Feb 2, 2017, 05:00 pm

Paizo Publishing and Offworld Designs Partner to Create Official Apparel for the Pathfinder RPG

World's Best-Selling Fantasy Roleplaying Game Gets +1 Style Bonus

Paizo Publishing, LLC, publisher of the world's best-selling Pathfinder Roleplaying Game (RPG), and OffWorld Designs, Inc., the Best Shirts in Fandom, announce today the licensing of the Pathfinder RPG brand for t-shirts, backpacks, and messenger bags.

The debut piece features the iconic cover artwork of the Pathfinder RPG Core Rulebook, by artist Wayne Reynolds. The design will be printed on 100% cotton, black, Fruit of the Loom™ t-shirts, and is available for pre-order now on paizo.com and offworlddesigns.com with MSRPs ranging from $20–26.

"We are thrilled to have the license for Pathfinder RPG apparel," says Barbara Tillburg, CEO of OffWorld Designs. "Our shirts are well-know in the gaming industry and Paizo, as well as Pathfinder, are both fan favorites, so this is all a natural fit!"

Today's agreement marks the first official apparel license for the Pathfinder RPG. Paizo has already partnered with Dynamite Entertainment to bring the world of Pathfinder to comic books and graphic novels. Diamond Select Toys has released several plush toys based on the popular Pathfinder goblins, and both Reaper Miniatures and WizKids produce full ranges of dynamic gaming figures.

About OffWorld Designs
Founded in 1990, Offworld Designs is a family owned and operated business of geek love and pride. The designs of in house artist Raymond VanTilburg helped launch the company and Offworld's line has grown to include some of the best artists in multiple genres including science fiction, comics, gaming, anime and more. Offworld also offers an extensive line of services that include custom printing and embroidery along with Convention Souvenirs. With over 40 conventions attended each year, our products can be found on the finest geek enthusiasts the world over. For more information, visit offworlddesigns.com.

About Paizo Publishing
Paizo Publishing®, LLC is a leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, accessories, board games, and novels. Paizo's Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game, the result of the largest open playtest in the history of tabletop gaming, is currently the best-selling tabletop roleplaying game in hobby stores. Pathfinder Adventure Path is the most popular and best-selling monthly product in the tabletop RPG industry. Paizo.com is the leading online hobby retail store, offering tens of thousands of products from a variety of publishers to customers all over the world. In the ten years since its founding, Paizo Publishing has received more than 50 major awards and has grown to become one of the most influential companies in the hobby games industry. For more information, visit paizo.com.

Pathfinder Vol. 1: Dark Waters Rising Hardcover Graphic Novel Coming in May from Dynamite Entertainment

224-page Oversized HC Includes Comics Series, RPG Content and More

Paizo Publishing, LLC, leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, novels, game accessories and board games, and Dynamite Entertainment, leading publisher of fantastic comics, announce today the first Pathfinder graphic novel, Pathfinder Vol. 1: Dark Waters Rising, is scheduled for a May 2013 release.

The oversized hardcover collects the first six issues of the comic series and includes more than 30 pages of encounters, characters, and world detail for the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, including a brand-new poster map of the region explored in the Pathfinder comic. It also features new cover art by Matteo Scalera, and an exclusive 10-page short story, "The Last Mosswood Goblin," by Jim Zub and Ivan Anaya. With an action-packed storyline written by Jim Zub (Street Fighter Legends, Skullkickers) and incredibly detailed artwork by newcomer Andrew Huerta, this first volume introduces readers to a richly envisioned fantasy world filled with compelling characters and impressive sights.

What people are saying about Dynamite’s Pathfinder comics:

"I can safely recommend Pathfinder as a grade-A title. 5/5." — Unleash The Fanboy

"This is one entertaining read and a more than welcome entry in the fantasy comic genre. Dynamite has a strong team on this book." — Newsarama

"Andrew Huerta expertly brings the moments of Pathfinder to glorious life in every panel. Zub melds these personalities into perfect usefulness on and off the battlefield. Fans of Pathfinder are brain dead if they don’t buy this book." — Ain’t It Cool News

"Jim Zub is quickly becoming one my favorite comic book writers." — One Geek Nation

"The dialogue is all very natural and the storytelling pace is top notch." — Fanboy Buzz

"Zub is able to use the role-playing source of this licensed comic as a springboard for tight plotting, rather than as a gimmick." — Multiversity Comics

"The characters have good interplay and the whole thing really does capture the feel of a role-playing game." — Futile Position

To find a comic shop near you, call 1-888-comicbook or visit comicshoplocator.com.

About Paizo Publishing
Paizo Publishing®, LLC is a leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, accessories, board games, and novels. Paizo's Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game, the result of the largest open playtest in the history of tabletop gaming, is currently the best-selling tabletop roleplaying game in hobby stores. Pathfinder Adventure Path is the most popular and best-selling monthly product in the tabletop RPG industry. Paizo.com is the leading online hobby retail store, offering tens of thousands of products from a variety of publishers to customers all over the world. In the ten years since its founding, Paizo Publishing has received more than 50 major awards and has grown to become one of the most influential companies in the hobby games industry.

About Dynamite Entertainment
Dynamite Entertainment was founded in 2004 and is home to several best-selling comic book titles and properties, including The Boys, The Shadow, Vampirella, Warlord of Mars, Bionic Man, Game of Thrones and more. Dynamite owns and controls an extensive library of over 3,000 characters such as Vampirella, Pantha, Evil Ernie, Smiley the Psychotic Button, Chastity, Purgatori, and Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt. In addition to critically acclaimed titles and best-selling comics, Dynamite works with some of the most high-profile creators in comics and entertainment. In 2005 Diamond awarded the company a GEM award for Best New Publisher and another GEM in 2006 for Comics Publisher of the Year (under 5%) and again in 2011. The company has also been nominated for and won several industry awards, including the prestigious Harvey and Eisner Awards.

Author Chris A. Jackson's Latest Novel, Pirate's Honor, Out Now!

From Author Chris A. Jackson Comes a Swashbuckling Story of Untold Riches and Extraordinary Danger Set in the Award-Winning World of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game.

