I play a lot of games. As work and family life demands more of my free time, I've realized I've had to cut back on some games. Setting 4e aside for now, Fantasy Craft is too mechanical for me to get lost in currently . . .
Long story short, I've settled on Pathfinder for my "complex" fantasy gaming needs and Dragon Age for my "simple" gaming needs.
One thing I've noticed however, is that, despite PF's clear popularity, it lacks as solid a presence on the internet as one would think.
4e gamers/amateur designers have countless blogs, podcasts, and twitterfeeds dedicated to discussing that version of D&D. Heck, even Dragon Age has a burgeoning online community through twitter and a few blogs.
I know Paizo has this messageboard, weekly chats, and some fan podcasts (2), but am I missing worthwhile discussion elsewhere? Does this forum replace 4e's use of twitter as a haven for discussing the game? Are there few blogs because of the prevalence of 3rd party publishers?
Or am I missing something?
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Pathfinder has a pretty large presence on the Intenet in general, but from your question, it seems that you're looking specifically for Pathfinder presence on social media platforms. Paizo RPG has a Facebook page and both SKR and Monte Cook discuss Pathfinder material on their FB accounts. I'm not sure what's going on via Twitter (which seems to be a fading fad). Check out the RPG.net forum discussions as well.
This seems like as good a place as any to ask...Can anybody, anywhere, tell me why Twitter, blogs, Facebook, etc. would be useful for communication compared to a forum like this? Facebook I vaguely get, although it's difficult to wade through all the general "noise" to get to anything useful. Blogs are just random stuff for the most part, save for a few people that actually have some talent/insight. Twitter is noise through and through and I've honestly never found it even vaguely useful.
Of course, I know this is partially due to me heading down the "old geezer" road...
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This seems like as good a place as any to ask...Can anybody, anywhere, tell me why Twitter, blogs, Facebook, etc. would be useful for communication compared to a forum like this? Facebook I vaguely get, although it's difficult to wade through all the general "noise" to get to anything useful. Blogs are just random stuff for the most part, save for a few people that actually have some talent/insight. Twitter is noise through and through and I've honestly never found it even vaguely useful.
Of course, I know this is partially due to me heading down the "old geezer" road...
I don't find fb/twitter particularly useful for gaming, outside of the informational 'this is what we're publishing next' sort of thing. But I read a number of DnD blogs, and have found them a great source for ideas on how to run a game as well as things to insert into my game. But as far as I can tell, the OP is right. Compared to 4e, or even 1e, there just aren't very many good Pathfinder blogs, if any at all. If there are, I'd love to see some links!
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I don't find fb/twitter particularly useful for gaming, outside of the informational 'this is what we're publishing next' sort of thing. But I read a number of DnD blogs, and have found them a great source for ideas on how to run a game as well as things to insert into my game. But as far as I can tell, the OP is right. Compared to 4e, or even 1e, there just aren't very many good Pathfinder blogs, if any at all. If there are, I'd love to see some links!
I agree about the Twitter comment, mostly noise but only useful for press releases and announcements. FB is a pretty good way to get a pulse on things because it is so comprehensive (allowing multimedia sharing, etc.), but it is a little too personal for most discussions and you can't go too far in depth on a particular topic. Blogs are a great way to share info/experiences, but you don't get a wide variety of input as they can be pretty insular (i.e., most are lost in the tubes unless you happen to stumble upon them). Discussion boards are great because you can get a wide variety of opinions/sources, discussions can be as in-depth as you want to be, and unlike a blog, most posters don't have major ego trips.