Change – Building A Smaller, More Personal Blog

If you are a (more or less) regular visitor to my blog, and you’ve been here over in the last week, you may have noticed that I have been a bit … restrained … in blogging about the latest rumours and upcoming releases. The interwebs have been hot on Warhammer Dark Elves, Sentinels of Terra, and other things, while I talked about Lords of Waterdeep (fun game though!)

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#1 – Working in the Industry

Why?

Well, there’s a simple reason. I’ve picked up a bit more freelance work in the industry recently, and some of it will lead me to Notthingham soon.

I had a very (very) minor role in the upcoming Total Extinction Kickstarter, which in turn makes it impossible for me to pledge (funny how it goes, but apparently Kickstarter will suspend any and all projects if people associated with said project actually pledge).

More importantly, I am again going to do some work up in Notthingham, and that means respecting the rules, far more so than an “independent hobbyist” would. I’ve had my grievances with some of GW’s policies in the past. But neither could I take money from them, only to turn around and flout their wishes as if nothing happened. That, to me, would be oddly hypocritical.

That’s just how it goes. I love blogging about this industry. Even more, I love the idea of working in this industry, possibly even full-time one day, and there’s no way to do both.

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#2 – A Smaller Blog

As a result, I will stop doing “news” on this blog. There’ll be, for the next few months at least, no articles on upcoming GW releases and, obviously, no leaks, etc.. on Pins of War.

I realize this will make this blog a lot less attractive for a lot of people. From the ~ 1.500.000 page views I’ve had this year, well over half went to “rumours” and “leaks”, etc… . If you’ve come to Pins of War for this kind of information, I apologize. You won’t find it here in the future.

What will you find on Pins of War instead?

Well, to be honest, I don’t know yet. Likely I will have to experiment a bit, trying to figure out (once again) what people enjoy reading.

I will almost certainly still do book reviews, incl. Black Library, but possibly more other books (and comics?) too. I will likelyalso review games I play, including some of those I have coming my way via Kickstarter (incl. Deadzone, Kingdom Death and – possibly – Total Extinction, if I get my hands on it!). I may even start a personal project log so you can see some of my pitiful painting

For now, Pins of War will be less structured, less newsy, though perhaps a bit more personal. Either way, it’ll probably take some time to find a “new balance” again.

Hell, if you have an idea of the kinds of things you’d be interested in reading (that don’t include GW news & rumours), post a comment and let me know.

Z.