December on Club PA (Contains Good News) (Patreon)

One of the best things about December, as a resident of Penny Arcade Towers, is that it is not November. Indeed, witnessing December means that November has passed, and that you have survived it. Between the holidays, Black Friday and PAX Unplugged, November really captures the sensation of being underwater for thirty consecutive days. December, at least, contains fresh, breathable oxygen (even if we're all still a bit soggy).

For those of you who made it to the PAX Unplugged meetup, it was great to meet you! For those who weren't there, we were joined by the chaps from Shut Up & Sit Down for a massive game of Welcome To... with everyone present as a player. As we mentioned a while back, we're being more experimental with the format of this meetup, so your feedback is always hugely appreciated whether it's positive or negative.

For Club PA, December has some good content coming up. I'll get to that, of course, but first:

The DLC Podcast Is Un-Cancelled

We were honestly pretty overwhelmed with the feedback we received on the DLC podcast. A huge number of you either commented or got in touch directly to let us know what the DLC podcast meant to you. The message was received. We're going to figure out a way to keep doing the DLC podcast, and it's going to be a Club PA exclusive (for both tiers) from now on rather than a nebulous early access system. 

When we say that your feedback on Club PA is important to us, we mean it. You let us know how you felt about a change, and that gave us the data we needed to change course. We really appreciate it, and however you feel about Club PA we want to hear about it, whether it's in a comment, an email (to pgroome@penny-arcade.com), or even an exit survey when you decide to leave. It can only help.

I'll keep you updated on the specific scheduling of the podcast, but it's definitely coming back.

More Podcasting plz

We're also working on concepts for other podcasts, hoping to evoke some of the feel of the staff podcasts while avoiding the production problems that Staff Podcast had. We don't have anything to announce just yet, but we'll have something to tell you soon.

Two problems we want to solve with this (based on your feedback):

• Having more podcast content that's short-form (ie, not a three hour long RPG game, fun as those are)
• Having more content available for the $5 tier

This Month's Exclusive Content

First up, your exclusive comic and letter from Jerry will be with you soon! We had some technical hiccups, but delivery is imminent. Sorry for the delay!

We have some fun stuff coming up in the exclusive stream realm this month. First up is the Tales From The Loop Christmas Special, in which the erstwhile members of The AV Club will be striving to achieve ever greater achievements oin the field of High Art Through Mischief. This is scheduled for 11am PT on Wednesday the 12th of December. 

Next up we have the second episode of our Vampire: The Masquerade stream (which we somehow still haven't come up with a chronicle name for), with a brand new mystery player joining the table. Scheduling is still provisional on this, but our current pencilled in time is 10am PT on Friday the 21st of December. We're hoping to have one of these every month, but were forced to skip November as it is, as stated above, Hell Month.

On the exclusive Podcast front, we have new episodes of This Old Lair on their way. We have one ready to post either today or tomorrow, and more in the can awaiting the tender editing of Jersh. Go ahead and shoot any questions you have for the dynamic duo of Edge Benson and Jerry Holkins in the comments below. We put them all in a big doc to choose from, so we'll definitely get to your question at some point. Feel free to ask specific questions about your own campaigns too, it doesn't have to be generalist! 

That's it for  now. We'll let you know about more news as it comes. Have a good one!

How To Do Club PA Stuff

This is going to go at the end of every newsletter:

Where can I find my merch codes?

On Penny-Arcade.com click "Sign In With Patreon" to link you Club PA account. After that, just click on your username to access a pop out with all of your merch codes. This is also where any special offers etc will go. Your merch codes can be applied to any Penny Arcade products on the store, but won't apply to partner merchandise (e.g Kris Straub's stuff) or charity products (e.g Child's Play or the Pride pin set)

Something went wrong with my merch package or other Club PA shenanigans, who do I call?

Shoot an email to pgroome@penny-arcade.com. If Patrick can't figure it out, he'll know who can. 

I have comments about how things are going, or want to give my opinion on Club PA!

That's pgroome@penny-arcade.com as well. We're genuinely interested in all your feedback, so don't be shy.