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Season 2026 episodes (124)

[Series] Middle Earth Hexcrawl Project: A Hexmap for Middle-earth, by Josh McCrowell
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[Series] Middle Earth Hexcrawl Project: A Hexmap for Middle-earth, by Josh McCrowell

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): A Hexmap for Middle-earth by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus) Series: Middle Earth Hexcrawl Project Narrated by Zak H Episode Links: Idraluna Archives: 12-mile Middle Earth Hexmap Rise Up Comus: Licensed Tolkien Role-playing Games Rise Up Comus: Running a Tolkien Game that Does Not Exist

[Series] Shiny TTRPG Links: #258, by xaosseed
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[Series] Shiny TTRPG Links: #258, by xaosseed

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Shiny TTRPG Links: #258 by xaosseed (Seed of Worlds) Series: Shiny TTRPG Links Narrated by xaosseed Episode Links: Seed of Worlds: Shiny TTRPG links #257 of Dice and Dragons: The RPG Blog Carnival I Cast Light!: RPG’S TONISBORG COELACANTH: Or The Lost Dungeons of Tonisborg & The Preservation of D&D before D&D, a Review Links to Wisdom: What are assumptions about how to play an OSR adventure that you think might not be commonly held as desired? Rise Up Comus: GM Principles Coins and Scrolls: Sci-Fi: Squishy Space @inbabylontheywept: Babylon’s 6 D&D Tips DIY & dragons: Who is the GLOGosphere? Was It Likely?: iconography and alignment Rise Up Comus: c o z y d4 Caltrops: d100 - Connections & Coincidences for Character Convergence Rise Up Comus: Advice for Running Horror Games False Machine: Mission Impossible: Ghost Protocol DIY & dragons: Learning from Boardgames - Tokaido and Things to do on a Journey ars ludi: Grand Experiments: West Marches Thalian Musings: Hexcrawling the Blogosphere Don’t Split the Party: Modern Minds and Medieval Distances Archbrick: Hexmap Terrain Generator Ars Magisterii: Your Giant Spiders Are Boring Rise Up Comus: Conversational Spirals Jay Dragon: Systems of Relation What Should We Do With Our Games? by Patrick LeMieux and Stephanie Boluk DIY & dragons: Roguelike Advice for Tabletop Games from @Play and Golden Krone Hotel

[Series] Critique Navidad: Late Stage Death Cultism, by Nova
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[Series] Critique Navidad: Late Stage Death Cultism, by Nova

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Critique Navidad: Late Stage Death Cultism by Nova (Playful Void) Series: Critique Navidad! Narrated by Scott Goodwin Episode Links: Nova on Bluesky: Origins of Critique Navidad Late Stage Death Cultism by Diogo Barros The Monomyth Thread by Hy Libre!

[Series] Critique Navidad: Chain x Link, by Nova
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[Series] Critique Navidad: Chain x Link, by Nova

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Critique Navidad: Chain x Link by Nova (Playful Void) Series: Critique Navidad! Narrated by Scott Goodwin Episode Links: Nova on Bluesky: Origins of Critique Navidad Chain×Link by Glyphtide Games

[Series] Critique Navidad: Void 1680 AM, by Nova
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[Series] Critique Navidad: Void 1680 AM, by Nova

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Critique Navidad: Void 1680 AM by Nova (Playful Void) Series: Critique Navidad! Narrated by Scott Goodwin Episode Links: Nova on Bluesky: Origins of Critique Navidad VOID 1680 AM by Bannerless Games

[Series] Critique Navidad: We Three Shall Meet Again, by Nova
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[Series] Critique Navidad: We Three Shall Meet Again, by Nova

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Critique Navidad: We Three Shall Meet Again by Nova (Playful Void) Series: Critique Navidad! Narrated by Scott Goodwin Episode Links: Nova on Bluesky: Origins of Critique Navidad We Three Shall Meet Again by sdunnewold

[Series] Critique Navidad: The Field Agent Handbook, by Nova
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[Series] Critique Navidad: The Field Agent Handbook, by Nova

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Critique Navidad: The Field Agent Handbook by Nova (Playful Void) Series: Critique Navidad! Narrated by Scott Goodwin Episode Links: Nova on Bluesky: Origins of Critique Navidad Field Agent Handbook: 1924 Revolution by ÆtherCorp Games Etsy: aethercorpgames Collectible Trading Moon Game by leakyeaves

[Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 13: Writing Random Encounters, by Josh McCrowell and Warren D
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[Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 13: Writing Random Encounters, by Josh McCrowell and Warren D

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Designing Dungeons Chapter 13: Writing Random Encounters by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus) and Warren D (I Cast Light!) Series: Designing Dungeons Course Narrated by Jon Britton Episode Links: His Majesty the Worm Necropraxis: Overloading the encouner die Designing Dungeons Chapter 7: Talking and Fighting I Cast Light!: RANDOM ENCOUNTER TABLES AS ADVENTURE RAM: Adding “Memory” to Encounter Checks Kelsey Dionne on Twitter Rise Up Comus! riseupcomus - itchi.io Shrines of the Lower Ossuary by riseupcomus I Cast Light! Bertdrawsstuff Patreon Goblin Stuff - THE UNDERCLOCK: Fixing the Randm Encounter The Gem Room Games Blog: 20 Reasons the Dungeon is Timed Goblin Punch: Have A Nicer Trip Papers & Pencils: Structuring Encounter Tables, Amended & Restated Rise Up Comus: The Copy and Paste Manifest Berdrawsstuff - itchi.io

[Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 12: Keying Room Descriptions (Part 2), by Josh McCrowell and Warren D
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[Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 12: Keying Room Descriptions (Part 2), by Josh McCrowell and Warren D

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Designing Dungeons Chapter 12: Keying Room Descriptions (Part 2) by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus) and Warren D (I Cast Light!) Series: Designing Dungeons Course Narrated by Jon Britton Episode Links: Designing Dungeons Chapter 11: Keying Room Descriptions (Part 1) Designing Dungeons Chapter 2: Brainstorming Designing Dungeons Chapter 9: Exploring and Returning Designing Dungeons Chapter 6: Experiments and Surprises Failure Tolerated: Writing Rooms in Pairs Designing Dungeons Chapter 5: Dungeon Checklist The Merry Mushmen His Majesty the Worm The Library Heretical Berdrawsstuff - itchi.io

[Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 11: Keying Room Descriptions (Part 1), by Josh McCrowell and Warren D
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[Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 11: Keying Room Descriptions (Part 1), by Josh McCrowell and Warren D

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Designing Dungeons Chapter 11: Keying Room Descriptions (Part 1) by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus) and Warren D (I Cast Light!) Series: Designing Dungeons Course Narrated by Jon Britton Episode Links: Designing Dungeons Chapter 2: Brainstorming Designing Dungeons Chapter 5: Dungeon Checklist Designing Dungeons Chapter 10: Formatting Room Descriptions Goblin Punch: How I Write An Adventure Designing Dungeons Chapter 9: Exploring and Returning Designing Dungeons Chapter 6: Experiments and Surprises Designing Dungeons Chapter 8: Running and Resting Berdrawsstuff - itchi.io Designing Dungeons Chapter 4: Creating the Map Explorers Design: Design the Dungeon with Numbers A Knight at the Opera: On Dungeon Size Into the Megadungeon Hack & Slash: series (Quantum Ogre) Murkdice: Better dungeon stocking in ttrpgs and DnD

[Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 10: Formatting Room Descriptions, by Josh McCrowell and Warren D
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[Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 10: Formatting Room Descriptions, by Josh McCrowell and Warren D

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Designing Dungeons Chapter 10: Formatting Room Descriptions by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus) and Warren D (I Cast Light!) Series: Designing Dungeons Course Narrated by Jon Britton Episode Links: Designing Dungeons Chapter 4: Creating the Map DIY & dragons: Landmark, Hidden, Secret Designing Dungeons Chapter 6: Experiments and Surprises Mazirian’s Garden: My Process Designing Dungeons Chapter 3: Refining the Theme All Dead Generations All Dead Generations: Dungeon Design, Process and Keys DriveThruRPG - Ratking Productions Dungeon of Signs Hack & Slash: On Set Design In Places Deep: How Many Notes Do You Need? Necropraxis: Improved area keys Berdrawsstuff - itchi.io

[Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 9: Exploring and Returning by Josh McCrowell and Warren D
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[Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 9: Exploring and Returning by Josh McCrowell and Warren D

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Designing Dungeons Chapter 9: Exploring and Returning by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus) and Warren D (I Cast Light!) Series: Designing Dungeons Course Narrated by Jon Britton Episode Links: Designing Dungeons Chapter 6: Experiments and Surprises Designing Dungeons Chapter 7: Talking and Fighting Designing Dungeons Chapter 8: Running and Resting ars ludi: Treasure Tells A Story d4 Caltrops d4 Caltrops: magic items His Majesty the Worm Knock! #1 - The Merry Mushmen Designing Dungeons Chapter 5: Dungeon Checklist Designing Dungeons Chapter 2: Brainstorming Save vs. Total Party Kill: The RPG Epistles of Paul T: Negadungeons and the Texture of Death Goblin Punch: d100 Minor Magical Items Goblin Punch: The Perfect Potion List Rise Up Comus: Making +1 Swords Feel Magical The Retired Adventurer: Considerations on Restocking Dungeons GROGNARDIA: Dungeon Restocking and Rival Adventuring Parties All Dead Generations: Dungeon Crawl Practice 2 - Rumor Tables Illusory Sensorium: World Building for Wetware Berdrawsstuff - itchi.io

[Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 8: Running and Resting, by Josh McCrowell and Warren D
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[Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 8: Running and Resting, by Josh McCrowell and Warren D

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Designing Dungeons Chapter 8: Running and Resting by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus) and Warren D (I Cast Light!) Series: Designing Dungeons Course Narrated by Jon Britton Episode Links: Designing Dungeons Chapter 6: Experiments and Surprises I Cast Light!: EMPTY BUT NOT NOTHING: Thoughts on Actionable Empty Rooms Designing Dungeons Chapter 5: Dungeon Checklist Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal - Dungeon Classes Designing Dungeons Chapter 7: Talking and Fighting Dungeon of Signs: Towards a Taxonomy of ‘Trick’ Monsters His Majesty the Worm Designing Dungeons Chapter 9: Exploring and Returning Into the Megadungeon: A Malignant Presence Goblin Punch: Boss Mechanics from World of Warcraft Matthew Colville: Action Oriented Monsters Mindstorm Press: Nested Monster Hit Dice A Knight at the Opera: Stranger Things and “Puzzle Monsters” Berdrawsstuff - itchi.io

[Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 7: Talking and Fighting, by Josh McCrowell and Warren D
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[Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 7: Talking and Fighting, by Josh McCrowell and Warren D

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Designing Dungeons Chapter 7: Talking and Fighting by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus) and Warren D (I Cast Light!) Series: Designing Dungeons Course Narrated by Jon Britton Episode Links: Designing Dungeons Chapter 3: Refining the Theme A Knight at the Opera: The Only Two Enemies You’ll Ever Need I Cast Light!: GRENDEL MENDEL: Using Punnett Squares for Monster Design Designing Dungeons Chapter 5: Dungeon Checklist Designing Dungeons Chapter 6: Experiments and Surprises BASTIONLAND: Monster Design from Classics - The Lich Dungeon of Signs: Monster Design and Necessity To Distant Lands: Zelda-Style NPC Personalities Borough Bound Blog: Every NPC a Short Story A Knight at the Opera: People Are Problems: NPCs as Challenge Elements Goblin Punch: How to Handle Parley as an OSR DM Berdrawsstuff - itchi.io

[Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 6: Experiments and Surprises, by Josh McCrowell and Warren D
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[Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 6: Experiments and Surprises, by Josh McCrowell and Warren D

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Designing Dungeons Chapter 6: Experiments and Surprises by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus) and Warren D (I Cast Light!) Series: Designing Dungeons Course Narrated by Jon Britton Episode Links: Designing Dungeons Chapter 2: Brainstorming Dungeon Seeds by riseupcomus Goblin Punch: 1d124 OSR-Style Challenges DIY & dragons: Landmark, Hidden, Secret Designing Dungeons Chapter 4: Creating the Map Goblin Punch: A Comprehensive Guide to Secret Doors ars ludi: Bad Trap Syndrome BASTIONLAND: 34 Good Traps Dungeon Scrawler Dungeon Scrawler: Dungeon Room Appendix: Secrets, and Hidden Things Rise Up Comus: Metroidvanias and Megadungeons Berdrawsstuff - itchi.io

[Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 5: Dungeon Checklist, by Josh McCrowell and Warren D
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[Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 5: Dungeon Checklist, by Josh McCrowell and Warren D

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Designing Dungeons Chapter 5: Dungeon Checklist by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus) and Warren D (I Cast Light!) Series: Designing Dungeons Course Narrated by Jon Britton Episode Links: Designing Dungeons Chapter 9: Exploring and Returning Designing Dungeons Chapter 7: Talking and Fighting Designing Dungeons Chapter 8: Running and Resting Designing Dungeons Chapter 6: Experiments and Surprises Designing Dungeons Chapter 3: Refining the Theme Goblin Punch: Dungeon Checklist Grinning Rat: Ten Things Every Game Needs Idiomdrottning: Blorb Principles Berdrawsstuff - itchi.io

[Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 4: Creating the Map, by Josh McCrowell and Warren D
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[Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 4: Creating the Map, by Josh McCrowell and Warren D

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Designing Dungeons Chapter 4: Creating the Map by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus) and Warren D (I Cast Light!) Series: Designing Dungeons Course Narrated by Jon Britton Episode Links: Bones of Contention: Spectral Interrogatories III - Caverns of Thracia Paratime Design: Friday Freebie Maps 2024 One Page Dungeon by watabou Dungeon Scrawl: Free D&D Map Maker Paths Peculiar: Tutorial: how to draw a basic dungeon map JP Coovert: How to Design and Draw and D&D Dungeon Map! Traverse Fantasy: Bite-Sized Dungeons Game Master’s Toolkit (Patreon): How my Boss Key dungeon graphs work Pathika: How Jennell Jaquays Evolved Dungeon Design, Part 1: Pre-Jaquays Dungeons Bertdrawsstuff - itch.io

[Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 3: Refining the Theme, by Josh McCrowell and Warren D
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[Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 3: Refining the Theme, by Josh McCrowell and Warren D

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Designing Dungeons Chapter 3: Refining the Theme by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus) and Warren D (I Cast Light!) Series: Designing Dungeons Course Narrated by Jon Britton Episode Links: Cairn: Dungeon Seeds Designing Dungeons Chapter 2: Brainstorming Designing Dungeons Chapter 7: Talking and Fighting Tales of the Grotesque and Dungeonesque: Just Use Bears Goblin Punch: Brain Worms Goblin Punch: Lair of the Lamb: Final Mazirian’s Garden: World Building and Old School Games All Dead Generations: THREAT - The Risk Economy Part III Berdrawsstuff - itchi.io

[Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 2: Brainstorming, by Josh McCrowell and Warren D
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[Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 2: Brainstorming, by Josh McCrowell and Warren D

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Designing Dungeons Chapter 2: Brainstorming by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus) and Warren D (I Cast Light!) Series: Designing Dungeons Course Narrated by Jon Britton Episode Links: Designing Dungeons Chapter 1: Course Overview Mazirian’s Garden: My Process All Dead Generations: So You Want to Build a Dungeon? Goblin Punch: How I Write An Adventure Cairn: Dungeon Seeds d4 Caltrops: Dungeon Stocking - Expanded Bertdrawsstuff - itch.io In Places Deep: Mastering the Megadungeon All Dead Generations: DUNGEON23 WORKSHEETS

[Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 1: Course Overview, by Josh McCrowell and Warren D
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[Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 1: Course Overview, by Josh McCrowell and Warren D

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Designing Dungeons Chapter 1: Course Overview by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus) and Warren D (I Cast Light!) Series: Designing Dungeons Course Narrated by Jon Britton Episode Links: Rise Up Comus His Majesty the Worm Dungeon Seeds by riseupcomus I Cast Light! Matthew Colville: Welcome to Dungeons and Dragons! Lithyscaphe: Principia Apocrypha: A New Expression of Old School RPG Playstyle Principles New School Revolution: Basic OSR Principles The Merry Mushmen Shop Goblin Punch: The Mouth of Mormo The Retired Adventurer: The Basis of the Game is Making Decisions Philotomy’s Dungeons & Dragons Musings Save vs. Total Party Kill Bertdrawsstuff - itch.io

