Tomb Raider Community Links

Along with the Official Eidos Tomb Raider Forum, run by the developers, many fan sites have forums and message boards for their visitors. Some of the more popular are listed below.

• Croft Society Forums (part of tombraider.ws)
• Katie's TR Forum
• LaraCroftCosplay.com Forum (forum for TR cosplayers)
• LaraCroftForum.com (English and German forum for tombraidergirl.com and tombraidergirl.de)
• Lara Croft Online Forums
• RaiderQuest (part of AdventurersPlace.com)
• Tomb Raider Fans (Spanish)
• Tomb Raider Forums (forum for tombraiderchronicles.com)
• Tomb Raider The Forum (Italian)
• Tomb Runner (forum for TR speedrunners)

Other sites with message boards and chatrooms are listed in my Links Directory. There are also forums devoted especially to the Level Editor. See my Tomb Raider Level Editor links.

• Official Social Media Channels - The game developer, Crystal Dynamics, has an awesome Community Manager, Meagan Marie. She and her assistant, Catherine Vandier, from Square Enix Europe, run the official Tomb Raider social media. Follow this link for details.
• Facebook - This social networking site includes dozens of Tomb Raider pages. This link leads to mine, but a quick search of the site for terms like "Tomb Raider" or "Lara Croft" will turn up many more.
• Google Plus - Like Facebook, this social platform included individual and group interactions. There is a G+ page for this site, but I'll admit I don't always have time to keep it current. Ttry the Official Tomb Raider G+ Page instead.
• Twitter - For quick updates, link shares and social interaction, you can't beat Twitter. If you've never used it before, check out this Twitter FAQ.
• Tumblr - Another fun social media site for sharing ideas, pictures, videos, etc. Note that there is quite a bit of adult content, so if you're concerned about such things, be careful who you follow. I try to keep my Tumblr feed PG rated, though, so feel free to follow me.
• Steam Groups - Steam is a distribution platform for PC, Macintosh and now Linux games as well. Steam has community hubs for each of the Tomb Raider games. (Start on the Community Apps page and search for "Tomb Raider" to find them all.) There are also many player-created TR groups there, and I'm sure with the launch of multiplayer for TR 2013, we'll soon see even more.

Wiki sites are collaborative projects that invite users to create and edit their content. "Wiki" itself is an acronym for "what I know is...", as well as the Hawaiian word for "quick". The most popular wiki is probably Wikipedia, which has subsites in many languages and covers a staggering array of subjects.

• Tomb Raider Series on Wikipedia - Includes several articles on Tomb Raider and Lara Croft. This link is to one of the articles in English.
• WikiRaider - A fan-edited Tomb Raider encyclopedia created by Jana from tombraidergirl.com. There's also a German version at WikiRaider.de.
• Lara Croft Wiki - Another extensive wiki covering all things Tomb Raider.

In October 2012, a small group of Tomb Raider fans joined forces for Extra Life, a video gaming marathon to benefit Children's Miracle Network Hospitals. Together we raised over $1,000 to benefit hospitalized children. The entire worldwide event netted over $2 million!

We plan to do it again this year and hope you'll join us. Extra Life 2013 is scheduled for November 2. If you'd like to be a part of Team Tomb Raider Community, send me an email and I'll keep you informed as the event approaches. For details about the event, please check out my blog posts here and here, and visit Extra-Life.org.