Blogs..... what do we say?

[Codsticker]

I like the sounds of your project; you need to add a Follow button so we can keep up.

[tikitang]

Yeah, I'm pretty obsessed with parentheses, hyphens, and semicolons!

I'm also never quite sure if I'm using them correctly! 

I like the sounds of your project; you need to add a Follow button so we can keep up.

Thanks! I've added one!

[fred]

Interesting  project - and good to have something constrained in scope to allow it to come to completion!

I’d suggest trying a few interconnected rooms - to give a bit of tactical variation - otherwise it might start to feel more like a gladiator arena, rather than a dungeon. And given the name I’m hoping to see some Demons or Devils putting in an appearance before too long.

[tikitang]

If it helps, there's only one in the list that is even remotely correct. 

Bugger! Well, I never really understood the rules of English anyway.

I’d suggest trying a few interconnected rooms - to give a bit of tactical variation - otherwise it might start to feel more like a gladiator arena, rather than a dungeon.

That is actually the idea! Therefore a complete dungeon micro-campaign, perhaps involving three rooms, would be a series of three gladiatorial matches with variations of scenery and monsters, which would be connected with each other only by narrative, but not actually on the table.

And given the name I’m hoping to see some Demons or Devils putting in an appearance before too long.

Well, the word 'infernal' derives from the Latin inferus which simply means 'below' or 'under' (and where we get the word 'inferior', for example). It doesn't necessarily relate to 'Hell', as we have come to understand Hell via popular literature. Though, as my pal Hobgoblin wrote in his own blog (here and here), Hell and dungeons could really be the same place, and humanoid monsters (such as orcs or beastmen) could be regarded as minor demons.

[Jack Jones]

Hi All

I tend to think of my blog as a project note book, a record of my research for modelling projects, sources, inspiration. I have a handful of followers, but doubt these eight are responsible for nearly 8,000 page views.

It’s useful for keeping tabs on other blogs which I have found inspirational, although I find folk on Facebook more ‘interactive’, but then I don’t comment much.

Cheers
JJ

[The Bibliophile]

I don’t mind people not reading or liking blogs, but when a blog is read or followed, it just strikes me as a bit of internet courtesy to every now and then, just add a comment of appreciation to the blog - it does help oil the wheels.

Couldn’t agree more. I started my blog hoping to become part of a community of bloggers and readers, but I disappointingly get few comments. Like you, too, I tend to put a few hours into every post between the writing, photo selecting/editing/sequencing/captioning, and all of the links I try to include.

That said, I’m glad I do it (sporadic though it may be). I met one of my closest gaming mates by first becoming a big fan of his blog. Eventually I deduced we lived in the same metropolitan area, and if he hadn’t been blogging, I’d be much poorer for it.

I blog for pretty much all of the reasons already mentioned: sharing tutorials; random musings about my lifetime of gaming; sharing the great photos my wife takes of our games; capturing my group’s monthly games (Second Saturday Scrum Club); writing up con reports; tracking my progress on projects; sharing game material/aids I create for my club’s games; reviewing new rule sets we’ve tried out…pretty much the gamut. If I don’t feel like painting/crafting or can’t get a game organized with pals, my blog is another option for me to engage in my hobby. In that light, I try to share a bit about myself through talking about gaming; as a reader I appreciate it when I get a glimpse of the person behind the blog to see if they’re a kindred spirit besides just sharing a hobby.

An intense period at work and then catching Covid has kept me from posting much the past few weeks, but there’s five years worth of gaming good times up on my blog, if anybody is curious. You can find a link to SCRUM IN MINIATURE in the signature line below. Feel free to leave a comment if you see something there that interests you…I promise to respond!

[Golgotha]

 Herewith a Wycombe Warband fellow members inspiring blog see:

https://baskivich.blogspot.com/2022/

See also https://www.wycombewarband.org/news.php

[Alkedo]

I set up a blog when I realized that this project was going for the long haul, and that I was going to need to do a lot of research and a lot of work, and that I would really need to write stuff down or I would forget about it and miss it when I needed it.

And that, in the end, I could write it in a way that was publicly available so that fellow enthusiasts could benefit also. In fact I realized that proper information on the subject was difficult to come by, especially wargaming related (with the expection of the very good Rams Ravensband Wrecks!), so sharing my research could be useful.

I do get little feedback but as was already said blogs are not about that, you have FB for that. I do get satisfaction from views, which are now fairly regular, and the odd fellow who writes me telling me how much he liked this or that - these guys makes my day! BRE Wix is a fairly good platform, I find it easy and functional.

Alkedo

https://alkedominis.wixsite.com/blog/my-blog

[Bravo Six]

Gents, pardon the threadomancy on this topic I started ages ago, but I have a question I was hoping someone may have a readily available answer for me.

Are "Blogger" and "Blogspot" the only free games in town now as far as blogs go? I noticed while trying to resurrect an old blog, that Blogger is now run by Google. That blog was from 2013 and 3 email addresses and 2 laptops ago so I have NO CLUE how to reboot it without the sign in. Blogger won't let me create a new one with that name as it still assumes it's "active", so I'll need to shop elsewhere as the name is kinda important to me.

Thanks in advance.

[Andy in Germany]

I've been blogging for a while, I find it's a great way to keep me motivated, and I enjoy the process of trying to tell a story, even though it doesn't get many readers. According to WordPress, I've been using it for about 17 years.

Are "Blogger" and "Blogspot" the only free games in town now as far as blogs go?

As mentioned above, WordPress has a free platform, which is non-tech friendly. Their new formatting takes a bit of getting used to, but it is very stable once you've got it.

One thing I really like about WordPress is the option to delay a post, so I can set posts up and have them publish on the same time every Saturday morning.

My blog is at www.korschtal.wordpress.com

[Andy in Germany]

Duplicate post. Need more coffee...

[Spinal Tap]

Decided to trawl through the blogs listed by members on this thread to bookmark for reading.

Sadly, the first one I clicked on was the 'Emir of Askaristan' to find a message from his son March 22nd 2024 to report of his death.

https://stuartinschwargames.blogspot.com/

RIP fella.

 

[FifteensAway]

Google is free but its so called 'support system' sucks donkey dong with professional proficiency.  Perhaps you can get a pretty close name - computers, despite all the AI noise, are stupid - add in an exclamation point or something that makes the name different 'but not' and see if it flies. 

[Utgaard]

Blogging is no longer state of the art and most people are more likely to be on FB, X, or Instagram these days, but I personally will keep blogging.

It has always been (and still is) a kind of diary for me as far as my hobby is concerned, you can format the posts properly and search for specific posts/topics without too much effort.

[Panzer21]

It all depends on why you blog......
I was late to it and took a while to get to grips with how to do things.

I use mine to remind myself of the progress I make with various projects.
When deep in a painting funk, it's very useful to able to see what you've achieved over a period of time.

I don't do any of the social media platforms aside from scrolling through FB and wasting time while marvelling at how pointless it is. I understand from those who do use it for the hobby that it's impossible to find posts again....

Blogging has declined, but it's still healthy.

Neil