Paizo Publishing, LLC announces today the latest release from Pathfinder Tales, the novel Pirate's Honor by author Chris A. Jackson, winner of the ForeWord Reviews Book of the Year Award 2011. Pirate's Honor is out now and available as a mass-market paperback, MSRP $9.99.

Torius Vin, pirate captain of the ship Stargazer, makes a living raiding wealthy merchant ships with his crew of loyal buccaneers. Few things matter more to Captain Torius than ill-gotten gold—but one of those is Celeste, his beautiful snake-bodied navigator. When a crafty courtesan offers the pirate crew a chance at the heist of a lifetime, Vin and Celeste ready themselves to lead the crew to fame and fortune under the black flag. But will stealing the legendary Star of Thumen chart the corsairs a course to untold riches—or send them all to a watery grave?

Pirate's Honor is Jackson's first Pathfinder Tales novel. Jackson's nautical fantasy series, the Scimitar Seas novels, published by Dragon Moon Press, has won sequential gold medal awards in fantasy from ForeWord Reviews, and his prior works of fantasy, Weapon of Flesh, Deathmask, A Soul for Tsing, and The Cornerstones Trilogy. Visit jaxbooks.com for more information.

Pathfinder Tales are the official novels, novellas, and web fiction stories that explore the fascinating world of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, written by some of fantasy's best-selling authors, all set in the lovingly detailed world of Golarion. Here are the same nations, characters, and monsters that have inspired gamers around the world to new heights of imagination. Now journey across Golarion as you never have before, through the eyes of canny warriors and flippant scoundrels, and see firsthand why the Pathfinder world has thrice earned the prestigious ENnie Award for Best Campaign Setting.

Each Pathfinder Tales novel comes in mass-market paperback format, with new volumes released every two months. Subscribers receive a free downloadable version of each book they purchase, in both PDF and ePub formats. For more information, including sample chapters, visit paizo.com/pathfindertales.

About Paizo Publishing
Paizo Publishing®, LLC is a leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, accessories, board games, and novels. Paizo's Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game, the result of the largest open playtest in the history of tabletop gaming, is currently the best-selling tabletop roleplaying game in hobby stores. Pathfinder Adventure Path is the most popular and best-selling monthly product in the tabletop RPG industry. Paizo.com is the leading online hobby retail store, offering tens of thousands of products from a variety of publishers to customers all over the world. In the ten years since its founding, Paizo Publishing has received more than 50 major awards and has grown to become one of the most influential companies in the hobby games industry.

Acclaimed Pathfinder Comics #6 Available Now

Heralded As the Best Fantasy-Genre Comic Series on the Market Today, Issue #6 Finds our Heroes Bloodied and Nearly Driven Mad

Paizo Publishing, LLC, creators of the award-winning Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, and leading comics publisher Dynamite Entertainment, announce today that Pathfinder Comics Issue #6 is now available.

Under an ominous formation of stars, the chaotic evil goddess Lamashtu has sent her spawn forth to wreak havoc and conquer in its mother's name. Bloodied and nearly driven mad, the Pathfinder adventurers must stand together in a final battle against its destructive might.

Issue #6 also includes six pages of character profiles and RPG game statistics, plus an exclusive, removable, playable tactical map and poster. The paizo.com exclusive cover featuring the Pathfinder RPG iconic characters in the iconic Ghostbusters movie poster was created by Jorge Fares, with the story written by Jim Zub, and interior art created by Andrew Huerta.

Subscribers to Pathfinder comics through paizo.com receive a 20% discount off the cover price, 15% off back and special issues, a special subscriber tag for the paizo.com messageboards, and a limited-edition collectible paizo.com exclusive cover for each issue. Pathfinder comics are also available in local comic shops, and digital versions are available on Comixology.

About Paizo Publishing
Paizo Publishing®, LLC is a leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, accessories, board games, and novels. Paizo's Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game, the result of the largest open playtest in the history of tabletop gaming, is currently the best-selling tabletop roleplaying game in hobby stores. Pathfinder Adventure Path is the most popular and best-selling monthly product in the tabletop RPG industry. Paizo.com is the leading online hobby retail store, offering tens of thousands of products from a variety of publishers to customers all over the world. In the ten years since its founding, Paizo Publishing has received more than 50 major awards and has grown to become one of the most influential companies in the hobby games industry.

About Dynamite Entertainment
Dynamite Entertainment was founded in 2004 and is home to several best-selling comic book titles and properties, including The Boys, The Shadow, Vampirella, Warlord of Mars, Bionic Man, Game of Thrones and more. Dynamite owns and controls an extensive library of over 3,000 characters such as Vampirella, Pantha, Evil Ernie, Smiley the Psychotic Button, Chastity, Purgatori, and Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt. In addition to critically acclaimed titles and best-selling comics, Dynamite works with some of the most high-profile creators in comics and entertainment. In 2005 Diamond awarded the company a GEM award for Best New Publisher and another GEM in 2006 for Comics Publisher of the Year (under 5%) and again in 2011. The company has also been nominated for and won several industry awards, including the prestigious Harvey and Eisner Awards.

James L. Sutter's Acclaimed Novel Death's Heretic Receives Origins Award Nomination

Paizo Publishing, LLC is happy to announce today the Pathfinder Tales novel, Death's Heretic by James L. Sutter, has been nominated for a 2013 Origins Award for Best Game-Related Publication.

Now in its 39th year, The Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts and Design nominates products in 15 categories of outstanding games and game-related products. The winners will be announced at the Origins Awards Ceremony on Saturday, June 15.

James L. Sutter is Fiction Editor for Paizo Publishing and co-creator of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game. He is author of the novel Death's Heretic, which was a finalist for the Compton Crook Award for Best First Novel, as well as ranked #3 on Barnes & Noble's list of the Best Fantasy Releases of 2011. He's written numerous short stories for such publications as Escape Pod, PodCastle, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Geek Love, and the #1 Amazon bestseller Machine of Death.

Pathfinder Tales are the official novels, novellas, and web fiction stories that explore the fascinating world of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, written by some of fantasy's best-selling authors, all set in the lovingly detailed world of Golarion. Here are the same nations, characters, and monsters that have inspired gamers around the world to new heights of imagination. Now journey across Golarion as you never have before, through the eyes of canny warriors and flippant scoundrels, and see firsthand why the Pathfinder world has thrice earned the prestigious ENnie Award for Best Campaign Setting.

