Fastest Growing OSR Blogs of March - Mythmere Explodes!

Here's a list of 211 old schoolish roleplaying blogs ranked by the number of followers they gained between March 1st and April 1st. I rank blogs using this system - as opposed to raw follower number - in order to determine which blogs are "hottest" without being biased by how long a blog has been around. My main motivation for making this list is to highlight the blogs that are currently attracting the most reader attention regardless of the blogs' age. Out of respect, I DO NOT list blogs with zero or negative growth.

My usual blogometric caveats apply: (1) This list only has blogger.com blogs because follower numbers are not publicly available for WordPress blogs. (2) Yes, I know some blogs are missing. If your blog is on my big blog list as of today, it should be in the next ranking. If your blog is not on my list and you want to be included, please email me the link through my profile. If I made a mistake please let me know - I am not consciously trying to exclude anyone.

This time the top spot was won handily by Mythmere's Blog. In fact, this is the fastest growing blog I've ever seen. By far. This is not a surprise really, since Mythmere is the publisher of Swords & Wizardry - one of the most popular D&D retroclones. It turns out he's a great blogger too.

In second place we have Hack & Slash. This blog has tons of creative content and is updated with incredible frequency, averaging two posts a day. This is good stuff, I hope -C can keep it up!

In third is juggernaut Playing D&D With Porn Stars. There's not much to say that you probably don't already know - this is blog is full of excellent stuff being pumped out a high rate to a large cross-over audience. Go, Zak, go!

In fourth we have a relatively new blog - Underworld Kingdom - which is the home of the rules-light  Bandits and Basilisks old school gaming system by Omlet of Terminal Space fame. This blog has lots of excellent creative material with a lovecraftian twist.

NOTE: The new blog There's Dungeons Down Under would probably have been first or second place if I had been able to track it for the entire month of March. TDDU went on-line in late February and already has 94 followers! Sadly I only started tracking this blog in mid-March, so I don't have enough data to include it on the list this month. Sigh...

