How to play AP's...without using my normal group.

[Shadoven]

I love Pathfinder. I love the Adventure Paths. I love the campaign setting.

My group, however, is not on the same page as me. We play every Sunday, but we only play in custom homebrew campaign settings, and never use adventure paths. I would love to run them through a couple, but as we switch GM's in between each campaign, this could take years. And, there are 9 of us, 8 players 1 GM. I do not want to have to rebuild every encounter to account for that.

So, what do I do? I want to play the Adventure Paths. Maybe run ROTRL AE, but I really want to play. I live in East Tennessee, United States, Knoxville area, but there do not seem to be alot of gamers in this area. Even if there were, I do not have time for another group as I have a 3 month old and the wife would kill me! So, I find my options very limited. I am playing in a PBP, and running one, but I don't think that would be the best way to do all the AP's, though I am certainly open to it. I also have very limited knowledge of Golarion, and low finances to buy more books.

So, tldr...I want to play the AP's, run ROTL AE, and do it with the same 4 people or so from start to finish. What are my options, and what would you all recommend? PbP? Some kind of online gaming?(Limited Time during the week to do this, would have to be in 3-4 hour sessions at most once a week). I would love to get into Golarion and the AP's, help me find a way!

Also, anyone from the same area as me that is also interested, send me a message and lets see what we can arrange!

Sorry if this is in the wrong forum, im still new here and Advice seemed like the right place at the time.

[Byrdology]

That sucks... Try running an ap 1 book at a time when your turn comes up. If your group likes it, then maybe one of the other GMs will run RotRL for you to game in. I always wante to play that one, but I am in the middle of shattered star atm, and I can only pick up 1 shots for my other society games.

[Shadoven]

Unfortunately only one other GM would be interested, and he is planning on running ROTRL next year as a side game. Im just looking to play the others as well, but I know it will never happen or take way too long to finally come around. Id like to get caught up on the AP's, but im gonna need a new group to do so, whether online or gaming every couple weeks or once a month in my local area.

[leo1925]

Why not simply run the AP you want with 4 of the 8 people of your group?

[Shadoven]

Time constraints really. I already play every week on Sunday for 8-10 hours at a time, and the Wife would kill me if I tried to play another game on Saturday or during the week. She if fine with the hobby, but lets be honest here...im not looking to sleep on the couch anytime soon heh. And im not going to not invite some of the players, because I would just get overruled and they would all play something else anyway. We don't split up the DnD group.

[Are]

It looks like your only real option is some sort of online game (considering your normal group is not particularly into the idea, and your wife is not particularly into more time going to RPGs).

PBP games tend to take a long time (especially combats), since some players will only be able to post once or twice per day, but they can also provide more opportunities for character development and roleplaying in general. I know that some people play via IRC or other forms of instant-messaging, but I haven't tried that myself, and don't know exactly how people do it.

[blackbloodtroll]

So, gaming any other day, than Sunday, is not doable?

[ShadowyFox]

You could try advertising for an online group.