About Paizo Publishing
Paizo Publishing®, LLC is a leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, accessories, board games, and novels. Paizo's Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game, the result of the largest open playtest in the history of tabletop gaming, is currently the best-selling tabletop roleplaying game in hobby stores. Pathfinder Adventure Path is the most popular and best-selling monthly product in the tabletop RPG industry. Paizo.com is the leading online hobby retail store, offering tens of thousands of products from a variety of publishers to customers all over the world. In the nine years since its founding, Paizo Publishing has received more than 50 major awards and has grown to become one of the most influential companies in the hobby games industry.

Line-Up of Special Guests Announced for PaizoCon 2013

Seattle Game Company Brings in Leading Fantasy Artists, Authors and Designers for 3-Day Fan Fest

Paizo Publishing, LLC, leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, novels, game accessories and board games, including the bestselling Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, announces today the line-up of special guests confirmed for PaizoCon 2013. Among those confirmed are:

Ben Wootten: Wootten is an artist/designer who has worked on the Lord of the Rings trilogy, closely involved in designing the Balrog and Strider's sword. He also worked on the film The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe. Wootten's Pathfinder work includes Pathfinder Player Companion interior illustrations, as well as covers and Bestiary monster art. His work on the Pathfinder RPG Bestiary defined the look of dragons in the Pathfinder world.

Jim Zub: Jim Zub is a writer, artist and art instructor based in Toronto, Canada. He juggles his time between being a freelance comic writer, Project Manager for UDON Entertainment and Program Coordinator for Seneca College's award-winning Animation program. His current projects include Makeshift Miracle, a modern day fable, Skullkickers, a sword & sorcery action-comedy, and Pathfinder, the comic series based on the best-selling tabletop RPG.

Tim Hitchcock: In 2002, Hitchcock began submitting articles and adventures regularly for both Dungeon and Dragon magazines. He has since freelanced for many RPG companies, and written and contributed to dozens of articles, adventures and sourcebooks. Notable Paizo works include "Stolen Land" (Kingmaker #1), "Broken Moon" (Carrion Crown #3), and "The Price of Infamy" (Skull & Shackles #5).

Greg A. Vaughan: Greg A. Vaughan cut his professional adventure-design teeth writing in Dungeon with his first adventure, "Tammeraut's Fate". Since then he has continued to write for Paizo and the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game as well as Wizards of the Coast, Green Ronin, and Legendary Games and created Frog God Games with Bill Webb of Necromancer Games fame. He is a member of the WereCabbages freelance writers' guild.

Neil Spicer: Through hard work and no small amount of luck, Neil Spicer successfully navigated the challenges of RPG Superstar 2009 to take the ultimate prize, winning an opportunity to pen the Pathfinder Module, Realm of the Fellnight Queen. Since then, he's gone on to write for a number of Pathfinder Adventure Paths, including Kingmaker, Serpent's Skull, Carrion Crown, Jade Regent, Skull & Shackles, Reign of Winter, and the soon-to-be released Wrath of the Righteous.

These guests are in addition to the local gaming industry celebrities expected to be in attendance, including: James Ernest, Wolfgang Baur, Bill Webb, Ryan Dancey, and local artists Raven Mimura, Craig J. Spearing, and Tyler Jacobson.

Paizo Con will take place July 5-7, 2013 at the Seattle Airport Marriott. The convention is held annually for Paizo community members from around the world to meet up for gaming, panels, workshops, costumes and other activities with Paizo staff and dozens of hobby gaming's veteran authors, artists, publishers and designers.

A 3-day badge costs $50 in advance ($55 on site), and can be purchased through paizo.com. In addition, the ever-popular Paizo Preview Banquet will be held on Saturday, July 6. Banquet tickets are $25 and are limited. For more information, visit paizo.com/paizocon.

About Paizo Publishing
Paizo Publishing®, LLC is a leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, accessories, board games, and novels. Paizo's Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game, the result of the largest open playtest in the history of tabletop gaming, is currently the best-selling tabletop roleplaying game in hobby stores. Pathfinder Adventure Path is the most popular and best-selling monthly product in the tabletop RPG industry. Paizo.com is the leading online hobby retail store, offering tens of thousands of products from a variety of publishers to customers all over the world. In the nine years since its founding, Paizo Publishing has received more than 50 major awards and has grown to become one of the most influential companies in the hobby games industry.

Steven Helt Wins RPG Superstar 2013!

Largest Open-Call RPG Design Contest in History Concludes for 2013

After 4 months and more than half a million votes cast, Paizo Publishing, LLC, publisher of the Pathfinder Rolepaying Game, the leading tabletop fantasy RPG, announces today that Steven Helt is the winner of 2013's RPG Superstar™ design contest.

Helt came out on top from nearly 1000 entries, impressing the panel of industry veteran judges such as Wolfgang Baur, Clark Peterson, James Jacobs and Sean K Reynolds, and overwhelmingly receiving the fan votes to win the contest.

"Combat, investigation, spookiness, and an interesting villain who, for once, doesn't have a motivation that's revenge, greed, or wanting to take over the world," says Sean K Reynolds, Pathfinder Game Developer. "These design choices really resonated with the voters and Steven won by a wide margin."

Paizo will publish Helt's winning Pathfinder Module, Tears at Bitter Manor, originally titled The Golden Watch, releasing November 2013.

The three runners-up, Matthew Duvall of Chicopee, MA, Scott Fernandez of Allen Park, MI, and Pedro Coelho of Sau Paulo, Brazil, have won assignments to write Pathfinder Society Scenarios.

RPG Superstar™ consisted of five RPG design challenges spanning several months, led by a team of celebrity judges, consisting of industry luminaries and Paizo game designers. Now in its sixth year, RPG Superstar is Paizo's annual contest to find the newest talent in game design. For more information, please visit paizo.com/rpgsuperstar.

About Paizo Publishing
Paizo Publishing®, LLC is a leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, accessories, board games, and novels. Paizo's Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game, the result of the largest open playtest in the history of tabletop gaming, is currently the best-selling tabletop roleplaying game in hobby stores. Pathfinder Adventure Path is the most popular and best-selling monthly product in the tabletop RPG industry. Paizo.com is the leading online hobby retail store, offering tens of thousands of products from a variety of publishers to customers all over the world. In the nine years since its founding, Paizo Publishing has received more than 50 major awards and has grown to become one of the most influential companies in the hobby games industry.

