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Thursday, June 27, 2024
The Starfinder Second Edition Playtest is set to launch midsummer at GenCon 2024! Full details about this open playtest, which is focused on the Starfinder Playtest Rulebook, will be announced in July 2024. Six Starfinder Second Edition adventures will be released to support the playtest, including two softcover adventures* and four short digital-only scenarios**.
We’ve written each playtest adventure and playtest scenario to be like the adventures you’ve come to love from Paizo. They feature narratives and encounters that showcase how we can use the new Second Edition rules to create evocative stories in the Starfinder setting. These include all-new art and major setting events, and it’s our hope that these adventures remain relevant long after our playtest is over and we’re well into the new edition.
That said, these adventures are not specifically built for Organized Play. So how does Organized Play fit into all of this?
So happy you asked!
Illustration by Sophie Medvedeva
When the Starfinder Second Edition Playtest launches, visit starfinderplaytest.com and download the Starfinder Playtest Tracking Sheet. Each time you play one of the Starfinder Second Edition Playtest Adventures or Starfinder Second Edition Playtest Scenarios listed on this sheet, check off the associated box. By checking off these boxes, you’ll unlock rewards in our Organized Play campaigns! Earn Achievement Points in Starfinder Society (first edition), gain access to exciting alien ancestries from the wider galaxy in Starfinder Society (first edition) and Pathfinder Society (second edition), and gain access to campaign-exclusive backgrounds themed to the events of these adventures in Starfinder Society (second edition). No need to select which rewards you want most—you get them all!
For the purpose of Starfinder Society (first edition), these adventures are considered repeatable, meaning players and GMs will earn Achievement Points every time they play or run them. Characters do not earn in-game rewards such as credits or XP for these adventures.
We hope this encourages players engaged in our Organized Play campaigns to enjoy these adventures and to participate in the Starfinder Second Edition Playtest!
I look forward to charting our course into the future with all of you!
Jessica Catalan
Senior Developer (Starfinder Society)* Starfinder Second Edition Playtest Adventure: A Cosmic Birthday and Starfinder Second Edition Playtest Adventure: Empires Devoured.
** Starfinder Playtest Scenario #1: Shards of the Glass Planet, Starfinder Playtest Scenario #2: It Came from the Vast!, Starfinder Playtest Scenario #3: Wheel of Monsters, and Starfinder Playtest Scenario #4: Rescue at Shimmerstone Mine.
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   Alex Speidel Organized Play Coordinator | Thu, Jun 27, 2024, 10:21 am |
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eddv wrote:
This will maybe be self evident when the tracking sheet launches but will the rewards be tracked via the boons tab and unlocked much the same way scenario boons are for pfs2 scenarios or via the tracking sheet itself?
The unlocks for PFS2 and SFS1 will just be tracked on the Tracking Sheet (aside from AcP which will obviously use the online system). We're not ready to comment on what the rewards system will look like for SFS2 yet as that's still a year away. I think that answers your question?
 BretI Venture-Lieutenant, Minnesota—Minneapolis | Thu, Jun 27, 2024, 02:01 pm |
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It’s a A Brand New Dae!
 eddv Regional Venture-Coordinator, Appalachia | Thu, Jun 27, 2024, 08:27 pm |
Alex Speidel wrote:
eddv wrote:
The unlocks for PFS2 and SFS1 will just be tracked on the Tracking Sheet (aside from AcP which will obviously use the online system). We're not ready to comment on what the rewards system will look like for SFS2 yet as that's still a year away. I think that answers your question?This will maybe be self evident when the tracking sheet launches but will the rewards be tracked via the boons tab and unlocked much the same way scenario boons are for pfs2 scenarios or via the tracking sheet itself?
Yup, perfect.
| BretI Venture-Lieutenant, Minnesota—Minneapolis | Fri, Jun 28, 2024, 05:26 am |
Mike Kimmel wrote:
Jonathan Morgantini wrote:
More lasers please!Starfinder Playtest Feedback Survey, Question 1: Do you prefer...
A) Lasers
B) More lasers
C) Most lasers
D) Entirely lasers
Mazer-Laser-Phasor-Taser-Doshko please!
| Alex Speidel Organized Play Coordinator | Fri, Jun 28, 2024, 08:31 am |
Ygdra wrote:
Will any of these scenarios introduce SF2e starship combat rules?
No; the Starfinder team has already been very clear that the Playtest Rulebook does not contain rules for starship combat. These scenarios are adventures meant to use the rules in the Playtest Rulebook, and do not introduce new rules content.
 Kishmo | Fri, Jun 28, 2024, 12:45 pm |
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Alex Speidel wrote:
Kurt Wasiluk wrote:
Will GMs get 1e GM credits for running playtest adventures or scenarios? I’m working on that 5th Nova!Yes, they will count as 1e tables for Nova purposes as well.
Wonderful news - thanks for making this choice! Lets the handful of us still working towards that 5th nova get to have our (2e) cake and eat it (for 1e benefits) too!
| Alex Speidel Organized Play Coordinator | Mon, Jul 8, 2024, 01:42 pm |
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Reporting Note: I've just finished setting up the reporting for the first two playtest scenarios, and I've gotten it to work the way I want it to. When reporting playtest scenarios, do not include character numbers in the reporting, just player and GM OP ID numbers. The system will award Achievement Points as expected.
Including character numbers isn't wrong, but if the same scenario gets reported to the same character number twice, it will deny the second one and the player or GM won't get their AcP. Best to just leave it off entirely.
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