
The collection will include characters, creatures, and even scene-building elements, all available in three types of specialty packs that will each contain a variety of sculpts (most of which will come fully assembled):

• Level Up Packs will contain both a standard and advanced sculpt of the same featured character.
• Designed with army-building in mind, Monster Packs will contain 1-3 miniatures with different poses of a single monster.
• Item Packs will contain scenery and items for detailing adventures. 

 

Level Up Packs will include two (2) figures per pack, one standard and one advanced. Here is an example of a standard and advanced character. Note the level of detail in each figure and the many facets and intricacies between each.



Standard character has decent armor to protect him in battle. But just wait until he levels up…

 

Advanced character features improved, exciting and impressive battle armor! 

 

 

There will be a vast assortment of both male and female characters from a variety of classes and races in the initial release of unpainted minis. For example, look for generic and iconic heroes, monsters and more!  

Prices tend to vary widely when it comes to unpainted minis in the marketplace. Most of our unpainted minis will be priced at $2.99-$3.99 depending on the pack, making them a great value for your customers. 

Our unpainted minis will come pre-primed with Acrylicos Vallejo primer so they are ready for hand painting right out of the box. Acrylicos Vallejo is a long running industry standard, known for their specialized high-quality paints. 

The unpainted minis line will not be exclusive to a single distributor. Instead, we are taking a multi-distributor approach with this release. A full list of distributors carrying the line will be announced in the coming months. 

Consideration has been made in the packaging design, ensuring it is sized to fit on existing slat wall/peg systems. Packaging can also be placed on shelves, or any easily accessible location for your customers. 

Here is a sample of what’s to come! 

 

Look for this set to hit your shelves later this year.  Until then, we encourage you to offer plenty of opportunity for pre-orders within your store.

Greg Leeds Inteview

ICV2 has an interesting interview with Greg, Leeds, CEO of WOTC. One point  I found striking was the planned emphasis n digital products for Dungeons & Dragons, as opposed to more print products. Given that Paizo puts out more products for Pathfinder in a month than WOTC has since the release of 5th edition.

November Paizo Releases

Coming in November!