Barnes & Noble to Host First Pathfinder RPG Game Day on International Tabletop Day

Paizo Publishing, LLC, leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, novels, game accessories and board games, announces today the first Pathfinder Roleplaying Game Day, to be held at Barnes & Noble at Northgate Mall in Seattle, March 30, 2013 from 11 AM to 1 PM. The event is free to the public.

Pathfinder RPG Game Day will celebrate all things Pathfinder, with appearances by author and senior editor James L. Sutter and designer Jason Bulmahn, who will be signing copies of their respective books, including the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game: NPC Codex hardcover; Pathfinder Adventure Path #63: The Asylum Stone; and Sutter's Pathfinder Tales novel Death's Heretic, which was a finalist for the Compton Crook Award for Best First Novel and ranked #3 on Barnes & Noble's Best Fantasy Releases of 2011.

There will also be plenty of Pathfinder RPG game demos run by members of the illustrious Pathfinder Society, in addition to special giveaways, and members of Paizo's award-winning staff will be on hand taking questions about Paizo's beloved Pathfinder RPG. Fans are encouraged to come dressed as their favorite Pathfinder characters.

Pathfinder RPG Game Day coincides with International TableTop Day, when gamers from around the globe will participate in gaming events at their favorite local game stores, community centers, libraries, and homes.

About Barnes & Noble, Inc
Barnes & Noble, Inc. (NYSE:BKS) is a Fortune 500 company and the leading retailer of content, digital media and educational products. The company operates 689 Barnes & Noble bookstores in 50 states, and one of the Web's largest e-commerce sites, BN.com. Its NOOK Media LLC subsidiary is a leader in the emerging digital reading and digital education markets. The NOOK digital business offers award-winning NOOK® products and an expansive collection of digital reading and entertainment content through the NOOK Store™ (nook.com), while Barnes & Noble College Booksellers, LLC operates 674 bookstores serving over 4.6 million students and faculty members at colleges and universities across the United States.

About Paizo Publishing
Paizo Publishing®, LLC is a leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, accessories, board games, and novels. Paizo's Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game, the result of the largest open playtest in the history of tabletop gaming, is currently the best-selling tabletop roleplaying game in hobby stores. Pathfinder Adventure Path is the most popular and best-selling monthly product in the tabletop RPG industry. Paizo.com is the leading online hobby retail store, offering tens of thousands of products from a variety of publishers to customers all over the world. In the nine years since its founding, Paizo Publishing has received more than 50 major awards and has grown to become one of the most influential companies in the hobby games industry.

Paizo Publishing Returns to the GAMA Trade Show

Paizo Publishing, LLC, leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, novels, game accessories and board games, announces today the return to the GAMA Trade Show (GTS), March 18-22, 2013.

Members of the Paizo sales and management teams will be on hand with a booth in the exhibit hall to preview upcoming Paizo releases for 2013. These previews will include game demos of the highly anticipated Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, and the preview of a new Retailer Kit, which includes tools for enriching in-store Pathfinder Society play, and POP for aiding in Pathfinder RPG sales. Paizo publisher Erik Mona, along with Director of Sales Pierce Watters, will conduct two Q&A seminars about the Pathfinder RPG product line. Organized Play Coordinator Mike Brock, along with Marketing Director Jenny Bendel, will conduct two Q&A seminars about the benefits of Pathfinder Society Organized Play in hobby stores. Visit gama.org for more information.

About Paizo Publishing
Paizo Publishing®, LLC is a leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, accessories, board games, and novels. Paizo's Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game, the result of the largest open playtest in the history of tabletop gaming, is currently the best-selling tabletop roleplaying game in hobby stores. Pathfinder Adventure Path is the most popular and best-selling monthly product in the tabletop RPG industry. Paizo.com is the leading online hobby retail store, offering tens of thousands of products from a variety of publishers to customers all over the world. In the nine years since its founding, Paizo Publishing has received more than 50 major awards and has grown to become one of the most influential companies in the hobby games industry.

Shiver Me Timbers, New Pathfinder Battles: Skull & Shackles Minis Bring the Adventure of the High Seas to Your Tabletop

From Paizo Publishing, LLC, leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, novels, game accessories and board games, and WizKids/NECA, Inc. comes Pathfinder Battles: Skull & Shackles, scheduled for release summer 2013.

Pathfinder Battles: Skull & Shackles is a stunning set of prepainted plastic miniatures, featuring 55 all-new sculpts drawn from the gorgeous art in the Pathfinder Adventure Path: Skull & Shackles. The minis will be available in standard four-figure booster packs, containing one large figure and three medium or small figures (MSRP $15.99), as well as the standard booster 8-count brick with 32 figures total, MSRP $114.99.

The new figures support Paizo's popular Skull & Shackles Pathfinder Adventure Path, a 6-adventure campaign that casts players as the crew of a pirate ship battling for supremacy on the high seas. The set will feature several popular fantasy creatures that have never previously appeared in prepainted plastic, making the set a must-have for miniatures collectors and an essential accessory for seafaring play. All six Skull & Shackles Pathfinder Adventure Path volumes, as well as numerous support accessories, are currently available at stores worldwide.

Retailers who order a full case of Pathfinder Battles: Skull & Shackles figures qualify to purchase the set's Gargantuan Skeletal Dragon promotional figure, a massive undead beast produced in extremely limited quantities. Paizo.com case subscribers can also qualify to purchase this very rare figure.

"Avast, me hearties, and hoist the black flag for Skull & Shackles miniatures," says Paizo Publisher Erik Mona. "We're thrilled to bring out this new set for fantasy gamers. Folks have been asking for prepainted pirate figures and aquatic creatures since we launched the Pathfinder Battles line, and this new set delivers more excitement than the sight of the king's treasure fleet on the horizon!"

About WizKids Games
A wholly owned subsidiary of the National Entertainment Collectibles Association Inc. (NECA), WizKids/NECA is a New Jersey-based game developer and publisher dedicated to creating games driven by imagination. The HeroClix brand is the most successful collectible miniatures games on the market today, with over 250 million miniature game figures sold worldwide. For additional information, visit www.wizkidsgames.com.

