Act as the top authority regarding community building, responsible for oversight of all Venture-Coordinators in the region.
Responsible for the promotion/demotion of all Venture-Captains and any Venture-Lieutenants/Venture-Agents that may report directly to them.
Maintain a current roster of Venture-Officers (VOs) in the region.
Identify potential VOs and consider them for positions within the Venture-Officer organization.
Be an active participant in the Regional Venture-Coordinator Council, responsible for community development and advising the Organized Play Manager (OPM).
Be familiar with regional Organized Play customs such as table variations and player travel patterns and identify them to the OPM.
Acknowledge different styles of role-play and their presence in the Organized Play Foundation (OPF). Schedule games catering to a variety of play styles, based on the needs and desires of the community.
Schedule games catering to a variety of play styles, based on the needs and desires of the community.
Act as the third step in the conflict-resolution process, working with VCs to resolve community issues utilizing established guidelines. Communicate any issue that cannot be resolved to the OPM up channel.
Attend teleconferences with the OPM as requested.
Meet with VCs on an as-needed basis, at least quarterly, to provide mentoring in running Organized Play activities, discuss local issues, and identify growth areas. Online/telephone meetings count for this requirement.
Compile information from VC reports and submit this information to the OPM on a quarterly basis due the last Thursday of April/July/October/January.
Find conventions within the region which would benefit from a Paizo staff presence and submit this information to the OPM by June to facilitate travel schedule planning.
Ensure every Venture-Captain maintains a searchable online presence for their area.
Attend one OPF-designated convention a year (any of the PaizoCons, Origins, Gen Con, UK Games Expo, or PAX Unplugged). The OPM may waive this requirement on a case-by-case basis upon receipt of emailed waiver request.
Coordinate Organized Play activities at regional premier and premier plus conventions. This can be in person or by mentoring area Venture-Officers through the planning and organizational processes.
Assist GMs in achieving recognition requirements, including adjudication game(s) and evaluations. Ensure GMs receive feedback after the game and report the results to the OPM via applicable forms.
Provide historical context of the Organized Play campaign to the OPM.
Benefits
Free PDFs of Paizo products added to user account downloads on paizo.com.
Credit of $50 on paizo.com per qualifying convention run, maximum of $100 per calendar year.
A status bonus toward qualifying for tier rewards at PaizoCon and Gen Con (bonus does not apply to convention housing benefits, if applicable).
Invitation to a regional coordinators’ dinner at PaizoCon and Gen Con.
Treated as 2 stars higher for qualification to run Exclusive events.
Regional Venture-Coordinator + region tag that displays when posting in the paizo.com forums.
Access to the Venture-Officer communication tools.
Custom paizo.com avatar image.
Venture-Captain (VC)
Services
Oversight authority of Venture-Lieutenants (VLs) as delegated by the Regional Venture-Coordinator to whom they report.
Responsible for the promotion/demotion of any Venture-Lieutenants and any Venture-Agents that report directly to them.
Maintain a current roster of volunteer GMs, organizers, and store/community contacts in the assigned region.
Identify potential VOs and consider them for positions within the Venture-Officer organization.
Be familiar with local game stores or community organizations where Organized Play activities are conducted. Work with them to register as retailers on paizo.com/retailers.
Acknowledge different styles of role-play and their presence in the Organized Play Foundation. Schedule games catering to a variety of play styles, based on the needs and desires of the community.
Schedule games catering to a variety of play styles based on the needs and desires of the community.
Act as the second step in the conflict-resolution process, working with Venture-Lieutenants to resolve community issues utilizing established guidelines.
Communicate any issue that cannot be resolved to the RVC up channel.
Attend teleconferences with Regional Venture-Coordinator as requested.
Meet with VLs on an as needed basis, at least quarterly, to provide mentoring in running Organized Play activities, discuss local issues, and identify growth areas. Online/telephone meetings count for this requirement.
Compile information from VL/VA reports and submit this information to RVC on a quarterly basis in the manner requested by the RVC. These reports are due the third Thursday of April/July/October/January.
Compile a list of all conventions with Organized Play activities in the community. Provide this list to RVC on a quarterly basis to aid in planning.
Maintain a searchable online presence for the area This can be forums, social media, websites, or scheduling apps.
Work with event organizers in the geographical area to submit support requests within established time frames using online forms. Follow up with event organizers to ensure filing of after-action reports within one week of convention end.
Attend one OPF designated convention a year (any of the PaizoCons, Origins, Gen Con, UK Games Expo, or PAX Unplugged). The OPM may waive this requirement on a case-by-case basis upon receipt of emailed waiver request.
GM one or more blocks of Organized Play events at two different conventions a year. These conventions do not need to be in the home region of the Venture-Officer.
Assist GMs in achieving recognition requirements, including adjudication game(s) and evaluations. Ensure GMs get feedback after the game and report the results to the OPM via applicable forms.
