Wednesday, May 9, 2012

West Coast Bloggers?

After seeing that Cyclopeatron is moving it made wonder (again) why there aren't more west coast bloggers.  I know of Christian but he's more focussed on analog zines these days.  And Brunomac.  Is Talysman in Sacramento?  Seemed to have read that somewhere.  And I played with Grognardling at the same SoCal Mini-Con that I met Cyclopeatron at.  Ze Bulette is up in Oregon but currently on blogging hiatus.  And that's it.  Or at least the extent of my knowledge.  Tell me about your blog if you're on the West Coast especially in Cali.
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31 comments:

  1. waywardwayfarerMay 9, 2012 at 12:06 PM

    I haven't exactly attained great status as a blogger yet, but I'm in southwestern Washington. http://thedragonsflagon.blogspot.com

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    1. UnknownMay 9, 2012 at 3:42 PM

      Whatsup, WA buddy. I'm in Seattle, and I run monstroustelevision.blogspot.com.

      Seattle has a thriving OSR community, although oddly few of them run blogs.

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  2. Reverend DakMay 9, 2012 at 12:07 PM

    I'm in Los Angeles. My blog isn't very good, and I'm very focused on DCC RPG and my zine, Crawl!

    http://dakdm.straycouches.com/ and http://www.crawlfanzine.com/

    Don't forget Zak S, he's here in LA too.

    But yeah, there just isn't that many old-school gamers in CA, but they exist.

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  3. OddbitMay 9, 2012 at 12:10 PM

    Well if nobody else is posting that's particularly good I might as well chime in.

    I write a gaming blog, but it's not OSR only. I don't post often, and it's mainly an outlet for my gaming stuff. But I'm SF.

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    1. OddbitMay 9, 2012 at 12:11 PM

      The first line by which to say I will fit in fine.

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  4. Digital OrcMay 9, 2012 at 12:12 PM

    Check out the Happy Jacks gamer podcast. They're based in Cali and seem like super cool gamers.

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  5. Black VulmeaMay 9, 2012 at 12:31 PM

    Long Beach here.

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  6. Thomas M.May 9, 2012 at 1:13 PM

    Bay Area here, although my blawgage is both recent and minimal.

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  7. UnknownMay 9, 2012 at 1:14 PM

    I'm in Portland (Magician's Manse), but haven't been posting much lately, as I've been too concentrated on graduating right now.

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  8. SteamtunnelMay 9, 2012 at 2:05 PM

    I write The Hydra's Grotto and I am in Seattle. Though I have never met him I apparently live down the street from JB, the author of B/X Blackrazor.

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  9. Spawn of EndraMay 9, 2012 at 2:32 PM

    Carter left Eugene two summers ago for upstate New York. I left Eugene for PA last summer. Like for Cyclopeatron these were both for academic/research positions. There are more jobs in colleges and universities in the east, it seems.

    I thought Talysman was more like in Arkansas or southern Appalachia (I have no idea why I think that).

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    1. Carter SolesMay 9, 2012 at 8:21 PM

      Yes, the northeast seems to be pulling some of we longtime west-coasters away. . .

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  10. TalysmanMay 9, 2012 at 4:14 PM

    Nope, I am in Sacramento, or actually more on the outskirts. Lum of Built By Gods Long Forgotten was in Sacramento, but has relocated to Washington. None of my other players had an RPG blog.

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  11. KiltedyaksmanMay 9, 2012 at 4:25 PM

    Cory Hamel's The Diary of Dirk Swordman is based in Vancouver.

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  12. gnombientMay 9, 2012 at 4:42 PM

    I'm in San Francisco. Not much posting (or gaming) happening for me lately though, alas.

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  13. AlexeyMay 9, 2012 at 4:58 PM

    I'm in Cypress (LB area), but my blog recently morphed into a zine.

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  14. Frotz SelfMay 9, 2012 at 5:13 PM

    Greg at Weirdlands of Xhuul is down here in SoCal - http://xhuul.blogspot.com/.
    My g/f and I played in your game at the SoCal mini-con last year, but a) neither of us has a gameblog, and b) we're moving to NY this summer as well.

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  15. TelecanterMay 9, 2012 at 5:33 PM

    Hey, thanks everyone for letting me know. By brain fart I forgot to mention ZakS @ http://dndwithpornstars.blogspot.com which I'm guessing you all know about.

    I'll try to check out all your blogs. If any of you ever head through the Central Valley, let me know I'll buy you dinner or whatever. I'm in Fresno.

    And hey Frotz Self, survivor of my invisible dungeon experiment good to see you here.

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  16. LSMay 9, 2012 at 5:55 PM

    I'm a little outside of Seattle myself. I write www.PapersPencils.com.

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  17. UnknownMay 9, 2012 at 6:35 PM

    I am in SoCal, do http://rpgrantsandraves.blogspot.com/. Not a great blog, but I touch on all kinds of things.

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  18. chrisrobertMay 9, 2012 at 6:50 PM

    I'm also in Strong Beach:

    http://thedoomedworldcarcosa.wordpress.com/

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  19. burnedfxMay 9, 2012 at 9:45 PM

    Tell me about your blog if you're on the West Coast especially in Cali.

    The Delvers can be amusing, but not because of me. It's their antics that are a riot.

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  20. TelecanterMay 10, 2012 at 8:48 AM

    Thanks again. I'll be checking you all out.

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  21. SteamtunnelMay 10, 2012 at 10:47 AM

    Oh, and Yesmar of Sickly Purple Death Ray comes from Bellevue, WA.

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  22. AnonymousMay 10, 2012 at 12:41 PM

    1d30.wordpress.com - Tacoma, WA.

    Well, there's only one other Tacoma and it's in Australia and has a population under 1000, so just saying Tacoma should be enough.

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  23. TelecanterMay 10, 2012 at 1:42 PM

    Sweet, keep 'em coming. I'm thinking I might do another post with a list of everyone here from North to South along the coast.

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  24. LumMay 10, 2012 at 5:37 PM

    Talysman mentioned me, I was in Sacramento for a bit but now I'm back in Seattle for good.

    http://builtbygodslongforgotten.blogspot.com/

    Also,
    http://lasgunpacker.blogspot.com/ is in Sacramento.

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  25. LumMay 10, 2012 at 5:58 PM

    Also again,

    JB Blackrazor has been mentioned:
    http://bxblackrazor.blogspot.com/

    and this guy:
    http://blog.microdungeons.com/

    are both in Seattle.

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  26. The Dungeon WorkshopMay 13, 2012 at 9:48 AM

    Hey Telecanter,

    I'm in the California (Irvine area). I met you and played in your Redoubt of the Red Wizards at last years SoCal MiniCon 4. Since that time, I started a blog that's mostly about (but not limited to) custom gaming terrain modifications that I do. I hope you check it out -

    http://thedungeonworkshop.blogspot.com/

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  27. LasgunpackerMay 15, 2012 at 2:00 PM

    Lum already mentioned me, but I am in Sacramento. You would think that in a state of over 32 million people plenty of OSR bloggers would be in California, but this may just go to show how thinly spread we are.

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