About Paizo Publishing
Paizo Publishing®, LLC is a leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, accessories, board games, and novels. Paizo's Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game, the result of the largest open playtest in the history of tabletop gaming, is currently the best-selling tabletop roleplaying game in hobby stores. Pathfinder Adventure Path is the most popular and best-selling monthly product in the tabletop RPG industry. Paizo.com is the leading online hobby retail store, offering tens of thousands of products from a variety of publishers to customers all over the world. In the nine years since its founding, Paizo Publishing has received more than 50 major awards and has grown to become one of the most influential companies in the hobby games industry.

Paizo Publishing Announces the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game

The First Card Game for the World’s Best-Selling Fantasy Roleplaying Game to Debut at Gen Con 2013

Paizo Publishing, LLC, leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, novels, game accessories and board games, announces today the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game, to be released in August 2013 at Gen Con Indy and at game stores everywhere.

Designed by Mike Selinker and Lone Shark Games, the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game (PACG) translates the most popular Pathfinder Roleplaying Game (RPG) into an entirely new breed of card game, where players adventure, battle monsters and villains, and acquire new feats, items, weapons, and allies—all without a Game Master!

"The Pathfinder Adventure Card Game provides a substantive Pathfinder Roleplaying Game experience in a fun and new card game system," says Erik Mona, Publisher. "Now you can get your Pathfinder fix when you don't have the time or players needed for a full roleplaying game session."

The adventure begins with Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Rise of the Runelords Base Set, featuring the characters, locations, monsters, and villains of the first chapter of the award-winning Rise of the Runelords Adventure Path. The Base Set includes dice, nearly 500 illustrated cards, and everything one to four players need to create characters and begin their adventures for an entirely new Pathfinder gaming experience. A 110-card Character Add-On Deck introduces more classes, new cards, and allows for up to six players.

The story will continue in bimonthly Adventure Decks, each containing 110 cards featuring new scenarios, villains, loot, weapons, and items, as well as additional copies of some of the game's most useful spells, blessings, and allies, to give players everything they need to expand their adventures.

"This thing is huge," says Selinker. "Right out of the gate, you're going to get 600 cards on day one, and almost as many more over the rest of the Adventure Decks. And it all will fit into one box. Paizo challenged my team to get the epic Rise of the Runelords experience into a single card game experience, and we think we delivered. We hope you'll think so too."

The Pathfinder Adventure Card Game: Rise of the Runelords Base Set will be packaged in a gorgeous 14" x 14" box featuring brand-new cover art from superstar artist Wayne Reynolds, and will be available through paizo.com as well as hobby game retailers nationwide, with an MSRP of $59.99 for the Base Set and $19.99 for the Character Add-On Deck and bimonthly Adventure Decks. To get 20% off the cover price, players can sign up for an ongoing Pathfinder Adventure Card Game subscription, which automatically delivers new PACG releases when they are available. This subscription can be shipped with other Paizo subscriptions for further savings.

About Paizo Publishing
Paizo Publishing®, LLC is a leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, accessories, board games, and novels. Paizo's Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game, the result of the largest open playtest in the history of tabletop gaming, is currently the best-selling tabletop roleplaying game in hobby stores. Pathfinder Adventure Path is the most popular and best-selling monthly product in the tabletop RPG industry. Paizo.com is the leading online hobby retail store, offering tens of thousands of products from a variety of publishers to customers all over the world. In the nine years since its founding, Paizo Publishing has received more than 50 major awards and has grown to become one of the most influential companies in the hobby games industry.

About Lone Shark Games
Lone Shark Games is a design studio in Seattle headed by designer Mike Selinker. They are responsible for the design of the games Lords of Vegas, Unspeakable Words, Pirates of the Spanish Main, and Harrow and the Titanic Games board game line for Paizo. Their game books include The Kobold Guide to Board Game Design, Dealer’s Choice, Puzzlecraft, and the upcoming puzzle novel The Maze of Games.

Tim Pratt's Latest Novel, Liar's Blade, Out Now!

From Author Tim Pratt Comes a Bold New Tale of Ice, Magic, and Questionable Morality Set in the Award-Winning World of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game

Paizo Publishing, LLC announces today the latest release from Pathfinder Tales, the novel Liar's Blade by Hugo Award-winning author Tim Pratt. Liar's Blade is out today and is available as a mass-market paperback (MSRP $9.99).

With strength, wit, rakish charm, and a talking sword named Hrym, Rodrick has all the makings of a classic hero—except for the conscience. Instead, he and Hrym live a high life as scoundrels, pulling cons and parting the weak from their gold. When a mysterious woman invites them along on a quest into the frozen north in pursuit of a legendary artifact, it seems like a prime opportunity to make some easy coin—especially if there's a chance for a double-cross. Along with a hooded priest and a half-elven tracker, the team sets forth into a land of monsters, bandits, and ancient magic. As the miles wear on, however, Rodrick's companions begin acting steadily stranger, leading both man and sword to wonder what exactly they've gotten themselves into. Tim Pratt is also the author of the Pathfinder Tales novel, City of the Fallen Sky.

Pathfinder Tales are the official novels, novellas, and web fiction stories that explore the fascinating world of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, written by some of fantasy's best-selling authors, all set in the lovingly detailed world of Golarion. Here are the same nations, characters, and monsters that have inspired gamers around the world to new heights of imagination. Now journey across Golarion as you never have before, through the eyes of canny warriors and flippant scoundrels, and see firsthand why the Pathfinder world has thrice earned the prestigious ENnie Award for Best Campaign Setting.

Each Pathfinder Tales novel comes in mass-market paperback format, with new volumes released roughly every two months. You can subscribe to the line to have each volume delivered directly to you, ensuring that you always remain on top of the latest developments in the world of Pathfinder. Subscribers receive a free downloadable version of each book they purchase, in both PDF and ePub formats. For more information, including sample chapters, visit paizo.com/pathfindertales.

