Happy Blogday to me!

Introduction

It's exactly a year since I started this blogging lark, so I thought it would be a good time to recap what I've done in the past 12 months.

Statistics

Over the year, my blog has had:

• 99 posts (this is the 99th).  My goal of 2 updates per week  almost worked, but there were periods when holidays or other events intervened.
• 30550 views.
• Visitors from 89 countries, including every single state from the USA.  Some countries have a single visitor only, so a special message to these individuals: you're not alone as long as you have a shared interest with so many others around the world!
• 59 followers.  My most sincere thanks to each and every one of you!

Here's a rough breakdown of the articles I've posted:

• 6 battle reports (Hordes of the Things)
• 8 battle reports (Full Thrust)
• 14 battle reports (All Things Zombie)
• 5 battle reports (The Rules with No Name)
• 5 battle reports (Adventures in the Lost Lands)
• 8 battle reports (other rulesets)
• 12 articles on designing and making cards and other game accessories
• 26 posts showing off or reviewing models
• 15 others (workbench updates, competition and award announcements, 20 questions &c)

Highlights and Lowlights

It's been both exhilarating and humbling to see how much (or how little!) interest has been generated by some articles.  After a while, I thought I could predict which posts would gather a lot or a little of response - but on looking back I realise that my estimates weren't always close.  There have been a few real surprises in there!

Most popular post (by a long way):

• ATZ Event Cards: Finally!  The most sincere form of praise is when people start to reference or to copy your work.  Some of these random events made it into All Things Zombie: Final Fade Out and I'm always delighted when I see such events or ones from the card set appearing in other people's games!

Least popular post, at least when judged by lack of response.  Tie between:

• Showcase: Viridians (part 1)  
• Full Thrust: Destroy the Planetary Stabiliser

The Future

So, where will the Infinite Legion go next?  I'm not really sure, though I don't imagine there will be many changes to the format.  I still expect to publish roughly twice a week: one battle report after Games Club night (at least during school term times when the club is running) and one "other".  I may add more different rules to my stable of rulesets.  I've already got SAGA but haven't finished painting figures for it and 5150: Fighter Command is demanding that I play it.  I might start writing the occasional piece on scenario construction; this seems to be of some interest to many players.

Finally

Once again, many thanks to those who read my articles and to those who respond to them (either here or by replying on other forums such as various Yahoo groups, The Board of the Living Lead and The Miniatures Page).  Special thanks are also due to the group of players at my local games club in Helensburgh.  Without you guys, I wouldn't have nearly as much material!