Good morning all. Lazy Sunday here at the Other Side today.
Might get some 1st Ed AD&D today. Might not. No idea yet.
But here are some links for you to enjoy.
First is AnyDice.
I have seen this on a few blog posts. But you can use it to figure out any dice distribution.
Here are the AnyDice calcs for my own "Chicago Way" of running Unisystem games.
As a stats geek (actually former stats professor) I like this site and can appreciate the work that went to it.
I you can, take the time to send them a dollar or two.
Another is Pulp-O-Mizer.
This comes to me courtesy of Rebecca's Dystopia.
Create your own Pulp magazine cover. I saw this and immediately thought of Call of Cthulhu and Amazing Adventures.
In my mind adventures for pulp games should look like pulp magazines.
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Sunday, February 10, 2013
Monday, February 4, 2013
Ugh...Here We Go Again.
Just when I was beginning to forget about Jim Shipman we get another one.
This time I am not going to post any of this guy's "art" since he is sending out DMCA notices to all sites doing this. Effectively silencing all his critics.
Who is this guy? Mykal Lakim of Dark Phoenix Publishing.
What is the charge? Stealing art is the big one, but he is also accused of blatantly ripping of White Wolf's games.
First the art.
Steven Trustrum of Misfit Studios has been collecting all of these.
You can see all the art and the comparisons on his Plus page.
The amount is not Shipman staggering, but still very damning. Of course the balls this guy has claiming his stuff is original is just as staggering.
If it were only one person making this claim that's one thing. But this is Matt McElroy and he is not prone to this sort of thing. More to the point he is a professional and would not make claims like this lightly.
Also he is not the only one.
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/02/02/swipe-file-j-scott-campbell-and-dark-phoenix/
Secondly is the content of his books.
Matt McElroy also covers some of that in his link, but your best bet is read the RPG.net forum threads.
A review, http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/15/15765.phtml
Discussion on the review, http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?667642-RPG-Vampire-Undeath-reviewed-by-Darren-MacLennan-(1-1)
and finally a discussion on the books and art that got Lakim permabanned, http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?665698-Holy-White-Wolf-Ripoff-Batman!
Now keep in mind that I have seen dozens of D&D-clones in the last few years. Some are built on the SRD others are rip offs. This seems to be a different sort.
You be the judge and report back here if you see it or see it differently.
Edited to add: I added Steve's link instead of Matt's.
This time I am not going to post any of this guy's "art" since he is sending out DMCA notices to all sites doing this. Effectively silencing all his critics.
Who is this guy? Mykal Lakim of Dark Phoenix Publishing.
What is the charge? Stealing art is the big one, but he is also accused of blatantly ripping of White Wolf's games.
First the art.
Steven Trustrum of Misfit Studios has been collecting all of these.
You can see all the art and the comparisons on his Plus page.
The amount is not Shipman staggering, but still very damning. Of course the balls this guy has claiming his stuff is original is just as staggering.
If it were only one person making this claim that's one thing. But this is Matt McElroy and he is not prone to this sort of thing. More to the point he is a professional and would not make claims like this lightly.
Also he is not the only one.
http://www.bleedingcool.com/2013/02/02/swipe-file-j-scott-campbell-and-dark-phoenix/
Secondly is the content of his books.
Matt McElroy also covers some of that in his link, but your best bet is read the RPG.net forum threads.
A review, http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/15/15765.phtml
Discussion on the review, http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?667642-RPG-Vampire-Undeath-reviewed-by-Darren-MacLennan-(1-1)
and finally a discussion on the books and art that got Lakim permabanned, http://forum.rpg.net/showthread.php?665698-Holy-White-Wolf-Ripoff-Batman!
Now keep in mind that I have seen dozens of D&D-clones in the last few years. Some are built on the SRD others are rip offs. This seems to be a different sort.
You be the judge and report back here if you see it or see it differently.
Edited to add: I added Steve's link instead of Matt's.
Sunday, February 3, 2013
Game Room Walls meme
Over at the Savage Afterworld people are posting what they have on their gameroom walls. This is very timely since I just put up some more art on my walls. So here is my game room!
Please ignore the wood paneling. It was there when moved in and I have not had the time or money to tear it off and replace it with something more modern. Also I don't mind it.
Here they are.
On the west wall I have some prints from Eden Studio's WitchCraft game line on either side of one of my favorite Larry Elmore paintings.
The South wall I just got up. An autographed picture of Zatanna cosplayer Alouette, an Elmore poster from my kids' first Gen Con (and the one where we were hit at 70mph by a guy that fell asleep. The poster was messed up pretty bad, but I kept it). An original drawing from George Vasilakos for Conspiracy X. And an evil looking worm from my brother Dan.
Better view.
And the East side for my custom shelves. The area below are for games I am not playing, binders of PDFs and board games.
My basement is not just my game room. I also have my office down there, the video game room and workout area.
Above my office desk. Put it up for Halloween and never to it down.
The back wall of the video game room/workout area. These are not reproductions, I got these from a local theatre when they were being shown. They had two of those Star Wars ones, I kept one and gave the other to a friend of mine. He can trump me because his has been signed by George Lucas.
And the clock on the wall.
So that is my game room. Worked pretty hard to get it like that.
Please ignore the wood paneling. It was there when moved in and I have not had the time or money to tear it off and replace it with something more modern. Also I don't mind it.
Here they are.
On the west wall I have some prints from Eden Studio's WitchCraft game line on either side of one of my favorite Larry Elmore paintings.
The South wall I just got up. An autographed picture of Zatanna cosplayer Alouette, an Elmore poster from my kids' first Gen Con (and the one where we were hit at 70mph by a guy that fell asleep. The poster was messed up pretty bad, but I kept it). An original drawing from George Vasilakos for Conspiracy X. And an evil looking worm from my brother Dan.
Better view.
And the East side for my custom shelves. The area below are for games I am not playing, binders of PDFs and board games.
My basement is not just my game room. I also have my office down there, the video game room and workout area.
Above my office desk. Put it up for Halloween and never to it down.
The back wall of the video game room/workout area. These are not reproductions, I got these from a local theatre when they were being shown. They had two of those Star Wars ones, I kept one and gave the other to a friend of mine. He can trump me because his has been signed by George Lucas.
And the clock on the wall.
