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Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): From Little Delving to Nobottle to Long Cleeve by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus) Series: Middle Earth Hexcrawl Project Narrated by Zak H Episode Links: Rise Up Comus: A Hexmap for Middle-earth Rise Up Comus: Five Hexes Around Michel Delving Idraluna Archives: 12-mile Middle Earth Hexmap Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category): Five Hexes Around Michel Delving by Josh McCrowell (Rise Up Comus) Series: Middle Earth Hexcrawl Project Narrated by Zak H Episode Links: Rise Up Comus: A Hexmap for Middle-earth Idraluna Archives: 12-mile Middle Earth Hexmap Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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! Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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” Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Gameable Category): 1d20 Diegetic Rules, 1d20 Hypo-Diegetic Rules by Sam Sorensen Narrated by Sam Sorensen Edited by Scott Goodwin Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Debut Blog Category): To Be Resolved by dadstep Sample post: Let’s Talk About Meat Points Narrated by dadstep Episode Links: TEN MILLION HP PLANET by Sandy Pug Games A Knight at the Opera Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Debut Blog Category): This Vorpal Coil by Rose Skye Sample post: The Guilty Pleasure of Rolling for Knowledge Narrated by Rose Skye Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Debut Blog Category): Afraid of Encounters by Isaac Is Afraid Sample post: Gamemasters are Game Designers! Narrated by Isaac Is Afraid Episode Links: A Knight at the Opera: Game Design vs Level Design Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!