Playbook For Pathfinder Now Available in the iOS App Store
Free Download and One Month Free Trial for New Users
SEATTLE, WASHINGTON (June 13, 2016): Trapdoor Technologies announces today the launch of Playbook For Pathfinder, their first officially licensed toolset for the award-winning roleplaying game. Playbook For Pathfinder is now available in the iOS App Store with a free download and one month free trial for new users.

Playbook For Pathfinder allows players to roll-up and manage characters, while Game Masters can purchase and prep adventures and campaigns for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. The app features quick rules look-up, information sharing, stat tracking for monsters and PCs, and more.

The app will include the game’s complete rules set, artwork, connection with Pathfinder Society Organized Play events, and an extensive library of Pathfinder adventures. New content releases will be made each Tuesday, with additional adventures and rulebooks being added throughout the year.

At PaizoCon last week, Paizo announced the Starfinder Roleplaying Game—a new science fantasy RPG based on the Pathfinder universe and rules. Trapdoor will be working closely with Paizo to create a sister app for the new RPG system launching in 2017.

“We are really looking forward to the continued integration of the Pathfinder world in Playbook,” said Lisa Stevens, CEO of Paizo. “We believe it has the potential to streamline prep time and become an invaluable tool for both players and Game Masters.”

For more information visit http://trapdoortechnologies.com/playbook/

About Trapdoor Technologies

Trapdoor Technologies is a Colorado-based company specializing in consumer application development for mobile devices. Their flagship product, The Story Machine™, is a scalable, automated, cloud-based publishing engine offering integrated interactive features for digital books, documents, and periodicals. Trapdoor’s family of applications includes a robust digital companion for tabletop role-playing games (Playbook), an enhanced e-book application featuring Onder Librum for the Ed Greenwood Group (Storybook), as well as two products tailored specifically for corporate customers (Learningbook and Formbook).

About Paizo Inc.

Paizo Inc. is publisher of the award-winning Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, and Pathfinder Tales novels, as well as board games and gaming accessories. The Pathfinder world, in which players take on the role of brave adventurers fighting to survive in a world beset by magic and evil, is currently translated into eight languages, and has been licensed for comic book series, graphic novels, toys, and apparel, and is being developed into an MMORPG. Paizo.com is also a leading online hobby retail store, offering tens of thousands of products from a variety of publishers to customers all over the world.

New Full-Service Science Fantasy RPG Brings Pathfinder to the Far Future

REDMOND, WA (May 31, 2016): Paizo Inc., publisher of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, is thrilled to confirm the development of the new Starfinder Roleplaying Game. The Starfinder Core Rulebook is slated for an August 2017 release.

Set thousands of years in Pathfinder’s future, the Starfinder RPG will be a stand-alone science fantasy game evolved from the Pathfinder RPG rules in which players take on the role of a rag-tag starship crew exploring the countless mysteries of a weird universe. Starfinder’s offerings will include a new monthly Starfinder Adventure Path product line as well as accessories for players and Game Masters.

“Starfinder is set in the solar system of Pathfinder’s home world of Golarion, but far in a possible future—one in which the gods have mysteriously spirited Golarion away to an unknown location, and refuse to answer questions about it,” says James L. Sutter, Starfinder’s creative director. “In its place, the cultures of that world have evolved and spread throughout the solar system, especially to a vast space platform called Absalom Station. Gifted access to a hyperspace dimension by an ascended AI deity, the residents of the system suddenly find themselves with the ability to travel faster than light, and the race is on to explore and colonize potentially millions of worlds. But there are horrors out there in the darkness.”

For a full preview of the Starfinder RPG from creative director James L. Sutter, visit paizo.

The Starfinder line launches at Gen Con 2017 with the release of the 500-page Starfinder Core Rulebook, several player and Game Master accessories, and the inaugural volume of the monthly Starfinder Adventure Path line, which includes epic campaign adventures, new planets to explore, starship and player character options, as well as new monsters and aliens to battle.

Starfinder is also designed to integrate easily with the Pathfinder RPG, allowing players of either game to port over monsters, items, and adventures with a minimal conversion effort.

Starfinder was among a slew of announcements made at this year’s PaizoCon, an annual gathering of Pathfinder fans held in Seattle. Other releases coming soon to the world of Pathfinder include:

-       Pathfinder RPG: Villain Codex introduces 20 villainous gangs: Brutal Slavers, Corrupt Guards, Demon Knights, Merry Outlaws, Sinister Cults, and more. Each enemy group includes full game statistics for its members, feats, spells, and magic items, and tips for incorporating them into the game, a veritable rogue’s gallery of options for busy Game Masters. 256-page hardcover, November 2016.