So that is my game room. Worked pretty hard to get it like that.
Thursday, January 31, 2013
An Open Offer to GROGNARDIA readers
Hello!
I want to extend an offer to the many, many readers of the Grognardia blog.
Like you I have been a fan of James' writings from the early days of his blog.
Like you I have also noticed a visible lack of presence in my Google Reader and blog rolls.
Well today I would like to offer you something of consolation.
Please subscribe to my blog, the Other Side. Go ahead and click that "Join this Site" button there on the right. Just scroll down a bit.
We all know that James has been going through some tough times and is really busy with real life and getting his magnum opus Dwimmermount done. I wish him all the best and hope it lives up to all the hype and beyond.
I am not asking you to replace Grognardia with the Other Side by any stretch. I am giving you something extra to read in the interim.
Now why should you read my blog when have been to this point reading his? That is a very good question. Here are some points in favor for my blog.
- My age and background is very similar to James.
- We began playing around the same time. We have had similar experiences.
- He does retrospectives and I have done them as well.
- He has done Ares and Imagine, I am doing White Dwarf.
- We both have ties to the early masters of the game. My DM in the later part of 1986-87 was a guy that had learned from Gary himself (his name was also Gary), that year I played D&D straight out of the White Box.
- We both do reviews of products.
- We have both published a number of books.
- We both have written for WotC. Granted James has done more of this than I have.
- Chicago (where I live) is a lot like Toronto (where James lives).
In my favor:
- While I have played a lot of *D&D I have also played tons of other games too.
- I like every edition of D&D and can find something good in all of them. No edition wars here.
- I make it a point to post at least once a day, some days twice.
- I read a lot of blogs so I know what is going on in that realm and I am friends with a lot of designers and freelancers.
- I write about more games. Granted I have a few I really like, but I have a few more that I have never mentioned in the queue ready to go.
- I actually liked Ratatouille. (ok that one might be a low blow).
- I give stuff away! Well, it has been a while, but I should find something to give away in concert with this. Though I do provide a Downloads area of some free stuff.
- Kurt Wiegel at Game Geeks has only reviewed two games more than once. One of those was mine.
So until he comes back, give the Other Side a try.
Like the great sage Stephen Stills once said:
Don't be angry - don't be sad
Don't sit crying over good times you've had
And if you can't be with the one you love honey
Love the one you're with
If this sounds like a thinly veiled attempt to gain more followers then I failed. I was looking for a more heavy handed one. ;)
I want to extend an offer to the many, many readers of the Grognardia blog.
Like you I have been a fan of James' writings from the early days of his blog.
Like you I have also noticed a visible lack of presence in my Google Reader and blog rolls.
Well today I would like to offer you something of consolation.
Please subscribe to my blog, the Other Side. Go ahead and click that "Join this Site" button there on the right. Just scroll down a bit.
We all know that James has been going through some tough times and is really busy with real life and getting his magnum opus Dwimmermount done. I wish him all the best and hope it lives up to all the hype and beyond.
I am not asking you to replace Grognardia with the Other Side by any stretch. I am giving you something extra to read in the interim.
Now why should you read my blog when have been to this point reading his? That is a very good question. Here are some points in favor for my blog.
- My age and background is very similar to James.
- We began playing around the same time. We have had similar experiences.
- He does retrospectives and I have done them as well.
- He has done Ares and Imagine, I am doing White Dwarf.
- We both have ties to the early masters of the game. My DM in the later part of 1986-87 was a guy that had learned from Gary himself (his name was also Gary), that year I played D&D straight out of the White Box.
- We both do reviews of products.
- We have both published a number of books.
- We both have written for WotC. Granted James has done more of this than I have.
- Chicago (where I live) is a lot like Toronto (where James lives).
In my favor:
- While I have played a lot of *D&D I have also played tons of other games too.
- I like every edition of D&D and can find something good in all of them. No edition wars here.
- I make it a point to post at least once a day, some days twice.
- I read a lot of blogs so I know what is going on in that realm and I am friends with a lot of designers and freelancers.
- I write about more games. Granted I have a few I really like, but I have a few more that I have never mentioned in the queue ready to go.
- I actually liked Ratatouille. (ok that one might be a low blow).
- I give stuff away! Well, it has been a while, but I should find something to give away in concert with this. Though I do provide a Downloads area of some free stuff.
- Kurt Wiegel at Game Geeks has only reviewed two games more than once. One of those was mine.
So until he comes back, give the Other Side a try.
Like the great sage Stephen Stills once said:
Don't be angry - don't be sad
Don't sit crying over good times you've had
And if you can't be with the one you love honey
Love the one you're with
If this sounds like a thinly veiled attempt to gain more followers then I failed. I was looking for a more heavy handed one. ;)
Basic Fantasy Role Playing Blog Appreciation Day
You can follow the links here that lead to this day:
- http://www.tenkarstavern.com/2013/01/the-red-headed-step-child-of-osr-basic.html
- http://www.tenkarstavern.com/2013/01/roll-call-request-for-those.html
- http://www.tenkarstavern.com/2013/01/basic-fantasy-role-playing-blog.html
For me this is the D&D Basic/Advanced hybrid I was playing in 1981-83.
I liked Basic D&D and I loved Advanced D&D, just not every part of each. The game we played was mostly Basic/Expert with bits of Advanced thrown in. There were no "races as classes" and instead it was class and race. We didn't worry about weapon speeds, or to hit bonuses for different ACs and weapons (though I kind of dig that stuff now). We wanted simple, fast and fun.
All just like Basic Fantasy.
Basic Fantasy has suffered a bit I think because it tends to be overshadowed by Labyrinth Lord. There is nothing wrong with either game, and I proudly own both, LL just has better (and dare I say, more aggressive) PR.
Even I was not that familiar with it back when I started doing this OSR thing.
http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/2009/05/i-went-on-old-school-bender-this-last.html
But I later realized what I had,
http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/2012/04/b-is-for-basic-clones.html
Basic Fantasy though has a lot going for it. For starters, it is free. You just go to the Basic Fantasy website, http://www.basicfantasy.org/, and grab a full version. Grab other stuff too, it's all free as well.
Even the books on Lulu are sold at cost to keep the price down.
