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Post by Vladimir, The Dark Prince on Oct 5, 2022 12:22:13 GMT -5
Several years ago we picked the last Friday of January 1974 - the 25th as the date that D&D was published, since no one knows the exact date it went on sale. So we celebrate the 25th of January every year as the publication date of D&D. We are down to approximately 15 months until the 50th Anniversary. If you have heard anything, please post it and also lets start making our own plans to celebrate. Maybe those who blog can get started preparing so we can saturate the Internet on January 25th, 2024 with an Anniversary Celebration.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Oct 5, 2022 17:12:56 GMT -5
Several years ago we picked the last Friday of January 1974 - the 25th as the date that D&D was published, since no one knows the exact date it went on sale. So we celebrate the 25th of January every year as the publication date of D&D. We are down to approximately 15 months until the 50th Anniversary. If you have heard anything, please post it and also lets start making our own plans to celebrate. Maybe those who blog can get started preparing so we can saturate the Internet on January 26th, 2024 with an Anniversary Celebration. You are right, we need to plan this out and start posting about the beginning of November 2023 leading up to it. |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Oct 5, 2022 17:13:26 GMT -5
I had a thought, how about a special pbp leading up to it as well.
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Oct 5, 2022 18:05:02 GMT -5
Several years ago we picked the last Friday of January 1974 - the 25th as the date that D&D was published, since no one knows the exact date it went on sale. So we celebrate the 25th of January every year as the publication date of D&D. We are down to approximately 15 months until the 50th Anniversary. If you have heard anything, please post it and also lets start making our own plans to celebrate. Maybe those who blog can get started preparing so we can saturate the Internet on January 25th, 2024 with an Anniversary Celebration. Great idea! This is definitely worth pursuing... |
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Oct 5, 2022 18:05:51 GMT -5
I had a thought, how about a special pbp leading up to it as well. Ooh, this could be really interesting! |
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Post by Old Timer on Oct 17, 2022 17:17:50 GMT -5
I think we should really work on this and plan for it so that we can completely dominate the story line about this. I propose that those who have blogs start posting once or more per month starting in January of 2023 and carry it through the end of 2024. I also propose that everyone who thinks they can make at least one post per month create a blog between now and January of 2023.
I also think this board should create a Forum just for the 50th Anniversary and that we fill it with relevant material and also publicize that through the blogs and the wide sharing of those blog posts across all of the social media platforms we collectively can reach.
As a group, we should be able to publish a 1,000 words for every word WotC publishes around this event.
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Post by Keyone1234 on Oct 17, 2022 18:01:02 GMT -5
I think we should really work on this and plan for it so that we can completely dominate the story line about this. I propose that those who have blogs start posting once or more per month starting in January of 2023 and carry it through the end of 2024. I also propose that everyone who thinks they can make at least one post per month create a blog between now and January of 2023. I also think this board should create a Forum just for the 50th Anniversary and that we fill it with relevant material and also publicize that through the blogs and the wide sharing of those blog posts across all of the social media platforms we collectively can reach. As a group, we should be able to publish a 1,000 words for every word WotC publishes around this event. I will second this motion and I will create a blog just for this. We should drown out everyone else on this subject and make it about OD&D and not generic all versions D&D. |
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Post by hengest on Oct 17, 2022 18:19:05 GMT -5
I think we should really work on this and plan for it so that we can completely dominate the story line about this. I propose that those who have blogs start posting once or more per month starting in January of 2023 and carry it through the end of 2024. I also propose that everyone who thinks they can make at least one post per month create a blog between now and January of 2023. I also think this board should create a Forum just for the 50th Anniversary and that we fill it with relevant material and also publicize that through the blogs and the wide sharing of those blog posts across all of the social media platforms we collectively can reach. As a group, we should be able to publish a 1,000 words for every word WotC publishes around this event. This sounds promising! If I created a blog, how would I promote it? |
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Post by The Myth The Mystery on Oct 17, 2022 18:32:50 GMT -5
Several years ago we picked the last Friday of January 1974 - the 25th as the date that D&D was published, since no one knows the exact date it went on sale. So we celebrate the 25th of January every year as the publication date of D&D. We are down to approximately 15 months until the 50th Anniversary. If you have heard anything, please post it and also lets start making our own plans to celebrate. Maybe those who blog can get started preparing so we can saturate the Internet on January 25th, 2024 with an Anniversary Celebration. I think we should really work on this and plan for it so that we can completely dominate the story line about this. I propose that those who have blogs start posting once or more per month starting in January of 2023 and carry it through the end of 2024. I also propose that everyone who thinks they can make at least one post per month create a blog between now and January of 2023. I also think this board should create a Forum just for the 50th Anniversary and that we fill it with relevant material and also publicize that through the blogs and the wide sharing of those blog posts across all of the social media platforms we collectively can reach. As a group, we should be able to publish a 1,000 words for every word WotC publishes around this event. All of this, we need to make this the biggest RPG event ever. If we all get behind it we can make it happen. |
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Post by The Myth The Mystery on Oct 17, 2022 18:34:11 GMT -5
I think we should really work on this and plan for it so that we can completely dominate the story line about this. I propose that those who have blogs start posting once or more per month starting in January of 2023 and carry it through the end of 2024. I also propose that everyone who thinks they can make at least one post per month create a blog between now and January of 2023. I also think this board should create a Forum just for the 50th Anniversary and that we fill it with relevant material and also publicize that through the blogs and the wide sharing of those blog posts across all of the social media platforms we collectively can reach. As a group, we should be able to publish a 1,000 words for every word WotC publishes around this event. This sounds promising! If I created a blog, how would I promote it? TPD can tell you I am sure, but as a guess I would say step one post it here, step two post in on any other social media that you frequent. |
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Post by Survivor Girl on Oct 17, 2022 18:48:10 GMT -5
I didn't know D&D was this old. So we should do this.
