Hottest Blog List: LOTFP and HILL CANTONS Rule!

Here's a list of 235 old school roleplaying-related blogs ranked by the number of followers they gained between 1 November and 16 December. I am ranking 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 irregardless of the blogs' age.

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 will be in the next ranking. If your blog is not on my list and you want to be included, please send me the link.

Please go HERE to find direct links to all of these blogs, as well as the fine WordPress blogs I sadly could not include here.

Congratulations to James Edward Raggi IV (LotFP), ckutalik (Hill Cantons), and James M. (GROGNARDIA) for gold, silver, and bronze medal blog hotnessss...!

Rank	Blog Name	1-Nov	16-Dec	Change
1	LotFP: RPG	274	320	46
2	Hill Cantons	50	94	44
3	GROGNARDIA	685	726	41
4	Gothridge Manor	96	133	37
5	Swords Against the Outer Dark	142	172	30
6	Risus Monkey	75	103	28
7	Cyclopeatron	151	177	26
7	In Places Deep	51	77	26
8	HUGE RUINED PILE	111	136	25
9	Playing D&D With Porn Stars	538	561	23
9	World of Wonder	52	75	23
10	Aeons & Augauries	68	90	22
10	Destination Unknown	114	136	22
11	Lord of the Green Dragons	223	244	21
12	Errant	17	37	20
12	Tenkar's Tavern	63	83	20
12	What a horrible night to have a curse...	65	85	20
13	A Paladin In Citadel	198	217	19
14	Axe & Hammer	77	95	18
14	B/X BLACKRAZOR	190	208	18
14	THE LAND OF NOD	87	105	18
14	The Tao of D&D	134	152	18
15	Green Skeleton Gaming Guild	86	103	17
15	The Book of Worlds	28	45	17
15	The Lands of Ara	37	54	17
16	From the Sorcerer's Skull	96	112	16
16	HeroPress	125	141	16
16	The Other Side blog	92	108	16
16	The Underdark Gazette	165	181	16
17	Fabled Lands	54	69	15
17	Gaming All Over The Place	14	29	15
17	In a Dark Cell	7	22	15
18	Beyond the Black Gate	247	261	14
18	The Grumpy Old Troll	27	41	14
19	Dungeons and Digressions	178	191	13
19	Have dice, will travel…	29	42	13
19	The Blog That Time Forgot	66	79	13
19	The Nine and Thirty Kingdoms	66	79	13
20	aldeboran	58	70	12
20	Carto Cacography	38	50	12
20	Forgotten Runes	31	43	12
20	Havards Blackmoor Blog	86	98	12
20	SWORD & SHIELD	32	44	12
20	The Weirdlands of Xhuul	25	37	12
21	Countdown to Game Time	14	25	11
21	Jeffs Gameblog	385	396	11
21	MORE & BIGGER LOOT	9	20	11
21	The Warlock's Home Brew	91	102	11
21	Trollish Delver	22	33	11
22	Age of Ravens	31	41	10
22	Crawdads and Dragons	29	39	10
22	FightingFantasist	48	58	10
22	Jasoomian Dreams	35	45	10
22	OEF	112	122	10
22	Old School Psionics	0	10	10
22	The Lair of the Evil DM	139	149	10
22	Trollsmyth	161	171	10
23	"It's okay; Gary sent us."	89	98	9
23	Bugbears for Breakfast	12	21	9
23	ENCOUNTER	20	29	9
23	EXONAUTS!	52	61	9
23	Hack & Slash	9	18	9
23	I SEE LEAD PEOPLE	168	177	9
23	Warning - Mutagenic Substance	61	70	9
