It's rare that, when I talk about layoffs in the gaming industry—be it videogames or TTRPGs—that I do so with sympathy for the company dropping the axe. Usually it's down to short-sighted business practices or greedy, dollar-eyed acquisitions. Not so this time—at least, not directly.
Paizo, the creators of Pathfinder 2e (which has stolen my heart away from D&D in recent years) has had to lay off 12 members of staff.
Per a statement on the publisher's site, it has a lot to do with Diamond Comics. In case you missed it, Diamond Comics filed for bankruptcy back in July last year, screwing over many of the companies that had given it stock by liquidating said stock to try and pay off its cre...


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