[Gameable] The Elemental Plane of Plastic, by Zin
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[Gameable] The Elemental Plane of Plastic, by Zin

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Gameable Category): The Elemental Plane of Plastic by Zin (Vaults of Zin) Narrated by Zak H Episode Links: Wikipedia: Bir Tawil Vintage Educational film: The Kingdom of Plastics 1945

[Debut] The Garden Below: Rhythm ZerOSR, by Juniper Harper Lark
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[Debut] The Garden Below: Rhythm ZerOSR, by Juniper Harper Lark

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Debut Blog Category): The Garden Below by Juniper Harper Lark Sample post: Rhythm ZerOSR Narrated by Ben McKenzie Episode Links: Rowan’s Bluesky The Dododecahedron: The OSR Onion Katt Kirsch’s Bluesky The Katt Kirsch Blogsperience: Leonard Cohen’s Advice for Novice OSR Referees

[Debut] Dungeon Scrawler: Dungeon Room Opinions: Mapping at the Table, Part 1 - Prefer Abstract Player Mapping
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[Debut] Dungeon Scrawler: Dungeon Room Opinions: Mapping at the Table, Part 1 - Prefer Abstract Player Mapping

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Debut Blog Category): Dungeon Scrawler Sample post: Dungeon Room Opinions: Mapping at the Table, Part 1 - Prefer Abstract Player Mapping Narrated by Dungeon Scrawler Episode Links: Dungeon Scrawler: Dungeon Room Index Dungeon Scrawler: Dungeon Room Appendix: Secrets, and Hidden Things Dungeon Scrawler: Dungeon Room Opinions: Mapping at the Table, Part 2 - Abstract Mapping Toolkit

[Series] Dungeon Room Index: Hallways, by Dungeon Scrawler
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[Series] Dungeon Room Index: Hallways, by Dungeon Scrawler

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Dungeon Room Index: Hallways by Dungeon Scrawler Series: Dungeon Room Index Narrated by Dungeon Scrawler Episode Links: Dungeon Scrawler: Dungeon Room Appendix: Traps, and Hazards Dungeon Scrawler: Dungeon Room Appendix: History, and Flavor Dungeon Scrawler: Dungeon Room Index: Great Halls

[Series] Dungeon Room Appendix: Secrets, and Hidden Things, by Dungeon Scrawler
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[Series] Dungeon Room Appendix: Secrets, and Hidden Things, by Dungeon Scrawler

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Dungeon Room Appendix: Secrets, and Hidden Things by Dungeon Scrawler Series: Dungeon Room Index Narrated by Dungeon Scrawler Episode Links: BASTIONLAND: The ICI Doctrine: Information, Choice, Impact IxDF: What are Affordances?.) The Alexandrian: Random GM Tip - Matryoshka Search Technique Writers.com: “Show, Don’t Tell” in Creative Writing Dungeon Scrawler: Dungeon Room Appendix: Traps, and Hazards

[Series] Dungeon Room Appendix: Darkness, and Light, by Dungeon Scrawler
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[Series] Dungeon Room Appendix: Darkness, and Light, by Dungeon Scrawler

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Dungeon Room Appendix: Darkness, and Light by Dungeon Scrawler Series: Dungeon Room Index Narrated by Dungeon Scrawler Episode Links: Shadowdark RPG - The Arcane Library Deep Look: These Carnivorous Worms Catch Bugs by Mimicking the Night Sky

[Debut] Valeria Loves: Unicorn Meat is a Masterpiece, by Valeria
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[Debut] Valeria Loves: Unicorn Meat is a Masterpiece, by Valeria

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Debut Blog Category): Valeria Loves by Valeria Sample post: Unicorn Meat is a Masterpiece Narrated by Ben McKenzie Episode Links: Ooze Nun - Exalted Funeral VaatiVidya - YouTube Crown of Salt - The Bread Wyrm Valeria Loves: My Awful Taste Delta Green, RPG Book of Gaub - Lost Pages Unicorn Meat by throneofsalt Unicorn Meat - Exalted Funeral Tia Roxae - Instagram Sam McKenzie - Instagram Between 2 Cairns: Unicorn Meat Monsterhearts 2 - Buried Without Ceremony Mallbrats - A narrative comedy podcast with just a dash of dice

[Series] Goin' Through the Fiend Folio Part 14 (Retriever to Sheet Phantom), by Marsworms
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[Series] Goin' Through the Fiend Folio Part 14 (Retriever to Sheet Phantom), by Marsworms

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Goin’ Through the Fiend Folio Part 14 (Retriever to Sheet Phantom) by Marsworms (Save vs. Worm) Series: Goin’ Through the Fiend Folio Narrated by Velocitree Episode Links: Save vs. Worm: Goin’ Through the Fiend Folio Part 1 Save vs. Worm: Goin’ Through the Fiend Folio Part 13 (Penanggalan to Qullan) Save vs. Worm: Goin’ Through the Fiend Folio Part 11 (Lamia Noble to Mite) Against The Wicked City: Conceptual density (or ’What are RPG books for, anyway?) Save vs. Worm: The Short-Legged Man-Mimic Lizard

[Debut] Fluorite Guillotine: quantum ogre reborn, by Serket
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[Debut] Fluorite Guillotine: quantum ogre reborn, by Serket

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Debut Blog Category): Fluorite Guillotine by Serket Sample post: quantum ogre reborn Narrated by Binary Star Episode Links: Valeria Loves: Why Don’t I Hate Fabula Ultima? The Dododecahedron: The OSR Onion Idiomdrottning: Blorb Principles Magnolia Keep: On Objectivity in Game Design Dreams in the Lich House: Illusionism and the Sandbox - Part 1 Dreams in the Lich House: Illusionism and the Sandbox - Part 2 To Be Resolved: On Categorization, Rule Buckets, and Diegesis Dreams in the Lich House: Illusionism and the Sandbox - Part 3 Dreams in the Lich House: The Shell Game in the Sandbox Wikipedia: MacGuffin Hack & Slash: On How an Illusion Can Rob Your Game of Fun Dreams in the Lich House: Fixing the Quantum Ogre Hack & Slash: On Slaying the Quantum Ogre Very obscure Matau reference help - r/bioniclelego Hack & Slash: On Resurrecting the Quantum Ogre and Having Him Over for Tea Hack & Slash: On the Corpse of the Quantum Ogre Wikipedia: Wave function collapse

[Series] Cataphracts Design Diary 1-4, by Sam Sorensen
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[Series] Cataphracts Design Diary 1-4, by Sam Sorensen

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Cataphracts Design Diary #1, Diary #2, Diary #3, Diary #4 by Sam Sorensen Narrated by Sam Sorensen Edited by Scott Goodwin Episode Links: A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry: Collections: The Battle of Helm’s Deep, Part I: Bargaining for Goods at Helm’s Gate A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry: Collections: The Siege of Gondor, Part I: Professionals Talk Logistics A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry: Collections: Total Generalship: Commanding Pre-Modern Armies, Part I: Reports A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry: Collections: Logistics, How Did They Do It, Part I: The Problem A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry: New Acquisitions: How Fast Do Armies Move? CATAPHRACT Ruleset Hex Grid Generator A Collection of Unmitigated Pedantry: Collections: Logistics, How Did They Do It, Part III: On the Move Coins and Scrolls: OSR: Siena’s 6 Mile Hex Crusader Kings 3 Wiki: County donjon: Medieval Demographics Generator Army: Saraian 1st Army - Google Sheets Army: [TEMPLATE] - Google Sheets Chocolate Hammer: Boot Hill and the Fear of Dice Sam Sorensen: New Simulationism

[Meta] Sam's Three-Question Taxonomy, by Sam Sorensen
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[Meta] Sam's Three-Question Taxonomy, by Sam Sorensen

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Meta Category): Sam’s Three-Question Taxonomy by Sam Sorensen Narrated by Sam Sorensen Edited by Scott Goodwin Episode Links: Brennan Lee Mulligan on “railroading”

