{"id":5283,"date":"2019-12-31T16:10:48","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T00:10:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/?p=5283"},"modified":"2019-12-31T16:10:48","modified_gmt":"2020-01-01T00:10:48","slug":"overview-of-2019","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.themook.net\/gamegeekery\/overview-of-2019\/","title":{"rendered":"Overview of 2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Happy 2020 (nearly)! Like previous years (2018<\/a>, 2017<\/a>, 2016<\/a>, 2015<\/a>), I’m taking a look back at the year in Mook<\/em>, Game Geekery<\/strong>, and GURPS\/Steve Jackson Games<\/strong> as 2019 draws to a close.<\/p>\n

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Game Geekery<\/h3>\n

First, some numbers. These were the most popular posts written in 2019:<\/p>\n

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  1. Two New Character Sheets for GURPS<\/a><\/li>\n
  2. Fantasy Party of Pre-Gens<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. A Party of Starship Troopers<\/a><\/li>\n
  4. GURPS for One-Shots, Upcoming<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. D&D 5E – Checking In With An Old Friend<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The top three of those five posts provide ready-to-use GURPS characters or sheets, so that’s something people clearly find useful. (The fourth outlines an upcoming project for using GURPS for one-shots, and the fifth is a rumination on playing some D&D for the first time in many, many years).<\/p>\n

    Regardless of year, these are my most popular posts since the blog began (as Game Geekery):<\/p>\n

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    1. My GURPS GM Screen<\/a><\/li>\n
    2. New to GURPS — Welcome!<\/a><\/li>\n
    3. GURPS Quick-Start Character Creation<\/a><\/li>\n
    4. Printing RPG PDFs to Hardcopy Books<\/a><\/li>\n
    5. My GM Kit<\/a> (down from #3 to #5)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

      Only the order has changed since 2017, with “My GM Kit” dropping from #3 to #5.<\/p>\n

      Patreon<\/h3>\n

      The Patreon<\/strong> continued to be in rough shape in 2019, much to my frustration and embarrassment. Updating and putting more energy into Game Geekery<\/em><\/strong> in general, and the Patreon specifically, is at the top of 2020’s priorities.<\/p>\n

      GURPS Discord (unofficial)<\/h3>\n

      The unofficial GURPS Discord<\/strong> remained a bright point for this year! We continue to slowly grow the community, there’s always GURPS (and other) discussions going on about this and that, gamers and GMs get together for games — it’s just a great daily hub for gettin’ GURPS-y, and I’m very thankful that so many others have come together to share and help us all have a little more fun.<\/p>\n

      The server is here<\/a>, swing on by!<\/p>\n

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      The Year in GURPS (and SJG)<\/h3>\n

      Steve Jackson Games<\/strong> continued to publish a great mix of new and reprinted GURPS material<\/a> this year, with three particular stand-outs that match my current streamlined GMing style<\/a> perfectly:<\/p>\n