{"id":40944,"date":"2014-01-01T06:00:25","date_gmt":"2014-01-01T12:00:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/?p=40944"},"modified":"2013-12-31T20:53:20","modified_gmt":"2014-01-01T02:53:20","slug":"letters-from-the-editor-happy-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/roleplayerschronicle.com\/?p=40944","title":{"rendered":"Letters from the Editor – Happy New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Happy New Year<\/strong>
\nBy Aaron T. Huss<\/em><\/p>\n

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 on a simple principle: we’ll post your news, but you have to submit it. Other than that, we’ll only post the really important things.<\/p>\n

Why did we make this change? A couple reasons actually. First, the regular “New Release” posts were getting very little traffic. Second, special articles get a lot more traffic. Third, it was taking too much of my personal time and I just can’t do it anymore. I have way too many other projects to work on. However, the good news is that these format changes didn’t really affect our overall traffic! So, without further ado, here’s a look at December:<\/p>\n

Visitors<\/strong>: ~5,900
\nPageviews<\/strong>: ~41,000
\nRSS Feed<\/strong>: ~36,000<\/p>\n

Most Popular Posts<\/span><\/p>\n

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  1. A Word in Edgewise… with Erin M. Evans, Author of The Adversary<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. A Word in Edgewise… with David L. Pulver of Crafty Games<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. EverWrought – The Perils of Promise Adventure on Kickstarter<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. Review: Rite Publishing – Adventure Quarterly #4 (Pathfinder)<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. World of Calidar Systemless Fantasy Setting Kickstarter<\/a><\/li>\n
  6. Mass Market Retail Brings Home Rise of the Fellowship<\/a><\/li>\n
  7. Under the Hood – Mechanical Morals?<\/a><\/li>\n
  8. Under the Hood – Improvised Design\u2026?<\/a><\/li>\n
  9. D&Dizzle: Dragons in the Hood Kickstarter<\/a><\/li>\n
  10. Under the Hood – The Cool Factor<\/a><\/li>\n
  11. Pure Steam Pathfinder Campaign Setting<\/a><\/li>\n
  12. FASA Games to Cease Publishing Blue Planet<\/a><\/li>\n
  13. Wizards of the Coast Announces Thrilling Dungeons & Dragons Launch for Summer 2014<\/a><\/li>\n
  14. Spartan Games Launching Achtung! Cthulhu Skirmish Game<\/a><\/li>\n
  15. Review: Rite Publishing – The Demolished Ones (Fate)<\/a><\/li>\n
  16. Shadowrun Introductory Box Set: Now Splitting Into 2 Great Box Sets!<\/a><\/li>\n
  17. First-Ever D&D Board Game Hits iPad; Developed by Playdeck<\/a><\/li>\n
  18. Gen Con Report – Featured Products Part 2<\/a><\/li>\n
  19. Featured Product: Better Angels – Final Thoughts (Part 3)<\/a><\/li>\n
  20. [Avalon Games] Stocking Stuffers for December<\/a><\/li>\n
  21. Earthdawn: Fourth Edition coming in 2014<\/a><\/li>\n
  22. Review: Arcanum Syndicate – Chaos 6010 AD<\/a><\/li>\n
  23. Review: Wizards of the Coast – Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle (DnD Next)<\/a><\/li>\n
  24. Holiday Gifts from DriveThruRPG<\/a><\/li>\n
  25. Letters to the Industry – The Value of a Good Book<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    Most Popular Reviews<\/span><\/p>\n

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    1. Review: Rite Publishing – Adventure Quarterly #4 (Pathfinder)<\/a><\/li>\n
    2. Review: Rite Publishing – The Demolished Ones (Fate)<\/a><\/li>\n
    3. Featured Product: Better Angels – Final Thoughts (Part 3)<\/a><\/li>\n
    4. Review: Arcanum Syndicate – Chaos 6010 AD<\/a><\/li>\n
    5. Review: Wizards of the Coast – Ghosts of Dragonspear Castle (DnD Next)<\/a><\/li>\n
    6. Review: SSDC – LNL Armor, Equipment & Cybernetics (Battlelords of the 23rd Century)<\/a><\/li>\n
    7. Books for Role-players: Mike Phillips – The World Below<\/a><\/li>\n
    8. Books for Role-players: Graeme Davis – Knights Templar: A Secret History<\/a><\/li>\n
    9. Books for Role-players: Erin M. Evans – The Adversary (The Sundering)<\/a><\/li>\n
    10. Review: Accessible Games – Psi-Punk (Fudge)<\/a><\/li>\n
    11. Review: Paizo Publishing – Champions of Purity (Player Companion)<\/a><\/li>\n
    12. Featured Product: Better Angels – First Impressions (Part 1)<\/a><\/li>\n
    13. Review: Paizo Publishing – Chronicle of the Righteous (Campaign Setting)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Most Popular Articles<\/span><\/p>\n

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      1. A Word in Edgewise… with Erin M. Evans, Author of The Adversary<\/a><\/li>\n
      2. A Word in Edgewise… with David L. Pulver of Crafty Games<\/a><\/li>\n
      3. Under the Hood – Mechanical Morals?<\/a><\/li>\n
      4. Under the Hood – Improvised Design\u2026?<\/a><\/li>\n
      5. Under the Hood – The Cool Factor<\/a><\/li>\n
      6. Gen Con Report – Featured Products Part 2<\/a><\/li>\n
      7. Letters to the Industry – The Value of a Good Book<\/a><\/li>\n
      8. Under the Hood – A Game of Turns<\/a><\/li>\n
      9. Tales from the Gazebo – Saying Goodbye to my 1st DM<\/a><\/li>\n
      10. Designer’s Diary: Pangenre, LLC – Pangenre<\/a><\/li>\n
      11. Tales from the Gazebo – Guns in Games, a Primer<\/a><\/li>\n
      12. Under the Hood – Borrowed Parts: The Lone Gunman<\/a><\/li>\n
      13. Under the Hood – A Party Without A Host?<\/a><\/li>\n
      14. Designer’s Diary: Rogue Games – Flames of Freedom (Colonial Gothic)<\/a><\/li>\n
      15. Under the Hood – Baseline Physics<\/a><\/li>\n
      16. Under the Hood – Come for the Mechanics, Stay for the Story<\/a><\/li>\n
      17. A Word in Edgewise… with Jason Hardy of Catalyst Game Labs<\/a><\/li>\n
      18. Designer’s Diary: Mystical Throne Entertainment – Mythos (Savage Worlds)<\/a><\/li>\n
      19. Letters from the Editor – Reporting the News<\/a><\/li>\n
      20. A Word in Edgewise… with Chris Birch of Modiphius Entertainment<\/a><\/li>\n
      21. Under the Hood – World Building<\/a><\/li>\n
      22. Designer’s Diary: Cakebread & Walton – Airship Pirates<\/a><\/li>\n
      23. Under the Hood – Window Shopping<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

        Thanks again for another great year and I hope to keep things fresh and interesting for this new year!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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