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Path of the Vanished: A 5e & B/X RPG Campaign!

Created by Pacesetter Games & Simulations

Thousands have vanished... do your heroes have what it takes to defeat the mysterious Raiders?!

Latest Updates from Our Project:

What's New With Pacesetter?!
over 1 year ago – Fri, Aug 12, 2022 at 02:00:20 AM

Hey, friends!

We hope your adventures find you well!

I wanted to announce a new project we have coming to Kickstarter August 23rd! The Tome of Quests: Volume One features five adventures for you to explore! We also have Early Bird Pledge Levels (finally) where you can save $5 in this first 24 hours!

Sign up via the link below to not miss a thing!

Project Link: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/pacesettergames/tome-of-quests-volume-one

Thank you all as always! We appreciate your continued support :D

All the best,

Ben Barsh

Hello from the Wilderness Lodge
about 2 years ago – Sat, Mar 12, 2022 at 01:05:57 PM

Its been nearly two years since the launch of Path of the Vanished. Hard to believe so much time has passed. We love hearing the stories many of you are sharing while playing through this adventure. One thing I have wanted to do for quite some time is take all of you wonderful backers on one last journey into the history of Path of the Vanished. I also want to share something entirely new about this book.

The idea for this adventure started with a trip to Disney’s Wilderness Lodge at Walt Disney World in Florida. That was more than 20 years ago now. I was so inspired by the beauty and scope of that resort, I had to design an adventure around its architecture, theming, and ecovativeness (new word). It took many years to fully develop the Wilderness Lodge to what it is in Path of the Vanished. It went from a stand-alone adventure to a piece of the much larger Path mini-campaign. But without question, the Wilderness Lodge is the heart of the Path of the Vanished campaign adventure.


A couple weeks ago, I made it back to the Wilderness Lodge with book in hand. I’ve included some pictures and I’m sure you will recognize some of the locations within the adventure module. While taking the photos, we were noticed by cast members (that’s what Disney employees are called) and approached with quizzical expressions. When I explained what we were doing and showed off the book, it was emotional to see how excited the cast members became. After a minute or two, all of the management staff came over to check it out. They were legitimately thrilled and intrigued by the book. All of them posed with book and they instantly were posting those pictures to other resort managers and executives. In that minute, Path of the Vanished became as much their book as ours. It was a humbling and, I’ll say it again, emotional experience. You helped make all that possible. Never could we have dreamed that something like this would ever happen 40 years ago when we all played D&D in the basement.


I’ve been publishing adventures through Pacesetter for 14 years and our product library has more than 60 titles. When asked, “What’s your favorite?” I usually struggle. Its like picking your favorite child. But right now, if you ask, I’m going to say Path of the Vanished holds that special place.


Again, I know I can speak for the entire Pacesetter staff when I say, Thank You!


At the stream!

The front door.

Where are the werewolves?

Out front!
Out back...and there is the stream again!

Books are Sent!
over 2 years ago – Wed, Jun 30, 2021 at 06:17:07 PM

Hey, friends!

I know most of you received your book a good bit ago, but I wanted to post and say that we have completed fulfillment! If you did not receive a tracking number or a book yet, please email us at [email protected]. The only books not sent were those who never provided and address via Backerkit.

That being said, thank you all so much for the support! We cannot stress how much you all mean to us. Your support is everything to us. Thank you a million!

All the best,

Ben Barsh

Final Packages!
almost 3 years ago – Sat, Jun 12, 2021 at 09:40:50 AM

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Books are Shipped!
almost 3 years ago – Fri, May 07, 2021 at 11:50:10 PM

Hey, friends!

I just wanted to do a mini-update today to let you all know that we are nearly finished with physical fulfillment! A couple hundred books went out in the mail yesterday, so check your emails for the tracking number! Scroll down for a wonderful picture of me working through filling up one of the postal carts :)

We still are working through some add-on pledges. The printer lagged a bit with the map books, so those will be in Monday. Once they are here at the Pacequarters, I will ship those orders out with haste. All the packages are ready to go, I just need to throw in the map books and print the labels!

Thank you for the patience! As you receive the books, we would love to hear how you like them!

That is all for now! I will update when the last wave of books are sent out!

All the best,

Ben Barsh