I also like it because it sticks closer to the SRD in terms of descriptions. This is a good thing because for me it also acts as a nice bridge game between editions. It also means that things that were not in the original Basic Game but are in 3.x/SRD can be converted back fairly easy. Love 3e Sorcerers? Love Basic? Well conversion then is pretty easy.
I also like it because it reminds me more of the Eric Holmes edition of Basic. Labyrinth Lord feels more like Moldvay/Cook/Marsh. Holmes was my first D&D.
Basic Fantasy and The Witch
Since Basic Fantasy is so very close to Holmes and close to the SRD, I did a lot of playtesting of The Witch using these rules.
I think I can say, without worry, that The Witch and Basic Fantasy get along fantastic together.
One of the assumptions of the Witch class is that it can be open to any race. I have an appendix in the back of the book to use demi-humans either as race-as-a-class or race-as-a-Witch-Tradition. Either way you go, I have you covered.
Of course I do prefer to have my spells to go a bit higher in level. BFRPG caps at level 6, the witch goes to 8. But I cover 7th and 8th level spells as special.
Using The Witch with Basic Fantasy
To make many allowances to cover the most games there are some odd specific game quirks. So here is my recommendations for using my Witch class in BFRPG.
Limit the witch to 20th level. So no Witches Court witches, a witch of 20th level is the Queen of Witches.
At 13th level a witch can cast a 7th level spell only if she is part of a coven. The witches in the coven must also know the spell. Same for 15th level and 8th level spells. OR drop the 7th and 8th spells completely.
In the spirit of BFRPG, here is a free preview of The Witch.
If I have done nothing else in this post, then I hope you will at least give Basic Fantasy a try.
The price is right, the game is solid and you have nothing to loose.
Even if you have never played an RPG in your life then you also can't go wrong here.
You can even try the Beginner's Essentials from the downloads page. Again for the fair price of $0.00.
Give it a try and let me know what you think.
New to Old School Gaming: Give this game a try. It does a great job of handling the "farm kid to hero" arc that is so important in so many tales and games. I enjoy 3E and 4E, but the characters can start out so powerful; especially in Pathfinder and 4e.
NON-GAMERS: If you ever wanted some insight to what I talk about around here, then grab this free copy. It is a complete game. Just add dice and friends.
Want to know more? Visit Tenkar's Tavern to see all the other blogs participating.
http://www.tenkarstavern.com/2013/01/basic-fantasy-role-playing-blog.html
EDITED TO ADD: Chris Gonnerman, the brains behind BFRPG has a blog up as well.
http://basicfantasy.org/blog/
Wednesday, January 30, 2013
Morning updates
So a few things going on already today.
I won a book from James Michler Games!
http://jamesmishlergames.blogspot.com/2013/01/we-have-winners.html
I have already picked up the book, Vampires of the Olden Lands, and I am looking forward to reporting on it here. How did I win this? Easy, I just followed James' blog, http://jamesmishlergames.blogspot.com
He plans to give away something new each month.
I like his books since they appeal to me need to multi-stat everything I do.
The A to Z blogging Challenge is now open for sign up.
http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/2013/01/a-to-z-challenge-sign-ups-start-today_29.html
There are already 177 entries and it has only been open a few hours. It is going to be huge this year. So big in fact that there are categories you sign-up under including Gaming.
I would love to see a lot of blogs from our little corner of "teh internets" to enter. Really get the word out there. I am thinking of doing a theme again this year, just no idea what yet. Last year I did game reviews which I think worked out well.
Barbarians of Lemuria: The Scorpion King
Justin over at Halls of the Nephilim saw my She-devil with a Sword and raised me one Scorpion King.
http://punverse.blogspot.com/2013/01/barbarians-of-lemuria-scorpion-king.html
Don't forget that tomorrow is Basic Fantasy RPG Appreciation Day and Talk to the Hand at Hero Press.
ETA:
Here is the signup for the A to Z Challenge.
I won a book from James Michler Games!
http://jamesmishlergames.blogspot.com/2013/01/we-have-winners.html
I have already picked up the book, Vampires of the Olden Lands, and I am looking forward to reporting on it here. How did I win this? Easy, I just followed James' blog, http://jamesmishlergames.blogspot.com
He plans to give away something new each month.
I like his books since they appeal to me need to multi-stat everything I do.
The A to Z blogging Challenge is now open for sign up.
http://www.a-to-zchallenge.com/2013/01/a-to-z-challenge-sign-ups-start-today_29.html
There are already 177 entries and it has only been open a few hours. It is going to be huge this year. So big in fact that there are categories you sign-up under including Gaming.
I would love to see a lot of blogs from our little corner of "teh internets" to enter. Really get the word out there. I am thinking of doing a theme again this year, just no idea what yet. Last year I did game reviews which I think worked out well.
Barbarians of Lemuria: The Scorpion King
Justin over at Halls of the Nephilim saw my She-devil with a Sword and raised me one Scorpion King.
http://punverse.blogspot.com/2013/01/barbarians-of-lemuria-scorpion-king.html
Don't forget that tomorrow is Basic Fantasy RPG Appreciation Day and Talk to the Hand at Hero Press.
ETA:
Here is the signup for the A to Z Challenge.
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
Basic Fantasy Appreciation
I wanted to let you all know about the "Basic Fantasy Role Playing Blog Appreciation Day" being held by Tenkar's Tavern.
If you are not familiar with Basic Fantasy then stop by their website and get yourself a free copy.
http://basicfantasy.org/
To find out what this is all about pop back over to Tenkar's and have a look at his original post.
http://www.tenkarstavern.com/2013/01/the-red-headed-step-child-of-osr-basic.html
It should be pretty awesome.
NON-GAMERS: If you ever wanted some insight to what I talk about around here, then grab this free copy. It is a complete game. Just add dice and friends.
If you are not familiar with Basic Fantasy then stop by their website and get yourself a free copy.
http://basicfantasy.org/
To find out what this is all about pop back over to Tenkar's and have a look at his original post.
http://www.tenkarstavern.com/2013/01/the-red-headed-step-child-of-osr-basic.html
It should be pretty awesome.
NON-GAMERS: If you ever wanted some insight to what I talk about around here, then grab this free copy. It is a complete game. Just add dice and friends.
Monday, January 28, 2013
Please Allow Me to Re-Introduce Myself
I am a man of wealth and taste....oops. Wrong introduction.