About Paizo Publishing
Paizo Publishing®, LLC is a leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, accessories, board games, and novels. Paizo's Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game, the result of the largest open playtest in the history of tabletop gaming, is currently the best-selling tabletop roleplaying game in hobby stores. Pathfinder Adventure Path is the most popular and best-selling monthly product in the tabletop RPG industry. Paizo.com is the leading online hobby retail store, offering tens of thousands of products from a variety of publishers to customers all over the world. In the nine years since its founding, Paizo Publishing has received more than 50 major awards and has grown to become one of the most influential companies in the hobby games industry.

Pathfinder Comics Issue #5 Out Now!

The award-winning fantasy world, fiction line, and tabletop RPG Pathfinder is now the ultimate fantasy comic from Paizo Publishing, LLC and Dynamite entertainment. Pathfinder Comic issue #5 hits stores today.

For this issue, written by Jim Zub and illustrated by Andrew Huerta and Jake Bilbao, artists Matteo Scalera, Lucio Parrillo, Tyler Walpole, and Erik Jones each created their own unique cover. The paizo.com exclusive cover featuring a send-up to the iconic movie poster Attack of the 50-Foot Woman, is by artist Jorge Fares.

Captured by the cult behind the goblin plague and subjected to nightmarish rituals, the Pathfinder adventurers see only darkness on the road ahead. Hope lies with their oldest member, who narrowly escaped—hidden, alone and unsure, one soul against a hundred pairs of gnashing teeth and a cult of demonic evil.

Issue #5 also includes over five pages of character profiles and RPG game statistics, plus an exclusive, removable, playable tactical map and poster.

Subscribers to Pathfinder comics through paizo.com receive a 20% discount off the cover price, 15% off back and special issues, a special subscriber tag for the paizo.com messageboards, and a limited-edition collectible paizo.com exclusive cover for each issue. Pathfinder comics are also available in local comic shops, and digital versions are available on Comixology.

About Paizo Publishing
Paizo Publishing®, LLC is a leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, accessories, board games, and novels. Paizo's Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game, the result of the largest open playtest in the history of tabletop gaming, is currently the best-selling tabletop roleplaying game in hobby stores. Pathfinder Adventure Path is the most popular and best-selling monthly product in the tabletop RPG industry. Paizo.com is the leading online hobby retail store, offering tens of thousands of products from a variety of publishers to customers all over the world. In the nine years since its founding, Paizo Publishing has received more than 50 major awards and has grown to become one of the most influential companies in the hobby games industry.

About Dynamite Entertainment
Dynamite Entertainment was founded in 2004 and is home to several best-selling comic book titles and properties, including The Boys, The Shadow, Vampirella, Warlord of Mars, Bionic Man, Game of Thrones and more. Dynamite owns and controls an extensive library of over 3,000 characters such as Vampirella, Pantha, Evil Ernie, Smiley the Psychotic Button, Chastity, Purgatori, and Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt. In addition to critically acclaimed titles and best-selling comics, Dynamite works with some of the most high-profile creators in comics and entertainment. In 2005 Diamond awarded the company a GEM award for Best New Publisher and another GEM in 2006 for Comics Publisher of the Year (under 5%) and again in 2011. The company has also been nominated for and won several industry awards, including the prestigious Harvey and Eisner Awards.

Paizo and WizKids Team Up to Unleash a Goblin Horde on Free RPG Day

Paizo Announces We Be Goblins, Too! WizKids Announces Pathfinder Battles Builder Series We Be Goblins Miniatures

Paizo Publishing, LLC, publisher of Pathfinder, the leading tabletop fantasy roleplaying game, announces today participation in the national Free RPG Day campaign, a promotional program taking place this year on June 15. This year’s free Pathfinder Module, We Be Goblins Too!, is a follow-up to 2011’s wildly popular, We Be Goblins. We Be Goblins Too! will also be available in print and as a free PDF download on paizo.com beginning July 1.

In conjunction with We Be Goblins Too!, WizKids will release the Pathfinder Battles Builder Series We Be Goblins miniatures. We Be Goblins features a random assortment of twelve pre-painted plastic goblin figurines, sold individually for $2.49 MSRP. The set contains five brand-new sculpts, including all four pre-generated goblin player characters from both We Be Goblins adventures. The minis are available for pre-order now on paizo.com, and will release on May 29.

Free RPG Day is a worldwide initiative with participating hobby game retailers and RPG publishers to bring new RPG quickstart rules, and adventure modules, into the hands of gamers, to celebrate the hobby and to play games. This year’s Free RPG Day takes place on June 15. For more information, visit freerpgday.com, or your local hobby game retailer.

About Paizo Publishing
Paizo Publishing®, LLC is a leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, accessories, board games, and novels. Paizo's Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game, the result of the largest open playtest in the history of tabletop gaming, is one of the best-selling tabletop RPGs in today's market. Pathfinder Adventure Path is the most popular and best-selling monthly product in the tabletop RPG industry. Paizo.com is the leading online hobby retail store, offering tens of thousands of products from a variety of publishers to customers all over the world. In the nine years since its founding, Paizo Publishing has received more than forty major awards and has grown to become one of the most influential companies in the hobby games industry.

About WizKids Games
A wholly owned subsidiary of the National Entertainment Collectibles Association Inc. (NECA), WizKids/NECA is a New Jersey-based game developer and publisher dedicated to creating games driven by imagination. The HeroClix brand is the most successful collectible miniatures games on the market today, with over 250 million miniature game figures sold worldwide. For additional information, visit www.wizkidsgames.com.

Paizo Publishing Makes American Library Association Mid-Winter Conference Debut in Seattle, January 24-28, 2013

Paizo to Host Author Signings, Pathfinder RPG Gameplay and Tutorials for the Pathfinder Society Libraries Program

Paizo Publishing, LLC, leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, novels, game accessories and board games, announces today their first participation in the American Library Association’s Mid-Winter Meeting and Exhibits, taking place at the Washington State Convention Center in Seattle, WA January 25–28, 2013.

During the conference, Paizo Publishing will debut the new Pathfinder Society in Libraries program, with game designers and company representatives demonstrating gameplay of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game and providing one-on-one tutorials for librarians wishing to promote a fun, educational and imaginative environment in their library through the cooperative storytelling of the Pathfinder RPG.

