RPG a Day 2019 Post-Mortem

To quote Bill Murray from the movie Stripes, "Well, that was interesting."

I'd never done something like this before. And I didn't know what to expect, but I was surprised by a few things. The entry that generated the most conversation was Evolution (y'all have thoughts about other editions of D&D. I see that now.) The least amount of participation was, of course, Suspense. Again, I'd like to apologize to any Texas Aggies who may have read the entry and thought I was stealing their joke. I meant no offense.

Everything else in between was about the same, but I did see an uptick in the days where I gave out some delicious home brew for my game. Those posts were quietly and fervently consumed with very little drag.

My biggest regrets were the 11's, the ones where I dipped back into RPGaDay's Past to build a blog entry because I didn't have anything for the prompt. Now, having said that, I told you that to tell you this: I'm a pretty clever guy, and I dug deep for some of these entries, which is why the blog jumped around like it did. If I couldn't come up with something based on your prompt, it was probably a little too broad. No disrespect to David Chapman, who has been spearheading this for six years. Lots of questions, lots of prompts (186, to be exact). I get it. I am just saying I would not mind more specific cues going forward.

I'll most likely do this again next year. But having now read a month of my meanderings, I have a few questions for the handful of you who made it through the month unscathed. What would you like to see, going forward, on this blog? More posts about me blathering about the good old days? More war stories? (I have a number of entries I could write about my time at Chessex). More campaign notes and homebrew stuff? I got a lot of that, too. Is there something else I could be talking about that I am not?

Any comments or direction would be great. I've got some of you, and I'd like to keep you around, so here's your chance. Tell me what you want, please.

Here's the full list of topics on each day, all in one place for your clickity-click-convenience.

First
Unique
Engage
Share 
Space
Ancient
Familiar
Obscure
Critical
Focus
Examine
Friendship
Mystery
Guide
Door
Dream
One
Plenty
Scary
Noble
Vast
Lost
Surprise
Triumph
Calamity
Idea
Suspense
Love 
Evolve
Connection
Last