-       Pathfinder RPG: Encounter Codex provides dozens of vastly customizable encounters giving GMs the settings, foes, and options necessary to run campaign-ready encounters for heroes of level 1 to 20—with no prep. Each encounter uses Pathfinder Flip-Mats and Pawns to create truly immersive game experiences. 256-page hardcover, Spring 2017.

-       Pathfinder Adventure Path’s Ironfang Invasion is a classic fantasy campaign in which heroes explore the unknown and confront the fantastic, all to stop the monstrous hobgoblin Ironfang Legion from wiping out the good people of Nirmathas and Molthune. Players will delve into dungeons, siege well-guarded keeps, explore the wilderness, and battle some of the most iconic creatures from 40 years of roleplaying games. Ironfang Invasion releases February – July 2017.

-       Curse of the Crimson Throne, one of Paizo’s most beloved Adventure Paths, receives an overhaul and full conversion to the Pathfinder RPG in September 2016. The massive 480-page hardcover—the second largest in Paizo’s history second only to the Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook—contains expanded adventures including a brand-new mission written by Paizo’s creative director James Jacobs that sends the heroes into a perilous dungeon run by the infamous Gray Maidens. The AP will also feature dozens of evocative new illustrations of classic characters, as well as updated rules for monsters, magic items, character options, and more. 

-       The Pathfinder RPG: Core Rulebook and Bestiary will appear as softcover Pocket Editions in August 2016. The books’ smaller size and lighter weight make them perfect for convention gaming or easy browsing. Their low price ($24.99 for the Core Rulebook, $19.99 for the Bestiary) make the Pocket Editions perfect for gifts or cost-conscious customers.

In further news, Pathfinder Society, the world’s largest tabletop organized play program, announced Season 8 of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Guild, Year of the Stolen Storm, and also the new season of the Pathfinder Adventure Card Guild, Season of the Goblin. Both will kick off at Gen Con 2016. Pathfinder Society also announced the creation of Pathfinder Society Academy, a new program at introducing roleplaying games to younger players.

PaizoCon is the annual community celebration for all things Pathfinder and Paizo, where hundreds of fans from around the world convene for four days of Pathfinder-related fun and getting to know the team behind the games. PaizoCon 2017 will be held in Seattle on Memorial Day Weekend.

For additional information, visit paizo.com.

About the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game

In the best-selling Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, players take on the role of brave adventurers fighting to survive in a world beset by magic and evil. The Pathfinder RPG is currently translated into eight languages, and the vibrant Pathfinder universe has been licensed for comic book series, graphic novels, miniatures, plush toys, and apparel, and is being developed into a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game.

About Paizo Inc.

Paizo Inc. is publisher of the award-winning Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, Pathfinder Tales novels, as well as board games and accessories. The Pathfinder world, in which players take on the role of brave adventurers fighting to survive in a world beset by magic and evil, is currently translated into eight languages, and has been licensed for comic book series, graphic novels, toys, and apparel, and is being developed into an MMORPG. Paizo.com is also a leading online hobby retail store, offering tens of thousands of products from a variety of publishers to customers all over the world.

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As Pathfinders Convene on Seattle for PaizoCon’s Annual Fan-Fest, Syrinscape Launches Latest Sounds for Popular Roleplaying Game

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (May 27, 2016) – Syrinscape, creator of the award-winning apps that put the power of custom, movie-like sound effects, soundscapes, and music at the fingertips of the gamer, releases today A Song of Silver SoundPack, the complete audio solution for the fourth chapter of the Pathfinder RPG Adventure Path: Hell’s Rebels.

Syrinscape and Green Ronin Partner to Bring World’s Greatest Superhero Roleplaying Game to Life

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (May 25, 2016) – Syrinscape, creator of the award-winning apps that put the power of custom, movie-like sound effects, soundscapes, and music at the fingertips of the gamer, and Green Ronin Publishing, award-winning publisher of innovative and acclaimed games such as Fantasy AGE, Dragon Age, A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying and more, announce today the companies have partnered to develop custom Mutants & Masterminds SoundSets for the Syrinscape Sci-Fi app.

The first two Mutants & Masterminds SoundSets launch today, Freedom City 2525 and Space Flight, with monthly releases thereafter, each featuring a new location and encounter from the popular roleplaying game, and are playable on PCs, Macs, Android phones and tablets, iPads, and iPhones.

