Compleat DM
@compleatdm · The Compleat DM: The Architecture of Play and Pathos · Substack profile · Games
Compleat DM has 589 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Nov 6, 2026, they were #76 on Substack's Games Rising board. 12 publications recommend them, and they recommend 4.
Last read Oct 31, 2026 (UTC). Followers are not email subscribers. Substack lists only the newest 50 recommendations for each publication, so a recommender count of 50 or more is a floor. History starts Oct 31, 2026; Substack publishes nothing earlier.
- Followers
- 589
- read Oct 31
- Last 7 days
- first number on Nov 7
- Last 30 days
- first number on Nov 30
- Subscribers
- 496
- rounded by Substack
- Paid subscribers
- none shown
- Recommended by
- 12
- none new in 30 days
- Recommends
- 4
- Bestsellers rank
- none
- Rising #76, Games
Followers by day
Tracking since Oct 31, 2026. This is the first reading. Substack doesn't publish past follower counts, so history starts the day I first read a writer and grows by one reading every 3 days (daily if it's on your watchlist). The 7-day change appears on Nov 7, the 30-day change on Nov 30. Recommendation dates below go further back: they're Substack's own.
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| Date | Followers | Change | Subscribers | Paid band |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 31, 2026 | 589 | 496 |
Leaderboard positions
| Board | Rank now | Best on record | Reads on it |
|---|---|---|---|
| Games Rising | #76 | #66 | 4 of 4 |
Rank on each read
| Writer | Oct 3107:00 | Oct 3113:00 | Oct 3119:47 | Nov 621:50 | Move |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Games Rising | 66 | 69 | 69 | 76 | ▼10 |
I read every board once a day.
Recommendations
12 publications recommend Compleat DM. Compleat DM recommends 4. Lists read Oct 31.
When the recommendations started
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| Month | Started |
|---|---|
| 2024-12 | 1 |
| 2025-02 | 1 |
| 2025-04 | 1 |
| 2025-05 | 1 |
| 2025-07 | 1 |
| 2025-08 | 1 |
| 2025-11 | 1 |
| 2025-12 | 1 |
| 2026-01 | 1 |
| 2026-03 | 2 |
| 2026-08 | 1 |
Recommended by
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- Dungeoneer's Sword & Sorcery started Dec 19, 2025
- Fayn Worldstarted Nov 2025
- Plastic’s Substackstarted Aug 2025
- Another Hobbyiststarted Jul 2025
- Selections from the Grand Bazaarstarted May 2025
- O Substack de Luisstarted Apr 2025
- glorified notepadstarted Feb 2025
- Tabletop Tinker's RPG Tips and Morestarted Dec 2024
Recommends
- Kelseystarted Jun 20, 2026
- Writingsstarted Apr 7, 2026
- Role Player's Digeststarted Mar 24, 2026
- Whiskey, Blood and Duststarted Mar 22, 2026
Substack lists the 50 newest recommenders of each publication. I add every recommendation found in the full lists of the 6,392 publications I read, so writers with many recommenders may still be missing a few small ones. "Started" is Substack's date.
Recommended by the same publications
Writers who share the most recommenders with Compleat DM. Useful for finding peers, and for sponsors looking for similar audiences.
- 3 shared
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1.4k followers - 2 shared
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173 followers
Who recommends writers like this one
Publications that recommend at least two other Games writers with under 1,000 followers (47 writers in that group), but not Compleat DM.
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- recommends 3 of them
Jim Mander@jmander - recommends 3 of themGame Music Analysis Club
- recommends 3 of themMargot Plays Video Games
- recommends 3 of themThe Learning Arcade
- recommends 3 of themJason Schweitz
- recommends 2 of them
The Video Game Storyteller@thevideogamestoryteller - recommends 2 of them
Harrison Polites@harrisonpolites
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