Today (and I almost forgot about it) I am participating in the "Please Allow Me to Re-Introduce Myself" blogfest. It is hosted by Stephen Tremp, C.M. Brown, Mark Koopmans, and Elise Fallson. Plus I should mention I saw this first on L. Diane Wolfe's Spunk on a Stick blog.
The purpose of today's blogfest is to re-introduce yourself to your readers. I think that is a great idea since The Other Side has gone through quite a bit a growth over the years.
So, hello. My name is Tim Brannan, and I have been running the Other Side blog now since 2007, though I really didn't get going till 2008. The name "The Other Side" came my old website, The Other Side that I have been running since the mid 90s. Back around 2003 or so my site began to wane a bit so I took it down. Creating this blog was supposed to be a band-aid or temporary solution till I got my site back up.
Things didn't really happen that way.
I started to blog, and not run a website, so I could have a design journal for some of gaming books. In particular The Witch and Eldritch Witchery.
I started playing RPGs back in 1979 with a copy of the Holmes Blue book. My small group played during recess with that and a copy of the Monster Manual. That Monster Manual changed my life. I got into gaming hard core with the Molvay Red book and then later moved to AD&D. I have played scores of games, but mostly horror games and versions of D&D.
I have been writing games and game books on my own for years. I "released" by first netbook back in 1999. It was every bit the amateur effort you would expect, but it was mine and based on things I had been working for years. That lead me to doing some freelance work on some d20 products, including some work at Eden Studios. There I worked on a WitchCraft book and then moved on to Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
This lead to my big break, writing the Ghosts of Albion corebook.
Working on Ghosts was awesome. I got work with Amber Benson and Christopher Golden on their world. Plus get a lot of acclaim for it. It has been great.
In my "other life" I was a university professor. I taught research design, statistics and ed psych. I later moved to online teaching and now online curriculum development.
I live in the Chicago burbs with my wife and two great kids.
That's me.
Today (and I almost forgot about it) I am participating in the "Please Allow Me to Re-Introduce Myself" blogfest. It is hosted by Stephen Tremp, C.M. Brown, Mark Koopmans, and Elise Fallson. Plus I should mention I saw this first on L. Diane Wolfe's Spunk on a Stick blog.
The purpose of today's blogfest is to re-introduce yourself to your readers. I think that is a great idea since The Other Side has gone through quite a bit a growth over the years.
So, hello. My name is Tim Brannan, and I have been running the Other Side blog now since 2007, though I really didn't get going till 2008. The name "The Other Side" came my old website, The Other Side that I have been running since the mid 90s. Back around 2003 or so my site began to wane a bit so I took it down. Creating this blog was supposed to be a band-aid or temporary solution till I got my site back up.
Things didn't really happen that way.
I started to blog, and not run a website, so I could have a design journal for some of gaming books. In particular The Witch and Eldritch Witchery.
I started playing RPGs back in 1979 with a copy of the Holmes Blue book. My small group played during recess with that and a copy of the Monster Manual. That Monster Manual changed my life. I got into gaming hard core with the Molvay Red book and then later moved to AD&D. I have played scores of games, but mostly horror games and versions of D&D.
I have been writing games and game books on my own for years. I "released" by first netbook back in 1999. It was every bit the amateur effort you would expect, but it was mine and based on things I had been working for years. That lead me to doing some freelance work on some d20 products, including some work at Eden Studios. There I worked on a WitchCraft book and then moved on to Buffy the Vampire Slayer.
This lead to my big break, writing the Ghosts of Albion corebook.
Working on Ghosts was awesome. I got work with Amber Benson and Christopher Golden on their world. Plus get a lot of acclaim for it. It has been great.
In my "other life" I was a university professor. I taught research design, statistics and ed psych. I later moved to online teaching and now online curriculum development.
I live in the Chicago burbs with my wife and two great kids.
That's me.
Friday, January 25, 2013
Let's Talk About Sex(y)
Here is a question I am pondering this snowy Friday.
How much sex and/or nudity is "too much" in an RPG?
I know the stock answer is "depends on the person". Well in this case the person is you.
I recently bought some art for inclusion in a new book. One piece I got is a full frontal of a woman. It's line art, and not "porn" but certainly more than you would have seen in say the Monster Manual of 1979.
I briefly touched on this before.
I have picked up some books recently that featured a fair bit of nudity of some sort another.
In the Teratic Tome it is meant to horrify, in Sisters of Rapture it is meant to be alluring.
For me. I guess I don't really know.
I mean I buy these games to play so the art is great, but are the words with it good?
I am an adult, but my kids also like to play and read my books. So some books I stick on the higher shelf for now. My oldest does have his own 1st Ed Monster Manual, but he also has access to the internet.
I try to be honest with myself and say yes I like looking at sexy women, but don't want to objectify people either.
Plus why am I squeamish about this and not the violence? I have spells in The Witch that send out waves of necromatic power to twist, break and slash people for crying out loud.
I do know what I like.
Share your thoughts.
What would you buy?
How much sex and/or nudity is "too much" in an RPG?
I know the stock answer is "depends on the person". Well in this case the person is you.
I recently bought some art for inclusion in a new book. One piece I got is a full frontal of a woman. It's line art, and not "porn" but certainly more than you would have seen in say the Monster Manual of 1979.
I briefly touched on this before.
I have picked up some books recently that featured a fair bit of nudity of some sort another.
In the Teratic Tome it is meant to horrify, in Sisters of Rapture it is meant to be alluring.
For me. I guess I don't really know.
I mean I buy these games to play so the art is great, but are the words with it good?
I am an adult, but my kids also like to play and read my books. So some books I stick on the higher shelf for now. My oldest does have his own 1st Ed Monster Manual, but he also has access to the internet.
I try to be honest with myself and say yes I like looking at sexy women, but don't want to objectify people either.
Plus why am I squeamish about this and not the violence? I have spells in The Witch that send out waves of necromatic power to twist, break and slash people for crying out loud.
I do know what I like.
Share your thoughts.
What would you buy?
Thursday, January 24, 2013
We lost two good men out there
Two longtime bloogers are hanging up their...gloves? shoes? what is a good analogy here? closing their laptops? keyboards...
Anyway. Two blogs are shutting down at least for the time being.
