Closed for Gen Con

Roleplayers Chronicle is heading to Gen Con and will be essentially closed during that time. All current posts will be readable as always, but no new ones will be posted. For those looking to get their releases posted, it will have to wait until Monday. If you’re at Gen Con, watch for me doing interviews, talking to various people, and checking out the new stuff.

Important Message from the Editor-in-Chief

Important Message from the Editor-in-Chief By Aaron T. Huss Greetings everyone! I have a very important announcement to make regarding the month of August here at Roleplayers Chronicle. My wife and I are expecting a baby and when that happens, there will be a brief lapse in postings. Don’t fret, nothing is wrong with the website and nothing is changing, but for probably two days, when the baby...

3rd Annual Great Indie RPG Giveaway

3rd Annual Great Indie RPG Giveaway By Aaron T. Huss It’s that time of the year again and Roleplayers Chronicle is gearing up for the 3rd Annual Great Indie RPG Giveaway. At this point, we’re looking for publishers that wish to participate in the giveaway. The Great Indie RPG Giveaway is a special giveaway designed to highlight independent tabletop role-playing publishers. This is done...

Letters from the Editor – The New Roleplayers Chronicle

The New Roleplayers Chronicle By Aaron T. Huss Open the door to reveal the New Roleplayers Chronicle! It’s that time of the year again where I step back and re-evaluate the website to see how I can increase traffic and provide more value to our readers. The last time I did this, we moved to a mostly-submission only format where I would search for news-worthy items and supplement that with release...

Letters from the Editor – April Traffic Report

April Traffic Report By Aaron T. Huss Greetings everyone! It’s been a good, solid April. Numbers dipped a bit but we posted some pretty good reviews near the end of the month. So, here’s a look at how things went: Visitors: 6,400+ Pageviews: 46,600+ RSS Feed: 30,400+ Top 25 Most Popular Posts Tabletop Connect 3D Virtual Tabletop Kickstarter Fleabitten Solo Adventure for Tunnels &...

Letters from the Editor – March Traffic Report

March Traffic Report By Aaron T. Huss Dropped the ball a bit last month, but I’m picking things back up now! Without further adieu, here it is: Visitors: ~6,600Pageviews: ~50,000 RSS Feed: ~47,000 Top 25 Most Popular Posts Fleabitten Solo Adventure for Tunnels & Trolls Review: Warning Label – Cast of Cards (Savage Worlds) Jon Brazer Enterprises Releases for September Review: Rite...

Letters from the Editor – Happy New Year

Happy New Year By Aaron T. Huss Another year has gone by and many things have changed here at Roleplayers Chronicle. For starters, we had many reviewers go AWOL. I don’t mean they stated they would no longer be writing reviews; they simply stopped responding to inquiries. Because of this, our daily posts have been thin. Additionally, we’ve had a couple format changes, and have now settled...

Letters from the Editor – Reporting the News

It has come to my attention, as I have been paying much more attention in the past three months, that there’s very little interest in the overview news postings we do on a daily basis. This is proven by looking at our traffic reports. Instead, there is much more interest in our regular articles, reviews, publisher announcements, Kickstarters, Featured Products, Guest Articles, and release announcements...

Letters from the Editor – October Traffic Report

October Traffic Report By Aaron T. Huss Greetings everyone! Another wonderful month is under our belt and our new posting format seems to have been received well. Let’s take a look at last month’s traffic. Visitors: ~6,800 Pageviews: ~42,000 RSS Feed: ~45,000 Top 25 Most Popular Posts. Review: Wizards of the Coast – Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle (DnD Next) Review: Rite Publishing...

Letters from the Editor – September Traffic Report

September Traffic Report By Aaron T. Huss Yes, I know. I dropped the ball on posting this last month. To many of you, it may seem trivial, but to the publishers we support, this can be very important. In general, traffic was down last month, but we had some pretty awesome articles that were posted. Visitors: ~6,100 Pageviews: ~47,000 RSS Feed: ~21,000 Top 25 Most Popular Posts Review: Palladium...