[Critique] Doing a Cool Move, by Sam Sorensen
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[Critique] Doing a Cool Move, by Sam Sorensen

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Critique Category): Doing a Cool Move by Sam Sorensen Narrated by Sam Sorensen Edited by Scott Goodwin Episode Links: ty - itchi.io The Beauty of Games by Frank Lantz The Invisible Rules of Role-Playing: The Social Framework of Role-Playing Process by Markus Montola Playing at the World Shared Fantasy: Role Playing Games as Social Worlds by Gary Alan Fine Sam Sorensen: Which Rules Elide? Sam Sorensen: In Praise of Legwork Rolltop Indige: Five Elements of Commercial Appeal in RPG Design Collabs Without Permission: Art, Agency, Alienation - Essays on Severance, Stanly and Root: The RPG Giant in the Playground Forum: Truly Complete list of 3.5e Base Classes

[Advice] Ten Intangible Tips for Development Editing Your RPG Manuscript, by Sam Sorensen
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[Advice] Ten Intangible Tips for Development Editing Your RPG Manuscript, by Sam Sorensen

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Advice Category): Ten Intangible Tips for Development Editing Your RPG Manuscript by Sam Sorensen Narrated by Sam Sorensen Edited by Scott Goodwin Episode Links: Sam Sorensen: Ten Tangible Tips For Editing Your RPG Manuscript Sam Sorensen: Ten More Tangible Tips for Editing Your RPG Manuscript Sam on Bluesky about new terms for collections separated from usual game related stuff Against The Wicked City: Conceptual density (or ‘What are RPG books for, anyway?’) Sam Sorensen: In Praise of Legwork

[Meta] The Five Laws of Roleplaying Games, by Peter Eijk
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[Meta] The Five Laws of Roleplaying Games, by Peter Eijk

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Meta Category): The Five Laws of Roleplaying Games by Peter Eijk (MonsterMind) Narrated by Nael Fox-Priebe Episode Links: Wikipedia: Five laws of library science Librarianship Studies & Information Technology: Five Laws of Library Science MAKE ACCESSIBLE TTRPGs! by IKO

[Debut] The Play Reports: Into the Odd - Deluge at Drizzle Distillery, by Kati
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[Debut] The Play Reports: Into the Odd - Deluge at Drizzle Distillery, by Kati

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Debut Blog Category): The Play Reports by Kati Sample post: Into the Odd - Deluge at Drizzle Distillery Narrated by Nael Fox-Priebe Episode Links: Tabletop Events: Precognition 2025 Deluge at Drizzle Distillery by Centaur Games Free League Publishing: Into the Odd

[Debut] Birdmilk's RPG Cafe: Fomoria, by Birdmilk
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[Debut] Birdmilk's RPG Cafe: Fomoria, by Birdmilk

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Debut Blog Category): Birdmilk’s RPG Cafe by Birdmilk Sample post: Fomoria Narrated by Ben McKenzie Episode Links: Fomoria - Quickstart by Tania Herrero, Johan Nohr Crown of Salt - The Bread Wyrm Fomoria - Epic Folk Horror Roleplaying by Johan Nohr Birdmilk’s RPG Cafe: Blightfall (Doomed Heroes) Blades in the Dark: Action Roll

[Debut] in lowercase: the infrastructure of magical convenience, by Habeeb
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[Debut] in lowercase: the infrastructure of magical convenience, by Habeeb

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Debut Blog Category): in lowercase by Habeeb Sample post: the infrastructure of magical convenience Narrated by Adam Seats Episode Links: Lawfare: The Authoritarian Risks of AI Surveillance AP News: Woman wrongly accused of carjacking loses lawsuit against Detroit police who used facial tech Washington Post: Police secretly monitored New Orleans with facial recognition cameras The Guardian: UK use predictive policing is racist and should be banned, says Amnesty Taxonomy of Generative AI Human Rights Harms: A B-Tech Gen AI Project supplement

[Series] Seven-Part Pact: Authority (Part 5), by Dwiz
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[Series] Seven-Part Pact: Authority (Part 5), by Dwiz

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Seven-Part Pact: Authority by Dwiz (A Knight at the Opera) Series: Seven-Part Pact Narrated by Dwiz Episode Links: Rolltop Indigo: The Invisible Rulebooks A Knight at the Opera: Capsule Games - Part 1: Introduction Wikipedia: Chaos theory For Want of a Silver Bullet: A Day With Jay Dragon’s Wizard Madness: 7 Part Pact Dr. Em Friedmann (Patreon): The Lazy Professor’s Guide to Organizing a Seven Part Pact Quinns Quest (Patreon): Fan Club “Blog” #18: I played The Seven-Part Pact Old Men Running The World: The Seven Part Pact: first First Actual GM-Full Game The Many Sided Newsletter: The Seven-Part Pact: The Joys of Being Overwhelmed

[Series] Seven-Part Pact: Consequences (Part 4), by Dwiz
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[Series] Seven-Part Pact: Consequences (Part 4), by Dwiz

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Seven-Part Pact: Consequences by Dwiz (A Knight at the Opera) Series: Seven-Part Pact Narrated by Dwiz Episode Links: BoardGameGeek: Poetry for Neanderthals A Knight at the Opera: Brave, my Knave hack

[Series] Seven-Part Pact: Combat (Part 3), by Dwiz
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[Series] Seven-Part Pact: Combat (Part 3), by Dwiz

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Seven-Part Pact: Combat by Dwiz (A Knight at the Opera) Series: Seven-Part Pact Narrated by Dwiz Episode Links: A Knight at the Opera: Posts about initiative Mindstorm Press: Nested Monster Hit Dice Rise Up Comus: Interesting Social Situations, or The Discourse Post A Knight at the Opera: Rivers & Lakes: a Tabletop Fighting Game (Beta) lumpley games: What is PbtA? lumpley games: Powered by the Apocalypse, part 10: 3 Underlying Models

[Series] Seven-Part Pact: Companions (Part 2), by Dwiz
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[Series] Seven-Part Pact: Companions (Part 2), by Dwiz

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Seven-Part Pact: Companions by Dwiz (A Knight at the Opera) Series: Seven-Part Pact Narrated by Dwiz Episode Links: A Knight at the Opera: Defeat, Not Death

[Series] Seven-Part Pact: Time (Part 1), by Dwiz
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[Series] Seven-Part Pact: Time (Part 1), by Dwiz

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Seven-Part Pact: Time by Dwiz (A Knight at the Opera) Series: Seven-Part Pact Narrated by Dwiz Episode Links: The Seven Part Pact by Possum Creek Games Old Men Running The World: The Seven Part Pact: the First Actual GM-Full Game A Knight at the Opera: Gritty Realism: Adventuring in Weeks, Not Days Under Hill, By Water by riseupcomus

[Gameable] Just Use Bears... Or Wolves, Dragons or Spiders, by Lars Huijbregts
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[Gameable] Just Use Bears... Or Wolves, Dragons or Spiders, by Lars Huijbregts

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Gameable Category): Just Use Bears… Or Wolves, Dragons or Spiders by Lars Huijbrets (Dice Goblin) Narrated by Lars Huijbrets Episode Links: Tales of the Grotesque and Duneonesque: Just Use Bears Bommyknocker Press: Universal Encounter Table Papers & Pencils: Structuring Encounter Tables, Amended & Restated

[Meta] Thinking About Actual Play As Nonfiction, by Jeff Stormer
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[Meta] Thinking About Actual Play As Nonfiction, by Jeff Stormer

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Meta Category): Thinking About Actual Play As Nonfiction by Jeff Stormer (Party of One Podcast) Narrated by Jeff Stormer Episode Links: Party of One Podcast: 438 - Marvelous Mutations and Merry Musicians! with Aaron Joy Many Sided Media Discord The Traitors | Official Trailer | Peacock Original Party of One Podcast: 437 - The Ultimate Fantasy Character Creator with Jeff Stormer (feat. Riley Hopkins) Party of One Podcast: 439 - The Station with Jen Blundell Party of One Podcast: 440 - Demonic Deals with Morgan Eilish Party of One Podcast: 441 - Clever Girl with Christian (AFluffyGoomba) The Ultimate Fantasy Character Creator: From Origin Story to Character Voice. Everything You Need to Develop Original Fantasy Characters All My Fantasy Children: 200. The Untold Story of Ross Brighttower

