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USP 2022 Year End Review

Hello heroes!

I hope this message finds you well wherever you may be out there in the world. Somehow another year has already come and gone and we’ve accomplished so much. I am so proud of our team’s hard work and triumphs this year and I am eternally grateful to all of you who tune in each week, join our games at conventions, and support us in so many other ways.

2022 has been a growth year for us here at USP as we’ve added more members to our core team and expanded into physical gaming events. I just want to highlight some of the accomplishments that I’m most proud of from the last year. I’ll present them below in no particular order:

  • The expansion of our shared Earth-Prime Universe! We wrapped up the first seasons of our NetherWar and City of Destiny games and added the Guardians of Haven and GemStars to the mix, bringing our total games in one shared continuity to four. We’ve had multiple successful crossover events throughout the year and I can say we have some exciting plans on the horizon for our heroes of the Freedomverse. We’ll be increasing our collection of USPEPTTU campaigns with some returning hero teams and some new shows, but we’ll save that for another post
  • Origins, Gen Con, and PGX 2022! Holy cow we had our first physical convention appearances, where we ran over twenty events for mostly sold-out tables. I even got to lead a panel about superhero RPGs at PGX as an industry guest, which was a first for me and a wonderful experience. It was so amazing getting to game with some of you in person as well as spreading awareness about our channel and our mission here at USP. We will be back to these conventions in a big way this year and we would love to see you all there! (Psst we’ll be running a 25 person mega event for Mutants & Masterminds at Origins this year that you’re not going to want to miss. Hades is going to be there and everything!)
  • Game Systems Galore! We showcased a BUNCH of new systems on the channel this year. Part of our mission has always been to shine a light on RPGs that don’t get the love and attention that they deserve and I think we really showed up for that this year. We featured Low Life, Lancer, Power Rangers, Alien the RPG, Honey Heist, Deadlands, Cthulhu Awakens, Marvel Multiverse RPG, Modern AGE, along with our tried and true Mutants & Masterminds. We also had a bunch of new GMs on to share their stories and I look forward to continuing this trend in 2023.
  • Trevor Project Fundraiser! This is my favorite accomplishment of the year! Our team banded together for a weekend long stream during which we raised $500 for The Trevor Project. We played so many games, hosted interviews with several industry professionals, and really banded together to do something truly good in the real world. This truly felt like a culmination of everything we wanted to accomplish when we set out to found the Untold Stories Project. We have always believed that gaming is for everyone and that it is a place where people should be free and safe to express themselves honestly and the compassion all of our donors shared truly blows my mind. Thank you to everyone who made that possible!
  • USP Patreon! The last thing I’ll mention in this list of accomplishments is the founding of our USP Patreon! We wanted to create this as a way to connect with the people who support us most and as a way to thank them with exclusive content. We’re still navigating exactly what that looks like, but we intend to increase our presence there in 2023. We are cooking up lots of fun surprises for the people who support us there and we would love to see you there!

As for the first quarter of 2023, I am happy to report that we are going to be continuing strong. I’ll go ahead and break down what will be happening on our weekly programs over the next couple of months:

  • Mondays: We will be finishing the Silenced Night holiday special for the first few weeks in January, then we will be taking a month off. I’m going to explain why in a separate blog post in the next couple of weeks, but I feel like I need to recharge and have some time to write what is coming next. And what is coming next is…Freedom League Dark Season 1 (or NetherWar Season 2, we’re still working on the title.) Our Monday night heroes will be returning to the familiar shoes of Centuria, Resonant, Bowman, Mortis, and… maaaybe Overdrive. I don’t know he seemed pretty retired when we last left our overpowered speedster. All I can say is Kevin will be there for sure. Our heroes will be delving into the dangers of the multiverse to heal the damage caused by Una and stop their former ally, Eldrich, from causing pandemonium in the DC, Marvel, Titan City, and various dimensions of Earth-Prime. This is going to be a long series and will feature a lot of guest stars and a litany of changes to my current GM style. I’m excited to see how it all shakes out.
  • Tuesdays: GemStars will be continuing in the Tuesday night slot, and I know Wiccy has some killer things in store for her players that are going to tie the GemStars even further into the main story arc of our shared continuity.
  • YouTube: One of the things I want to accomplish during my month off of GMing is filming some more short-form RPG advice videos, some Story Forge videos, and generally dipping my toes into slightly more snack-sized content for our channel. Please let me know if there’s anything in particular you’d like to see me tackle as a subject!

Thank you again to everyone who has supported us this year and to the entire USP team for continually pushing us onward and upward. You all work so hard to make this nerdy corner of the internet everything that it can be. I am so impressed with your creativity, passion, and talent, and I am glad I get to bask in the light of your efforts. 2022 was an amazing year and I cannot wait to see what we accomplish in 2023!