My Games of 2025 in Numbers
Data and numbers are kind of my thing (according to rumours it’s even my day job), but this year will be the first year where these stats will be public and not just shared around in my groups!
Game Stats
This year I GMed 31 systems, 17 of which were new to me.
My most GMed games were:
- Pathfinder 2e
- Cyberpunk Red
- The One Ring 2e
I ran 115 games, that’s 33 more than last year!
Counting the games I played in brings the number of systems up to 55!
I was a player in a total of 52 sessions, 11 more than in 2024.
I actually had the resolution to play less, I definitely failed at that one. I’m having a lot of fun, but next year I will also take some more time for myself (hopefully).
I finished two of my campaigns this year:
- “Raiders of the Serpent Sea” in Pathfinder 2e finished after 42 sessions and roughly 2.5 years
- “Tales from the Lone-Lands” in The One Ring 2e finished after 18 sessions and roughly 16 months
I started two new campaigns:
- “Tales of the Red: Hope Reborn” in Cyberpunk Red
- “The Party of the Century” in Paint the Town Red
And ongoing is one more of my campaigns:
- “Dragonlance: Shadow of the Dragon Queen” in Pathfinder 2e
49% of my games are campaigns and the rest of them one-shots. 8% of my one-shots have been playtests of my own games.
About 77% of my games are home games with my friends, the GM Supergroup Vienna and afterwork games, which I consider private games. The rest I’ve run were at events from Paradice, the 3W6 convention and I was also lucky enough to run a game at the FM4 Spielekammerl.
But enough about me, let’s have a look at my lovely players! For privacy reasons the names have been shortened, but I’m sure they’ll recognize themselves here.
And some of them were just as curious about trying out different systems as I was:
I have run games for a total of 118 players, who played 244 different characters. The characters with the most game time have been:
But not all characters made it out alive.
- Ketrania "Ketra" Valenzia Adriaste Uth Viharin VII, Knight of Solamnia, fell to the undead Knight Sarlamir, so others could flee to safety.
- Kibby Feuerfresse succumbed to the Void's Embrace and was turned into a wraith.
- Risten sacrificed himself to kill a mass of grasping hands and fused torsos.
- Cameron "Ronnie" Pines was shot while defending Woodland Park from the Albino Alligators.
- Luminaire "Lumi" Moonwhisperer, Hibiskus, Camilla and Kele reset the world in exchange for a perfect utopia.
- 8 goblins died on their quest to "kill" "God".
- 13 goblins died on their quest to find the One Piece.
- 15 goblins died on their quest to give the performance of the ages at the human's stronghold.
- Rani was eaten by Jörmungandr and went to Valholl.
- Nigel was killed by an unspeakable horror in Corbitt House.
- Bob the Drummer didn't make it out of the scarecrow haunted cornfields.
- Herbert sacrificed himself, so others could get away from Them.
- Shelly got clawed out of the bowels of a boat by one of Them.
- Charlie died in her husband’s arms and got ripped apart by Them.
- Klaudius Dasnautilus was washed away by the tide.
- Targon sacrificed himself to defeat the Hill of Fear and so his friends could escape.
I do have a clear favourite GM, with 18 sessions played at his table. We played two campaigns this year, one of them we finished:
- “Rainmaker” in Salvage Union, finished after 9 sessions and roughly 10 months
- “Odyssey of the Dragonlords” in Pathfinder 2e, which is still ongoing
Superlatives
Some superlatives as suggested by the Endie Awards and some more inspired by MixUpPixels!
Game Most Likely to Be on My Mind Still in 2026
I have a lot of non-game things on my plate next year, but this will be the campaign I will continue.
Favorite Playtested Game
Blades ‘68
I registered for the playtest of Blades ‘68 this year and ran a handful of great games in it. I very much look forward to this releasing!
PDF Game I Need for My Shelf
Fight or Fright!
Surprisingly hard to get a hold of in Vienna! But I’m on it!
Game That Made a Comeback
Avatar Legends
my Avatar campaign died last year due to a couple splitting up and I had some doubt regarding the rules. I’ve been playtesting some adventures for Avatar recently and I’m really enjoying it! I think I finally clicked with the system.
Game of the Year
Paint the Town Red
This was definitely my highlight game this year. It’s a breeze to run both as a one-shot and a campaign and there hasn’t been a single session that I didn’t enjoy yet.
Itch Stats
This was also the year I started making my own games! I published 5 games on itch, across all of them having 839 views, 255 downloads and 16 ratings (with an average rating of 5.0!). They can be found here if you mind checking them out and maybe even leaving a review.
Blog Stats
My blog was also born this year with a total of 21 posts (including this one) and 773 views (as of 2025-12-16). The most popular posts were:
- Review of the Changes in the Alien RPG's Evolved Edition
- Table-Tested Review of "Raiders of the Serpent Sea”
- Playing With Care: A Guide to RPG Safety Tools
Conclusion
So what’s to come in the next year? I will keep playing The One Ring 2e and probably can’t be stopped from trying new systems. But I also have some big personal projects coming up, so it’s still open how much time for games can be made. But knowing me, I’ll manage.
A big thank you to everyone running, playing and making games around me, you are what makes this hobby so amazing. I’ve seen everyone do great things and I’m very much looking forward to another year of great games.