PZO1133 Pathfinder Player Companion: Bestiary 5 (Hardcover) $44.99 SRP SDI Terrors of the Mind! Face off against creatures that threaten your body and soul! Inside Bestiary 5 lurk hundreds of new monsters ready for use in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. You’ll find the death-dealing grim reaper, menacing deep ones, and the ground-shaking wood colossus. Alongside such terrors, there are also allies to be found, such as the whimsical leshi, the inscrutable esoteric dragons, and the powerful aerial servant! Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Bestiary 5 is the fifth indispensable volume of monsters for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and serves as a companion to the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook and Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Bestiary. This imaginative tabletop game builds upon more than 10 years of system development and an Open Playtest featuring more than 50,000 gamers to create a cutting-edge RPG experience that brings the all-time best-selling set of fantasy rules into the new millennium. 320 pages, Hardcover	PZO6811 Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Barbarian Class Deck $19.99 SRP SDI Channel your Fury! Barbarians wield massive weapons and their own rage to create a potent and deadly combatant. The Barbarian Class Deck accessory for the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game allows players to bring these unpredictable warriors to any Base Set, including the demon-infested Wrath of the Righteous campaign! The 109-card Barbarian Class Deck contains three new characters - including a new version of the iconic barbarian Amiri and both new and recognizable allies, weapons, armor, and other boons to support your barbarian through an entire Adventure Path. This deck can also be used in the popular Pathfinder Society Adventure Card Guild organized play campaign.
PZO9463 Pathfinder Player Companion: Weapon Master’s Handbook $14.99 SRP SDI Being proficient with a weapon is a good start, but you can become a true artist of combat with the secrets of the Pathfinder Player Companion: Weapon Master’s Handbook! Within the volume’s pages are the benefits of studying at the great schools of war, details on fighting techniques honed over centuries of gladiatorial combat, and rules for learning several divine fighting techniques. Also featuring new feats, magic items, archetypes, and expanded options for the stamina and combat trick rules first presented in Pathfinder RPG: Pathfinder Unchained, this player-friendly volume contains everything you need to become a master with any conceivable weapon!	PZO90100 Pathfinder Adventure Path: A Song of Silver (Hell’s Rebels 4 of 6) $29.99 SRP SDI The 100th volume of the Pathfinder Adventure Path! The time has come to take back the Silver City of Kintargo! Too long has the diabolic Lord-Mayor Barzillai Thrune inflicted upon his citizens cruelties and increasingly oppressive laws. In “A Song of Silver,” the heroes of the beleaguered city finally strike back, and as their rebellion mobilizes in the city streets to stand against the corrupt government’s minions, the heroes themselves must strike at the sources. Rescuing old heroes from forgotten prison cells, reclaiming control of historic and key locations, and the performance of an ancient song that was used years ago to protect the city from Hell’s agents are but the preamble for the decisive battle, an assault on the enormous Temple of Asmodeus! “A Song of Silver” is a Pathfinder Roleplaying Game adventure for 10th-level characters. The adventure continues the Hell’s Rebels Adventure Path, an urban- and political-themed campaign that focuses on a rebellion against one of the Pathfinder Campaign Setting’s most infamous nations - devil-haunted Cheliax. In celebration of the Adventure Path’s one-hundredth volume, this special oversized installment also features several new monsters, revelations about the dead god of humanity - Aroden, a brand new Pathfinder Journal, a poster map depicting a key battlefield in the adventure, and a huge retrospective of the prior 16 Adventure Paths wherein additional never-before-statted NPCs for each are presented in full detail, both to expand the options of previous Adventure Paths or to provide new friends and foes for Hell’s Rebels and all the Adventure Paths to come!
PZO9286 Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Occult Realms $22.99 SRP SDI The world of Golarion is full of ancient secrets, hidden lore, and untapped psychic powers. Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Occult Realms helps Game Masters explore occult themes in their games, providing inspiration, new rules, and detailed locations to bring an occult campaign of any level to life. New occult powers designed to complement the new classes presented in Pathfinder RPG Occult Adventures help members of psychic classes customize their characters through story-based accomplishments, and new rituals tied to the organizations, history, and gods of the Inner Sea region allow non-psychics to create powerful occult effects. More than a dozen locations rife with occult adventure potential are detailed within, including sites in Hermea, Jalmeray, Numeria, and Razmiran, as well as sites on other planets and planes of existence. No occult-themed campaign in the Pathfinder campaign setting is complete without Occult Realms!	PZO1017 Pathfinder Pawns: Summon Monster Pawn Collection $24.99 SRP SDI Summon legions of extraplanar creatures to your tabletop with this collection of more than 100 creature pawns for use with the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game or any tabletop fantasy roleplaying game! Printed on sturdy cardstock, each pawn contains a beautiful full-color image of a monster from the summon monster spell lists in the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Core Rulebook. Each cardstock pawn slots into a size-appropriate plastic base from the Pathfinder Pawns Bestiary Box, making them easy to mix with traditional metal or plastic miniatures. With multiple pawns for commonly summoned creatures, the Summon Monster Pawn Collection is the best way to ensure you’ve got the perfect monsters to conjure for every Pathfinder Roleplaying Game encounter!
PZO9549 Pathfinder Module: The House on Hook Street $24.99 SRP SDI Dreams turn deadly in Old Korvosa! Nightmare-spawned horrors begin stalking the district’s shiver addicts, sparking a manhunt to bring those responsible to justice. What role does the strange cult known as the Brotherhood of the Spider play in the mysterious deaths, and why has the veil between the dreaming and waking worlds worn so thin? To solve these mysteries and others, the heroes must walk the unseen paths of Bridgefront’s occult underworld, and even enter the Dimension of Dreams itself to unravel the web of intrigue around the cult’s dangerous machinations. But what happens when the heroes’ own dreams turn against them, and can they uncover dark esoteric secrets too terrible to know before it is too late? Designed for use with Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Occult Adventures, “The House on Hook Street” is packed with terrifying thrills! Designed for 6th-level characters!	PZO30068 Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Winter Forest $14.99 SRP SDI When the heroes encounter frost giants in the depths of a frozen forest, no Game Master wants to spend time drawing every single tree, rock, and snow bank. Fortunately, with Paizo Publishing’s latest Pathfinder Flip-Mat, you don’t have to! This line of gaming maps provides ready-to-use and captivatingly detailed fantasy set pieces for the busy Game Master. This double-sided map is perfect to use when the heroes need to set up a cold camp or have just wandered into the haunt of some frost-bitten undead. Don’t waste your time sketching when you could be playing. With Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Winter Forest, you’ll be ready next time your players venture into the frigid wilderness.

