Playtest Archive

14 January

Know Direction 241 – Pathfinder Guns & Gears Breakdown with Paizo’s Mark Seifter and Micheal Sayre

Written by Jefferson Thacker

Mark “The Inventor” Seifter and “Gunslinger” Micheal Sayre, the designers of the Pathfinder Guns & Gears classes currently in playtest, join Ryan and Perram to talk about the inspirations and intent for Pathfinder 2e’s first uncommon classes. Listen Now!...

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27 November

Know Direction: Beyond 52 – Precog Premonitions with Thursty

Written by Vanessa Hoskins

Alex, James, and Vanessa invite Paizo’s Developer Thurston Hillman to talk about the PreCog playtest class, recently released for Starfinder.

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10 September

Know Direction 232 – Pathfinder Secrets of Magic Playtest

Written by Jefferson Thacker

With yesterday’s Secrets of Magic Playtest release, Ryan, Perram, and guest co-host Dustin Knight have thoughts to share about the magus and summoner playtest classes. What we loved and what Perram passionately loathed. Listen Now! (mp3)

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25 November

Explore & Encounter: Vanquish the APG

Written by Jefferson Thacker

We kick the tires of the new APG Playtest Classes for Pathfinder 2e! Paizo’s and Know Direction’s own Luis Loza GMs the KD Crew through an original adventure to playtest the Advanced Player’s Guide classes. Will he Vanquish the...

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15 November

Know Direction 212 – APG Playtest with Lyz Liddell

Written by Jefferson Thacker

The newest member of the Pathfinder design team, Lyz Lidell, joins Ryan and guest co-host Vanessa Hoskins to go over the new Advanced Player’s Guide classes for the ongoing APG playtest in the latest Know Direction! Listen Now! (mp3)

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17 January

Know Direction 191 – Pathfinder Playtest Interview with Jason Bulmahn

Written by Jefferson Thacker

The play test is over! How did it go? What did Paizo learn? The good, the bad, the surprising. Paizo’s Jason Bulmahn joins us this week to talk about what went right and wrong, and how the playtest will...

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14 December

Know Direction: Beyond 025 – Three New Classes?!

Written by Jefferson Thacker

The Character Operations Manual is announced, and three new playtest classes are available: The biohacker, vanguard, and witchwarper. We give our thoughts on the classes so far, how they play, and what we look forward to.

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07 September

Gen Con 2018 Seminar 07 – How to Playtest the New Pathfinder [Audio]

Written by Jefferson Thacker

Excited to take part in the Pathfinder Playtest this fall? This seminar will cover the playtest process with a focus on what you can do to help shape the next evolution of the game!

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28 October

Press Release: Occult Adventures Playtest Launches!

Written by Ryan Costello

PAIZO PREVIEWS OCCULT ADVENTURES FOR THE PATHFINDER ROLEPLAYING GAME AND ANNOUNCES OPEN PLAYTEST In Time for Halloween, Publisher Releases First Otherworldly Details of New Book, and Calls on Gamers Everywhere to Join in the Open Playtest

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