[Theory] Everything is pointcrawl! by Exeunt Press
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[Theory] Everything is pointcrawl! by Exeunt Press

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Theory Category): Everything is pointcrawl! by Exeunt Press (Skeleton Code Machine) Narrated by John at Exeunt Press Episode Links: Exclusion Zone Botanist: Epsilon by Exeunt Press Exclusion Zone Botanist Skeleton Code Machine: What is a core game loop? Skeleton Code Machine: What does it mean to give players a choice? Skeleton Code Machine: I’ll give you a choice: take it or leave it. Exeunt Omnes: See, Explore, Discover Skeleton Code Machine: MECH WEEK: Is Iron Man a mech? Skeleton Code Machine: There’s a wasp crawling on your arm… Skeleton Code Machine: Fair (and fairy) cake-cutting in Pacts Skeleton Code Machine: Layers of theme in tabletop game Goblin’s Henchman: Hex Flower Power Skeleton Code Machine: How to use D66 random tables Skeleton Code Machine: What kind of fun are you having? Skeleton Code Machine: Input-Output Randomness (Part 1)

[Meta] Faggot Games: An Urgent Warning, by Darling Demon Eclipse
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[Meta] Faggot Games: An Urgent Warning, by Darling Demon Eclipse

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Meta Category): Faggot Games: An Urgent Warning by Demon Darling Eclipse Narrated by Demon Darling Eclipse Episode Links: Anna Anthropy Princess with a Cursed Dick by Anna Anthropy Nightmare Kart by LWMedia Bunlith on Bluesky Takeshi Sex with subtitle exfauna on twitter

[Theory] Why I Like Binary Resolution Systems, by Fedmar
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[Theory] Why I Like Binary Resolution Systems, by Fedmar

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Theory Category): Why I Like Binary Resolution Systems by Fedmar (Behind the Helm) Narrated by Fedmar Episode Links: BASTIONLAND: The ICI Doctrine: Information, Choice, Impact

[Theory] Combat As My Balls, by Lizzie Magnolia
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[Theory] Combat As My Balls, by Lizzie Magnolia

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Theory Category): Combat As My Balls by Lizzie Magnolia (Magnolia Keep) Narrated by Scott Goodwin EN World: [Very Long] Combat as Sport vs. Combat as War: a Key Difference in D&D Play Styles Dungeon Brain: Doing it RAW Princess Bride Sword Fight Scene Indiana Jones - Raiders Of The Lost Ark (1981) - Sword Fight Greyhawk Grognard: Combat as War vs. Combat as Sport Twenty Sided: #24 The Munchkin Savant Mythender Roleplaying Game - Ryan Macklin

[Critique] I Read Spine, by Nova
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[Critique] I Read Spine, by Nova

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Critique Category): I Read Spine by Nova (Playful Void) Narrated by Patchwork Paladin Episode Links: Mixam: SPINE: A dark solo ttrpg about losing yourself in a book Backwards Tabletop: Essay 1: Bookplay in TTRPGs Backwards Tabletop: Interview 1: Jay Dragon on Bookplay Backwards Tabletop: Essay 2: How do we talk about TTRPG Books? Backwards Tabletop: Interview 2: Clayton Notestine on Book Design Backwards Tabletop: Essay 3: A Defense of Reading TTRPGs Backwards Tabletop: Interview 3: Liz Little on Games and Ergodic Lit SPINE by Backwards Tabletop Lady Tabletop Alone at the Table Pinecast: 11 - Spine by Asa Donald

[Gameable] Castle Claus: The Keep on the North Pole, by W.F. Smith
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[Gameable] Castle Claus: The Keep on the North Pole, by W.F. Smith

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Gameable Category): Castle Claus: The Keep on the North Pole by W.F. Smith (Prismatic Wasteland) Narrated by Scott Goodwin Episode Links: Viridian Void Productions: Containment Site Sierra-Papa-Foxtrot - Hexmas Hex 0301 Periapt Games Design Blog: Blogwagon: The Valley of Eternal Cheer Periapt Games Design Blog: Blogwagon: The Transient Snowfields [elsewhere, elsewhere](Hexmas Blogwagon - Three Calves](https://elsewhere-elsewhere.neocities.org/posts/2025-12-07-23.-hexmas) Weird Wonder: Hexmas 0202: Conifer Mountain Fail Forward: Poison Swamp The Dododecahedron: The Peppermint Wood Leicester’s Ramble: Blogwagon: A Rankin/Bass Themed Hex Bommyknocker Press: Barnyard Voltron Errant Thinking: The Sleeping Slopes PonderTheGoose: Merry Hexmax: Sadtown Blog of Forlorn Encystment: ’Tis the Season (for a Sandbox): Into the Jinglebell Barrens

[Theory] Why Orcs? Or, Why Do I Love Orcs? by Lyme
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[Theory] Why Orcs? Or, Why Do I Love Orcs? by Lyme

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Theory Category): Why Orcs? Or, Why Do I Love Orcs? by Lyme (Brackish Draught) Narrated by Lyme Episode Links: Dawn of the Orcs by Lyme James Mendez Hodes: Orcs, Britons, and the Martial Race Myth, Part I: A Species Built For Racial Terror

[Theory] Making Hacking an OSR Style Problem, by goblin.zone
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[Theory] Making Hacking an OSR Style Problem, by goblin.zone

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Theory Category): Making Hacking an OSR Style Problem by goblin.zone Narrated by Clark Nichols edited by Julia Pisello Duga Episode Links: Blades in the Dark: Progress Clocks The Hacker’s Handbook Standard Employment Contract (For Mothership) by goblin.zone goblin.zone: 1d20 Sci-Fi Programming Languages and Command Line Tools goblin.zone: 1d12 Illegal Bioprinter Schematics

[Theory] The Star-Pattern: a Pitfall of GMing, by Ben Robbins
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[Theory] The Star-Pattern: a Pitfall of GMing, by Ben Robbins

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Theory Category): The Star-Pattern: a Pitfall of GMing by Ben Robbins (ars ludi) Narrated by Ben Robbins Episode Links: ars ludi: Initiative: the Silent Killer ars ludi: The Star-Pattern (part 2): Breaking Free

[Gameable] Wilderness Stocking - Expanded, by ktrey
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[Gameable] Wilderness Stocking - Expanded, by ktrey

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Gameable Category): Wilderness Stocking - Expanded by ktrey (d4 Caltrops) Narrated by Patchwork Paladin Episode Links: d4 Caltrops: Dungeon Stocking - Expanded d4 Caltrops: wilderness tier

[Meta] Mapping the Blogosphere, by elmcat
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[Meta] Mapping the Blogosphere, by elmcat

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Meta Category): Mapping the Blogosphere by elmcat (AMONG CATS AND BOOKS) The Actual Blogverse Graph Narrated by Patchwork Paladin Episode Links Prismatic Wasteland A Knight at the Opera New School Revolution: My Stuff Save vs. Total Party Kill: OSR OPML Campaign Wiki Planet: What is this? dndblogs.com RSS-Bridge: How to create a new bridge Seed of Worlds Billhook Blog Patchwork Paladin I Cast Light! All Dead Generations BASTIONLAND Benign Brown Beast Wandering Diejack Bommyknocker Press Sly Flourish fluorite guillotine Playful Void To Be Resolved The Dododecahedron Farmer Gadda The Play Reports Afraid of Encounters

[Critique] Monster, Maiden, Madonna, Medusa, by W.F. Smith
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[Critique] Monster, Maiden, Madonna, Medusa, by W.F. Smith

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Critique Category): Monster, Maiden, Madonna, Medusa by W.F. Smith (Prismatic Wasteland) Narrated by Velocitree Episode Links: EN World: 2025 Monster Manual to Introduce Male Versions of Hags, Medusas, and Dryads Prismatic Wasteland: The Keep on the Borderlands is Full of Lies Prismatic Wasteland: Encounter Checklist Traverse Fantasy: D&D’s Obsession With Phallic Desire False Machine: Sticky Goblins Pink Space Blog dril on twitter: “Is Wario A Libertarian” r/numenera: On rpg.net: Numenera flagged as misogynist, questions raised as to what art is “allowed” to depict; discussion ends with hundreds of angry posts, 8 bans, death threats, and a locked topic. Goblin Punch: Monster Checklist