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Post by Death Even XIII on Oct 17, 2022 19:03:39 GMT -5
Several years ago we picked the last Friday of January 1974 - the 25th as the date that D&D was published, since no one knows the exact date it went on sale. So we celebrate the 25th of January every year as the publication date of D&D. We are down to approximately 15 months until the 50th Anniversary. If you have heard anything, please post it and also lets start making our own plans to celebrate. Maybe those who blog can get started preparing so we can saturate the Internet on January 25th, 2024 with an Anniversary Celebration. I think we should really work on this and plan for it so that we can completely dominate the story line about this. I propose that those who have blogs start posting once or more per month starting in January of 2023 and carry it through the end of 2024. I also propose that everyone who thinks they can make at least one post per month create a blog between now and January of 2023. I also think this board should create a Forum just for the 50th Anniversary and that we fill it with relevant material and also publicize that through the blogs and the wide sharing of those blog posts across all of the social media platforms we collectively can reach. As a group, we should be able to publish a 1,000 words for every word WotC publishes around this event. All of this, we need to make this the biggest RPG event ever. If we all get behind it we can make it happen. Let's do it. |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Oct 17, 2022 19:21:03 GMT -5
Several years ago we picked the last Friday of January 1974 - the 25th as the date that D&D was published, since no one knows the exact date it went on sale. So we celebrate the 25th of January every year as the publication date of D&D. We are down to approximately 15 months until the 50th Anniversary. If you have heard anything, please post it and also lets start making our own plans to celebrate. Maybe those who blog can get started preparing so we can saturate the Internet on January 25th, 2024 with an Anniversary Celebration. I think we should really work on this and plan for it so that we can completely dominate the story line about this. I propose that those who have blogs start posting once or more per month starting in January of 2023 and carry it through the end of 2024. I also propose that everyone who thinks they can make at least one post per month create a blog between now and January of 2023. I also think this board should create a Forum just for the 50th Anniversary and that we fill it with relevant material and also publicize that through the blogs and the wide sharing of those blog posts across all of the social media platforms we collectively can reach. As a group, we should be able to publish a 1,000 words for every word WotC publishes around this event. All of this, we need to make this the biggest RPG event ever. If we all get behind it we can make it happen. Those are great ideas guys and if 20 to 30 of us were posting it could be pretty impactful. Along with some writing prompts we are working on (feel free to make suggestions), we also have quite a few threads here that could inspire posting around this event. |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Oct 17, 2022 19:51:08 GMT -5
This sounds promising! If I created a blog, how would I promote it? TPD can tell you I am sure, but as a guess I would say step one post it here, step two post in on any other social media that you frequent. With no Google+ where it could be shared automatically it is a bit more work than it used to be. Here is what I suggest. First here is what I personally will do: 1. When I make a blog post, my usual readers will see it. 2. I will share each blog post here to the new forum it has been suggested that we set up. Hopefully we will have discussion here around that blog posts AND all the others by all of us that will be linked here. 3. I will share each of my blog posts on each of the following: A. MeWe - 3,100+ followers plus the groups I run Ruins Group at MeWe - 1585 members and it is pretty active B. Twitter - 1,000+ followers and I rarely post there, so once posting ramps up that should grow C. Instagram - 59 followers, and I have only posted twice there in the last three years. D. Facebook - Halenar Frosthelm account have only rarely posted here and will post in the ruins group there and share for public sharing. 4. I will periodically share you all's posts to these platforms as well. 5. If any of you have a presence on any other Social Media platform, post it here in this thread and I would suggest that all of you use your social media accounts to share these posts widely once we start doing the them. 6. I saw the suggestion to post about the 50th Anniversary from Jan 2023 through Dec 2024. Here is what I suggest, start posting on your blog old school OD&D posts starting in January 2023 a few posts a month say one every 10 days or more often if you want to, but every 10 days would be good. Spend most of 2023 building up a readership and I will share your posts to help with that. 7. Then what I suggest is about October 1 (Dave Arneson Day) 2023 we start posting about the 50th Anniversary of D&D, and that first post will be about Dave Arneson's part in D&D and we promote the Anniversary coming up in January 2024 and 2024 as the Whole Year Anniversary of D&D, but specifically the Anniversary of OD&D - Original D&D. 8. I also would suggest that you share my blog posts and each others blog posts widely on your various social media outlets. 9. On our blogs we can also link to our discussion here once that has started in the new forum area it has been proposed that we build. 10. I will also make my Ruins group at MeWe a focus point for the celebration. So please post suggestions, social media platforms to share our posts at and anything else you have that would be relevant to this endeavor. |
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Post by Barfog on Oct 17, 2022 22:45:20 GMT -5
I am on hardly any social media, but maybe I should think about changing that.