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Blog Name	1-Apr	1-Mar	Change
Mythmere's Blog	115	24	91
Hack & Slash	100	54	46
Playing D&D With Porn Stars	684	641	43
Underworld Kingdom	49	8	41
GROGNARDIA	848	813	35
Rather Gamey	92	58	34
Gorgonmilk	86	54	32
The Underdark Gazette	264	233	31
Dreams in the Lich House	111	80	31
Cyclopeatron	254	224	30
The Yaqqothl Grimoire	77	47	30
The Jovial Priest	47	17	30
ix	71	45	26
OEF	163	141	22
Sword+1	62	40	22
Hill Cantons	161	140	21
The RPG Corner	173	153	20
Sham's Grog 'n Blog	129	109	20
Jeffs Gameblog	448	429	19
Beyond the Black Gate	324	305	19
B/X BLACKRAZOR	265	246	19
People them with Monsters	33	14	19
ChicagoWiz's RPG Blog	263	245	18
Gothridge Manor	190	172	18
Digital Orc: Fantasy, Horror, and Sci Fi in Ro...	38	20	18
LotFP: RPG	371	354	17
A Paladin In Citadel	264	247	17
Akratic Wizardry	182	165	17
Ostensible Cat	77	60	17
Rended Press	33	16	17
Axe & Hammer	145	129	16
aldeboran	111	95	16
Magician's Manse	58	42	16
The Other Side blog	153	138	15
Greyhawk Grognard	202	188	14
From the Sorcerer's Skull	174	160	14
Telecanter's Receding Rules	150	136	14
The Nine and Thirty Kingdoms	109	95	14
The Lands of Ara	105	91	14
The City of Iron	60	46	14
The Gallery: Russ Nicholson	174	161	13
THE LAND OF NOD	156	143	13
Oubliette Magazine	48	35	13
Dungeons and Digressions	230	218	12
The Savage AfterWorld	134	122	12
World of Wonder	123	111	12
Sickly Purple Death Ray	103	91	12
FightingFantasist	90	78	12
Trollsmyth	206	195	11
Risus Monkey	150	139	11
TEMPLE OF DEMOGORGON	145	134	11
Warriors of the Red Planet	89	78	11
Tower of the Archmage	81	70	11
Errant	77	66	11
The Dump Stat	58	47	11
Beyond the Wall	47	36	11
No School Like The Old School	33	22	11
Rule of the Dice	132	122	10
I Waste The Buddha With My Crossbow	128	118	10
What a horrible night to have a curse...	110	100	10
The Blog That Time Forgot	107	97	10
Vaults of Nagoh	86	76	10
The Metal Earth	78	68	10
Old School Heretic	76	66	10
Tales from the Flaming Faggot	76	66	10
Terminal Space	66	56	10
Lawful Indifferent	59	49	10
Gaming All Over The Place	58	48	10
Middenmurk	47	37	10
Joethelawyer's Wondrous Imaginings	125	116	9
Discourse and Dragons	108	99	9
In Places Deep	108	99	9
Trollish Delver	49	40	9
Swords Against the Outer Dark	216	208	8
A Rust Monster Ate My Sword...	176	168	8
Old Guard Gaming Accoutrements	148	140	8
Aeons & Augauries	126	118	8
Sword and Board	72	64	8
Jasoomian Dreams	66	58	8
Redwald RPG	54	46	8
Maximum Rock & Role Playing	53	45	8
Fame & Fortune	44	36	8
Cthulhu's Library	43	35	8
Forever Free Games	27	19	8
Zero XP Adventures	15	7	8
Blog on the Borderlands	10	2	8
The Society of Torch, Pole and Rope	235	228	7
Bat in the Attic	196	189	7
Havards Blackmoor Blog	119	112	7
Fabled Lands	95	88	7
Roles, Rules, and Rolls	77	70	7
Drawings & Dragons	61	54	7
Like Being Read To From Dictionaries	55	48	7
No Signal!	29	22	7
Inspired Mythos	12	5	7
tengoldpiecegems	10	3	7
I SEE LEAD PEOPLE	201	195	6
The Lair of the Evil DM	172	166	6
How to Start a Revolution in 21 Days or Less	144	138	6
Ode to Black Dougal	144	138	6
The Warlock's Home Brew	125	119	6
Tenkar's Tavern	111	105	6
Delta's D&D Hotspot	107	101	6
A Hamsterish Hoard of Dungeons and Dragons	96	90	6
Carjacked Seraphim	89	83	6
SANDBOX EMPIRE	78	72	6
For A Fistful Of Coppers	54	48	6
There's a Bugbear in my Kitchen!	51	45	6
The Contemptible Cube of Quazar	50	44	6
5 Stone Games	44	38	6
SAVE OR DIE!	42	36	6
Professor Pope	41	35	6
A Pack of Gnolls	36	30	6
ADnD Grognard	36	30	6
Teleleli	32	26	6
Antediluvian Printworks	28	22	6
Stocking The Dungeon	27	21	6
The Tao of D&D	180	175	5
PLANET ALGOL	127	122	5
Uhluht'c Awakens	103	98	5
Grimmhaus	80	75	5
Sorcery & Super Science!	80	75	5
Crawdads and Dragons	62	57	5
Countdown to Game Time	46	41	5
The Realm of Zhu	33	28	5
Old School Psionics	26	21	5
Lord of the Green Dragons	272	268	4
Monsters and Manuals	203	199	4
destination unknown	181	177	4
HeroPress	160	156	4
HUGE RUINED PILE	154	150	4
Daddy Grognard	142	138	4
Dungeonskull Mountain	95	91	4
Carto Cacography	68	64	4
The Omnipotent Eye	66	62	4
Forgotten Runes	65	61	4
The Book of Worlds	65	61	4
Reviews from R'lyeh	64	60	4
"The Troll Ate My Homework"	55	51	4
A Wizard in a bottle	44	40	4
Henchman Abuse	41	37	4
ENCOUNTER	39	35	4
The Polyhedral Dicebag	32	28	4
The Hydra's Grotto	23	19	4
of Pedantry	18	14	4
The XP Experience	10	6	4
Back in '81	119	116	3
"It's okay; Gary sent us."	117	114	3
Dungeonmum	101	98	3
Save Vs. Poison	89	86	3
The Wasted Lands	81	78	3
Savage Swords of Athanor	76	73	3
The Grumpy Old Troll	64	61	3
American Barbarica	59	56	3
The Library: Retro and Classic Fantasy Games	54	51	3
Shouting Into The Void	53	50	3
THE WHEEL OF SAMSARA	53	50	3
Unofficial Games	52	49	3
The Weirdlands of Xhuul	47	44	3
Saturday Night Sandbox	41	38	3
roleplay-geek	24	21	3
Grevious-Injury	22	19	3
Embrace the Dungeon!	20	17	3
New Fish In An Old School	20	17	3
The Grand Tapestry	143	141	2
RPG Blog II	134	132	2
Green Skeleton Gaming Guild	122	120	2
EXONAUTS!	75	73	2
The Frothy Friar	62	60	2
In Like Flynn	59	57	2
Appendix N	49	47	2
Blood of Prokopius	47	45	2
Places to Go, People to Be	42	40	2
The Moldy Vale	38	36	2
Quickly, Quietly, Carefully	35	33	2
A Field Guide To Doomsday	34	32	2
Some King's Kent	33	31	2
The Vorpal Spork	32	30	2
Iron Rationales	31	29	2
BigDungeon	30	28	2
Mike's Amazing RPG Fun Pad	30	28	2
Attack Plan R	22	20	2
Zalchis	20	18	2
Beacon	15	13	2
Lances to Lasers - A gaming blog	14	12	2
The Geek Set	2	0	2
Troll and Flame	94	93	1
Warning - Mutagenic Substance	80	79	1
Castle Dragonscar	57	56	1
Geordie Goes Gaming !	55	54	1
Superhero Necromancer	55	54	1
Asshat Paladins	54	53	1
Have dice, will travel...	53	52	1
chirine's workbench	51	50	1
Black Hole Diaries	48	47	1
Tombs of Horrors	47	46	1
Archive of the Rotted Moon	42	41	1
Spell Card!	41	40	1
Swords of Abandon	41	40	1
El RagnaBlog	38	37	1
Tower of Zenopus	33	32	1
The Grumpy Celt	30	29	1
Riskail	29	28	1
The Geek Gazette	28	27	1
MORE&BIGGER LOOT!	26	25	1
Prime Requisite Games™	26	25	1
gnotions	25	24	1
Tempora Mutantur	23	22	1
Rocket-Propelled Game	15	14	1
The Paradigm Traveler	11	10	1
The Incredible Fétide Grigou Rôliste Show	10	9	1