[Meta] Reviews: What Are They Good For? by Rowan H
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[Meta] Reviews: What Are They Good For? by Rowan H

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Meta Category): Reviews: What Are They Good For? by Rowan H (The Dododecahedron) Narrated by Rowan H Episode Links: Playful Void: What do critics owe us? The Dododecahedron: Design Crawl 1 Roger Ebert: Just a quick glimpse and then slam the ears movie review (2013) Sam Sorenson: What Does a Work Not Need? Puzzle Dungeon: Building Better Puzzles for “Lair of the Lamb”

[Critique] The Combat Conundrum: how violence actually works in mothership, by Evangeline Sorrel
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[Critique] The Combat Conundrum: how violence actually works in mothership, by Evangeline Sorrel

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Critique Category): The Combat Conundrum: how violence actually works in mothership by Evangeline Sorrel (Forest Oath) Narrated by Scott Goodwin Episode Links: The Alexandrian: Mothership: Thinking About Combat r/mothershiprpg: How does combat work? Alfred Valley: Mothership RPG in 1 rule Violent Encounters Player Aids for Mothership RPG by Evangeline Sorrel

[Theory] The Languages of D&D Imply a Specific Setting, by W.F. Smith
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[Theory] The Languages of D&D Imply a Specific Setting, by W.F. Smith

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Theory Category): The Languages of D&D Imply a Specific Setting by W.F. Smith (Prismatic Wasteland) Narrated by Velocitree Episode Links: Prismatic Wasteland: Schrödinger’s Chat: Quantum Language Rules Save vs. Total Party Kill: D&D is Always Right National Geographic: Hebrew wasn’t spoken for 2,000 years. Here’s how it was revived.

[Critique] Playing the Chaplain's Game, by Exeunt Press
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[Critique] Playing the Chaplain's Game, by Exeunt Press

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Critique Category): Playing the Chaplain’s Game by Exeunt Press (Skeleton Code Machine) Narrated by John at Exeunt Press Episode Links: Skeleton Code Machine: Not my space zoo. Not my alien monkeys. Mechs Into Plowshares by Anomalous Entertainment Co Skeleton Code Machine: What is a core game loop? Jake Vanderplas - Statistics for Hackers - PyCon 2016 Skeleton Code Machine: Roll over vs. roll under Skeleton Code Machine: Opposed dice rolls Skeleton Code Machine: Layers of theme in tabletop games Wikipedia: Cognitive dissonance Skeleton Code Machine: MECH WEEK: Is Iron Man a mech?

[Advice] Got no game: Should your module be system agnostic? by Nova
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[Advice] Got no game: Should your module be system agnostic? by Nova

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Advice Category): Got no game: Should your module be system agnostic? by Nova (Playful Void) Narrated by Patchwork Paladin Episode Links: Playful Void: Bathtub Review: Barkeep on the Borderlands Trouble in Paradisa by Prismatic Wasteland Playful Void: Bathtub Review: Witchburner Playful Void: Bathtub Review: Owe My Soul to the Company Store Ludicrous Compendium Omnibus by Idle Cartulary Playful Void: Bathtub Review: You Got A Job On The Garbage Barge Playful Void: Bathtub Review: Neverland Playful Void: Bathtub Review: Into the Cess and Citadel Playful Void: Bathtub Review: Ave Nox Playful Void: Don’t wait to create, don’t wait to learn Symbolic City: System neutrality or creative solidarity

[Gameable] Promises - a Mythic Bastionland House Rule, by Valeria Loves
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[Gameable] Promises - a Mythic Bastionland House Rule, by Valeria Loves

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Gameable Category): Promises - a Mythic Bastionland House Rule by Valeria Loves Narrated by Valeria’s sister Episode Links: Luke Gearing: Boasts Mindstorm Press: Ringing the Bell, A Simple Reputation System Perfect Hector Level Up | Fire Emblem: The Blazing Blade Burning Wheel

[Gameable] Anti-colonial Dungeon, by Afraid of Encounters
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[Gameable] Anti-colonial Dungeon, by Afraid of Encounters

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Gameable Category): Anti-colonial Dungeon by Afraid of Encounters Narrated by Citaaticat Episode Links: in lowercase: the default dungeon is colonial Zedeck Siew’s Writing Hours - DECOLONISING D&D Diceless: Embracing Colonialist Dungeons Wikipedia: 2025 Sumatra floods and landslides Richard’s Dystopian Pokeverse: Counter-colonial Heistcrawl Rules v0.1 Goblin Punch: Dungeon Checklist Throne of Salt: D&D Doesn’t Understand What Monsters Are

[Advice] Pocket-Sized Powder Kegs, by Ty Pitre
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[Advice] Pocket-Sized Powder Kegs, by Ty Pitre

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Advice Category): Pocket-Sized Powder Kegs by Ty Pitre (Mindstorm Press) Narrated by Scott Goodwin Episode Links: Designing Dungeons Course Rise Up Comus I Cast Light!

[Gameable] What do people know about the Mythos?, by Dan D
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[Gameable] What do people know about the Mythos?, by Dan D

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Gameable Category): What do people know about the Mythos? by Dan D (Throne of Salt) Narrated by Scott Goodwin Episode Links: Throne of Salt: Excerpts from the Lighthouse Field Guide, Part 4 Throne of Salt: The Book of the Night Throne of Salt: August Derleth was an Accidental Genius On An Underwood No. 5: Conan and the Little People: Robert E. Howard and Lovecraft’s Theory by Bobby Derie

[Theory] The 10 types of special rooms, by TRAIPSE
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[Theory] The 10 types of special rooms, by TRAIPSE

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Theory Category): The 10 types of special rooms by TRAIPSE Narrated by Directsun Episode Links: Jeffs Gameblog: weirdest death in recent memory Goblin Punch: Dungeon Checklist

[Theory] [An OSR Pattern] One, Two, or Three Exits, by Sam Seer
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[Theory] [An OSR Pattern] One, Two, or Three Exits, by Sam Seer

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Theory Category): [An OSR Pattern] One, Two, or Three Exits by Sam Seer Narrated by Sam Seer Episode Links: Luke Gearing: Writing NPCs New School Revolutions: Pointcrawls & Emergent Play Everything’s a Dungeon: A Different Approach to Exploration Design Lower Messer: A cramped, messy map : r/IntoTheOdd Chapter 4: Creating the Map | Designing Dungeons Dungeon Merlin: A Pattern Language for (OSR) Adventure Design 159 Light on two sides of every room

[Series] Books in TTRPGs - Essay 3: A Defense of Reading TTRPGs, by Asa Donald
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[Series] Books in TTRPGs - Essay 3: A Defense of Reading TTRPGs, by Asa Donald

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Books in TTRPGs - Essay 3: A Defense of Reading TTRPGs by Asa Donald (Backwards Tabletop) Series: Books in TTRPGs Narrated by Asa Donald Episode Links: SPINE by Backwards Tabletop EN World: Modules, it turns out, apparently DO sell jennamoran on Tumblr Chocolate Hammer: Boot Hill and Fear of Dice Sidney Icarus: Textual Rebellion and the Rejection of RPGs Jay Dragon: Systems of Relations Jay Dragon: The Expressionist Games Manifesto Rascal News: How do you read a tabletop RPG book, and other very important questions Normality by Objectivereality You Will Die In This Place by Shrike Studio

[Series] Books in TTRPGs - Essay 2: How do we talk about TTRPG Books?, by Asa Donald
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[Series] Books in TTRPGs - Essay 2: How do we talk about TTRPG Books?, by Asa Donald

