Yesterday was the 16th anniversary of this blog. If anybody's still reading from the early days, thanks for sticking around.
Looking at my blog states, my most popular post ("Old School Blogger Advancement Table") was done as sort of a joke but also an attempt to be grab the attention of weekly(ish) blog cycle of that day. I guess in that it succeeded in that regard, but it seems even more frivolous to me today.
The next two most popular posts were part of a series "Real Dungeons, American Style." The top one was "Murder Castle" about H.H. Holmes, featuring the blueprints of his home that were published in the newspaper after he was caught.
The 7th most popular post was "AD&D Cosmology: A Defense." I think I've written a number of posts defending, elaborating, and riffing off the Great Wheel.
The 10th most popular post was where I announced that Weird Adventures was available. The first actual Weird Adventures post is "Remember Prester John," a few places lower.
The most recent post in the top 20 is from 2023. "The Adventure-Point Crawl" was inspired by my friend's Chris Kutalik's point crawl posts, but also rewatching Avatar: The Last Airbender with my daughter.
Maybe for the 20th anniversary, assuming I'm still around then, I'll do a list of my favorite posts.
Not sure it counts as early days, as I showed up halfway through the span of the blog, but congratulations from a long-time fan nonetheless! Always, always worth time time to click anything you post.
ReplyDeleteBelated happy birthday. I've had too many hiatuses and too much deleted content on my blogs to really track anniversaries, but you're well ahead of me.
ReplyDeleteHey, maybe this will be a big breakout moment for you like Sixteen Candles was for Molly Ringwald. Maybe redesign the blog in new colors so it's Pretty In Pink too? :)
@Dick - Ha! There's an idea.
ReplyDelete@Dungeon&Possums - Thanks!
Congratulations! I think I have been around for most of the time. You have had some awesome posts over the years! Still love your work on Strange Stars!
ReplyDeleteHappy Birthday!
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