Author Dave Gross will be on hand throughout the weekend to sign copies of his latest novel, Queen of Thorns, in the Paizo booth (booth #630). Dave will also be at University Bookstore on Friday, January 25 at 7:00pm for signing, and to read a preview from his forthcoming novel. Gross’ works also include the Pathfinder Tales novels Prince of Wolves, Master of Devils, and Winter Witch, co-written with Elaine Cunningham, as well as several novellas and short stories available at paizo.com/pathfindertales. Dave is the former editor of magazines ranging from Dragon to Star Wars Insider to Amazing Stories, and has written novels for the Forgotten Realms as well as short stories for such anthologies as Tales of the Far West and Shotguns v. Cthulhu.

About Paizo Publishing
Paizo Publishing®, LLC is a leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, accessories, board games, and novels. Paizo's Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game, the result of the largest open playtest in the history of tabletop gaming, is currently the best-selling tabletop roleplaying game in hobby stores. Pathfinder Adventure Path is the most popular and best-selling monthly product in the tabletop RPG industry. Paizo.com is the leading online hobby retail store, offering tens of thousands of products from a variety of publishers to customers all over the world. In the nine years since its founding, Paizo Publishing has received more than 50 major awards and has grown to become one of the most influential companies in the hobby games industry.

Pathfinder RPG Designer Jason Bulmahn to GM and Debute Exclusive Adventure at Winter Fantasy

Paizo Publishing, LLC announces today that the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game’s lead designer Jason Bulmahn will be Game Master (GM) for his own special event, Ruins of Bonekeep, at the Winter Fantasy gaming convention, January 24 – 27, 2013 in Fort Wayne, IN.

Ruins of Bonekeep is a Pathfinder Society special event for 3rd–7th-level characters. Level one will debut at Winter Fantasy, level two will debut at Gen Con 2013. Says Bulmahn, “This is a deadly event designed to push player characters to their limit and beyond, but with such danger comes greater reward for those who survive.”

Just outside the city of Absalom sits the ruins of a long-forgotten siege castle. Torn down nearly to its foundation, the ruins of Bonekeep have been silent for decades, but the Pathfinder Society has learned of a series of dungeons beneath its crumbling white pillars, and it appears that the ruins are not so silent after all. Foul creatures and deadly traps await those who dare to plunder its depths, but the rumor of untold wealth and forgotten relics make such dangers worth any risk.

For more information about Winter Fantasy or to register for Bulmhan’s Ruins of Bonekeep, visit wintfan.baldmangames.com.

Pathfinder Society Organized Play is a fantasy roleplaying campaign with tens of thousands of players worldwide. Those players are agents of the Pathfinder Society, a legendary league of explorers, archaeologists, and adventurers dedicated to discovering and chronicling the greatest mysteries and wonders of an ancient world beset by magic and evil.

About Paizo Publishing
Paizo Publishing®, LLC is a leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, accessories, board games, and novels. Paizo's Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game, the result of the largest open playtest in the history of tabletop gaming, is currently the best-selling tabletop roleplaying game in hobby stores. Pathfinder Adventure Path is the most popular and best-selling monthly product in the tabletop RPG industry. Paizo.com is the leading online hobby retail store, offering tens of thousands of products from a variety of publishers to customers all over the world. In the nine years since its founding, Paizo Publishing has received more than 50 major awards and has grown to become one of the most influential companies in the hobby games industry.

RPG Superstar 2013 Top 32 Finalists Revealed

Largest Open-Call Tabletop Roleplaying Design Contest in History Closes Round One with over Half a Million Votes Cast by Paizo Community

Paizo Publishing, LLC, publisher of Pathfinder, the leading tabletop fantasy roleplaying game, announces today the Top 32 finalists from RPG Superstar, the company’s annual contest to find the newest talent in game design.

Half a million votes were cast by the Paizo community for the wondrous item designs submitted in Round One, enabling judges Wolfgang Baur, Clark Peterson and Sean K Reynolds to identify the 32 finalists. They are, in alphabetical order along with their wondrous item submission:

Adam Blanchard
Goblet of the Elements

Charlie Bell
Spell-Winding Timepiece

Chris Shaeffer
Cloudwrangler's Gloves

Christopher Dudley
Icon of Aspects

Clay Blankenship
Cobra-Hood Cloak

George Cunningham
Skipping Stone

Guy Russell
Rat-tread Boots

Isaac White
Ethersnare Dust

James Conder
Map of Refuge

Jobe Bittman
Quiver of Spiderkind

Jon Haire
Swarm Slurper

Joseph Kellogg
Shattered Mirror of the Insect Queen

Joshua Kitchens
Hell-shod Boots

Kalervo Oikarinen
Gloves of the Frugal Healer

Landon Cole
Ghost Ship Binnacle

Mark Nordheim
Wintertide Candle

Matt Blackie
Gorum's Stompers

Matthew Duval
Seer's Soap

Maurice de Mare
Sash of the Salty Seas

Michael Eshleman
Walking Stick of Concealed Thaumaturgy

Michael Pruess
Tree Frog's Gloves

Mike Kimmel
Gloves of Flame Command

Nicholas Herold
Gorget of Living Whispers

Nickolas Floyd
Thorn Creeper Sandals

Pedro Coelho
Reins of Unstoppable Stride

Rorik Moore-Jansen
Trick Shot Glove

Sam Harris
Witchwood Comb

Scott Fernandez
Verdant Crown of Oak and Iron

Shawn Kowalke
Whispering Gloves

Steven Helt
Quicksand Cloak

Zachary Hensley
Spectral Lampblack

Ziv Wities
Many-Layered Veil

“RPG Superstar is the only gaming contest of its kind – the opportunity to get industry professionals to scrutinize your work and give you the opportunity to join Paizo’s stable of talented freelance writers,” says judge and Paizo game developer Sean K. Reynolds. “This year we have a great mix of new faces and competitors from previous years, and the incredible voter turnout in Round 1 means the gaming community has been involved from the very start of the competition. Congratulations to this year’s Top 32, and good luck in the contest’s next challenge!”

