Lawful Great

02 January 2025

Blogging Year in Review: 2024

Most of 2024 was very strong bloggingwise, but the fickle finger of Fate had other ideas and my blogging promptly fell off a cliff—or, rather, was pushed off a cliff by larger events. I will not go into details here at this time. Despite the forces arrayed against my good mood, this year's blogging exceeded last year's grand total by four articles for a somewhat grander total of 156 articles. Applied Phantasticality decreased by 19, Savage Arts & Sciences increased by 22, Creative Reckoning increased by 5, Decidedly Six-Sided decreased by one, Theoretical Swashbuckling decreased by four, and Omnia Pro Omnibus increased by one. There were no RPG zines.

This year, the Year of Our Folly 2025, I will not reinstate my annual blogging goal. I will be lucky if I can find the opportunities to play or write about role-playing games at all. When I can do either, I will simply be thankful. My hobbies have saved my life and sanity in the past. I may be calling upon them to do the same in our fractured future. I might continue with the monthly tallies, but it is too soon to tell. To my readers, thank you for reading, and I hope we will continue this adventure together.

Here is the total blogging tally for 2024:

Applied Phantasticality: 63 articles
Savage Arts & Sciences: 36 articles
Creative Reckoning: 17 articles
Decidedly 6-Sided: 15 articles
Theoretical Swashbuckling: 15 articles
Omnia Pro Omnibus: 10 articles

Grand Total: 156 articles

Be seeing you...

Blogging Month in Review: December 2024

Circumstances were even less conducive to blogging and gaming in December, and I posted only one article. November and December are traditionally the most difficult months for me to find any time to pursue my interests, and this year they were especially challenging. Since 2023, January and February have become equally hard, and I foresee a paucity of articles this year. I hope I am wrong.

Grand Total: 1 article

01 December 2024

Blogging Month in Review: November 2024

Circumstances have not been conducive to writing or gaming, and my blogs are on hiatus. I look forward to returning to both as soon as possible. Take care.

Grand Total: 0 articles

31 October 2024

Blogging Month in Review: October 2024

My ambitions to meet my monthly blogging quota in the last two days of October have been thwarted due to an unexpected disruption of Internet service, and I am forced to post the unsatisfying results via the free Internet access provided by my public library. Regular Internet service should resume on the 2nd of November, and there will be much rejoicing.

Be seeing you...

Grand Total: 1 article

30 October 2024

Blogging Status Report: Very Late October 2024

Needless to say, I have been wandering through a blogging desert this month. My attention has been unwillingly diverted by a myriad concerns, and I have been deprived of the joy that playing, thinking about, and writing about games normally give me. I wish I could retire and focus on family, friends, hobbies, and personal projects. I still feel like a refugee from another world and time, struggling to understand how to interact with society at this temporal nexus point. Be that as it may, I will attempt to write and post six articles within the next two days. I can't vouch for their quality (as I haven't even written them yet), and I can't guarantee I'll meet my quota, but I shall try. I offer my apologies in advance.

Peace.

30 September 2024

Blogging Month in Review: September 2024

September was... another month. And the blogging tally was... adequate.

Grand Total: 8 articles

02 September 2024

Blogging Month in Review: August 2024

August was #RPGaDay month at Applied Phantasticality. The originator of the blogging event has hinted that #RPGaDay2024 might be the last. I was skeptical that this year's prompts would inspire me enough to participate, but somehow they did. It was an enjoyable diversion.

Grand Total: 37 articles