As Similar discussion was touched upon in another thread, but its something I think could really use a definitive answer.
Can we play by forum? And if so, what would Paizo want that to look like?
Can card text be posted to the forum?
Zeroth_Hour was under the impression that the Paizo forums had crawling turned off, but they definitely don't, so any PACG card text posted is just a google search away.
I'm eager to help expand this potential facet of PACG, but I would only want to do so within the boundaries set by the people at Paizo, so I hope someone can chime in.
There are already PbP games of PACG on these forums, so you can take a look at them for some ideas. Here is an example thread to that effect, although there are a few more.
I can't comment on to how kosher they are, but I think they're a perfectly valid avenue of play. After all, the RPG PbPs can use published paizo material (PFS scenarios, APs, etc.) that is also searchable. The thread can give some ideas for how to run it at least :)
cosined is in a group of four of us and we're starting our fourth scenario in Season of Shackles and are also co-running a run-through of WotR and are just about to start B-1 there. I'm the "GM" in the sense that we're running out of my boxes and I'm providing the details of the cards as they come up.
For the Season of Shackles, I've been providing full powers text for the cards that are revealed. For WotR, I was planning on providing minimal information.
I agree that it is a perfectly valid way to play and we've really enjoyed ourselves. I think that it is slightly different than RPG play because you hardly reveal a lot of published material when you're RP online. But with the CG, especially the way that I've been doing it, all card information is displayed, well, except for the art. :)
I too would like to see what Paizo considers fair use and what they would want us to limit. I'm perfectly fine changing how I run the sessions to fit what they want.