I personally know of quite a few people playing the game online and several playing in person. I'm in two ongoing online campaigns - one Society and one not - both using older boxes (Season 5 using S&S, Season 1 using WotR). Judging from the occasional rules questions I see posted online (though rarely on the Paizo forums), there are definitely some others playing as well.
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There are still active pbp and tts games. Check out the main pbp hub and either the PACG community discord or the Organized Play discord for more info.
Yeah. Still playing!
Agreed. Only game I am still playing regularly
Where can I learn more about online play?
Hi! The two means of online play I am aware of are PBP (play-by-post; let us know if you want more info) or playing via Tabletop Simulator (TTS; the only virtual tabletop I've seen used for the card game).
The Org Play Online Discord Server is a great place to post your interest in joining games, not only for PACS, but Pathfinder 1e, Pathfinder 2e, and Starfinder as well. For the card game, scroll down to [Adventure Card Society] and give us a holler in #looking4game_acs. It will be helpful to know your experience with the game and with either PBP or TTS, as well as whether you are only interested in a certain iteration of the game (older pre-Core version or the newer version, an AP based on a certain box set, whatever). I'll warn you that there aren't a lot of campaigns online, but at least posting there gets you on the radar. I know that when I'm planning to start a new campaign, I look to see if there were people who were looking to play I can reach out to.
Feel free to message here as well, but there's more traffic on Discord, so it'll be seen by more people. I hope we hear more from you!
I'm playing through Season of the Runelords with 3 different groups of 2 characters. When I'm done, I'll play through Season of Plundered Tombs and then Year of Rotting Ruin. Strictly solo, since I live kind of far away and just like to play at my own pace.... I've got about 1,000 hours of play into PACG with no end in sight...
My girlfriend and I have recently started diving into the pathfinder cardgame core set and have nearly completed the first campaign, I just ordered the curse of the crimson throne expansion set but am here to find new material for us to enjoy in the pathfinder card game world. I mostly checked via amazon and barely found anything story-wise available, mostly just character expansions. Would love any help anyone is willing to give with what is still available in the pathfinder card game world. Thank you!
My girlfriend and I have recently started diving into the pathfinder cardgame core set and have nearly completed the first campaign, I just ordered the curse of the crimson throne expansion set but am here to find new material for us to enjoy in the pathfinder card game world. I mostly checked via amazon and barely found anything story-wise available, mostly just character expansions. Would love any help anyone is willing to give with what is still available in the pathfinder card game world. Thank you!
Welcome, and congratulations on discovering the game!
There are only so many products out there, and the chance of more physical product is almost nil. Fortunately, what exists can keep someone entertained for a long time!
Once you play through Curse of the Crimson Throne, you'll have a good feel for what a full 6-level adventure path feels like. There are four older sets of cards for other adventure paths out there to search for: Rise of the Runelords, Skull and Shackles, Wrath of the Righteous, and Mummy's Mask. Just know that the old model for adventure paths was different. You had to buy a base set which included characters designed to work well for that AP and all the cards needed to play through one or more introductory scenarios and all of level 1. Then you have to purchase separate decks for adventures 2 through 6. (It's best if you can find a used set containing the entire AP.)
Paizo also sells pdf versions of new APs that use the existing cards in the various sets. you can find those here: https://paizo.com/store/pacg/pacs
I will expound more later (unless someone else beats me to it). I have to go to work!
After playing through Curse of the Crimson Throne, I would suggest considering Year 6 and Year 7 of the Card Society. These use the same cards you'll use for the Curse AP, but the stories will be completely different. (There will also be images of some unique cards you will use proxies for.)
Year 6 (The Year of Rotting Ruin) is a full 6-level AP. #6-1 is level, #6-2 is level 2, and so on. The other items on that page also use the Core/Curse cards, but are standalone adventures or scenarios worth considering down the road.
Year 7 (The Year of Reborn Strife) is only a level 1-3 AP, like The Dragon's Demand from the Core Set.
Between Curse, Year 6, and Year 7, that's sixty-something scenarios. After all that, you can replay one of those APs (replaying with different characters yields a different experience) or go for one of the earlier APs. Let's use Mummy's Mask as an example. Like Curse, there's a full AP to play through with the set itself and additional pdf APs available through Paizo - in this case two full 6-level APs. That's actually ninety-ish scenarios. (Older sets usually had 5 scenarios per level instead of 4.)
As you can see, there's a lot of play available even without considering replayability. There is even homebrew content, especially for some of the earlier sets.
As far as looking for the earlier sets, Paizo has most in stock. (except for Mummy's Mask adventure deck 5.) The Character Add-on Decks for each set are only needed to play with 5-6 players. Each does have four new characters, however. Class Decks (Fighter Class Deck, Bard Class Deck, etc.) and similar decks (Occult Adventures Character Decks 1 & 2, Goblins Burn! deck, Ultimate Combat, etc.) are purely optional to have new characters and boons to support them. You can play with characters included in the APs and use the vault to build your character decks, like you've probably done already. Unless you play Society play at a local store, you never need any of those other decks.
It's worth noting that after the first four adventure paths, the style changed a bit for the Core Set and Curse of the Crimson Throne. There were tweaks to the rules, the terminology, and the art. The game plays essentially the same, however.
I tried to share what I thought would be helpful and answer your questions. Let us know if have other questions!
That was so very helpful, thank you so much! The crimson throne arrives in two days so we're very much so looking forward to it. She's currently diving into the new Hogwarts game and having a blast. I've bookmarked this page so I can come back to it for reference once we've completed the curse campaign. Sounds like there is still a bunch of material for us to enjoy so she's going to be very happy to hear that as was I :)
There's also the thread for rules questions which may come up as you play.
There's a Discord server for Pathfinder Society Organized Play that will yield quicker answers on rules questions and such (which do NOT need to be for Society play). If you're interested in joining, go here.