24	A Wizard in a bottle	25	33	8
24	Appendix N	29	37	8
24	Carjacked Seraphim	64	72	8
24	chirine's workbench	34	42	8
24	For A Fistful Of Coppers	28	36	8
24	How to Start a Revolution in 21 Days or Less	120	128	8
24	Teleleli	9	17	8
24	The 25 Mile Hex	15	23	8
24	The Hopeless Gamer	175	183	8
25	Akratic Wizardry	130	137	7
25	Back in '81	103	110	7
25	BigDungeon	9	16	7
25	Daddy Grognard	116	123	7
25	Discourse and Dragons	66	73	7
25	In Like Flynn	41	48	7
25	Like Being Read To From Dictionaries	41	48	7
25	Old School Heretic	42	49	7
25	Sorcery & Super Science!	41	48	7
25	Telecanter's Receding Rules	105	112	7
25	TEMPLE OF DEMOGORGON	116	123	7
25	The Gallery: Russ Nicholson	141	148	7
25	The Jovial Priest	0	7	7
25	The RPG Corner	122	129	7
25	The Savage AfterWorld	97	104	7
25	Threads of Adventure!	36	43	7
26	Greyhawk Grognard	158	164	6
26	Henchman Abuse	17	23	6
26	I Waste The Buddha With My Crossbow	84	90	6
26	Monsters and Manuals	177	183	6
26	My RPG characters	16	22	6
26	Ode to Black Dougal	126	132	6
26	Over the Misty Mountain	7	13	6
26	Save Vs. Poison	76	82	6
26	Some King's Kent	24	30	6
26	Sword and Board	48	54	6
26	Swords of Abandon	29	35	6
26	Tempora Mutantur	12	18	6
26	The City of Iron	9	15	6
26	The Contemptible Cube of Quazar	35	41	6
26	The Grand Tapestry	124	130	6
26	The Keep on the Gaming Lands	110	116	6
26	The Realm of Zhu	9	15	6
26	The Society of Torch, Pole and Rope	196	202	6
27	Asshat Paladins	38	43	5
27	Bat in the Attic	159	164	5
27	Dungeonmum	86	91	5
27	PLANET ALGOL	95	100	5
27	Roles, Rules, and Rolls	54	59	5
27	SAVE OR DIE!	24	29	5
27	Tales from the Flaming Faggot	44	49	5
27	Tankards & Broadswords	118	123	5
27	The Metal Earth	53	58	5
27	Tombs of Horrors	21	26	5
27	Troll and Flame	71	76	5
27	Unfrozen caveman dice-chucker	16	21	5
28	AD&D Grognard	11	15	4
28	Castle Dragonscar	45	49	4
28	Fame & Fortune	16	20	4
28	Lawful Indifferent	39	43	4
28	Middenmurk	23	27	4
28	Rule of the Dice	53	57	4
28	Shouting Into The Void	35	39	4
28	Swords of Minaria	32	36	4
28	The Omnipotent Eye	47	51	4
28	The Wasted Lands	61	65	4
28	Tower of Zenopus	9	13	4
28	Uhluht'c Awakens	77	81	4
29	Attack Plan R	11	14	3
29	ChicagoWiz's RPG Blog	228	231	3
29	Cthulhu's Library	12	15	3
29	Delta's D&D Hotspot	84	87	3
29	Grevious-Injury	14	17	3
29	Joethelawyer's Wondrous Imaginings	98	101	3
29	Let's Make Believe	17	20	3
29	Musings from Myern	7	10	3
29	Old Guard Gaming Accoutrements	119	122	3
29	Oubliette Magazine	30	33	3
29	Reviews from R'lyeh	43	46	3
29	Rustfoot	38	41	3
29	Sham's Grog 'n Blog	102	105	3
29	Sickly Purple Death Ray	74	77	3
29	Superhero Necromancer	47	50	3
29	The Frothy Friar	47	50	3
29	THE WHEEL OF SAMSARA	42	45	3
29	There's a Bugbear in my Kitchen!	39	42	3
30	5 Stone Games	28	30	2
30	A Hamsterish Hoard of Dungeons and Dragons	74	76	2
