In a recent post I listed what I wanted to achieve in 2022, and thought it may be a good idea on what I have done so far this year.
It’s only been just over one month but it has been productive so far. I will update this post each month to see where I am at and what I have managed to get done.
August 2022
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- Published the September issue of d12 Monthly, my D&D zine – this one is all about weapons.
- Published the third issue of d12 Sites, which focuses on the Well of Souls
- Published a blog post listing some free roleplaying game available from DTRPG
- I have also laid out a plan for the next two years for my zines and YUMDM
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Over to you… What did you get up to in August? Tell me in the comments below.
July 2022
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- Published the August issue of d12 Monthly, my D&D zine – this one is all about a lot of things and called the Menagerie issue.
- All issues of d12 Monthly are now submitted to DriveThruRPG and should be available to purchase there as PDFs – you can do this to help support me without an on-going commitment. They should be up by the end of the month.
- Published Issue 2 of d12 Sites – my Patron-exclusive zine which features a new location each month. This one was an old silver mine.
- Managed a couple of sessions of my open-ended West Marches campaign.
- Wrote & published a blog post on Monster Templates for D&D
- I hit 500 email subscribers, which makes me super happy. I also currently have 57 patrons who are supporting my work on the zines each month (thanks heaps!!)
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Over to you… What did you get up to in July? Tell me in the comments below.
June 2022
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- Published the July issue of my D&D zine, d12 Monthly – this one all about Fey (Coming in July)
- I also managed to get a few past editions of d12 Monthly up on DriveThruRPG, where you can buy individual PDF copies as a way to support my work
- Published the first of my new zine, d12 Sites, which is only available for Patrons
- Opened up my West Marches campaign to the world and secured about 4-6 sessions per month for people to play
- Wrote a blog post including all the resources I use for soloRPGing
- Recorded the third instalment of the D&3 podcast with Tale of the Manticore creator and Black Dragon’s Games owner – this one all about the core pillars of D&D
- Started down the road of creating languages for my campaign world
- Created a cyclopaedia for my D&D campaign world of Aythia
- I managed to play a game of Massive Darkness, which is a cool dungeon-delving board game
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Over to you… What did you get up to in June? Tell me in the comments below.
May 2022
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- Published the June issue of d12 Monthly – my free D&D zine
- Kicked off the open table West Marches campaign officially with some great players including Steve from Low Fantasy Gaming, Eric Shied, NOLAbert, and Gregory
- Published a single blot post giving each edition of Dungeons & Dragons my rating out of 10 and quick thoughts
- Wrote a little more of my Monster Manual series, as well as receiving more art for it
- Created a strategy and task plan for YUMDM, which will help me moving forward
- I also met my monthly goal for patrons over on Patreon, which is on target for having 100 patrons by the end of 2022
- Completed my new mini-zine, d12 Sites, which will be out for patrons only mid-June
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That’s it for me in May. What have you been doing? Tell me in the comments below.
April 2022
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- Published the May issue of d12 Monthly – the free D&D zine
- Established YUMDM & d12 Monthly as a side business (as opposed to a hobby)
- I also announced a new zine just for patrons: d12 Sites, which will give you a location you can drop into your campaigns and have hours of adventures with. It will be available as a free PDF to patrons starting in June
- Gained another piece of art for the first in a series of Monster Manuals
- Wrote two blog posts in the same series on Cultural Weapons: the Orc Carver and the Dwarven Fighting Dagger
- I have been running my West Marches campaign for 4 weeks now and it just keeps getting better. It should be out of beta soon!
- I haven’t been able to play too much soloRPGs but I did play one session where the PCs were ambushed by a rival NPC party and a quick combat ensued. However, the PCs managed to retreat after realising they were a little out-gunned.
- And, finally, I have also been super happy with some recent metrics:
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- I have reach 48 patrons over on Patreon, which just floors me
- The average open rate for my email list is just over 60%, which is amazing and way above the industry average of around 36%
- A lot of my blog posts are ranking very well for certain terms, even coming up as Featured Snippets:
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That’s it for last month, but exciting times will be had in May, I am sure.
March 2022
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- Published the April issue of d12 Monthly – my free D&D zine
- Purchased the first piece of art for my first monster manual
- I wrote a new blog posts: on encounter table design. This is part 1 is a short series on random encounters
- I also published the second of the podcast I am part of – now called D&3, which features myself, Ian from Black Dragon Games, and Jon from Tale of the Manticore.
- I added a soloRPG section to this website – hopefully people will find it handy
- I am about to start my West Marches campaign – this will be a test run for a few session with some close friends to see how it all works. I will be opening it to the public come late April/early May
- I sent out my secret project for patron – I call them bookmark monsters
- Unfortunately, I haven’t had too much time for my solo campaigns, but once the front end work for the West Marches prep has been done, I can focus more on them
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February 2022
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- Published the March issue of my free D&D zine, d12 Monthly.
- Managed to continue my main D&D soloRPG campaign and progressing the story towards what could be a great climax for this current thread
- Wrote two blog posts: one of a new layout for monster stat blocks and the other on random encounter tables.
- I have also written a bit more detail for my West Marches-style campaign, which will be launching this month.
- The next podcast with Jon, from Tale of the Manticore, and Ian, from Black Dragon Games, has been recorded and will be published soon.
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Not bad for a short month. I hope to do even more during March, natural disasters aside. How have you been travelling this year so far?
January 2022
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- I have published the January issue of my free D&D zine, d12 Monthly. This issue is all about dragons
- I have started on a West Marches-style campaign which will have players from all over the world
- I have written three blog posts:
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- One on monster stat blocks – finding a new way to structure them for better GMing and worldbuilding
- One on Reaction Rolls and how I use them
- One of a new D6 Mechanic to use in your D&D campaign which helps you determine outcomes easily and quickly
- And one on using the 3rd edition of D&D to mix up encounter numbers to your random encounter tables
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- I have played some more soloRPG which continued my main solo D&D campaign
- I have lined up a date & topic for the next podcast with Jon and Ian
- I have been working on my Kickstarter, working out an art budget and narrowing down the artists I like, plus working on the book itself (but need to do much more before the April launch)
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Looking back at my original post – with what I had planned – a couple of things have been partially ticked off:
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- The first zine has been published and I am working on the next one already
- I have the next podcast recording set up
- I have been blogging, releasing four blogs (see above)
- I have also added a new project: the West Marches campaign
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All in all, I am happy with my progress so far this year – how are you going and what have you done/working on?
While Your Here…
Since 2021 I have been publishing a monthly zine, which has a ton of articles for any edition of Dungeons & Dragons.
They are also available on DriveThruRPG and printed copies are available via my Patreon.
I also have a growing Discord, where you can join in on my regular West Marches campaign.
I will also be releasing some more products in the near future, like several monster manuals and a series of soloRPG publications.
Feel free to reach out to me on Twitter any time.