Tommy Brownell of The Most Unread Blog on the Internet. Ever. is closing shop due to a massive hard drive failure.
http://mostunreadblogever.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-end.html
I enjoyed Tommy's reviews and always looked at them as the games I should also be reading.
He does plan to keep it up so his posts will remain.
Sword & Shield is going on a hiatus.
http://swordandshieldrpg.blogspot.com/2013/01/hiatus.html
In enjoyed the old-school vibe from this blog and Fenway5's/Christopher's take on various topics. Hope to see this blog back sometime in the future, but I will continue follow his other blog Heroes & Other Worlds.
It is always too bad when a blog leaves the scene, at least in this case we got a chance to say good bye.
Anyway. Two blogs are shutting down at least for the time being.
Tommy Brownell of The Most Unread Blog on the Internet. Ever. is closing shop due to a massive hard drive failure.
http://mostunreadblogever.blogspot.com/2013/01/the-end.html
I enjoyed Tommy's reviews and always looked at them as the games I should also be reading.
He does plan to keep it up so his posts will remain.
Sword & Shield is going on a hiatus.
http://swordandshieldrpg.blogspot.com/2013/01/hiatus.html
In enjoyed the old-school vibe from this blog and Fenway5's/Christopher's take on various topics. Hope to see this blog back sometime in the future, but I will continue follow his other blog Heroes & Other Worlds.
It is always too bad when a blog leaves the scene, at least in this case we got a chance to say good bye.
Monday, January 21, 2013
Going to Class
Not much to report today.
Staying away from computer to be honest. It's a day off for me and I don't want to even be remotely tempted to take a peek at any work related material.
Though one thing I am doing for work is taking an online course through Coursera.
What I am taking is called a MOOC, or Massive Online Open Course.
I am taking the one on Science and Super-Heroes.
https://www.coursera.org/course/scientificthinking
It starts today and it should be fun.
Rarely do I get to find something that marries my professional education interests and my hobbies.
Staying away from computer to be honest. It's a day off for me and I don't want to even be remotely tempted to take a peek at any work related material.
Though one thing I am doing for work is taking an online course through Coursera.
What I am taking is called a MOOC, or Massive Online Open Course.
I am taking the one on Science and Super-Heroes.
https://www.coursera.org/course/scientificthinking
It starts today and it should be fun.
Rarely do I get to find something that marries my professional education interests and my hobbies.
Thursday, January 17, 2013
Email blues
So I was talking to a few people this week and today about email.
One thing that came up is that is hard to figure out what someone's email is supposed to be unless you do some digging and very difficult without a Google+ account.
So to that end I created an "email me link". I used an image to help stop at least some of the spammers.
You can click on it and email me now if you like.
Just another service provided to you, the readers of the Other Side!
One thing that came up is that is hard to figure out what someone's email is supposed to be unless you do some digging and very difficult without a Google+ account.
So to that end I created an "email me link". I used an image to help stop at least some of the spammers.
You can click on it and email me now if you like.
Just another service provided to you, the readers of the Other Side!
Slight Rant: Answer your D@#% email
Sorry slight rant here.
Publishers: It is common courtesy that if you get an honest inquiry about one of your products you answer or at least acknowledge the email.
The end result is I don't buy your product. And some of you are small enough that you can't afford to ignore your customer base.
Not naming names, but seriously. Customer support.
I have sent out emails to four different companies over the last week or so. Heard nothing back from any of them. One I can forgive, the others? Well to be honest they don't have enough business to be too busy to ignore potential customers.
If we have learned anything from the various Kickstarter non-starters then it is keep in communication with your potential and actual customers. This business is too small to ignore people.
Rant over.
Publishers: It is common courtesy that if you get an honest inquiry about one of your products you answer or at least acknowledge the email.
The end result is I don't buy your product. And some of you are small enough that you can't afford to ignore your customer base.
Not naming names, but seriously. Customer support.
I have sent out emails to four different companies over the last week or so. Heard nothing back from any of them. One I can forgive, the others? Well to be honest they don't have enough business to be too busy to ignore potential customers.
If we have learned anything from the various Kickstarter non-starters then it is keep in communication with your potential and actual customers. This business is too small to ignore people.
Rant over.
Thursday, January 3, 2013
I Don't CAPTCHA
One of the more useful or annoying tools on the internet is CAPTCHA or reCAPTCHA.
If you have been here for a while you can guess I am not a fan.
While I do find it interesting from a programing perspective and I find the bots used to foil them just as interesting. My "real-world, everyday" dealing with it is not wholly positive.
I don't use it myself. I honestly don't get enough spam or bots to make it worthwhile.
I have run into cases where I was commenting on a blog and for the life of me could not get the CAPTCHA. If I am reading a blog with my glasses off then forget it, there is no way I am going to figure it out.
It really sucks and it's too bad really because the one of the biggest joys of blogging is being able to comment on others' blogs and getting comments.
There is an interesting post on this over at Clay Baboons.
I am not sure how many comments CAPTCHA has actually killed. In my case it killed one, maybe two, comments I would have made.All the the same, I'd rather turn it off here and maybe deal with some spam. I get emails on every post made, so I can usually delete the spam long before others see it.
What are your thoughts on this? My rough guess that it is about 50/50 on the blogs I visit.
If you have been here for a while you can guess I am not a fan.
While I do find it interesting from a programing perspective and I find the bots used to foil them just as interesting. My "real-world, everyday" dealing with it is not wholly positive.
I don't use it myself. I honestly don't get enough spam or bots to make it worthwhile.
I have run into cases where I was commenting on a blog and for the life of me could not get the CAPTCHA. If I am reading a blog with my glasses off then forget it, there is no way I am going to figure it out.
It really sucks and it's too bad really because the one of the biggest joys of blogging is being able to comment on others' blogs and getting comments.
There is an interesting post on this over at Clay Baboons.
I am not sure how many comments CAPTCHA has actually killed. In my case it killed one, maybe two, comments I would have made.All the the same, I'd rather turn it off here and maybe deal with some spam. I get emails on every post made, so I can usually delete the spam long before others see it.
What are your thoughts on this? My rough guess that it is about 50/50 on the blogs I visit.
Monday, December 24, 2012
Year 2012 in reveiw
It is just about that time to get reflective on the year we have past and look forward to the new year.
