Response to Readers and Fans On What You Would Like to See Here

I sent out a request and asked in-person over the past couple of months what people wanted to read from Guild Master Gaming. I found out a lot about the people I share this gaming interest with.  A broad scope of interests, likes, and desires. I took a couple weeks to reflect over the comments and conversations.

Guild Master Gaming's main focus has been, and I will keep it to, tabletop gaming of all sorts. However, I have been asked to expand into a few additional areas. I am pleased to announce this expansion since it is due what people have told me they like and want to see. It is also in response to the recognition you have given me which has led to my work being requested in new markets.

The reviews of games will continue. I write reviews for Utah Geek Magazine and I have been approached by a number of companies to increase the number of reviews I do. This means there will be more reviews of role-playing games (RPGs) and all sorts of other games. My focus on game reviews is to provide a feel for the game, not just the mechanics of how to play it.

Personally, I like games that feel fun. When I read about a game I am interested to find if the premise and the flow of the game is something I am going to like. Mechanics can usually be worked out unless there is something really broken in the game. I also know that my favorites are not going to be everyone's favorite.  I will always work at providing enough information about the game so every person reading the review will be able to decide if it fits in with other games they like.

I will not rate the games. There are games I like to play that others detest, it goes the other way also. That is part of the reason I have a wide variety of friends and players to help me review games. It is a lot of fun watching a group of young players tackle a game for the first time and see their reaction.

I have focused on the games in the past. I have reviewed a few movies, but that is not one of my areas of expertise. I have also reviewed non-gaming books. The reviewing of books will be increasing. I read a wide variety of genres, but focus on speculative fiction. Many of the gamers I know love to read, and many of the authors I know like to play games. It seems like a good fit. I am also going to be reviewing supplemental gaming material of all types as I get it. This will also include a range of other periphery topics and items gamers have shown an interest in. This area will be broader in scope, depending on what I come across and how interesting I find it.

A few of the several hundred games on my shelves

I have received requests for more characters, encounters, and adventures. These will be spread across different game systems and genres. With all of this, you will be seeing some enjoyable, and interesting, changes.

I will continue what I have been doing in terms of where I post my articles. They will always be available directly on the blog, Facebook, my Google+ home page, and my Twitter feed. If an article fits into another area like a role-playing or a tabletop group I am a member of, I will also put it up there.

If you like the articles, please share them with your friends. Please, if you want me to see a comment, leave it someplace where I can easily see them, or send them to me directly. I had a follow-up email about a comment I didn't respond to because it was attached to a shared post that I never even knew was out there.

If you are interested in a particular area, please let me know and I will see if I can support that interest.

I have been writing these articles for five fun years, and I want to keep doing it (truthfully, I would love to do this full time). Join me to see where this journey goes. Because I don't know where it will end up, or how we will get there. It is a story in the making and I might be the game master on this one, but there are a lot of characters giving their stories along the way.

Sincerely,

Dan Yocom

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