30	Advanced Dungeons & Dragons 2nd edition	33	35	2
30	Archive of the Rotted Moon	30	32	2
30	Beacon	7	9	2
30	Blood of Prokopius	34	36	2
30	Cimmerian Chronicles	16	18	2
30	Digital Orc	5	7	2
30	DUNGEON ADVENTURES	21	23	2
30	El RagnaBlog	25	27	2
30	Embrace the Dungeon!	10	12	2
30	gnotions	18	20	2
30	Iron Rationales	17	19	2
30	Knightvision Games - Two Knights, One Vision	2	4	2
30	of Pedantry	5	7	2
30	RPG Blog II	127	129	2
30	Terminal Space	50	52	2
30	The Library: Retro and Classic Fantasy Games.	42	44	2
30	The Polyhedral Dicebag	23	25	2
30	Tower of the Archmage	53	55	2
30	Unofficial Games	42	44	2
30	Weird Worlds of Geoffrey McKinney	61	63	2
30	Wilderlands of Runequest	18	20	2
31	Coffee swillin' analog gamer	33	34	1
31	Creative Mountain Games	11	12	1
31	Drawings & Dragons	44	45	1
31	DungeonCurmudgeon	1	2	1
31	Dungeonskull Mountain	77	78	1
31	KOK'ed Dice	21	22	1
31	Mike's Amazing RPG Fun Pad	22	23	1
31	O RPG da Vida Real	8	9	1
31	Polar Bear Dreams and Stranger Things	20	21	1
31	Quickly, Quietly, Carefully	9	10	1
31	Rocket-Propelled Game	12	13	1
31	SANDBOX EMPIRE	67	68	1
31	Saturday Night Sandbox	29	30	1
31	Savage Swords of Athanor	65	66	1
31	Semper Initiativus Unum	37	38	1
31	Spell Card!	35	36	1
31	Tales from the Dusty Vault	9	10	1
31	The Delve	43	44	1
31	The Doomed Wastelands	27	28	1
31	The Dragon's Eye	2	3	1
31	The Old Forest	11	12	1
31	The Paradigm Traveler	8	9	1
31	The Vorpal Spork	25	26	1
31	Vaults of Nagoh	65	66	1
31	Visions of Paradise	7	8	1
	Back to the Dungeon!	57	57	0
	Beyond the Wall	24	24	0
	Bloody 20s	17	17	0
	GAME SNOB	9	9	0
	Kingdoms in Trevail	22	22	0
	Lances to Lasers - A gaming blog	8	8	0
	malevolent & benign	37	37	0
	MF WARS	10	10	0
	Notes From Under the Kyak	9	9	0
	No School Like The Old School	12	12	0
	No Signal!	13	13	0
	Penguin Overlord	4	4	0
	Places to Go, People to Be	35	35	0
	Prime Requisite Games™	25	25	0
	Rather Gamey	3	3	0
	Romance Monsoon	11	11	0
	Swashbuckler's Hideout	39	39	0
	The Badger King's Den	16	16	0
	The Blue Gnoll	8	8	0
	The Burning Wastes	6	6	0
	The Dragon's Musing	6	6	0
	The Hydra's Grotto	15	15	0
	The Incredible Fétide Grigou Rôliste Show	7	7	0
	The Moldy Vale	31	31	0
	The Purple Wurm	3	3	0
	The Zonked World of Holmold	1	1	0
	Tremulous Antennae	9	9	0
	Where'd my Vorpal Sword Go?	19	19	0
	Grimmhaus	64	63	-1
	Mandragora: The Mandrake March	46	45	-1
	New Fish In An Old School	16	15	-1
	Ramblings of a Gentleman Gamer	14	13	-1
	Redbeard's Ravings	16	15	-1
	Stocking The Dungeon	19	18	-1
	Valley of Blue Snails	35	34	-1
	Dungeon Mistress	57	55	-2
	Maximum Rock & Role Playing	43	41	-2
	elves ate my homework	49	46	-3
	Lack of data (will be included next time):
	"The Troll Ate My Homework"	NA	47
	Backscreen Pass	NA	44
	Dungeons & Dorks	NA	12
	Warriors of the Red Planet	NA	73
	Apprentice Of Old School	NA	9