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Books in TTRPGs - Essay 2: How do we talk about TTRPG Books? by Asa Donald (Backwards Tabletop) Series: Books in TTRPGs Narrated by Asa Donald Episode Links: Dice Exploder: 10 Candles (10 Candles) with Jay Dragon SPINE by Backwards Tabletop Wikipedia: Splatbook Indie RPG Newsletter: Prep Preferences & Interpretive Labour Salvage Union Core Book - Leyline Press Yazeba’s Bed & Breakfast by Possum Creek Games COLOSTLE - A solo RPG - make100 by Nich Angell - Kickstarter Brambletrek - A Solo RPG Adventure Gamebook - BackerKit Archmage’s Gate: A Solo RPG Adventure Gamebook by Archmage Arispen On the Way to Chrysopoeia by NessunDove The Almanac of Sanguine Paths by Rori Montford I Don’t Belong Here by STATIONS

[Series] Books in TTRPGs - Essay 1: Bookplay in TTRPGs, by Asa Donald
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[Series] Books in TTRPGs - Essay 1: Bookplay in TTRPGs, by Asa Donald

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Books in TTRPGs - Essay 1: Bookplay in TTRPGs by Asa Donald (Backwards Tabletop) Series: Books in TTRPGs Narrated by Asa Donald Episode Links: Dice Exploder: 10 Candles (10 Candles) with Jay Dragon SPINE by Backwards Tabletop The Seven Part Pact by Possum Creek Games Apollo 47 Technical Handbook - The Hutchingsonian Presents-PlaGMaDA The Sun’s Ransom by pidj Wanderhome by Possum Creek Games Sweet Agatha - Payhip

[Theory] Books [Verb] Play, by Misha F
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[Theory] Books [Verb] Play, by Misha F

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Theory Category): Books [Verb] Play by Misha F (BAATAG) Narrated by Misha F Episode Links: Seraphim Seraphina: What do we mean when we say a game “supports” play? Jared Sinclair: “Rules Elide” and Its Consequences Jay Dragon: A Dozen Fragments On Playground Theory

[Gameable] Let's Make a Forest, by Yochai Gal
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[Gameable] Let's Make a Forest, by Yochai Gal

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Gameable Category): Let’s Make a Forest by Yochai Gal (New School Revolutions) Narrated by Velocitree Episode Links: CAS-3: The Feast of Tegny Wood by Yochai Gal Cairn Warden’s Guide - Second Edition - Cairn Store Cairn Warden’s Guide - 2nd Edition (Coilbound) Game Mat | Parchment | 36 x 24 inch | Square & Hex Grids (1 inch) - Ergon Games Kettlewright Tools Forest Seeds | Cairn

[Critique] How Jennell Jaquays Evolved Dungeon Design, Part 1: Pre-Jaquays Dungeons, by Nickoten
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[Critique] How Jennell Jaquays Evolved Dungeon Design, Part 1: Pre-Jaquays Dungeons, by Nickoten

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Critique Category): How Jennell Jaquays Evolved Dungeon Design, Part 1: Pre-Jaquays Dungeons by Nickoten (Pathika) Check out Part 2: The Caverns of Thracia! Narrated by Scott Goodwin Episode Links: Nickoten’s Bluesky Thread where this post originated from Weird Wonder Jennell Jaquays, 67, Dies; Unlocked Fantasy Dungeons for Gamers - The New York Times The Alexandrian: Jaquaying[sic] the dungeon Pathika: Pathika Devlog 1: The problems Pathika solved for my game Dungeons of Signs: The Oldest of the Old School (part II) - Temple of the Frog - The First Module? Grognardia - Retrospective: Steading of the Hill Giant Chief

[Critique] Review: The White Horse of Lowvale, by Derek B
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[Critique] Review: The White Horse of Lowvale, by Derek B

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Critique Category): Review: The White Horse of Lowvale by Derek B (Widdershins Wanderings) Narrated by Derek B Episode Links: Playful Void: Bathtub Review: Crown of Salt Weird Wonder: Social Contracts Shall Be Splintered The White Horse of Lowvale by Tania Herrero The White Horse of Lowvale - The Bread Wyrm

[Critique] Review of Initiative Methods, by Dwiz
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[Critique] Review of Initiative Methods, by Dwiz

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Critique Category): Review of Initiative Methods by Dwiz (A Knight at the Opera) Narrated by Dwiz](https://knightattheopera.blogspot.com/) Episode Links: A Knight at the Opera: EVERY Initiative Method?? Rivers & Lakes by Dwiz A Knight at the Opera: Look Before You Leap A Knight at the Opera: The Shapeshifter’s Duel A Knight at the Opera: R&L: Three Key Things

[Critique] The Isle: The Review (Mostly) - The Glamour Pt. 3, by SandroAD
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[Critique] The Isle: The Review (Mostly) - The Glamour Pt. 3, by SandroAD

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Critique Category): The Isle: The Review (Mostly) - The Glamour Pt. 3 by SandroAD (Fail Forward) Narrated by SandroAD Episode Links: Fail Forward: The Glamour Fail Forward: Coloring Book Game Design - The Glamour Pt.2 The Isle by Spear Witch Wikipedia: Skellig Michael Playful Void: Forsaken Easter Eggs

[Critique] Mausritter, Wargame, by Malmuria
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[Critique] Mausritter, Wargame, by Malmuria

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Critique Category): Mausritter, Wargame by Malmuria (Familiar Waves) Narrated by Scott Goodwin Episode Links: Mausritter by Losing Games Mausritter: The Estate Adventure Collection by Losing Games Familiar Waves: Missing Persons File Familiar Waves: Brevity and its Discontents The Hole in the Oak - Necrotic Gnome

[Advice] In Praise of Prep, by Josh McCrowell
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[Advice] In Praise of Prep, by Josh McCrowell

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Advice Category): In Praise of Prep by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus) Narrated by David Episode Links: The Yellow Book of Brechewold His Majesty the Worm Rise Up Comus: Matrices of Blorbiness Bastionland: Expose your Prep Papers & Pencils: Prep Tools, Not Adventures Rise Up Comus: The Maidens and the Moon - A Frankenstein Adventure Rise Up Comus: The Copy and Paste Manifesto

[Meta] The OSR Onion, by Rowan
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[Meta] The OSR Onion, by Rowan

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Meta Category): The OSR Onion by Rowan (The Dododecahedron) Narrated by Grace Episode Links: The Principia Apocrypha Bastionland: The ICI Doctrine: Information, Choice, Impact All Dead Generations: 7 Maxims of the OSR New School Revolution: Basic OSR Principles lumpley games: Powered by the Apocalypse, part 1 lumpley games: Powered by the Apocalypse, Part 7: Q&A Round 2 Idiomdrottning: Blorb Principles Hack & Slash: On How an Illusion Can Rob Your Game of Fun Mazirian’s Garden: Pleasures of the OSR: Secrecy and Discovery All Dead Generations: PROCEDURALISM Old School Primer Jay Dragon: Systems of Relation DIY & dragons: Landmark, Hidden, Secret The Alexandrian: Three Clue Rule Mindstorm Press: Pocket-Sized Powder Kegs Sam Sorensen: 1d20 Diegetic Rules, 1d20 Hypo-Diegetic Rules The Rule Book: The Building Blocks of Games

[Gameable] Generating Jaquaysed Dungeons (1.5), by Hitchhiker Dave
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[Gameable] Generating Jaquaysed Dungeons (1.5), by Hitchhiker Dave

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Gameable Category): Generating Jaquaysed Dungeons (1.5) by Hitchhiker Dave (Wandering Diejack) Narrated by Patchwork Paladin Episode Links: Dungen by MrHitchhikerDave Live Dave Update (Bluesky) Gnome Stew: Random Dungeons from Buckets O’ Dice Map Crow: Jaquaysing the Dungeon Wikipedia: Pattern recognition (psychology) Bastionland: 34 Good Traps Cyclic Dungeon Generation by Sersa Victory Bite-Sized Dungeons by Traverse Fantasy Wallet Dungeons by AwkwardTurtle

[Advice] A Lock With No Key: Designing Obstacles for OSR Play, by Derek B
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[Advice] A Lock With No Key: Designing Obstacles for OSR Play, by Derek B

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Advice Category): A Lock With No Key: Designing Obstacles for OSR Play by Derek B (Widdershins Wanderings) Narrated by Derek B Episode Links: Goblin Punch: Monster Checklist Cyclic Dungeon Generation by Sersa Victory Goblin Punch: 1d124 OSR-Style Challenges Goblin Punch: A Comprehensive Guide to Secret Doors

