What You Did on TheWeem.com in 2010

Looking over the traffic statistics for theweem.com I thought I would gather the top 10 list of items people came here for in the seven-ish months the site has been up. Here they are…

1. The Wil Wheaton D&D Image

The image I made featuring Wil Wheaton playing D&D with the Golden Girls was the #1 most viewed item here at theweem.com. After creating it for a forum thread over on EN World, I posted it here on the site. Word spread quickly and even Wil Wheaton himself posted it on his site, and commented on it here. The popularity of the image online and rapidly spreading nature of it really shocked me. It was fun to make, and even more fun to see the reactions to it.

2. The Downloads Category

I have created a number of game accessories including various Cards and Sheets. Those are categorized here at theweem.com under the main category “Downloads”, which was the second most visited section of the site.

3. Weem’s 4e Condition Cards

Coming in at #3, these cards which were very popular in their first version (pre-Essentials). You can print these out and simply hand them to a player when he/she is inflicted with a condition such as “Dazed” or “Slowed”. The cards describe the effects the player has on them as well as a goofy image representing the condition.

4. Weem’s Gamma World Character Sheet

Gamma World has been a big hit this year, and as evidence of that, these Gamma World Character Sheets are the 4th most accessed element on the site. The game only comes with 4 sheets (double sided, so there are 8 total), but those go quickly after two games or so.

5. WoTC Press Conference Regarding Wand Issues

At the height of Apple’s antenna-gate issue with the iPhone, I took an article about the issue and modified it to appear as though a guild made up of ‘Wizards of the Coast’ were having a similar issue with magic wands they were selling. This article was the 5th most visited piece here in 2010, so I guess people got a kick out of it!

6. Weem’s “Updated” 4e Condition Cards

These cards were the updated (Essentials) version of my 4e Condition Cards, the originals (pre-Essentials) of which came in at #3 above.

7. Weem’s 4e Combat Sheet

This is a sheet I made for myself, to use when playing D&D. I decided to share it online, and a number of people seemed to really enjoy it. Essentially, this sheet allowed me to look at my powers in a different way by focusing on what could be done, rather than the names of the powers. For example, I would look at a list of things such as “Stand from Prone” and “Turn Invisible”. Using colors to represent the action they fell under, I could quickly reference everything available to me and be sure I was not forgetting anything.

8. Alternate Goals in Combat

This was an article I wrote recently that listed some example goals your players may try to achieve while in the midst of combat. Many people were looking for ways to introduce new aspects to combat beyond the simple “its over when everything is dead” method.

9. Weem Interviews Gary Gygax (2001)

This interview I did with Gary Gygax back in 2001 (Part 1 | Part 2) came in at #9 here in 2010. Captured in this interview are a young man, and huge D&D fan, getting a chance to talk to someone he greatly admires. I asked questions that I’m sure he was asked many many times, but back then I had not seen them and was genuinely excited about what the answers might be.

10. RP Prompting and Immersion

This was an article of tips I originally wrote over at EN World but brought to theweem.com when I first started the site. It was very popular there, and here as well. Keeping players immersed in the game is one of my top priorities as I DM, and part of that includes promoting my players, helping them explore the space their characters inhabit in the world.

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