“The Mutants & Masterminds SoundSets will transport players straight into Freedom City’s heroic action and adventure, with exciting custom-made sounds for its brave heroes, treacherous villains, diverse locations, and more,” says Benjamin Loomes, creator of Syrinscape. “We’re thrilled to be working with Green Ronin. Mutants & Masterminds is a legendary game and will become a cornerstone of Syrinscape’s Sci-Fi app,” says Benjamin Loomes, creator, Syrinscape.

With the whoosh of passing hover cards, the whine of passing emergency vehicle sires, the beeps and buzzes of droids and so much more, the Freedom City 2525 SoundSet from Syrinscape brings everything needed for players to immerse themselves in this high-tech utopian metropolis.

The Space Flight SoundSet features everything needed for epic superhero space battles, including laser guns, freeze rays, humming electro force fields, whooshes and whizzes and a soundtrack befitting the best pulp movie.

Says Green Ronin President Chris Pramas, "Syrinscape will be such a great resource for Mutants & Masterminds gamemasters, and I'm excited to launch our first sound sets. The right music and sound effects can really make your encounters come alive."  

Mutants & Masterminds SoundSets join the ever-growing Syrinscape Sci-Fi library of fantastic sounds for any sci-fi tabletop adventure, and are available from Syrinscape ($3.99/ea), or as part of the Syrinscape Sci-Fi ongoing subscription for $6.50/month.

The award-winning Syrinscape apps for Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Board Games, bring fantastic, realistic sound to tabletop gaming. Each is available to try for free, can be completely unlocked for free for 30 days at Syrinscape.com/freetrial, and includes 2 free SoundSets to keep after the trial.

About Mutants & Masterminds

Since 2002, Mutants & Masterminds has earned its title as the World’s Greatest Superhero RPG, inspiring countless game sessions and winning many awards for excellence. Its detailed character creation system lets you create the hero you want to play, choosing from a wide range of skills, advantages, and powers. The streamlined system of game play requires only a single die roll and features easy to use rules. Now in its Third Edition, Mutants & Masterminds is supported by a robust line of sourcebooks, including Emerald City and The Cosmic Handbook, and provides for the rules engine for Green Ronin’s companion game, DC Adventures.

About Green Ronin Publishing

Green Ronin Publishing is a Seattle based company dedicated to the art of great games. Since the year 2000 Green Ronin has established a reputation for quality and innovation that is second to none, publishing such roleplaying game hits as Fantasy AGE, Dragon Age, and A Song of Ice and Fire Roleplaying, and winning over 40 awards for excellence. For an unprecedented three years running Green Ronin won the prestigious GenCon & EnWorld Award for Best Publisher. Last year it worked with Wil Wheaton to create the Geek & Sundry web series Titansgrave: The Ashes of Valkana.

About Syrinscape

Using a powerful audio engine and complex algorithms to produce ever-changing soundscapes and rich encounter-specific music, Syrinscape conjures every aural landscape imaginable, from ethereal forests and stony shorelines, to dank, vermin-filled dungeons, to the spooky depths of the underdark. Designed by accomplished composer and tabletop gamer Benjamin Loomes, along with the developers at the Interaction Consortium, Syrinscape builds on more than 8 years of prototyping and community feedback. Syrinscape is based in Australia. Syrinscape is available for a wide range of devices, including PCs, Macs, Android Tablets and phones, iPhones and iPads, and the players can be downloaded via syrinscape for free.

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Syrinscape, Winner of 2015 UKGE Best Gaming Aid/Accessory Award, Returns Bigger and Better Than Ever to UK Games Expo June 3 – 5, 2016

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (May 17, 2016) – Syrinscape, creator of the award-winning apps that put the power of custom, movie-like sound effects, soundscapes, and music at the fingertips of the gamer, is thrilled to return to UK Games Expo 2016 (UKGE) with a slew of new products and events for playing epic games with epic sound.

Attendees of UKGE will have the unique opportunity to become immortalized in the world of the Pathfinder RPG as the voice of Ithanothaur, the terrifying CR 15 Umbral Dragon, star of Chapter Five of the Pathfinder RPG Hell’s Rebels Adventure Path. A live microphone will be set up in Syrinscape’s trade hall stand (#D17) where fans will be invited to bring forth their heartiest dragon roar, with the chance of being transformed into the mighty dragon on the spot using the powerful Syrinscape SoundSet Creator.

The Pathfinder Saturday Night Special will also get the Syrinscape treatment as Benjamin brings “A Taste of Blight” to life with epic sound effects, music environments and more. It’s the first chance UK players will get to preview this nightmarish city in the wildly popular multi-table event. Pre-gen characters will be provided and new players are welcome.

