And So Begins The Great Blog Hunt of 2012

I have a confession. I have not read a blog in over 2 weeks. And so, in order to atone for this momentous wrongdoing, I will faithfully dig through each of my followed blogs and read every single post I missed. Wish me well. I'll post updates as I go through this gauntlet.

A Retrospective

This year has been, gaming-wise, a great year.

Firstly, I started blogging this year.

We began our GURPS 4e campaign in March, and ended in July.

We did some one-shot Pathfinder games in August-November, and officially started our campaign this month.

I bought or was given:

Various gaming apps,

The Pathfinder Inner Sea World Guide,

The Pathfinder Bestiary,

The DC Universe Role-playing Game

Many, many free games,

The Pathfinder Core Rulebook,

The Chessex Pound O' Dice,

 and two Chessex Dice Sets.

I'll review some of those items soon.

Not to be sappy, but this year also initiated my entrance into this great community of fellow bloggers, gamers, and general ruffians.

Overall, an awesome year.

Happy New Year's!

100 Posts!

This is Off to Jupiter's 100th post! Thank you, readers, commenters, and contributors. It means a lot to me and I enjoy our daily arguments, rants, and observances. *grin* I'd like to show some statistics and notes on the blog's history.

Off to Jupiter has been up since May 2011.

The month with the most posts has been July, with 39 posts. That equates to an average of 1.25 posts per day.

The month with the least was this past November, with a vapid four posts. This equates to an average of 0.13 posts a day.

Readership is highest in the US, followed by the UK, Canada, and Mexico.

The month with the most hits was August 2011, with 1, 553 views.

The month with the least was November 2011, with 676. This suggests a direct correlation with posts!

The tags with the most related posts are RPG, Role-Playing Game, and GURPS.

There has been 9 polls in Off to Jupiter's 8 months.

Off to Jupiter's very first post was about a new wave of DC Universe Classic action figures.

The first post with a comment was about a new GURPS supplement. Thanks, Tim!

On July 26, 2011 I won the Newbie Blogger Award. Once again, thanks, Tim!

On October 14, 2011 I started to do PhotoShop Fridays.

Thanks, everyone. Merry Christmas, and Happy Hannukah and what have you.

Off the Grid...Again

I'll be gone for about a week. Apologies in advance if I don't respond to comments or anything like that.

PhotoShop Fridays! 10-28-11

Today's PhotoShop escapade features Iron Man. I called the pic "Iron Fury", as it seems the Armored Avenger just received a severe beatdown, and isn't happy about it!

Photoshop Fridays! 10-14-11

So, inspired by Jeffs Gameblog, Knights Of The Black Banner, and Gothridge Manor, I've decided to start a weekly post, called...Photoshop Fridays. These will showcase my Photoshop projects, and are around for two reasons. One, to have a weekly post, so I'll have a dependable posting schedule. Two, because the blogosphere could comment with compliments/criticism, thereby increasing my PhotoShop skill. (Hopefully) With that, I bring you...The Dark Tower.

Click to make large. (Or, embiggen)

Poll Response 7

This week's question was....

Would you purchase a Pathfinder bestiary containing around 25 monsters and selling for around $10?

80% of you said yes. 20% said they would, but for another system. But then they didn't specify which system. So I'm afraid whoever you are, I will not be making a bestiary involving your system. But I am planning on making a Pathfinder one. If I'm done soon, I can give it away in a 100th post contest. We're at 82, folks. Four posts a week (average) equals...about five weeks. That should be enough time. Hopefully.

Bestiary

What system/s would YOU buy a bestiary for? What price? How many monsters?

General Audiences

So I guess my blog is rated G. I'm debating if that is good, because it's all-ages friendly, or bad, because it means I'm trying too hard to be all-ages friendly. Hmm. Sorry about the lack of posting lately. Most free time has been devoted to learning the Pathfinder rules, which I think I have down by now.

Tweet Tweet!

Off to Jupiter is now on Twitter!

http://twitter.com/#!/OTJblog

Poll Response 4

 "An original logo" won the poll 5 to 2. Prepare for...a logo.

Poll Response

Alright, so everyone answered "What's an SDCC?". I think I shouldn't have used the acronym. San Diego Comic-Con. Oops.

Newbie Blogger Award!

I'd like to start by thanking...nevermind. Thanks Tim! It's much appreciated. I am proud to be a newb. And thanks to the readers. Yeah, you. Thanks.

Off the Grid

Just wanted to post and say I won't be online for the next five days, starting tomorrow.  Why? It's classified. I'm not supposed to talk about it. But it involves expensive tuxedos, futuristic gadgets, and shaken drinks. Not stirred.