Kickstarter
2012 might well go down as the Year of the Kickstarter. Sure we had Kickstarters in 2011, but this was the year that everyone seemed to be getting on board.
We saw the introduction of the RPG Kickstarter Group on Facebook and I'd wager we will get something similar on Google Plus Community soon. One of the more useful sites though has been Tenkar's Tavern and his round up of late Kickstarters.
Movies
I mentioned the Hobbit already, but 2012 was a great year for movies. All sorts of Superhero action, with the Dark Knight Rises as my favorite super hero movie of the year. I also enjoyed Brave quite a bit.
Games
Not much came out this year that I had to have. My Witch book came out and I was quite pleased with that.
In terms of running games, well it has been a busy year.
I am still running the D&D 3.x with my two sons, the Dragonslayers. We had hoped to finish up this year but various things got in the way. I started a new 4e game with my sons and some of their friends. That one is more intermittent, but still enjoyable. At Gen Con we also started a new 1st Ed game, designed as a "Next Generation" of our 3.x game. I introduced my oldest son to Ghosts of Albion and he enjoyed it. I want to introduce Doctor Who to them both since I think my youngest would like it as well.
The Edition Wars seemed to end, more or less. WotC is working on 5e and printing 1st Ed material. The OSR and Pathfinder is still chugging along.
Blog Traffic
So far this year I am sitting at 540 or so posts compared to 511 for last year.
My total traffic is down 109,747 visits (as of this writing this year compared to 121,509 visits last year. This is a general trend I think most bloggers are seeing. While this is all down there is not a huge change in the patterns of traffic, just less of it. One thing I have yet to figure out is why Google Analytics gives me different numbers than the Google Blogger stats. For example if I just look at Blogger stats I got over 300,000 hits this last year.
Regardless of the amount, the trends are about the same.
Here are my Top Ten Referers for 2012:
Google+
A lot of what is going on with Blogger and Bloggers is Google Plus. A lot of bloggers have been spending more time on talking and posting Google Plus.
Reviews
By the end of last year I had written a little over 200 reviews for DriveThruRPG. This year I reached my goal of 500 and hit 531. Not sure what my goal should be for 2013.
2013
Not sure what the new year will bring to the Other Side yet. I want to continue White Dwarf Wednesday and Zatannurday. More games and reviews to be sure. I have a few WiPs I can alos talk about more next year.
Kickstarter
2012 might well go down as the Year of the Kickstarter. Sure we had Kickstarters in 2011, but this was the year that everyone seemed to be getting on board.
We saw the introduction of the RPG Kickstarter Group on Facebook and I'd wager we will get something similar on Google Plus Community soon. One of the more useful sites though has been Tenkar's Tavern and his round up of late Kickstarters.
Movies
I mentioned the Hobbit already, but 2012 was a great year for movies. All sorts of Superhero action, with the Dark Knight Rises as my favorite super hero movie of the year. I also enjoyed Brave quite a bit.
Games
Not much came out this year that I had to have. My Witch book came out and I was quite pleased with that.
In terms of running games, well it has been a busy year.
I am still running the D&D 3.x with my two sons, the Dragonslayers. We had hoped to finish up this year but various things got in the way. I started a new 4e game with my sons and some of their friends. That one is more intermittent, but still enjoyable. At Gen Con we also started a new 1st Ed game, designed as a "Next Generation" of our 3.x game. I introduced my oldest son to Ghosts of Albion and he enjoyed it. I want to introduce Doctor Who to them both since I think my youngest would like it as well.
The Edition Wars seemed to end, more or less. WotC is working on 5e and printing 1st Ed material. The OSR and Pathfinder is still chugging along.
Blog Traffic
So far this year I am sitting at 540 or so posts compared to 511 for last year.
My total traffic is down 109,747 visits (as of this writing this year compared to 121,509 visits last year. This is a general trend I think most bloggers are seeing. While this is all down there is not a huge change in the patterns of traffic, just less of it. One thing I have yet to figure out is why Google Analytics gives me different numbers than the Google Blogger stats. For example if I just look at Blogger stats I got over 300,000 hits this last year.
Regardless of the amount, the trends are about the same.
Here are my Top Ten Referers for 2012:
- rpgbloggers.com
- dreamsofmythicfantasy.blogspot.com
- rpgba.org
- tenkarstavern.com
- facebook.com
- networkedblogs.com
- hillcantons.blogspot.com
- dreamsinthelichhouse.blogspot.com
- matt-landofnod.blogspot.com
- theoreticalgm.blogspot.com
Google+
A lot of what is going on with Blogger and Bloggers is Google Plus. A lot of bloggers have been spending more time on talking and posting Google Plus.
Reviews
By the end of last year I had written a little over 200 reviews for DriveThruRPG. This year I reached my goal of 500 and hit 531. Not sure what my goal should be for 2013.
2013
Not sure what the new year will bring to the Other Side yet. I want to continue White Dwarf Wednesday and Zatannurday. More games and reviews to be sure. I have a few WiPs I can alos talk about more next year.
Friday, December 21, 2012
It's the end of the world as...
well. you get the idea.
So the end of the world. Again. No pole shift. No, whatever it was the Mayans said was going to happen. Of course, if I am wrong we will all be dead by the time you read this so I am safe in calling bullshit once again.
Ok lets get on to some better stuff. Like end of the world in games! I could spend a lot time discussing all sorts of great Post-Apoc games but really I only want to talk about one.
Gamma World.
A while back I mentioned that despite by ridiculous fondness for Mutant Future, I never owned a copy of Gamma World. Ever. Well Justin Davis over at the great A Field Guide to Doomsday heard my tale of woe and he sent me one of his extra copies!
It's only the book, and it has some water damage and shelf wear. Plus there is a 50 cent garage sale sticker on it...and it is absolutely PERFECT!
I have read Gamma World before. Friends have had copies and I have always meant to go out to get one but never did.
I am surprised how much I enjoyed reading this. This really was like finding some long lost artifact of a different age.
A couple of things I noted right away.
- This really made me appreciate Mutant Future so much more. So Justin, if your goal was to get me interested in MF more, then you succeeded!
- I can't help but think that the table of Random Mutations is perfect for a random demon generator for the OSR crowd.
So I want to thank Justin for my early Christmas gift!
