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Menagerie Press Dispatch: Organized Play — Saturday, November 14, 2026

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Top of the day: D&D’s new-look organized play is in full swing, with stores now running weekly D&D Encounters sessions of Deadmines Dungeon ahead of the World of Warcraft book’s wide release on Tuesday. Paizo’s November Organized Play update sanctions Feybound and Vaultlines for Pathfinder Society and sets the next Starfinder Society scenario for December 2. A fairly quiet day otherwise.

News

  • D&D Encounters: Deadmines Dungeon weekly play is live — The Season of Champions weekly sessions began November 11 and run through January 3, 2027. Store Celebration events continue through November 29, and characters go from level 3 to level 4 over four sessions of about two hours each. (Wizards Play Network)
  • D&D Encounters: World of Warcraft hits shelves Tuesday — The season’s anchor book, D&D: World of Warcraft, gets its wide release on November 17. Stores that signed up early got physical kits with season d20s for players and Alliance/Horde pins for DMs. (Wizards Play Network)
  • D&D Event Finder goes multilingual — The official D&D Event Finder now works in French, Italian, German, Spanish and Polish, which makes it easier to find tables outside the English-speaking world. (GeekNative)
  • Pathfinder Society: Feybound and Vaultlines sanctioned — Paizo’s November Organized Play update says both are now legal for Society play. Feybound options are on the Character Options page, and Vaultlines Chronicle Sheets are on its product page. (Paizo)
  • Starfinder Society: #2-09 Nyori Nightlife dated — The next Starfinder Society scenario releases December 2 and can be run at events from that day. (Paizo)
  • Pathfinder & Starfinder Society: PAX Unplugged plans — Society tables and 13 Omens stories will run in room 109B of the RPG Zone at PAX Unplugged, December 4–6 in Philadelphia. Warhorn signups open soon. (Paizo)

Crowdfunding

  • 13 Omens: Pathfinder crossover zine unlocked — Paizo’s 13 Omens campaign passed $350,000, unlocking a crossover zine with a bestiary of 13 Omens creatures statted for PF2 and a new story set in Golarion. 13 Omens games are also on the PAX Unplugged organized play schedule. (Paizo)

Community & Gossip

  • Pathfinder & Starfinder Society: Atlanta lodge shares its numbers — AtlantaPFS’s weekly update reports Pathfinder Society tables down 29% and Starfinder Society tables up 56% from Q2 to Q3. The post says plainly that “this community isn’t going anywhere,” and also that the volunteer team is stretched thin. (AtlantaPFS)
  • Starfinder Society: virtual tables move to Foundry — Atlanta’s online Starfinder Society games are moving to Foundry VTT one game at a time while Fantasy Grounds works on a memory-leak patch. The next virtual game is Monday, November 16. (AtlantaPFS)

Ins & Outs

  • Pathfinder Society: GM and volunteer honors — Andreas Forster receives a Campaign Service Coin, and Bryan Yuen reaches 5th-rank GM (5th Glyph) in Pathfinder Society. (Paizo)
  • Paradox Interactive: new CEO ahead — Mattias Lilja will become Paradox CEO in January 2027. Paradox owns World of Darkness, home of Vampire: The Masquerade. (GeekNative)

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Menagerie Press Dispatch: Organized Play — Friday, November 13, 2026

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Top of the day: Paizo’s November Organized Play update puts a new Starfinder Society scenario on the calendar for December 2 and adds two fresh Pathfinder Society sanctions, Feybound and the Vaultlines Adventure Path. On the D&D side, players are still grumbling about the World of Warcraft options headed into Adventurers League and Legends of Greyhawk, while U-Con in Michigan runs both D&D campaigns this weekend. Overall it was a calm week, and in Organized Play a calm week usually means things are working.

News

  • Pathfinder & Starfinder Society, November update. Starfinder Society #2-09: Nyori Nightlife arrives December 2. Pathfinder Society now sanctions Pathfinder Feybound (into the First World) and the Vaultlines Adventure Path (down into the Darklands). (Paizo)
  • Pathfinder Society GM milestones. Bryan Yuen reached the 5th Glyph GM rank, and Andreas Forster received a Campaign Service Coin for his service to the community. (Paizo)
  • Paizo Printables: Creep Season. Season 3 of the standalone two-to-three-hour adventures that count for Pathfinder Society starts this month. It opens with The Road Less Traveled, about a Taldan town cut off when its only bridge washes out. Starfinder Society #2-08: Murder on the Tourmaline Comet is this month’s whodunit aboard a luxury starliner. (Paizo)
  • D&D Adventurers League & Legends of Greyhawk: World of Warcraft options. Five subclasses, five feats, five Battle Master maneuvers and the Goblin species from D&D: World of Warcraft are now legal in both campaigns. A November 4 clarification says WoW is not a playable AL setting and that WoW adventures won’t be adapted. Updated Player’s, DM’s and Dungeoncraft guides are due in early December. (D&D Beyond)
  • U-Con runs both D&D campaigns this weekend. U-Con in Ypsilanti, Michigan (November 13–15) offers Adventurers League Tiers 1–4 with a multi-table Epic on Saturday night, plus Legends of Greyhawk on the 2024 rules. (U-Con)

Crowdfunding

  • 13 Omens meets Pathfinder. The 13 Omens campaign unlocked a Lost Omens crossover zine at $350,000. The zine gives 13 Omens creatures Pathfinder Second Edition stats and adds a new Golarion story, The Mosswater Slaughter. 13 Omens stories will also share Paizo’s Organized Play room at PAX Unplugged. (Paizo)

Community & Gossip

  • WoW in Adventurers League: the comment-section verdict. Comments on the D&D Beyond announcement lean skeptical. Some players say they’re unimpressed or would rather just play WoW, and a few DMs say they’ll ban the options at their own tables. Others point out that the goblin and most of the subclasses are basically updated reprints. Rumor: an unconfirmed forum claim says the options were added to sell books. Keep in mind that Organized Play crowds complain louder than they praise, so a split reaction to an options list is par for the course. (D&D Beyond)
  • Pathfinder Society: no news is good news. The November update has no rules shake-ups and no season drama, just releases, sanctions and shout-outs to volunteers. For a program this size, a month this uneventful is a healthy sign. (Paizo)

Ins & Outs

  • In: PAX Unplugged. Pathfinder and Starfinder Society tables, plus 13 Omens stories, run in room 109B of the RPG Zone at PAX Unplugged, December 4–6 in Philadelphia. Warhorn signups open soon. (Paizo, PhillyVoice)
  • In: A UK Adventurers League weekend. The Mug and Meeple in Gravesend, Kent, hosts Adventurers League play on November 21 and 22, with tickets listed at £10.80. (Mug and Meeple)
  • Out: World of Warcraft as an AL setting. Adventurers League settings stay Forgotten Realms, Eberron, Ravenloft and Dragonlance, and Greyhawk remains exclusive to Legends of Greyhawk. (D&D Beyond)

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