[Meta] On Categorization, Rule Buckets, and Diegesis, by dadstep
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[Meta] On Categorization, Rule Buckets, and Diegesis, by dadstep

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Meta Category): On Categorization, Rule Buckets, and Diegesis by dadstep (To Be Resolved) Narrated by dadstep Episode Links: Cavegirl’s Game Stuff: Terminology - Diegetic vs Non Diegetic Idiomdrottning - RISS Wikepedia: GNS theory Jay Dragon: Does Super Mario Bros. (1985) Have Rules? Undelved: Release: Cave of Cowardice

[Series] AD&D Series: Dealing With NPCs Should Be Expensive and Irritating, by Woefully Encysted Creature
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[Series] AD&D Series: Dealing With NPCs Should Be Expensive and Irritating, by Woefully Encysted Creature

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Dealing With NPCs Should Be Expensive and Irritating by Woefully Encysted Creature (Blog of Forlorn Encystment) Series: AD&D Series, 2026 Collector’s Edition Narrated by Woefully Encysted Creature Episode Links: Blog of Forlorn Encystment: Death, Taxes, and Indentured Servitude in AD&D Cities Blog of Forlorn Encystment: There’s a Road to the Dungeon, and It’s Paid for by Adventurers Blog of Forlorn Encystment: d66 Reasons Why the Castle is Totally Deserted Blog of Forlorn Encystment: One Hundred Thousand Dragon Encounters Blog of Forlorn Encystment: Gangs of Teenage Dragons Roam the Wilderness: The Implied Lifecycle of Dragons in AD&D

[Advice] How to Replicate Over/Under, by Valeria Loves
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[Advice] How to Replicate Over/Under, by Valeria Loves

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Advice Category): How to Replicate Over/Under by Valeria Loves Narrated by Grace Episode Links: #over/under on Bluesky Rascal News: How to find an ending in Over/Under Onslaught Six: EMOTIONAL STAKES Sam Sorensen: Mothership Month 2025 Wargame: OVER/UNDER nostradumbass: Over/Autopsy Save vs. Total Party Kill: Over/Under is Over The Hotline: Over/Under Resources and Retrospectives ars ludi: Grand Experiments: West Marches Foul Weather Call: Being Mister Eyes Seattle by Night Mods: What is Bleed? Onslaught Six: The Chokespawn Incusrion Luke Gearing: Against Incentive Sam Sorensen: cataphracts Pan Theater: Rules of Improv Dropout TV https://lincodega.com/ https://www.patreon.com/cw/ABestiaryandCompleteWorldAtlas Roll to Doubt: Live Text Roleplaying

[Theory] WHY MEGADUNGEONS? A Campaign Structure for Modern Lives, by Warren D
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[Theory] WHY MEGADUNGEONS? A Campaign Structure for Modern Lives, by Warren D

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Theory Category): WHY MEGADUNGEONS? A Campaign Structure for Modern Lives by Warren D (I Cast Light!) Narrated by Patchwork Paladin Episode Links: Into the Megadungeon by Ben L I Cast Light!: RPG’S TONISBORG COELACANTH: Or The Lost Dungeons of Tonisborg & The Preservation of D&D before D&D, a Review Bones of Contention: Spectral Interrogatories III - Caverns of Thracia I Cast Light!: WHAT’S IN A NAME? That Which We Call A D&D By Any Other Name Would Delve Just As Deep Rise Up Comus: Metroidvanias and Megadungeons Designing Dungeons Course Papers & Pencils: Two Week Megadungeon In Places Deep: Mastering the Megadungeon

[Advice] How I Do Play by Post, by Yochai Gal
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[Advice] How I Do Play by Post, by Yochai Gal

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Advice Category): How I Do Play by Post by Yochai Gal (New School Revolution) Narrated by Sam Dunnewold Episode Links: Role Gate Gamers Plane Kettlewright Discord Search for Dice Bots Roll For Your Party DiceMaiden DiscordDiceBot Avrae tldraw Excalidraw Whiteboard Shmeppy: Your wet erase mat Google Keep imgur Yochai’s Discord Server Template Playing By Post by Tam H. Gorgon Bones: Play-by-Post Gaming - some notes and advice

[Advice] Don't write Lore, write tables, by David B
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[Advice] Don't write Lore, write tables, by David B

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Advice Category): Don’t write Lore, write tables by David B (David B’s Newsletter) Narrated by David B Episode Links: VAULTS OF VAARN 2400 by Jason Tocci Bastionland Presser Papers & Pencils: Structuring Encounter Tables

[Meta] The Expressionist Games Manifesto, by Jay Dragon
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[Meta] The Expressionist Games Manifesto, by Jay Dragon

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Meta Category): The Expressionist Games Manifesto by Jay Dragon Narrated by Seraphim Seraphina Episode Links: Hollandspiele: Mechanisms as Metaphors: How Board Games Create Meaning Sam Sorensen: 1d20 Diegetic Rules, 1d20 Hypo-Diegetic Rules Jay Dragon: Does Super Mario Bros. (1985) Have Rules? Zedeck Siew’s Writing Hours: How To Play The Revolution Chocolate Hammer: Boot Hill and the Fear of Dice Jay Dragon: Rules Are A Cage (and I’m a Puppygirl)

[Theory] Baseline Worldbuilding, by Ty Pitre
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[Theory] Baseline Worldbuilding, by Ty Pitre

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Theory Category): Baseline Worldbuilding by Ty Pitre (Mindstorm Press) Narrated by Ty Pitre (Mindstorm Press) Episode Links: Throne of Salt: On Creativity; or, the Grand Art 200-Proof Games: The 1E Manifesto

[Theory] Conflict as Motivation and Resolution, by Binary Star
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[Theory] Conflict as Motivation and Resolution, by Binary Star

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Theory Category): Conflict as Motivation and Resolution by Binary Star (Binary Star Games) Narrated by Binary Star Episode Links: ENWorld: Combat as Sport vs. Combat as War: a Key Difference in D&D Play Styles… Magnolia Keep: Combat as My Balls Binary Star Games: Thinking about (a very broad defintion of) quarterbacking, especially as it relates to TTRPGs (part 1) To Be Resolved: Narrative, Play Structure, and Conflict in TTRPGs Explorers Design: Design Your Locks With More Keys VOID_SHIFT by Binary Star Games Death Has Come to This Town by Binary Star Games Corpslayers by Binary Star Games Binary Star Games: Devlog #1: Healthless*

[Meta] Close and Distant Playstyles, by Patchwork Paladin
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[Meta] Close and Distant Playstyles, by Patchwork Paladin

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Meta Category): Close and Distant Playstyles by Patchwork Paladin Narrated by Patchwork Paladin Episode Links: Matthew Colville: The Problem With Talking About D&D The Retired Adventurer: Six Cultures of Play

[Critique] Arthurian Mysticism and Violence: a Mythic Bastionland Analysis, by Amanda P
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[Critique] Arthurian Mysticism and Violence: a Mythic Bastionland Analysis, by Amanda P

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Critique Category): Arthurian Mysticism and Violence: a Mythic Bastionland Analysis by Amanda P (Weird Wonder) Narrated by Amanda P Episode Links: Hex Kit by Cone Of Negative Energy Rise Up Comus: Capsule Games Part 1 - What are capsule games? Rise Up Comus: Capsule Game Part II - Meditations on Capsule Design

[Critique] B1 and Toyetic Dungeon Rooms, by Woefully Encysted Creature
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[Critique] B1 and Toyetic Dungeon Rooms, by Woefully Encysted Creature

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Critique Category): B1 and Toyetic Dungeon Rooms by Woefully Encysted Creature (Blog of Forlorn Encystment) Narrated by the Woefully Encysted Creature Episode Links: B1 readthrough thread on Bluesky Greed and Vague Evil: B1 and the Retired Adventurer as Dungeon-Brained Sicko Delta’s D&D Hotspot: On Empty Rooms Bastionland: Empty Rooms Aren’t Empty Grognardia: Empty Rooms Designing Dungeons Course Prismatic Wasteland - Encounter Checklist Goblin Punch - Dungeon Checklist Narrated by Grace