On Saturday, Syrinscape will make its Catan debut when Benjamin DJs the Big Catan event with live sounds created specifically for the Catan game. Big Catan takes place in the Catan Studios stand, Hall One NEC/Stand #E5 at 11:00 and at 13:00 on Saturday and Sunday. The game will last two hours and is free to players on a first come, first served basis.

Also in the Syrinscape booth, demos will be held during Trade Hall hours of the brand new Board Game Player with the official SoundSets for Catan, Spike, Spellcaster, as well as new Pathfinder RPG SoundSets for the Fantasy Player app, and so much more.

The award-winning Syrinscape apps bring fantastic, realistic sound to tabletop gaming. Each is available to try for free, can be completely unlocked for free for 30 days at Syrinscape.com/freetrial, and includes 2 free SoundSets to keep after the trial. To download the free Board Game Player, Sci-Fi Player, or Syrinscape Fantasy Player, visit Syrinscape.com. Or take advantage of Syrinscape’s special sub-offer for access to the Fantasy Player, Board Game Player, Sci-Fi player, and the extensive libraries of delicious sounds. Become a SuperSyrin subscriber today for only $10 a month, a 60% discount. For a limited time new subscribers will also get a free protective drawstring pouch for mobile devices.

About Syrinscape

Using a powerful audio engine and complex algorithms to produce ever-changing soundscapes and rich encounter-specific music, Syrinscape conjures every aural landscape imaginable, from ethereal forests and stony shorelines, to dank, vermin-filled dungeons, to the spooky depths of the underdark. Designed by accomplished composer and tabletop gamer Benjamin Loomes, along with the developers at the Interaction Consortium, Syrinscape builds on more than 8 years of prototyping and community feedback. Syrinscape is based in Australia. Syrinscape is available for a wide range of devices, including PCs, Macs, Android Tablets and phones, iPhones and iPads, and the players can be downloaded via syrinscape for free.

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Dance of the Damned for the Pathfinder RPG, Modern Weapons, Underwater Dungeon and More, Out Now From Syrinscape

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA (May 12, 2016) – Syrinscape, creator of the award-winning apps that put the power of custom, movie-like sound effects, soundscapes, music, and audio solutions at the fingertips of the gamer, announces today the release of several new SoundPacks for tabletop gaming adventures, including the official SoundPacks for the Pathfinder RPG: Dance of the Damned for the Pathfinder RPG, Modern Weapons, Underwater: Dungeon, Underwater: Deep Water, and Monk Bell Temple.

The Dance of the Damned SoundPack (MSRP $15.99) gives players the complete audio solution to accompany the third chapter of the Pathfinder Adventure Path: Hell’s Rebels. The SoundPack includes:

-       A council of elders discussing serious business of great importance

-       A haunted, tainted aquatic elf village

-       Encounters with underwater beasties, such as a zombie shark, drowned draugr, and an aboleth

-       A fancy dance party, Cheliax-style

-       A mountain keep to storm

-       A massacre at the masque

-       And much more.

The Dance of the Damned SoundPack also includes samples recorded by Pathfinder fans and players at both PaizoCon and GenCon 2015.

The Modern Weapons SoundSet (MSRP $3.99) brings the sounds of modern guns and artillery into any Fantasy game setting, including a library of Global Oneshots for automatic weapons, small arms, explosions, chainsaws, rocket launchers, flamethrowers, tasers, and more, all accessible from the right nav on the Syrinscape app.

The Underwater: Dungeons SoundSet (MSRP $3.99) features the blackness of a flooded dungeon of watery horror. Complete with sounds for climbing in and out of the water, muffled weapon clashes, and music that is blurred and distorted under deep pressure, this SoundSet will immerse players in the truly foreign dangers of horrible flooded corridors and rooms, plus creature encounters and an underwater blade trap!

The Underwater: Deep Water SoundSet (MSRP $3.99) holds every sound needed for the exploration of a ruined vessel sunk in a haunted deep water trench, including zombie sharks, drowned sailors, splashes, weapon impacts, creaking rigging, sea gulls and more. Players will feel like their ears are filled with water as every muffled sound drips into the room.

The Bell Monk Temple SoundSet transports players to a remote temple on a windswept desolate mountainside where they’ll find a small band of devoted monks dedicated to life, healing and their incessant worship. Sounds include meditation, drone, bells, flute, and more.