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Post by Fantasy King on Oct 18, 2022 0:00:17 GMT -5
I doubt if I do a blog, but I will contribute to the conversations are threads are created for this.
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Oct 18, 2022 11:18:14 GMT -5
I doubt if I do a blog, but I will contribute to the conversations are threads are created for this. Having a vibrant conversation here will be crucial IMO. |
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Post by River Man on Oct 19, 2022 15:52:57 GMT -5
I agree that we should do everything we can to make sure that 50th Anniversary is about OD&D. We need to drown out everything else through sheer volume (quality volume, but volum).
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Oct 20, 2022 6:06:16 GMT -5
I doubt if I do a blog, but I will contribute to the conversations are threads are created for this. Having a vibrant conversation here will be crucial IMO. That is a MUST. |
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Oct 20, 2022 6:06:48 GMT -5
I agree that we should do everything we can to make sure that 50th Anniversary is about OD&D. We need to drown out everything else through sheer volume (quality volume, but volum). As it should be. |
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Post by spin on Oct 21, 2022 18:57:30 GMT -5
Could we really drown out WotC?
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Post by hengest on Oct 21, 2022 18:58:51 GMT -5
Could we really drown out WotC? Doubtful, but maybe we could make enough noise to get some attention. |
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Post by The Semi-Retired Gamer on Oct 21, 2022 19:03:43 GMT -5
Could we really drown out WotC? I bet we could provide more meaningful discussion and observations rather than drowning them out. |
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Post by The Perilous Dreamer on Oct 21, 2022 19:05:55 GMT -5
Could we really drown out WotC? I bet we could provide more meaningful discussion and observations rather than drowning them out. Not really drown them out in any significant way, they are going to be launching new products. But over a few months we could have a hundred blog posts+ and that would (with wide sharing of the links) have a pretty loud voice. And the discussion is really what we are going for and hopefully gaining new members. |
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Post by Crador on Oct 24, 2022 23:45:13 GMT -5
I hope the forum does something for this, it would be great if this is the center of the celebration.
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Post by Thargym The Black on Oct 25, 2022 0:07:43 GMT -5
I will try to help what I can. I can at least share links.
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Post by Armor on Oct 26, 2022 17:50:59 GMT -5
I might do a blog, looks like I have got time to think about it. If I do I will make sure that "Open Ended Original Edition Old School Fantasy Adventure Sandbox Role Playing Games (OEOEFASRPG) The Open-Ended Sandbox Exploration of Dungeons, Wilderness and Cities." appears on the blog. Also link to this forum and TPDs blog on my new blog, if I do one.
Also if everyone posts links to their blogs in this thread, I will go back and add everyone's blog to my blog roll if I do a blog.
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Post by Molcho on Oct 26, 2022 18:37:28 GMT -5
I might do a blog, looks like I have got time to think about it. If I do I will make sure that " Open Ended Original Edition Old School Fantasy Adventure Sandbox Role Playing Games (OEOEFASRPG) The Open-Ended Sandbox Exploration of Dungeons, Wilderness and Cities." appears on the blog. Also link to this forum and TPDs blog on my new blog, if I do one. Also if everyone posts links to their blogs in this thread, I will go back and add everyone's blog to my blog roll if I do a blog. Wow, not sure if I could do a blog, but I would share links. I like the OEOEFASRPG. I wonder how long it will take Google to pick it up? |
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Post by DFL_GM on Oct 26, 2022 18:53:28 GMT -5
Great ideas, I am for it.
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Post by Gawaine on Oct 26, 2022 22:04:02 GMT -5
I will share links, maybe more.
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