Cyclopeatron

Here's a list of 243 old schoolish roleplaying blogs ranked by the number of followers they gained between January 31st and March 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.

Last month's hottest blog was Dreams in the Lich House. This is a straight-up excellent blog focusing on classic D&D via the popular Lamentations of the Flame Princess retroclone. It has a good mix of opinion, creative content, and session reports. It also won Gothridge Manor's Newbie Blogger Award for February. Keep it up, Beedo!

The next hottest blog of the month was The Yaqqothl Grimoire, which focuses on classic D&D with a weird fantasy twist. Il Male writes great stuff and is super prolific. I highly recommend this awesome blog!

Other younger blogs that topped the list were Rather Gamey, A Pack of Gnolls (also a winner of the Newbie Blogger Award), Hack & Slash, and Gorgonmilk. Be sure to give them all a click (YES - you can click on the blog names below, they are all links)!

Blog Name	1-Mar	31-Jan	Change
Dreams in the Lich House	80	46	34
The Yaqqothl Grimoire	47	14	33
GROGNARDIA	813	783	30
Rather Gamey	58	28	30
A Pack of Gnolls	30	5	25
Hack & Slash	54	31	23
Gorgonmilk	54	32	22
Playing D&D With Porn Stars	641	619	22
Hill Cantons	140	119	21
A Paladin In Citadel	247	227	20
Axe & Hammer	129	109	20
World of Wonder	111	91	20
From the Sorcerer's Skull	160	141	19
Rule of the Dice	122	103	19
The Underdark Gazette	233	214	19
Beyond the Black Gate	305	288	17
Gothridge Manor	172	155	17
Risus Monkey	139	122	17
THE LAND OF NOD	143	126	17
The Other Side blog	138	122	16
Discourse and Dragons	99	84	15
Geordie Goes Gaming !	54	39	15
Errant	66	52	14
People them with Monsters	14	0	14
The Lands of Ara	91	77	14
Akratic Wizardry	165	152	13
FightingFantasist	78	65	13
Jeffs Gameblog	429	416	13
Quickly, Quietly, Carefully	33	20	13
The Dump Stat	47	34	13
aldeboran	95	83	12
I Waste The Buddha With My Crossbow	118	106	12
ix	45	33	12
Lord of the Green Dragons	268	256	12
OEF	141	129	12
Ostensible Cat	60	48	12
Telecanter's Receding Rules	136	124	12
The Blog That Time Forgot	97	85	12
The Grumpy Old Troll	61	49	12
The Savage AfterWorld	122	110	12
B/X BLACKRAZOR	246	235	11
Black Hole Diaries	47	36	11
Cyclopeatron	224	213	11
Joethelawyer's Wondrous Imaginings	116	105	11
LotFP: RPG	354	343	11
PLANET ALGOL	122	111	11
The RPG Corner	153	142	11
In Places Deep	99	89	10
Sorcery & Super Science!	75	65	10
Sword+1	40	30	10
Advanced dungeons & dragons	52	43	9
Bat in the Attic	189	180	9
Dungeonskull Mountain	91	82	9
Tales from the Flaming Faggot	66	57	9
The Book of Worlds	61	52	9
The Lair of the Evil DM	166	157	9
The Society of Torch, Pole and Rope	228	219	9
Archive of the Rotted Moon	41	33	8
Digital Orc: Fantasy, Horror, and Sci Fi in Ro...	20	12	8
Fabled Lands	88	80	8
Forgotten Runes	61	53	8
Greyhawk Grognard	188	180	8
The Grumpy Celt	29	21	8
The Realm of Zhu	28	20	8
Tower of Zenopus	32	24	8
Underworld Kingdom	8	0	8
Aeons & Augauries	118	111	7
Antediluvian Printworks	22	15	7
Blood of Prokopius	45	38	7
Havards Blackmoor Blog	112	105	7
Iron Rationales	29	22	7
No Signal!	22	15	7
Ode to Black Dougal	138	131	7
Old Guard Gaming Accoutrements	140	133	7
Reviews from R'lyeh	60	53	7
Swords Against the Outer Dark	208	201	7
Tenkar's Tavern	105	98	7
The City of Iron	46	39	7
The Gallery: Russ Nicholson	161	154	7
The Metal Earth	68	61	7
Tombs of Horrors	46	39	7
Trollsmyth	195	188	7
BigDungeon	28	22	6
Delta's D&D Hotspot	101	95	6
destination unknown	177	171	6
Drawings & Dragons	54	48	6
Dungeons and Digressions	218	212	6
Old School Psionics	21	15	6
Old School Heretic	66	60	6
The Keep on the Gaming Lands	125	119	6
The Moldy Vale	36	30	6
The Omnipotent Eye	62	56	6
The Warlock's Home Brew	119	113	6
Trollish Delver	40	34	6
"It's okay; Gary sent us."	114	109	5
ADnD Grognard	30	25	5
Appendix N	47	42	5
ChicagoWiz's RPG Blog	245	240	5
Countdown to Game Time	41	36	5
Crawdads and Dragons	57	52	5
Cthulhu's Library	35	30	5
Daddy Grognard	138	133	5
Dungeonmum	98	93	5
Green Skeleton Gaming Guild	120	115	5
HeroPress	156	151	5
