Fwd: [RPG Blog Alliance] [RPG Blog Alliance Announcements] RPG Blog Carnival Archive Move

[Jeff]

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From: Brian Fitzpatrick <fi...@fitzhome.com>
Date: Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 7:00 AM
Subject: Re: [RPG Blog Alliance] [RPG Blog Alliance Announcements] RPG Blog Carnival Archive Move
To: rp...@googlegroups.com


I can host August at GKR - and I'll propose the topic "What's in
*your* backpack?" as the topic. It's an open-ended question, but it
can apply to the real world or any character/setting you'd care to
explore.

If anyone comes up with a better topic, I'll be happy to host another month. :)

--Fitz

Brian Fitzpatrick (aka "Fitz")
Game Knight Reviews - http://www.gameknightreviews.com

On Tue, Jul 24, 2012 at 7:43 AM, Bonemaster <kd7...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> One of the long standing traditions for RPG Bloggers has been the RPG Blog
> Carnival. The Carnival quite simply is a where one site hosts the Carnival
> for one month with a set topic. Then other blogs write posts relating to
> that topic and then post comments on the host site's including the post URL.
> In general, it's a great way to increase traffic between the various
> participant sites.
>
> The Carnival has been going since 2008, but my personal involvement was not
> until sometime in 2009. At that time, the RPG Blog Carnival Archive was
> maintained in the Google Groups. When Google Groups dropped the ability to
> have pages, Nevermeet Press hosted the Archive. Recently, Nevermeet Press
> has announced that it will be shutting it's doors for reasons that I think
> we all can understand and relate to. This left the Carnival Archive in need
> of a new home. At the RPGBA, we decided that we could easily host the
> archive, and so we officially announce that you can now find the Carnival
> Archive at http://wiki.rpgba.org/doku.php?id=blogcarnival .
>
> Never fear, the RPG Blog Carnival is still it's own separate thing. One does
> not have to be a member of the RPGBA (or any other group for that matter) to
> participate. Although currently, the only way signup to host a month is to
> send an email to the RPG Bloggers Google Group, rpgbl...@googlegroups.com
> . That is something that we may need to talk about in the future.
>
> There are things of course that you can do to help the RPG Blog Carnival. We
> are currently looking for topics and hosts for the next several months. We
> especially would like a host and a topic for August. So if you have either,
> please send an email to RPG Bloggers Google Group listed above. Even if you
> have neither, you can watch for a host announcement and then participate in
> the Carnival. Remember that when you participate in the Carnival, then
> everyone that does wins.
>
>
> Jeff Brissette
>
>
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> Posted By Bonemaster to RPG Blog Alliance Announcements at 7/24/2012
> 06:43:00 AM