I always feel a bit awkward when I get stuff. I appreciate it and love the books, esp. if it is something I have been searching for for years. But I also don't want to come over as begging for stuff.
So I think I'll pay it forward. I have some extras of books laying around, next time I see someone in our little group here saying they need one of them they might just get a package in the mail!
So the end of the world. Again. No pole shift. No, whatever it was the Mayans said was going to happen. Of course, if I am wrong we will all be dead by the time you read this so I am safe in calling bullshit once again.
Ok lets get on to some better stuff. Like end of the world in games! I could spend a lot time discussing all sorts of great Post-Apoc games but really I only want to talk about one.
Gamma World.
A while back I mentioned that despite by ridiculous fondness for Mutant Future, I never owned a copy of Gamma World. Ever. Well Justin Davis over at the great A Field Guide to Doomsday heard my tale of woe and he sent me one of his extra copies!
It's only the book, and it has some water damage and shelf wear. Plus there is a 50 cent garage sale sticker on it...and it is absolutely PERFECT!
I have read Gamma World before. Friends have had copies and I have always meant to go out to get one but never did.
I am surprised how much I enjoyed reading this. This really was like finding some long lost artifact of a different age.
A couple of things I noted right away.
- This really made me appreciate Mutant Future so much more. So Justin, if your goal was to get me interested in MF more, then you succeeded!
- I can't help but think that the table of Random Mutations is perfect for a random demon generator for the OSR crowd.
So I want to thank Justin for my early Christmas gift!
I always feel a bit awkward when I get stuff. I appreciate it and love the books, esp. if it is something I have been searching for for years. But I also don't want to come over as begging for stuff.
So I think I'll pay it forward. I have some extras of books laying around, next time I see someone in our little group here saying they need one of them they might just get a package in the mail!
Thursday, December 20, 2012
#7RPGS
Over at Google+ #7RPGs there is new meme making the rounds and Gnome Stew has picked up.
The idea is to post your 7 RPGs you have most played or GMed.
So lets give it a go!
1. Dungeons & Dragons (all editions) I am combining these all into one category since my games have a 30+ year continuity. This is the one I started with and continue to play to this day. It is also number one on my running list. I have played and run all editions of D&D. Well...I have never run OD&D, only played it.
2. Buffy/Angel/Army of Darkness/Ghosts of Albion.
We began playtesting Buffy in 2002. I played it pretty much from the second the rules hit the playtesters. I wrote for all the books as well, so it should be no surprise that this one is so high. When I started on Ghosts of Albion I moved the campaign wholesale to that. I still get to run this quite a bit, but not play as much as I would like.
http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/search/label/ghosts%20of%20albion
3. WitchCraft (along with AFMBE & Armageddon). From 1999 to 2002 WitchCraft was my only game. I had given up on D&D at this point and Buffy and Ghosts had not been written yet. It was (and is still really) everything I wanted in a game. It's perfect in my mind. When I pitched the idea of Ghosts of Albion to Eden I wanted it to use WitchCraft as it's base. Thankfully I was talked out of that in favor of the same system for Buffy. While OD&D and 4e have less in common than WitchCraft and Buffy, I separate WitchCraft from Buffy because of how they are played.
http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/search/label/unisystem
4. BESM. I played this quite a bit in the early part of the 2000s with my son, trying to find a game he would enjoy. I grabbed this because I was looking for something to work as a more powerful version of Buffy with some super hero and some anime influences. It was a fun game and I wish that it had done better in the market.
http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/search/label/BESM
5. Mutants & Masterminds. I enjoy supers games and have tried a number of them over the years, but M&M is my favorite. I love pretty much everything about it. I enjoy the background, the rules, even how the rules were created and what they meant to the OGL. I am also happy that M&M 3 is the same system being used for DC Adventures. I have run this a few times and played it a few but would like to do it more.
http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/search/label/mutants%20masterminds
6. Call of Cthulhu. While I have mentioned my fondness for Chill, many, many times I never got a chance to play it or run it very much. On the other hand I have played Call of Cthulhu a few times int he 80s. I was going to run it in the 2000s, but Ghosts of Albion and Buffy distracted me. Still this is the pinacle of horror games and I have always enjoyed it.
http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/search?q=cthulhu
7. World of Darkness (oWod). World of Darkness changed everything. To think otherwise is to ignore all the facts. I loved what Vampire did for all horror games and games in general, though I will be honest that I didn't see it at the time. My game was Mage.I thought it was fantastic and so near perfect. It turned out I would later find the perfect game (WitchCraft) but I still really enjoyed this game. I picked up all the New World of Darkness games but they seemed to lack something of the original games had even if the new rules were better.
http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/search/label/world%20of%20darkness
Links to others
http://towerofzenopus.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-7-games-youve-played-most.html
http://derekas.blogspot.com/2012/12/7rpgs-as-player.html
http://derekas.blogspot.com/2012/12/7rpgs.html
http://www.gnomestew.com/crock-pot/the-7-rpgs-youve-gmed-the-most-and-the-7-rpgs-youve-played-the-most/
http://rathergamey.blogspot.com/2012/12/top-games.html
The idea is to post your 7 RPGs you have most played or GMed.
So lets give it a go!
1. Dungeons & Dragons (all editions) I am combining these all into one category since my games have a 30+ year continuity. This is the one I started with and continue to play to this day. It is also number one on my running list. I have played and run all editions of D&D. Well...I have never run OD&D, only played it.