2013’s alternates are Giorgios Abate, Jeff Lee, Damien McGurrell, and Garrick Williams. The Top 32 will now be required to design a concept for a class archetype to the specifications of the RPG Superstar judges and submit that concept by 2pm Pacific time on Friday, January 25. These Round Two submissions will be revealed to the general public on Tuesday, January 29 and the public will then get to discuss the entries and vote for their favorite. Voting ends on February 4 and the Top 16 by votes will move on to Round Three.

The ultimate winner of RPG Superstar, to be announced April 2, 2013, will write an adventure for Paizo’s Pathfinder Module line to be published in early 2014. Complete rules are available at paizo.com/rpgsuperstar.

About Paizo Publishing
Paizo Publishing®, LLC is a leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, accessories, board games, and novels. Paizo's Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game, the result of the largest open playtest in the history of tabletop gaming, is currently the best-selling tabletop roleplaying game in hobby stores. Pathfinder Adventure Path is the most popular and best-selling monthly product in the tabletop RPG industry. Paizo.com is the leading online hobby retail store, offering tens of thousands of products from a variety of publishers to customers all over the world. In the nine years since its founding, Paizo Publishing has received more than 50 major awards and has grown to become one of the most influential companies in the hobby games industry.

Paizo Publishing and Gen Con Reach Multi-Year Co-Sponsorship Agreement

Paizo Publishing®, LLC, publisher of the Pathfinder Roleplaying Game, has announced an on-going partnership with Gen Con LLC, The Best Four Days In Gaming!™ Starting with Gen Con Indy 2013, August 15-18 at the Indiana Convention Center, Paizo will become a Co-Sponsor, supporting the convention at the highest level of sponsorship available. The deal extends for three years, concluding with Gen Con Indy 2015.

Gen Con's CEO, Adrian Swartout said, "Gen Con is privileged to have such a strong partner. Adventure and storytelling games create lifelong memories, and those unforgettable experiences are what Gen Con and Paizo have committed to create together."

As part of this agreement, Paizo will increase their Exhibit Hall presence (Booth #203) by approximately 30% in 2013. Paizo also will expand their offering of supported events, hosted in the Sagamore Ballroom of the Indiana Convention Center. Paizo joins Mayfair Games as a Gen Con multi-year Co-Sponsor. Badges for this year's show will become available for attendees on January 27 at noon (Eastern) at gencon.com.

Erik Mona, Publisher at Paizo said, "Paizo's new sponsorship of the show is a reflection of Gen Con's importance to our business, to Pathfinder RPG players, and to the greater community of gamers. I haven't missed a Gen Con since my first, in 1995. And I never will. Gen Con is the best game convention in America, a giant gathering of fellow gamers, and the best gaming marketplace you could imagine. Year after year, I come for the great gaming and the new releases, but these days I also go because it's a reunion of all the friends I've made there over the years. It's the year's greatest can't-miss event."

About Paizo Publishing
Paizo Publishing®, LLC is a leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, accessories, board games, and novels. Paizo's Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game, the result of the largest open playtest in the history of tabletop gaming, is currently the best-selling tabletop roleplaying game in hobby stores. Pathfinder Adventure Path is the most popular and best-selling monthly product in the tabletop RPG industry. Paizo.com is the leading online hobby retail store, offering tens of thousands of products from a variety of publishers to customers all over the world. In the nine years since its founding, Paizo Publishing has received more than 50 major awards and has grown to become one of the most influential companies in the hobby games industry.

About Gen Con
Gen Con, LLC produces the largest consumer hobby, fantasy, science fiction and adventure game convention in North America. Gen Con will return to the Indianapolis Convention Center on August 15-18, 2013. Acquired in 2002 by former CEO and founder of Wizards of the Coast Peter Adkison, the company is headquartered in Seattle, Washington. For more information visit the website at gencon.com. For up-to-the minute details, check out http://www.facebook.com/genconindy.

Pathfinder Comics Issue #4 Out Now!

From Paizo Publishing, LLC, publisher of Pathfinder®, the world’s best-selling tabletop roleplaying game and Dynamite Entertainment comes Pathfinder comic issue #4. The story was written by Jim Zub, and Andrew Huerta created the interior art. Cover artists include Matteo Scalera, Lucio Parrillo, Tyler Walpole and Erik Jones. The exclusive paizo.com cover is by artist Jorge Fares.

In Pathfinder #4, the Pathfinder adventurers have trekked deep into the Mosswood, overcoming dangerous creatures and perilous terrain to reach their goal. With victory so close, the brutal defeat to come will be even more bittersweet. Pathfinder #4 includes six pages of character profiles and Pathfinder RPG game statistics, plus an exclusive removable, playable tactical map and poster.

Subscribers to Pathfinder comics through paizo.com receive a 20% discount off the cover price, 15% off back and special issues, a special subscriber tag for the paizo.com message boards, and a limited-edition collectible paizo.com exclusive cover for each issue. Pathfinder comics are also available in local comic shops, and digital versions are available on Comixology.

About Paizo Publishing
Paizo Publishing®, LLC is a leading publisher of fantasy roleplaying games, accessories, board games, and novels. Paizo's Pathfinder® Roleplaying Game, the result of the largest open playtest in the history of tabletop gaming, is currently the best-selling tabletop roleplaying game in hobby stores. Pathfinder Adventure Path is the most popular and best-selling monthly product in the tabletop RPG industry. Paizo.com is the leading online hobby retail store, offering tens of thousands of products from a variety of publishers to customers all over the world. In the nine years since its founding, Paizo Publishing has received more than 50 major awards and has grown to become one of the most influential companies in the hobby games industry.

About Dynamite Entertainment
Dynamite Entertainment was founded in 2004 and is home to several best-selling comic book titles and properties, including The Boys, The Shadow, Vampirella, Warlord of Mars, Bionic Man, Game of Thrones and more. Dynamite owns and controls an extensive library of over 3,000 characters such as Vampirella, Pantha, Evil Ernie, Smiley the Psychotic Button, Chastity, Purgatori, and Peter Cannon: Thunderbolt. In addition to critically acclaimed titles and best-selling comics, Dynamite works with some of the most high-profile creators in comics and entertainment. In 2005 Diamond awarded the company a GEM award for Best New Publisher and another GEM in 2006 for Comics Publisher of the Year (under 5%) and again in 2011. The company has also been nominated for and won several industry awards, including the prestigious Harvey and Eisner Awards.

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