2011-10-15 Pathfinder Subscriptions Canceled

Old School RPG I just sent the following mail to Paizo customer service:

Hello! I’d like to cancel my Planet Stories and my Pathfinder Modules subscription. The unread books are piling up and even though I wish I’d have more time, I end up doing other stuff instead of reading the books. Sorry! As for the modules – I’ve recently switched all my campaigns over to old school D&D and find that doing stuff myself works just as well. I’ll also be canceling my Pathfinder Adventure Path subscription once the current Adventure Path ends – there’s a little bit of a completist left in me – but I’ll send you another email once that happens. Cheers Alex

Why is that? I no longer play the system, and I no longer need the wordy style.

Two out of three campaigns I am running use Labyrinth Lord
I stopped the one of the D&D 3.5 game I was running and converted the other to Solar System RPG
We finished *Legacy of Fire* using Pathfinder and will be switching to a HARP campaign instead
The DIY spirit of the old school D&D blogs has convinced me that my preferred style of gaming (it’s a continuous journey as far as I can tell) involves *very little preparation* and reading only *very short descriptions* of adventure locales—the Pathfinder products, however, require hours of reading and note taking—the Pathfinder stuff is not *short* enough
A few months ago I wrote that “I find myself unwilling to spend a lot of money for role-playing game products as I realize how little material I actually read and use – even though I play around ten times every month.” Still true.

campaigns I am running

With all the money saved, I might be buying Anomalous Subsurface Environment and the latest issues of Fight On and Knockspell instead. 😄

Anomalous Subsurface Environment

Fight On

Knockspell

+--------------------------------+---------+
|             Items              |  Price  |
+--------------------------------+---------+
| ASE1: Anomalous Subsurface     | $20.18  |
| Environment (Standard Paper)   |         |
| Realms of Crawling Chaos       | $17.95  |
| Fight On! #12 - Spring/Summer  | $9.99   |
|                           2011 |         |
| Knockspell #6 softcover        | $12.00  |
| *Subtotal*                     | $60.12  |
| *Shipping and Handling*        | $31.24  |
| *Shipping Discount             | $-31.24 |
| (OCTGROUND305)*                |         |
| *Total*                        | $60.12  |
+--------------------------------+---------+

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Got my stuff! 😄

+--------------------------------+--------+
|             Items              | Price  |
+--------------------------------+--------+
| ASE1: Anomalous Subsurface     | $20.18 |
| Environment (Standard Paper)   |        |
| Realms of Crawling Chaos       | $17.95 |
| Fight On! #12 - Spring/Summer  | $9.99  |
|                           2011 |        |
| Knockspell #6 softcover        | $12.00 |
+--------------------------------+--------+

Hm, where to start?

– Alex Schroeder 2011-10-31 15:26 UTC

Alex Schroeder