I SEE LEAD PEOPLE	195	190	5
Over the Misty Mountains	24	19	5
Shouting Into The Void	50	45	5
The Library: Retro and Classic Fantasy Games	51	46	5
The Nine and Thirty Kingdoms	95	90	5
The Tao of D&D	175	170	5
The Weirdlands of Xhuul	44	39	5
Tower of the Archmage	70	65	5
Troll and Flame	93	88	5
5 Stone Games	38	34	4
A Field Guide To Doomsday	32	28	4
A Hamsterish Hoard of Dungeons and Dragons	90	86	4
Attack Plan R	20	16	4
Beyond the Wall	36	32	4
Castle Dragonscar	56	52	4
chirine's workbench	50	46	4
Embrace the Dungeon!	17	13	4
EXONAUTS!	73	69	4
Forever Free Games	19	15	4
Gaming All Over The Place	48	44	4
Henchman Abuse	37	33	4
How to Start a Revolution in 21 Days or Less	138	134	4
Inspired Mythos	5	1	4
Lances to Lasers - A gaming blog	12	8	4
Mike's Amazing RPG Fun Pad	28	24	4
My RPG characters	29	25	4
No School Like The Old School	22	18	4
Savage Swords of Athanor	73	69	4
SAVE OR DIE!	36	32	4
Semper Initiativus Unum	43	39	4
Sham's Grog 'n Blog	109	105	4
Sickly Purple Death Ray	91	87	4
The Frothy Friar	60	56	4
The Geek Gazette	27	23	4
The Grand Tapestry	141	137	4
The Jovial Priest	17	13	4
The Wasted Lands	78	74	4
Uhluht'c Awakens	98	94	4
Weird Worlds of Geoffrey McKinney	73	69	4
What a horrible night to have a curse...	100	96	4
Zero XP Adventures	7	3	4
"The Troll Ate My Homework"	51	48	3
A Wizard in a bottle	40	37	3
American Barbarica	56	53	3
Asshat Paladins	53	50	3
Back in '81	116	113	3
Back to the Dungeon!	62	59	3
Bloody 20s	19	16	3
Carjacked Seraphim	83	80	3
Carto Cacography	64	61	3
Cimmerian Chronicles	21	18	3
Creative Mountain Games	16	13	3
El RagnaBlog	37	34	3
For A Fistful Of Coppers	48	45	3
Have dice, will travel...	52	49	3
HUGE RUINED PILE	150	147	3
In Like Flynn	57	54	3
Jasoomian Dreams	58	55	3
Knightvision Games - This Changes Everything!	9	6	3
Lawful Indifferent	49	46	3
Magician's Manse	42	39	3
Monsters and Manuals	199	196	3
O RPG da Vida Real	13	10	3
Places to Go, People to Be	40	37	3
Roles, Rules, and Rolls	70	67	3
Rustfoot	48	45	3
Saturday Night Sandbox	38	35	3
Stocking The Dungeon	21	18	3
Superhero Necromancer	54	51	3
TEMPLE OF DEMOGORGON	134	131	3
tengoldpiecegems	3	0	3
The Hydra's Grotto	19	16	3
The XP Experience	6	3	3
There's a Bugbear in my Kitchen!	45	42	3
Unofficial Games	49	46	3
Where'd my Vorpal Sword Go?	23	20	3
Zalchis	18	15	3
Age of Ravens	49	47	2
Blog on the Borderlands	2	0	2
Bugbears for Breakfast	30	28	2
Dungeon Mistress	54	52	2
elves ate my homework	48	46	2
Fame & Fortune	36	34	2
gnotions	24	22	2
Mandragora: The Mandrake March	48	46	2
Middenmurk	37	35	2
MORE&BIGGER LOOT!	25	23	2
New Fish In An Old School	17	15	2
of Pedantry	14	12	2
Professor Pope	35	33	2
Redwald RPG	46	44	2
Save Vs. Poison	86	84	2
Spell Card!	40	38	2
SWORD & SHIELD	56	54	2
Swords of Minaria	37	35	2
Terminal Space	56	54	2
The Contemptible Cube of Quazar	44	42	2
The Doomed Wastelands	36	34	2
The Dragon's Eye	6	4	2
The Old Forest	15	13	2
The Polyhedral Dicebag	28	26	2
The Vorpal Spork	30	28	2
Vaults of Nagoh	76	74	2
Warning - Mutagenic Substance	79	77	2
Warriors of the Red Planet	78	76	2
Beacon	13	12	1
Coffee swillin' analog gamer	36	35	1
DUNGEON ADVENTURES	26	25	1
Dungeons & Dorks	14	13	1
ENCOUNTER	35	34	1
Grevious-Injury	19	18	1
Grimmhaus	75	74	1
Kingdoms in Trevail	26	25	1
KOK'ed Dice	24	23	1
Let's Make Believe	23	22	1
malevolent & benign	38	37	1
Maximum Rock & Role Playing	45	44	1
Oubliette Magazine	35	34	1
Penguin Overlord	7	6	1
Polar Bear Dreams and Stranger Things	24	23	1
Prime Requisite Games™	25	24	1
Ramblings of a Gentleman Gamer	14	13	1
Redbeard's Ravings	16	15	1
Riskail	28	27	1
Rocket-Propelled Game	14	13	1
SANDBOX EMPIRE	72	71	1
Sword and Board	64	63	1
Swords of Abandon	40	39	1
Tankards & Broadswords	129	128	1
Teleleli	26	25	1
The Badger King's Den	18	17	1
The Blue Gnoll	9	8	1
The Delve	48	47	1
The Dragon's Musing	7	6	1
The Incredible Fétide Grigou Rôliste Show	9	8	1
THE WHEEL OF SAMSARA	50	49	1
Threads of Adventure!	50	49	1
Valley of Blue Snails	37	36	1

Wednesday, March 2, 2011

Arduin Boxed Set c. 1981

February's Hottest Blogs: Dreams in the Lich House, Yaqqothl Grimoire!