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I was thinking a couple days ago that the Pub will be five years old in April. That’s like fifty years in internet time. I’ve seen sites crash and burn in six months, hell, I’ve been involved with some! To me, it’s absolutely amazing what this place has become. I thought I might get like twenty five people to show up. We are closing in on 2,000 registrations and hundreds of active members. Truly mind-blowing and I’ve had a few successes before.
As my wife and I were driving around doing some shopping today, I told her that I was thinking of perhaps expanding the Pub. That you never just want to sit on something and have it get stale. She asked me how I would do that and I said maybe I’ll make the Pub an actual source for RPG news and reviews as well as keeping in place this awesome community we have. I said there is no one place on the internet like that, as other sites only cater to certain kinds of RPGs (d20, OSR, etc). There’s no Amazon for RPG news. Some places outright ban discussion of certain games. So there’s opportunity there. She thought it sounded like a good idea and she has no skin in this game. She just wants me to do well with my hobby.
I haven’t quite got the particulars down about the technicalities of it all, but I have considered using Wordpress as a base and go from there. I do have some experience with it which definitely helps. I have also considered paying folks to write short reviews and articles that would be posted on a weekly basis. I wouldn’t want to go halfway on this and fail. I would need content. The forum itself would not change at all.
I want to see the Pub grow and not stagnate and I think this is one of the best ways to move forward in the age of social media, not that I love it. We might be able to reach more younger people as well, which is always great.
Comments, suggestions, feedback?
As my wife and I were driving around doing some shopping today, I told her that I was thinking of perhaps expanding the Pub. That you never just want to sit on something and have it get stale. She asked me how I would do that and I said maybe I’ll make the Pub an actual source for RPG news and reviews as well as keeping in place this awesome community we have. I said there is no one place on the internet like that, as other sites only cater to certain kinds of RPGs (d20, OSR, etc). There’s no Amazon for RPG news. Some places outright ban discussion of certain games. So there’s opportunity there. She thought it sounded like a good idea and she has no skin in this game. She just wants me to do well with my hobby.
I haven’t quite got the particulars down about the technicalities of it all, but I have considered using Wordpress as a base and go from there. I do have some experience with it which definitely helps. I have also considered paying folks to write short reviews and articles that would be posted on a weekly basis. I wouldn’t want to go halfway on this and fail. I would need content. The forum itself would not change at all.
I want to see the Pub grow and not stagnate and I think this is one of the best ways to move forward in the age of social media, not that I love it. We might be able to reach more younger people as well, which is always great.
Comments, suggestions, feedback?