Choose an activity path and complete the associated tasks:
Take the lead organizing Organized Play activities at two or more conventions a year. Conventions must qualify for event support based on established criteria. These conventions do not need to be in the local community.
Actively participate in a Task Force as created by the OPM. Activity requirements are set by the Task Force Chair /OPM and will be clearly communicated to Task Force members.
Run an additional 6 games per quarter in the local community.
Coordinate a Special Project with the OPM.
Translate Organized Play documents if translations are not already provided by Paizo-licensed translators.
Coordinate one session a month at a public venue where any may attend. This may include running the sessions if no other GMs are available.
Ensure games run at conventions are reported on paizo.com.
Benefits
Free PDFs of Paizo products added to user account downloads on paizo.com.
Credit of $50 on paizo.com per qualifying convention ran, maximum of $100 per calendar year.
A status bonus toward qualifying for tier rewards at PaizoCon and Gen Con (bonus does not apply to convention housing benefits, if applicable).
Invitation to a regional coordinators dinner at PaizoCon and Gen Con.
Treated as 2 stars higher for qualification to run Exclusive events.
Venture-Captain + region tag that displays when posting in the Organized Play forums.
Access to the Venture-Officer communication tools.
Venture-Lieutenants (VL)
Services
Oversight authority of Venture-Agents as delegated by the Venture-Captain to whom they report.
Responsible for the promotion/demotion of all Venture-Agents that report directly to them.
Maintain a current roster of volunteer GMs, organizers, and store/community contacts and supply this to the reporting VC.
Identify potential VOs and consider them for positions within the Venture-Officer organization.
In cases where you are a location liaison, build a positive rapport with the location group leadership.
Acknowledge different styles of role-play and their presence in the Organized Play Foundation. Schedule games catering to a variety of play styles, based on the needs and desires of the community.
Schedule games catering to a variety of play styles, based on the needs and desires of the community.
Act as the first step in the conflict-resolution process, working with Venture-Agents and Location Operators to resolve community issues utilizing established guidelines. Communicate any issue that cannot be resolved to the area VC up channel .
Meet with the regional VC on an as needed basis, at least quarterly. Online/telephone meetings count for this requirement.
Meet with VAs on an as needed basis, at least quarterly, to provide mentoring in running Organized Play activities, discuss local issues, and identify growth areas. Online/telephone meetings count for this requirement.
Compile information from VA reports and submit this information to regional VC on a quarterly in the manner requested by the VC. These reports are due the second Thursday of April/July/October/January.
Support the regional VC in maintaining a searchable online presence for the local area.
GM one or more blocks of Organized Play events at two different conventions a year. These conventions do not need to be in the home region of the Venture-Officer.
Choose an activity path and complete the associated tasks: •
Take the lead organizing Organized Play activities at two or more conventions a year. Conventions must qualify for event support based on established criteria. These conventions do not need to be in the local community.
Actively participate in a Task Force as created by the OPM. Activity requirements are set by the Task Force Chair/OPM and will be clearly communicated to task force members.
Run an additional 6 games per quarter in the local community.
Coordinate two sessions a month at a public venue where any may attend. This may include running the sessions, if no other GMs are available.
Ensure organizers report games run at supervised locations on paizo.com.
Benefits
Free PDFs of Paizo Organized Play products added to user account downloads on paizo.com.
Credit of $50 on paizo.com per qualifying convention ran, maximum of $50 per calendar year.
Treated as 1 star higher for qualification to run Exclusive events.
Venture-Lieutenant + region tag that displays when posting in the Organized Play forums.
Access to the Venture-Officer communication tools.
Venture-Agents (VA)
Services
Ensure contact information registered the reporting Venture-Lieutenant is current. Maintain a current roster of volunteer GMs, organizers, and store/community contacts and supply this to the regional VC.
Maintain a current roster of volunteer GMs and location contacts and supply this to the reporting VL.
Build a positive rapport with the location group leadership.
Encourage stores to register as retailers on paizo.com/retailers.
Acknowledge different styles of role-play and their presence in the Organized Play Foundation. Schedule games catering to a variety of play styles, based on the needs and desires of the local community.
Schedule games catering to a variety of play styles, based on the needs and desires of the community.
Identify any issues to regional VL, so that they may begin the conflict resolution process. • Meet with the regional VL on an as needed basis, at least quarterly. Online/telephone meetings count for this requirement.
Submit monthly status reports to the regional VL including the number/type of sessions ran, current numbers of players/GMs, and other requested metrics. These reports are due the first Thursday of April/July/October/January.
Support the regional VC in maintaining a searchable online presence for the local area with current game information. • Coordinate two sessions a month at the location where you coordinate games. Run one of the sessions, but the other can be ran by any area GM.
Ensure organizers report games run at supervised locations on paizo.com.
Benefits
Free PDFs of Paizo Organized Play products added to user account downloads on paizo.com.
Venture-Agent + region tag that displays when posting in the Organized Play forums.
Access to the Venture-Officer communication tools.