Pathfinder MMO in Danger

Goblinworks, the company formed to launch the Pathfinder MMO laid off all but 3 employees yesterday and CEO Ryan Dancy has resigned. The company raised $1.3 million through Kickstarter to fund the MMO and said the company was on track to launch the MMO. However, Paizo now says the company needs just over an additional $5 million to bring the game to open enrollment.

It's Nice When Manufacturers Listen to Stores

It’s rather nice when a manufacturer asks a question of retailers, then actually listens  to what stores say and acts upon it. It seems to most retailers that manufacturers generally ask what stores want, listen and then go ahead and do whatever they planned to do in the first place. The recent releases of Batman Fluxx, and  Adventure Time Fluxx and the upcoming release of Fluxx Dice by Looney Labs are one of those great examples of a publisher reaching out to retailers, asking said retailers what should happen in a given situation and then acting on what said retailers  recommended Looney Labs do in order to make it easier on stores and maximize sales.

The original publishing schedule for the three releases was to release Adventure Time Fluxx in late July, Batman Fluxx in early August and Fluxx Dice in late August.  Due to a flux in the space time continuum, or more likely a shipping and delivery problem, the release date for Adventure Time Fluxx had to get pushed back to early August, releasing at the same time as Batman Fluxx. So Looney Labs did what any publisher ought to do and so few do, reach out to the people who will be selling most of their products to the end consumer, the retailers. 

Looney Labs wanted to know, should the company release both Fluxx titles on the same  day, potentially creating a greater impact  and grabbing more mindshare from the consumer or stagger the releases a few weeks apart, allowing each release to generate buzz on its own. Most of the retailers who responded chose spreading out the two releases over the month for two main reasons:  1) As noted above, spacing out the two allowed Looney Labs and stores to spread out the impact of each release, allowing stores to focus on and promote each separately, rather than  putting together a larger promotion that would increase attention on the Fluxx brand but could dilute the impact of either release on its own and 2) from a financial standpoint it is much easier for retailers to absorb the impact of stocking both games  if they can spread the “hit” to the budget over a month rather than stocking both at the same time and having the bill for both coming in at the same time as well.

Looney Labs did listen to the stores and pushed the release of Adventure Time Fluxx to later in August, releasing Batman Fluxx on August 7^th, Adventure Time Fluxx two weeks later and, so as to smooth out the release schedule even more, bumping Fluxx Dice back into early September. 

It would really help stores, and overall sales, if more companies would do both of these things:  talk to us and spread out their release schedules more for new products. Paizo’s release schedule for Pathfinder generally calls for new products to release the last Wednesday of each month, meaning that a Pathfinder player who wants to pick up everything for the game has to plan on dropping an average of $100-$200 that week on Pathfinder products. Spreading out new releases on a weekly  schedule, ala Games Workshop, would mean:  1) new products every week for the Pathfinder player and 2) lest of a hit at the end of the month on said Pathfinder player’s wallet, and the store’s budget too, for that matter.  Think about it, would you Paizo?

Upcoming Pathfinder Releases

Coming in September for Pathfinder:

Coming in September!

