What's the difference between Pathfinder and Pathfinder Chronicles?

Question

I was poking around the Paizo website, and noticed that there are minis for Pathfinder, and others for Pathfinder Chronicles. What's the difference between the two? I couldn't see anything in my research.

Answer 1

They try to explain the various product lines on the Paizo Pathfinder family page here. Pathfinder Chronicles is actually a deprecated name, it's now called Pathfinder Campaign Setting for clarity.

• Pathfinder - the core game products, mainbooks mostly
• Pathfinder Adventure Path - the big 6-part linked campaigns
• Pathfinder Modules - the smaller traditional adventure modules, more standalone, only sometimes loosely linked to others
• Pathfinder Campaign Setting - was: Pathfinder Chronicles, mostly GM-focused setting info. Worldbooks, citybooks, maps, NPCs. Often heavier on fluff than crunch.
• Pathfinder Player Companion - was: Pathfinder Companion, mostly player-focused guides with additional crunch and player-safe setting info for a given race or country.
• Also Tales (novels), Miniatures (minis), and Organized Play (adventure scenarios for tournament play).

A lot of this was somewhat confusing and has undergone a couple revs of rebranding, so when you see "Pathfinder Chronicles Mini" it probably is just a legacy term from before there was a "Pathfinder Minis" line and they were lumped into Chronicles.