2. Buffy/Angel/Army of Darkness/Ghosts of Albion.
We began playtesting Buffy in 2002. I played it pretty much from the second the rules hit the playtesters. I wrote for all the books as well, so it should be no surprise that this one is so high. When I started on Ghosts of Albion I moved the campaign wholesale to that. I still get to run this quite a bit, but not play as much as I would like.
http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/search/label/ghosts%20of%20albion
3. WitchCraft (along with AFMBE & Armageddon). From 1999 to 2002 WitchCraft was my only game. I had given up on D&D at this point and Buffy and Ghosts had not been written yet. It was (and is still really) everything I wanted in a game. It's perfect in my mind. When I pitched the idea of Ghosts of Albion to Eden I wanted it to use WitchCraft as it's base. Thankfully I was talked out of that in favor of the same system for Buffy. While OD&D and 4e have less in common than WitchCraft and Buffy, I separate WitchCraft from Buffy because of how they are played.
http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/search/label/unisystem
4. BESM. I played this quite a bit in the early part of the 2000s with my son, trying to find a game he would enjoy. I grabbed this because I was looking for something to work as a more powerful version of Buffy with some super hero and some anime influences. It was a fun game and I wish that it had done better in the market.
http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/search/label/BESM
5. Mutants & Masterminds. I enjoy supers games and have tried a number of them over the years, but M&M is my favorite. I love pretty much everything about it. I enjoy the background, the rules, even how the rules were created and what they meant to the OGL. I am also happy that M&M 3 is the same system being used for DC Adventures. I have run this a few times and played it a few but would like to do it more.
http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/search/label/mutants%20masterminds
6. Call of Cthulhu. While I have mentioned my fondness for Chill, many, many times I never got a chance to play it or run it very much. On the other hand I have played Call of Cthulhu a few times int he 80s. I was going to run it in the 2000s, but Ghosts of Albion and Buffy distracted me. Still this is the pinacle of horror games and I have always enjoyed it.
http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/search?q=cthulhu
7. World of Darkness (oWod). World of Darkness changed everything. To think otherwise is to ignore all the facts. I loved what Vampire did for all horror games and games in general, though I will be honest that I didn't see it at the time. My game was Mage.I thought it was fantastic and so near perfect. It turned out I would later find the perfect game (WitchCraft) but I still really enjoyed this game. I picked up all the New World of Darkness games but they seemed to lack something of the original games had even if the new rules were better.
http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/search/label/world%20of%20darkness
Links to others
http://towerofzenopus.blogspot.com/2012/12/the-7-games-youve-played-most.html
http://derekas.blogspot.com/2012/12/7rpgs-as-player.html
http://derekas.blogspot.com/2012/12/7rpgs.html
http://www.gnomestew.com/crock-pot/the-7-rpgs-youve-gmed-the-most-and-the-7-rpgs-youve-played-the-most/
http://rathergamey.blogspot.com/2012/12/top-games.html
Sunday, December 9, 2012
Google+ Communities
Google+ Communities are here.
They are like the groups on Facebook, but only newer.
Given that many have been making the exodus to G+ from Blogger in one form or another I think we will see more action around these Communities than the Facebook Groups.
So far here are the ones I have joined.
OSR, https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/118190724629075727878
Tenkar's 2k Coppers, https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/115059664568026915110
Original OD&D, https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/114326032631828731549
AD&D, https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/109964829231860013841
Pen and Paper RPG Bloggers, https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/101959010193271962180
RPG, https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/106022701838596878185
D&D (Unofficial), https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/114959286898953661246
D&D Fans, https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/112562269238493905636
Pathfinder, https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/109371885284435835324
Swords & Wizardry, https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/105496313464716843665
World of Mystara, https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/105389729506439568188
RPGs for Kids, https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/100097872501511896713
Mutants & Masterminds, https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/104627906123814220434
Role-playing Games, https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/115336206234034239085
G+ RPG Hangouts, https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/101466247068767710475
G+ Tabletop Roleplaying Games, https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/107422815813208456454
And one I have created, The Victorian Gamers Association. https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/102108261281878174664
Come by and say hello!
They are like the groups on Facebook, but only newer.
Given that many have been making the exodus to G+ from Blogger in one form or another I think we will see more action around these Communities than the Facebook Groups.
So far here are the ones I have joined.
OSR, https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/118190724629075727878
Tenkar's 2k Coppers, https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/115059664568026915110
Original OD&D, https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/114326032631828731549
AD&D, https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/109964829231860013841
Pen and Paper RPG Bloggers, https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/101959010193271962180
RPG, https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/106022701838596878185
D&D (Unofficial), https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/114959286898953661246
D&D Fans, https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/112562269238493905636
Pathfinder, https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/109371885284435835324
Swords & Wizardry, https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/105496313464716843665
World of Mystara, https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/105389729506439568188
RPGs for Kids, https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/100097872501511896713
Mutants & Masterminds, https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/104627906123814220434
Role-playing Games, https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/115336206234034239085
G+ RPG Hangouts, https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/101466247068767710475
G+ Tabletop Roleplaying Games, https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/107422815813208456454
And one I have created, The Victorian Gamers Association. https://plus.google.com/u/0/communities/102108261281878174664
Come by and say hello!
Friday, December 7, 2012
I am all social and stuff
I am looking to expand my social presence some more so I have started using my Twitter account more.
Many times I "tweet" links to this blog, but I also use it to do some simple broadcasts that might be outside of this blog's realm.
If you want to follow me here is the link.
https://twitter.com/timsbrannan
I am now also on Tumblr. I am not exactly sure what Tumblr does for me that Blogger doesn't, but it seems easier to upload pictures. So I might be using that to upload various pics.
You can find me at http://timsbrannan.tumblr.com/.
I am still on Google+, Facebook and LinkedIn.
Now I just need something to say!
Many times I "tweet" links to this blog, but I also use it to do some simple broadcasts that might be outside of this blog's realm.
If you want to follow me here is the link.
https://twitter.com/timsbrannan
I am now also on Tumblr. I am not exactly sure what Tumblr does for me that Blogger doesn't, but it seems easier to upload pictures. So I might be using that to upload various pics.
You can find me at http://timsbrannan.tumblr.com/.
I am still on Google+, Facebook and LinkedIn.
Now I just need something to say!
Tuesday, December 4, 2012
What's It Worth to You?
Or to me for that matter.
Stumbled on on a website that calculates the worth of other websites.
http://www.worthofweb.com/website-value/
Where does the Other Side rank?
http://www.worthofweb.com/website-value/http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/
The whole thing is worth $1,971 (at the time of this post).
That's a little depressing. I would have hoped for more.
Well that's just money, I am sure the Other Side is worth far more XP!
So go there and see what you are worth on the web.
Stumbled on on a website that calculates the worth of other websites.
http://www.worthofweb.com/website-value/
Where does the Other Side rank?
http://www.worthofweb.com/website-value/http://timbrannan.blogspot.com/
The whole thing is worth $1,971 (at the time of this post).
That's a little depressing. I would have hoped for more.
Well that's just money, I am sure the Other Side is worth far more XP!
So go there and see what you are worth on the web.
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