PZO9098 Pathfinder Adventure Path: Turn of the Torrent (Hell’s Rebels 2 of 6) $24.99 SRP SDI The rebel group known as the Silver Ravens once fought for independence in the city of Kintargo, but after the nation’s civil war came to an end, they disbanded until today! Now, new heroes have re-established the rebel group to stand against the inquisitor Barzillai Thrune and his oppressive diabolic regime. But before the Silver Ravens can rise up, they’ll need allies -friends among powerful groups like the Hellknights of the Torrent, Kintargo’s established rebel cults, and disenfranchised agents of the government itself. But until the heroes find the perfect hideout for their rebellion - a place secret enough and strong enough to withstand the battles to come - they’ll be forced to stay in the shadows. When a perfect site for their headquarters comes along, will the heroes survive long enough to claim it as their own? “Turn of the Torrent” is a Pathfinder Roleplaying Game adventure for 4th-level characters. The adventure continues the Hell’s Rebels Adventure Path, an urban- and political-themed campaign that focuses on a rebellion against one of the Pathfinder Campaign Setting’s most infamous nations - devil-haunted Cheliax. Several new monsters, an exploration of the fishlike humanoids known as skum, and a brand new Pathfinder Journal round out this volume of the Pathfinder Adventure Path! 96 pages, Soft cover, Full color	PZO9461 Pathfinder Player Companion: Occult Origins $12.99 SRP SDI Unlock your inner potential with Pathfinder Player Companion: Occult Origins! Featuring brand new rules and options for the 6 new occult character classes from the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Occult Adventures hardcover, this volume outlines ways to fit psychic characters into the Pathfinder campaign setting. Discover secrets of the mind from across the Pathfinder world, including archetypes tied to secret traditions, new occult rituals, psychic spells, magic items, and much more! 32 pages, Soft cover, Full color
PZO6025 Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Wrath of the Righteous Adventure Deck 5: Herald of the Ivory Labyrinth $19.99 SRP SDI Lost in the Labyrinth! Your victories over the Cult of Baphomet have earned you an audience with the goddess Iomedae. She’s asked you to travel to Baphomet’s Abyssal realm, navigate its trackless mazes, and rescue the Herald of Iomedae from an ancient prison. The Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Herald of the Ivory Labyrinth Adventure Deck is a 110-card expansion that adds new locations, monsters, villains, and more to the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game. This deck also includes new loot cards and 5 new scenarios that make up the complete Herald of the Ivory Labyrinth adventure. Continue your character’s mythic ascension with the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Herald of the Ivory Labyrinth Adventure Deck.	PZO6809 Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Class Deck: Monk $19.99 SRP SDI Mind and Body! Monks make weapons of themselves just as capable of crippling or killing as any blade. The Monk Class Deck accessory for the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game allows players to bring these inspired warriors to any Base Set including the demon-filled Wrath of the Righteous campaign. The 109-card Monk Class Deck contains 3 new characters including a new version of the iconic monk Sajan and enough new and familiar weapons, spells, items, and other boons to advance your monk through an entire Adventure Path. This deck can also be used in the exciting Pathfinder Society Adventure Card Guild organized play campaign.
PZO9280 Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Inner Sea Races $44.99 SRP SDI Learn all there is to know about the peoples of the Pathfinder campaign setting, from elves and dwarves to goblins and strix, in this massive 256-page hardcover companion to the Inner Sea World Guide! Along with expansive details on Golarion’s most prominent races you’ll find whole chapters of exciting new character options, allowing you to make your favorite hero’s culture more vital and valuable than ever before! Dozens of racial details and heritages also make choosing the perfect race easier than ever, whether you want to be a Varisian human or an archon-blooded aasimar. Whether you need realistic cultural details for your game or want to make your character feel like a true native, Inner Sea Races brings the peoples of the Pathfinder world to life like never before!	PZO30067 Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Slum Quarter $14.99 SRP SDI Navigate the twisted alleys and crammed quarters of the bad side of town in Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Slum Quarter. The grimy streets on either side of this durable accessory provide a warren of blind corners, dangerous courtyards, and dilapidated shanties more dangerous than any dungeon. Don’t waste your time sketching when you could be playing. With Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Slum Quarter, you’ll be ready next time your players slum it amid the city’s most dangerous district! This portable, affordable map measures 24” x 30” unfolded, and 8” x 10” folded. Its coated surface can handle any dry erase, wet erase, or even permanent marker. Usable by experienced GMs and novices alike, Pathfinder Flip-Mats fit perfectly into any Game Master’s arsenal!

