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| | #REDIRECT [[Paizo]] |
| | company_name = Paizo Publishing
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| | company_type = Private
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| | foundation = 2002
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| | location = [[Redmond, Washington]]
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| | key_people = [[Lisa Stevens]], [[Erik Mona]], [[James Jacobs (game designer)|James Jacobs]]
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| | industry = [[Role-playing game|Role-playing]], [[board game]]s, [[science fiction]] and [[fantasy]] fiction
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| | products = ''[[Pathfinder (periodical)|Pathfinder]]'', ''[[Planet Stories]]''
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| | homepage = http://paizo.com/
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| '''Paizo Publishing''' is an [[United States|American]] [[publishing company]] in [[Redmond, Washington]] that specializes in game aids and adventures for "the world's oldest fantasy roleplaying game"<ref>http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG</ref> (''[[Dungeons & Dragons]]'') and its flagship spin-off game and setting, ''[[Pathfinder (periodicals)|Pathfinder]]''. Paizo also runs an [[Online shop|online retail store]] selling [[role-playing game]]s, gaming aids, [[board game]]s, [[comic book]]s, [[toy]]s, [[clothing]] and other products, and has an [[Internet forum]] community.
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| The CEO of Paizo is [[Lisa Stevens]]. The company's name is derived from the Greek word παίζω ''paizō'', which means 'I play' or 'to play'.
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| ==D&D and Pathfinder==
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| Paizo formerly published ''[[Dragon (magazine)|Dragon]]'' and ''[[Dungeon (magazine)|Dungeon]]'' magazines,<ref>{{cite news |author=Julie Bartel |title=The Good, The Bad, and the Edgy |work=[[School Library Journal]] |url=http://www.schoollibraryjournal.com/article/CA621754.html?q=The+Good%2C+The+Bad%2C+and+the+Edgy Features |page=35 |date=2005-07-01}}</ref> both published under license from [[Wizards of the Coast]]. Publisher [[Erik Mona]] is former Editor-in-Chief of ''Dragon''. The former Editor-in-Chief of ''Dungeon'' is [[James Jacobs (game designer)|James Jacobs]], who is now Editor-in-Chief of ''[[Pathfinder (periodical)|Pathfinder]]''. In early 2007, it was announced that the license had lapsed and would not be renewed, effective September 2007.<ref>
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| {{cite web
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| | url = http://www.wizards.com/default.asp?x=dnd/news/20070419a
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| | title = Paizo Publishing to Cease Publication of Dragon and Dungeon
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| | publisher = [[Wizards of the Coast]]
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| | accessdate = 2007-04-19
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| | date = 2007-04-19
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| }} (press release)</ref><ref>{{cite web| author= Magazine Publishers of America| title = Defunct or Suspended Magazines 2007| work = MPA Website:The Definitive Source of the Magazine Industry| publisher = Magazine Publishers of America| year = 2003 | url = http://www.magazine.org/finance_and_operations/finance_operations_trends_and_magazine_handbook/20924.cfm| accessdate =2008-02-05}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=Paige Wiser |title=Found: A subscription for happiness in life |work=[[Chicago Sun Times]] |page=A18 |date=2007-07-01}}</ref>
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| Paizo announced on 18 March 2008 that they would be launching the ''[[Pathfinder Roleplaying Game]]''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://paizo.com/pathfinderRPG |title=Paizo Publishing Announces the Pathfinder RPG |accessdate=2008-07-10}}</ref> Through the new product line, Paizo would modify, update, maintain, and publish the 3.5 [[System Reference Document|SRD]] (under [[Wizards of the Coast]]'s [[Open Gaming License|OGL]]). The ''Pathfinder Roleplaying Game'' would also support Paizo's Pathfinder Chronicles campaign setting. In March 2008 Paizo also announced that it was introducing an organized play program called the Pathfinder Society Organized Play. The program was loosely modeled on the [[RPGA]]s [[RPGA#Campaigns|"Living" campaigns]]. It releases 28 scenarios each year (two each month, four in July) for members to purchase. Scenarios are short adventures meant to be completed within four to five hours.<ref>{{Cite web|title = Pathfinder Society Organized Play|url=http://pathfinder.wikia.com/wiki/Pathfinder_Society_Organized_Play|accessdate = 13 November 2009 }}</ref>
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| Paizo's new flagship product line, ''[[Pathfinder (periodical)#Adventure Paths|Pathfinder]]'', continues the [[Adventure Path]] concept featured in ''Dungeon''. Additional products set in the Pathfinder Chronicles [[campaign setting]] include [[Pathfinder (periodical)#Pathfinder Modules|Pathfinder Modules]], [[Pathfinder (periodical)#Pathfinder Chronicles|Pathfinder Chronicles]], and [[Pathfinder (periodical)#Pathfinder Companion|Pathfinder Companion]].
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| ==Other products==
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| The company began producing a bimonthly magazine called ''Undefeated'' in 2003,<ref>{{cite web| author= Magazine Publishers of America| title = New & Noted 2003 Magazines: January-December 2003| work = MPA Website:The Definitive Source of the Magazine Industry| publisher = Magazine Publishers of America| year = 2003 | url = http://www.magazine.org/Finance_and_Operations/Finance_Operations_Trends_and_Magazine_Handbook/1269.cfm| accessdate =2008-02-05}}</ref> and in 2004 resurrected the venerable [[science fiction]] title ''[[Amazing Stories]]''.<ref>{{cite news |author=[[Ben Bova]] | title=Local action can change the world, one word at a time | work = Naples Daily News | date = December 26, 2004| url = http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2004/dec/26/ndn_ben_bova__local_action_can_change_the_world__o/ | accessdate = 2008-02-05}}</ref> The two publications were placed on hiatus in 2005, and finally canceled in 2006.<ref>{{cite news | title = Amazing Stories Ends Run | journal = Sci Fi Weekly | date = March 27, 2006 | url = http://www.scifi.com/sfw/news/sfw_news_20060327.html | issue = 563 | accessdate = 2008-02-05}} {{Dead link|date=October 2010|bot=H3llBot}}</ref>
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| Other Paizo product lines include the ''Titanic Games'' line of board games such as ''[[Kill Doctor Lucky]]'',<ref>{{cite news |author=Edwin Wong |title=Oddball diversions |work=[[New Straits Times]] Local |page=16 |date=2008-01-19}}</ref> and the ''[[Planet Stories]]'' line of classic fantasy, science fiction, and science fantasy novels.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://blog.wired.com/geekdad/2008/02/planet-stories.html |title=Geekdad - "Planet Stories" Revives the Best of Pulp Fiction |author=John Baichtal |work=[[Wired News]] |date=2008-02-05 |accessdate=2008-02-09}}</ref>
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| == References ==
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| ==External links==
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| * [http://paizo.com/ Paizo Publishing]
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| * [http://www.rpg.net/columns/briefhistory/briefhistory2.phtml A brief history of game #2: Paizo Publishing: 2002-present], by Shannon Appelcline
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