Times They are a-Changin’

Times They are a-Changin’ By Aaron T. Huss Well, times may not be changing, but the website is a little bit. It’s becoming more and more difficult and time-consuming (of which I don’t have all that much of) to support the large spread of product releases. For one thing, it’s quite the administrative trick to manage hundreds of release categories. It’s also a fair amount...

Letters from the Editor – Roleplayers Chronicle at Gen Con Indy 2013

As a reminder to all, I will be out at Gen Con once again doing convention coverage and performing interviews. As before, news will be limited to only the most important things and that which is submitted using the submission form or through e-mail. However, there will be daily updates (hopefully daily) regarding the convention and all the great things I find! Aaron T. Huss Editor-in-Chief Roleplayers...

Letters from the Editor – July 2013 Traffic Report

July 2013 Traffic Report By Aaron T. Huss July was a great month, even though I was gone on vacation for two weeks and product releases weren’t posted during that time. Instead, we scheduled lots of great Headline articles, continuing our efforts of bringing interesting articles, interviews, and reviews to our fan base. Visitors: ~7,200 Pageviews: ~60,000 RSS Feed: ~17,000 Top 20 Most Popular...

Roleplayers Chronicle is Going on Vacation

As a notice to all, Roleplayers Chronicle is going on vacation for the next two weeks. Here’s what it means: For the next two weeks, no standard announcement posts will be pursued. If someone uses the submission form, or sends an e-mail if necessary, that news item will get posted. Important announcements will be posted. Headlines have been scheduled for the next 2 1/2 weeks to provide excellent...

Letters from the Editor – June 2013 Traffic Report

June 2013 Traffic Report By Aaron T. Huss With the 2nd Annual Great Indie RPG Giveaway, traffic was up in terms of users, and holding steadily. With the move to our new format, the Pageviews will be lower, but that’s only because we have less pages to view. Visitors: 10,230 Pageviews: ~30,000 RSS Feed: ~13,500 Top 20 Most Popular Posts Shatterzone Contact PDF Reprint Review: Wizards of the...

Letters from the Editor – May 2013 Traffic Report

May 2013 Traffic Report By Aaron T. Huss May was a busy month with a continuation of Designer’s Diaries, interviews, and of course reviews. Here’s a look at our numbers for the month. Pageviews: ~53,800 Visitors: ~6,500 RSS Feed Hits: ~10,750 Most Popular Posts New Dwarf and Goblin Tokens from DramaScape Shadowrun 5th Edition Preview – The Setting As The Hero Review: Rite Publishing...

Letters from the Editor – April Traffic Report

April Traffic Report By Aaron T. Huss I managed to forget posting this for March, so I’m going to get back on track and get the April traffic report posted. So here’s a look at April’s traffic report: Pageviews: ~47,600 Visitors: ~5,100 RSS Feed Hits: ~7,950 Most Popular Posts AD&D Dungeons of Dread Premium Edition Giveaway Review: Wizards of the Coast – Dungeons of Dread...

Letters from the Editor – What’s New for 2013

What’s New for 2013 By Aaron T. Huss The business of presenting tabletop RPG news to the world is a fun one, but it is a business. Roleplayers Chronicle strives to be a professional media outlet for all of the news covering the entire industry. It is as much a “job” as it is a labor of love. This means we have expenses to cover such as the cost of the website, coverage for conventions,...

Letters from the Editor – February, 2013 Traffic Report

February, 2013 Traffic Report By Aaron T. Huss Even with February being a short month, we saw a nice flow of traffic across the website. February’s Traffic Numbers (These numbers are approximate) Pageviews: 55,500 Visitors: 5,650 RSS Feed: 9,400 Most Popular February Posts Review: Kobold Press – Player’s Guide to the Dragon Empires (Midgard) Shadowrun Fifth Edition Cover: Crafting An Icon Review:...

Letters from the Editor – January, 2013 Traffic Report

Without beating around the bush, I bring to you the traffic report for January, 2013. January’s Traffic Numbers (These numbers are approximate) Pageviews: 51,000 Visitors: 7,015 RSS Feed: 10,300 Most Popular January Posts Review: Catalyst Game Labs – Dirty Tricks (Shadowrun) Books for Role-players: Jim Butcher – Cold Days (The Dresden Files) Stench of the Sea Systemless Fantasy Adventure Guest...