July Pathfinder Releases

Coming this July from Paizo for Pathfinder

PZO1132 Pathfinder Player Companion: Occult Adventures $44.99 SRP SDI Delve into the occult secrets of psychic magic, mystic rituals, and esoteric sciences with Occult Adventures, the latest hardcover rulebook for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game! Six new occult-themed character classes bring the vast treasures of occultism and mysticism to Pathfinder players like never before. Set out on new adventures as a kineticist, medium, mesmerist, psychic, occultist, or spiritualist, or choose from dozens of archetypes for these and most existing Pathfinder RPG classes. Explore forbidden secrets long kept from the world to discover magical forces that unlock vast powers of mind and body. Uncover lost relics and proscribed spells to give your hero new powers in the fight against evil, and pick up new psychic tricks with a library of new feats based on occult traditions. Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Occult Adventures includes: -Six new base classes - the reality-warping kineticist, the spirit-infused medium, the manipulative mesmerist, the relic-wielding occultist, the mind-master psychic, and the phantom-bonded spiritualist. -Thematic archetypes for appropriate Pathfinder RPG base classes, such as the haunted totem barbarian, the phrenologist bard, the ghost rider cavalier, the psychic detective inquisitor, and more! -Tons of new spells and magic items, including lots of options for existing classes as well as the perfect gear for the new classes and archetypes introduced in this book. -In-depth overviews of key occult topics such as auras, ki, chakras, psychic combat, possession, occult rituals, and the esoteric planes. 272 pages, Hardcover, Full color
PZO9548 Pathfinder Module: Feast of Dust $24.99 SRP SDI A deadly new curse known as the Carrion Call spreads rapidly through the Meraz Desert, driving its victims mad with hunger and a burning desire to flee into the sands. To find the source of this affliction, the heroes must challenge gnoll tribes, fiends, and the walking dead to discover the secret of a long-forgotten evil - the daemon lord known as The Vulture King. Once worshiped as a god, this vile creature threatens to spread his feast of dust to new lands unless someone can find the keys to stopping his unholy resurrection.	PZO6023 Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Wrath of the Righteous Adventure Deck 3: Demon’s Heresy $19.99 SRP SDI The Wrath of the Righteous campaign continues with the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Demon’s Heresy Adventure Deck. With the demon armies still concentrating their attacks to the south, the heroes must venture into the heart of the Worldwound to seek out powerful new allies and strike a mortal blow against the Templars of the Ivory Labyrinth - but in doing so, they discover a disturbing truth about the crystalline source of mythic power the demons have been using against the crusaders. This 110-card expansion adds new locations, monsters, villains, and more to the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game; it also includes rare loot cards and 5 new scenarios that make up the complete “Demon’s Heresy” adventure.
PZO9096 Pathfinder Adventure Path:Shadow of the Storm Tyrant (Giantslayer 6 of 6) $22.99 SRP SDI The thrilling conclusion of the Giantslayer Adventure Path! The heroes emerge from a fire giant dungeon into a volcano’s caldera, where the Storm Tyrant’s stolen cloud castle floats high above. As the castle takes off into the sky, the heroes must storm the castle and defeat the Storm Tyrant’s guardians and elite giant allies. Finally, they must face the Storm Tyrant himself and his dominated red dragon to put an end to his megalomaniacal push for power. Will the heroes defeat Volstus the Storm Tyrant, or will all of Avistan bend its knee to the mighty warlord and his giant armies? “Shadow of the Storm Tyrant” is a Pathfinder Roleplaying Game adventure for 15th-level characters. The adventure continues the Giantslayer Adventure Path, a classic sword & sorcery campaign that pits the players against hordes of evil giants. Several new monsters, an article on the ecology of the planar giants called gigases, ideas for further adventures beyond the bounds of the Giantslayer campaign, and the final installment of the Pathfinder’s Journal, written by Patrick Renie, round out this volume of the Pathfinder Adventure Path!	PZO9459 Pathfinder Player Companion: Dirty Tactics Toolbox $12.99 SRP SDI Make sure you never get stuck in a fair fight again with Pathfinder Player Companion: Dirty Tactics Toolbox. Learn how to use poisons, dirty trick maneuvers, sneak attacks, ambushes, and hidden equipment to more than even the odds in any encounter. This player-focused volume contains dozens of new feats, magic items, spells, and other character options to let you have a nasty trick or two up your sleeve, or become the unquestioned master of fighting dirty. 32 pages, Softcover, Full color
PZO30066 Pathfinder Flip-Mat: Museum $14.99 SRP SDI Whether sarcophagi have been smashed, relics robbed, or skylights shattered, mysteries abound at the museum. This portable, affordable map measures 24” x 30” unfolded, and 8” x 10” folded. Its coated surface can handle any dry erase, wet erase, or even permanent marker. Usable by experienced GMs and novices alike, Pathfinder Flip-Mats fit perfectly into any Game Master’s arsenal! On tabletops across the world, the Flip-Mat Revolution is changing the way players run their fantasy roleplaying games! Why take the time to sketch out ugly scenery on a smudgy plastic mat when dynamic encounters and easy clean-up are just a Flip away?	PZO9282 Pathfinder Campaign Setting: Giantslayer Poster Map Folio $19.99 SRP SDI Evil giants plague the treacherous Mindspin Mountains, and only your player characters stand into the way of their conquest! Three massive, lavishly illustrated poster maps set the scene for the popular Giantslayer Adventure Path, creating a must-have collection for that or any mountainous campaign. Maps include the frontier town of Trunau, a vast overview of the Mindspin Mountain region, and a giant player-oriented map of a frost giant village, presented as an isometric drawing of the settlement’s defenses and layout. Whether you’re looking for a small, fortified town or a mysterious regional map to inspire adventure, these beautiful maps are the perfect resource to bring gigantic inspiration to your campaign.