James M. Spahn

@jamesmspahn · James M. Spahn's RPG Musings · Substack profile · Games

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James M. Spahn has 1,450 followers on Substack as of Oct 31, 2026. On the latest board read, Oct 31, 2026, they were #33 on Substack's Games Bestsellers board. 27 publications recommend them, and they recommend 8.

Followers read 7 days ago · Boards read 6 days ago

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: 1,450; read Oct 31
Last 7 days: first number on Nov 7
Last 30 days: first number on Nov 30
Subscribers: 1.1K+; rounded by Substack
Paid subscribers: none shown
Recommended by: 27; none new in 30 days
Recommends: 8
Bestsellers rank: #33; 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.

One reading a day, the last of the day. Marked: leaderboard steps (into the top 25, top 10, or #1). Followers are people who follow James M. Spahn on Substack; they aren't email subscribers.

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Daily readings
Date	Followers	Change	Subscribers	Paid band
Oct 31, 2026	1,450		1.1K+

Leaderboard positions

Board	Rank now	Best on record	Reads on it
Games Bestsellers	#33	#33	4 of 4
Games Rising	#71	#60	4 of 4

Rank on each read

Rank on each read of each board. Each cell is the leaderboard rank; empty means not in the top 100.
Writer	Oct 3107:00	Oct 3113:00	Oct 3119:47	Nov 621:50	Move
Games Bestsellers	33	33	33	33	0
Games Rising	83	60	60	71	▲12

I read every board once a day.

Recommendations

27 publications recommend James M. Spahn. James M. Spahn recommends 8, and 3 of those recommend back. Lists read Oct 31.

The 9 largest publications on each side, by followers. Bigger dot, more followers. Orange: started in the last 30 days. Gray dots: publications I don't track, so no follower count.

When the recommendations started

Live recommendations by the month each began, using Substack's own start date. Removed ones aren't listed by Substack, so they don't appear.

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Recommendations started per month
Month	Started
2023-01	4
2023-07	1
2024-02	1
2024-09	1
2024-10	1
2025-01	3
2025-04	1
2025-07	1
2025-08	2
2025-10	1
2025-11	1
2025-12	1
2026-01	2
2026-04	1
2026-05	1
2026-08	1
2026-09	4

Recommended by

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All 27

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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.