The award-winning Syrinscape apps bring fantastic, realistic sound to tabletop gaming. Each is available to try for free, can be completely unlocked for free for 30 days at Syrinscape.com/freetrial, and includes 2 free SoundSets to keep after the trial. To download the free Board Game Player, Sci-Fi Player, or Syrinscape Fantasy Player, visit Syrinscape.com.

About Syrinscape

Using a powerful audio engine and complex algorithms to produce ever-changing soundscapes and rich encounter-specific music, Syrinscape conjures every aural landscape imaginable, from ethereal forests and stony shorelines, to dank, vermin-filled dungeons, to the spooky depths of the underdark. Designed by accomplished composer and tabletop gamer Benjamin Loomes, along with the developers at the Interaction Consortium, Syrinscape builds on more than 8 years of prototyping and community feedback. Syrinscape is based in Australia. Syrinscape is available for a wide range of devices, including PCs, Macs, Android Tablets and phones, iPhones and iPads, and the players can be downloaded via syrinscape for free.

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New Base Set of Award-Winning Strategy Card Game Scheduled for October Release

REDMOND, WA (May 10, 2016): Paizo Inc., publisher of the wildly popular Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, announces today the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Mummy’s Mask, the latest edition of the award-winning strategy card game, has been scheduled for an October 2016 release.

Heroes will brave terrible guardians, foul cults, and the burning sands of the desert to stop the rebirth of an ancient tyrant in this cooperative strategy game that pits one to four players against the monsters, curses, and traps of the Mummy’s Mask Adventure Path from the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. Players will choose their character’s class, build a deck of equipment, magic, and allies, and explore dangerous locations as they journey through an exciting fantasy tale.

The Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Mummy’s Mask Base Set includes:

-       More than 500 cards, featuring 7 character classes, a wide array of gear and magical treasures, and dozens of allies, monsters, and villains from the Mummy’s Mask storyline

-       The Half-Dead City Adventure Deck

-       A complete set of 5 polyhedral dice

Players can also supplement their experience with the Character Add-On Deck, Class Decks, and monthly Adventure Decks.

Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Mummy’s Mask Base Set will release worldwide on October 2016, but is available now for pre-order on paizo.com (MSRP $59.99).

About the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game

In the best-selling Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, players take on the role of brave adventurers fighting to survive in a world beset by magic and evil. The Pathfinder RPG is currently translated into eight languages, and the vibrant Pathfinder universe has been licensed for comic book series, graphic novels, miniatures, plush toys, and apparel, and is being developed into a massively multiplayer online roleplaying game.

About Paizo Inc.

Paizo Inc. is publisher of the award-winning Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, Pathfinder Tales novels, as well as board games and accessories. The Pathfinder world, in which players take on the role of brave adventurers fighting to survive in a world beset by magic and evil, is currently translated into eight languages, and has been licensed for comic book series, graphic novels, toys, and apparel, and is being developed into an MMORPG. Paizo.com is also a leading online hobby retail store, offering tens of thousands of products from a variety of publishers to customers all over the world.

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Behind the Scenes of Heroic Battles and Magical Realms Lies a Seething Underbelly of Danger and Deception in Ultimate Intrigue

REDMOND, WA (May 5, 2016): After an extensive open playtest with thousands of Pathfinder players, Paizo Inc., publisher of the award-winning Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, announces today the release of Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Ultimate Intrigue, the latest 256-page hardcover rulebook and invaluable companion to the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: Core Rulebook. Introducing an entirely new player class, the vigilante, Ultimate Intrigue delves into the shadows, where charm, grace, innuendo, and insult may be more powerful than a sharp sword or spell.

INDIANAPOLIS (April 22, 2016) Gen Con, North America’s largest and longest-running gaming convention, has agreed to a new three-year contract with game company Paizo Inc, extending their Co-Sponsorship which began in 2013. This new agreement will extend through Gen Con 2018. At Gen Con 2016, Paizo will have a large Exhibit Hall presence, increased on-site branding and marketing, and will continue hosting hundreds of Pathfinder® Role Playing Game events in its dedicated space in the Indiana Convention Center’s Sagamore Ballroom.

Tonight at 7pm PST, Popular Gaming Show Critical Role will Experience the Great Goblin Takeover with Pathfinder RPG and Syrinscape

Burbank, CA – April 18, 2016 -- Tonight at 7pm PST, Critical Role cast members and guests will be doing a one-of-a-kind live stream on twitch.tv/geekandsundry. Critical Role One Shot is sponsored by the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and Syrinscape sound app in celebration of Geek & Sundry’s International TableTop Day, which is April 30th.