You know how it is, in social media and in blogging, or in out in the face-to-face world when we’re not in lockdown: friends come and go, enemies accumulate... no, of course not. But interesting people come and go, that much I find to be true. You follow them on social media and then they stop posting — I used to see it on Google+ and I’m seeing it now on Mastodon. The solution is to keep following new people!
In the world of blogging, that means following more blogs. It’s why I’m keen to recruit new bloggers for the RPG Planet. We need new people to supplant those who have moved on to greener pastures, who need to focus elsewhere, who have dropped out of the hobby, found new things to do.
“New” blogs I’ve enjoyed reading:
Lich Van Winkle's Return to Gaming
What are your suggestions for 2019, 2020? 😀
#RPG #Blogs #Blogosphere
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@linkskywalker said: Velexi’s blog is one of the best, and only started in 2019: A Blasted, Cratered Land.
– Alex Schroeder 2020-05-04 20:47 UTC
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Lately when I find new blogs, it’s usually because they’ve shared a link on the Blogroll channel on Chris McDowell’s public OSR server on Discord.
– Anne 2020-05-04 23:01 UTC
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If only the stream of new blog announcements made it into the RPG Planet! 😀
– Alex Schroeder 2020-05-05 06:39 UTC
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Hey Alex, have you thought on making a sister page to RPG Planet that mimics Lobsters? It will be an interesting way to share and discuss about RPG-focused topics.
– Ludos Curator 2020-05-05 15:37 UTC
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It sounds like a lot of work and seeing how I don’t like the kind of conversation engendered by Reddit, which is broadly similar (I think?) I don’t see myself as a regular user of such a system. I’d rather just have people discuss stuff on their blogs. Blogs work for me. 😅
– Alex Schroeder 2020-05-05 16:06 UTC
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Yesterday I discovered the fascinating Pretendo Games blog. I enjoy the dissertations about how Jason establishes and tweaks the rules of their games. Every change has a reason, a rationale derived from playtesting the rules. Practice-to-theroy translation.
In addition, he has quite a few games. I like Exhumed and Grave.
– Ludos Curator 2020-05-12 10:27 UTC
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Yeah, I’ve seen @JasonT post on Mastodon but I’ve not tried his games.
– Alex Schroeder 2020-05-12 11:19 UTC