So yeah does anyone else have the problem that I have? When someone asks me what I did on the weekend I just say I played D&D. They usually nod, and are fine. However, if I say Pathfinder they get all confused, and say what is that, and of course then you have to get into the whole D&D 3.5 to 4th ed. and how paizo changed the face of gaming convo. They usually look at me sigh and say something like oh TMI, Blah whatev. etc. So it is just easier to say play I played D&D. I feel like a Paizo traitor, a real 20th level Benedict Arnold, and I am a Paizo Purist. What can I do? somebody please help.
Stop worrying about it and just call it D&D. You're not betraying Paizo by calling it that, but you are alienating people when you force them to listen to long, unnecessary explanations. The distinctions between editions mean absolutely nothing to someone who isn't a gamer.
If I played PF, I'd just say "It's like D&D, but better."
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I use say i was playing DnD to none gamers and what ever I was actually playing to gamers with the exception of vampire during the late 90's and such since people knew what it was. Of late with out thinking about it I have more and more been saying Pathfinder to none gamers as well. Normally I get the response.
What's that? A new computer game?
to which I typically respond
No it's a role playing game like Dungeons and Dragons.
But as others have said don't sweat it, especially to none gamers who don't care, would never care and don't know the difference anyways.
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Not so long ago people "Xeroxed" a document as opposed to "copying". Thats the power of branding. This too will slowly fade. I usually split my dork confession between D&D and Gaming. "Gaming" will usually continue the conversation while "D&D" will mostly garner a quick acknowledgment and digress into new subject.
Alternately, you could tell them what you did in-game without actually referring to it as part of a game.
I like this idea. From now on I will be saying what my PC did. MWAHAHAHAHAHA. Or even better tell them what i made others do when i was the GM! MOOOO HAHAHa
So yeah does anyone else have the problem that I have? When someone asks me what I did on the weekend I just say I played D&D. They usually nod, and are fine. However, if I say Pathfinder they get all confused, and say what is that, and of course then you have to get into the whole D&D 3.5 to 4th ed. and how paizo changed the face of gaming convo. They usually look at me sigh and say something like oh TMI, Blah whatev. etc. So it is just easier to say play I played D&D. I feel like a Paizo traitor, a real 20th level Benedict Arnold, and I am a Paizo Purist. What can I do? somebody please help.
I used to say I played D&D until I ran into a 4e enthusiast, so now I say Pathfinder. You never know when you will run into a fellow gamer. By the way no offense to those that like 4e. I tried it and just found that it wasn't my cup of coffee. :)
So yeah does anyone else have the problem that I have? When someone asks me what I did on the weekend I just say I played D&D. They usually nod, and are fine. However, if I say Pathfinder they get all confused, and say what is that, and of course then you have to get into the whole D&D 3.5 to 4th ed. and how paizo changed the face of gaming convo. They usually look at me sigh and say something like oh TMI, Blah whatev. etc. So it is just easier to say play I played D&D. I feel like a Paizo traitor, a real 20th level Benedict Arnold, and I am a Paizo Purist. What can I do? somebody please help.I used to say I played D&D until I ran into a 4e enthusiast, so now I say Pathfinder. You never know when you will run into a fellow gamer. By the way no offense to those that like 4e. I tried it and just found that it wasn't my cup of coffee. :)
None taken.
For the record, we're not all edition elitists. As far as I'm concerned, PF is D&D. It's 3.PF edition!
This I promise was never meant to be an Anti 4e thread. Just a funny question that occurred to me when someone asked me what I did on the weekend. So this week I would have said well I had some college kids over and we went out to this gnoll merchants carriages and stopped some goblins from setting his merchandise on fire. Which turned out to be slaves which we then let those who could get free run, and those who couldn't we rounded up. I mean they were his merchandise soo whatcha gonna do? When in Katapesh. Next stop Varisia, I here there is a trip north that is both exciting, deadly and profitable.
I say "Pathfinder" -- or stick with the generic "Gaming"
Honestly? Most of the people who ask me what I did on my weekend are coworkers (as generally the friends who live close by already know, and those who live further afield don't have these kinds of small-talk conversations). Most of my coworkers are the kind that give D&D the side-eye. So I usually leave the gaming, miniature painting, etc. out of my answer.
But subjecting me to a fifteen-minute discussion of their baseball game, home repair endeavor, children's antics, etc. is perfectly acceptable, of course. /yawn. (I should really try this "describing my character's actions as my own thing sometime- "Well, I broke into a building and then set it on fire in the process of killing all the occupants because they were trafficking slaves, how was YOUR weekend, Jim? I bet your kids really liked their swimming lessons!")
Anywho. There's nothing wrong with calling it D&D, or calling it Pathfinder and then explaining (if they ask) short-and-sweetlike that it's a game like D&D.
