The following adventures will be released on August 27, 2025, and may be run at events beginning on that date.
Pathfinder Society
Pathfinder Society Intro to the Year of Battle’s Spark—Enough is Enough*
Pathfinder Society Scenario #7-02: Shipyard Sabotage*
Starfinder Society
Starfinder Society Scenario #1-03: Disaster at Dreamlink Labs*
Starfinder Society Scenario #1-04: The Great Absalom Relay*
Gen Con 2025 was a rousing success! The Sagamore ballroom was packed to the gills 18 hours a day with Pathfinder and Starfinder Society games, Pathfinder Quest and Infinity Deck demos, and the Battle of Hellknight Hill! We ran over 1100 games for nearly 6000 players during the weekend, and it was wonderful to get to game with all of you again.
If you’d like to join us in 2026, look for a call for volunteers here on the blog in January of next year. Only 352 days until Gen Con!
Photos by Gen Con Committee Member bigrin42
The Gen Con launch of Starfinder Society (second edition) was a stellar success! We ran nearly 600 tables of Starfinder Society (second edition), and everybody had a blast (off—okay we’re done doing puns now).
Prior to the convention, we launched our updated landing page, Character Options page, Guide to Organized Play and a new Player’s Guide for the Invasion’s Edge storyline. We know there are still some hiccups and bumps to be smoothed out on some of these pages, but we’re working hard to get everything corrected. If you see any issues with broken links or outdated language, please let us know and we’ll get things fixed up!
One thing I realized we didn’t communicate very effectively ahead of time was our sanctioning process for Starfinder (second edition) adventures other than scenarios. We do not intend to issue chronicle sheets for these adventures, outside of special exceptions like Free RPG Day adventures and other single-session adventures. Players are still free to use the character options in these adventures, provided they own a physical or PDF copy of the product, but there won’t be Organized Play credit for playing or GMing these non-Society adventures.
We’ve got some new character options for Pathfinder Society this month! Our newest release, Pathfinder Battlecry!, is now sanctioned for use. All Pathfinder Society players who own a copy may play as a jotunborn, a commander and/or a guardian, and many other options are available through boons in the boon store. You can find full details on the Character Options page as usual.
We’ve also released some brand new boons for expanded wizard schools! Add more spells to your wizard’s curriculum from non-core books with the boons, available for just 10 Achievement Points each.
As a reminder, you have three weeks before the September 5th deadline to register your first Starfinder Society (second edition) game and unlock a skittermander character in Pathfinder Society! To help our our play-by-post community, this applies specifically to games begun on or before September 5th.
Finally, we invite all Pathfinder Society members to tune into Paizo Live this Friday, August 15 for news on upcoming adventures in 2026! You can expect to hear some intriguing news about Pathfinder Society scenarios from some of our editorial staff, so join us at 4pm Pacific time on our Twitch channel.
Campaign Service Coins
At Gen Con, several new Campaign Coins have been awarded! We award these coins to members of the community who have gone above and beyond to provide an exceptional program to the community at large. Campaign Coins are awarded based on nominations; if you believe someone in your community is deserving of this award (whether or not they are a Venture Officer), send an email to organizedplay@paizo.com with their name and reasons.
Congratulations to:
Greg Garcia, who now holds a campaign coin and OP ID #912
John Kaufeld, who now holds a campaign coin and OP ID #923
and Kurt Wasiluk, who now holds a campaign coin and OP ID #924
GM Ranks
Whether stars, novas, or glyphs, achieving a 5 ranking in any program involves a substantial amount of time. To achieve the 5th milestone, a GM must run 150 games, of which at least 50 must be unique scenarios and 10 special scenarios as well as run between one and three games for venture-captains (program dependent). A conservative estimate of the time needed to reach the 5th milestone is 650 hours!
This month we had three GMs reach their fifth rank!
5th Glyph (PFS2): Randy Cronin, Daniel Hutchinson, James Reeves
If you believe you’ve completed your 5th rank but haven’t been announced yet, please email me at organizedplay@paizo.com.
Gen Con may have ended, but fall is chock full of local events! Check out the Conventions calendar for upcoming events in your area and be one of the first to experience Starfinder Society (second edition). I’ll be joining the local community at GalaxyCon San Jose this weekend, as well as Hurricon in Orlando in October. Later this month we’ll have a call for volunteers for PAX Unplugged (November 21-23), so stay tuned for that!
Until next time: Explore! Report! Cooperate! And good luck in the Great Absalom Relay!
Alex Speidel
Convention and Organized Play Manager
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