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New Pathfinder: Paizo pitches Pathfinder 2R edition head to head with D&D 50th anniversary

April 26, 2023 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Pathfinder Player Core, Pathfinder GM Core, Pathfinder Monster Core, and Pathfinder Player Core 2 will replace the Pathfinder Core Rulebook, Gamemastery Guide, Bestiary, and Advanced Player’s Guide.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Jim Butler, Open Game License, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, starfinder

Paizo announce a new leadership team

June 9, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Pathfinder and Starfinder publisher Paizo has a significant newly increased leadership team. In May, old TSR employee Jim Butler replaced Jeff Alvarez as President. In January, Paizo recruited Maggie Gallagher as the HR expert to help with staff unease and union demands, and in the role of Director of People and Culture. Maggie was clearly […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: Jim Butler, Paizo Publishing

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #153

May 20, 2022 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Routinely Itemised is a weekly RPG news wrap-up from Geek Native and other tabletop hobby blogs.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: drivethrurpg, hasbro, Jim Butler, Monte Cook Games, Paizo Publishing, routinely itemised

Routinely Itemised: RPGs #125

November 5, 2021 by Andrew Girdwood 1 Comment

Fortunately, there’s been plenty of RPG news to keep brains distracted here in the North from the unrelenting encroachment of winter of darkness.

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: 2CGaming, adam lee, alien rpg, banana chan, battlelords of the 23rd century, Call of Cthulhu, chromatic dungeons, Claim the Sky, Fizban's Treasury of Dragons, Free League Publishing, ghost hunters, goodman games, Ill Gotten Games, Jim Butler, kickstarter, Legendary Games, leyline press, lord of the rings, modern age, Mongoose Publishing, neverending, Newt Newport, Numenera, Paizo Publishing, planebreaker, Polyhedra Games, Porcupine Publishing, roll20, routinely itemised, salvage union, savage worlds, scp, sidequest, the grinning frog, the merciless merchants, The One Ring, traveller, Troll Lord Games, wizards of the coast

Toy Vault secures Paizo license for Pathfinder and Starfinder plushies

April 14, 2020 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Plush figures have been much-asked-for by the Pathfinder and Starfinder communities

Filed Under: Geek Stuff Tagged With: Jim Butler, Paizo Publishing, pathfinder, plushies, starfinder

Fall of Man Kickstarter signs Jim Butler

January 19, 2014 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Fall of Man is a Kickstarter from Samurai Sheepdog. It promises an RPG of post apocalyptic horror and survival. https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/2033407677/fall-of-man-a-post-apocalyptic-gothic-horror-fanta/ [Back this Kickstarter] This is an ambitious project that asks for $22,000. There are 28 days to go and more than $4,000 in the pledge bank. The stretch goal targets list all the way […]

Filed Under: Tabletop & RPGs Tagged With: apocalyptic, Bastion Press, ed greenwood, horror, Jim Butler, kickstarters, mystic eye games

Jim Butler e-View | Echoes #12

December 21, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Jim Butler is a veteran of the RPG industry. He has a string of credits to his name under the TSR flag, some with Wizards of the Coast and then founded Bastion Press with the release of the d20 system and OGL. He’s worked on Dragonlance, Forgotten Realms, Dark Sun and Alternity. GameWyrd’s questions appear […]

Filed Under: Echoes from the Wyrd Tagged With: Bastion Press, echoes from the wyrd, interview, Jim Butler, rpg, wizards of the coast

RPG News: Wizards cut 115 jobs | Echoes #2

December 19, 2009 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

These stories have been rounded up from all over the internet but many of them come from GamingReport which, as a partner site, remains GameWyrd’s number one choice for industry news. Direct quotes from GamingReport appear in blue text. Topics New Dragonlance novels and RPG. … and will Vin Diesel star in a Dragonlance movie? […]

Filed Under: Echoes from the Wyrd Tagged With: Buffy the Vampire Slayer, echoes from the wyrd, hasbro, Jim Butler, rpg, Vin Diesel, wizards of the coast

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