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Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Theory Category): Does Super Mario Bros. (1985) Have Rules? by Jay Dragon Narrated by Seraphim Seraphina Episode Links: Spectrum News: The highest form of home field advantage Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Advice Category): Leonard Cohen’s Advice for Novice OSR Referees by Katt Kirsch (The Katt Kirsch Blogsperience) Narrated by Seraphim Seraphina Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 o...

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Gameable Category): Leverage & Rapport: A Simple Social Mechanic by In A Dream, I Was A Werewolf Narrated by Clark Nichols Episode Links: Night Club - “Gossip” (Official Video) Old School Primer Dungeon World SRD: Moves Dice Goblin: Time, Gear & Skill: A Different Approach To Skill Checks Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Meta Category): Don’t wait to create, don’t wait to learn by Nova (Playful Void) Narrated by Patchwork Paladin Episode Links: Playful Void: Multitudes, not mechanics Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Meta Category): THE 1E MANIFESTO by Quinn Morris (200-Proof Games) Narrated by Quinn Morris Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Advice Category): Dungeon Design Note: Obstacles Support Exploration by Gus L (All Dead Generations) Narrated by Neal T Walsh Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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...

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Gameable Category): Scooby Doo as Post Apocalyptic RPG Setting by Joel Hines (Silverarm Press) Narrated by Lyme Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Note...

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Advice Category): Action-Oriented Interaction by Justin Hamilton (Aboleth Overlords) Narrated by Lyme Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Advice Category): Look Before You Leap by Dwiz (A Knight at the Opera) Narrated by Dwiz and friends! Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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](Hexma...

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 E...

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Gameable Category): A mental inventory for occult horror campaigns: an HPless system by The Greatest Poster In The World Narrated by Julia Pisello Duga The Nothic’s Eye: G L Å U G U S T 2 0 2 5 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Patchw...

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Gameable Category): RANDOM ENCOUNTER TABLES AS ADVENTURE RAM: Adding “Memory” To Encounter Checks by Warren D (I Cast Light!) Narrated by Patchwork Paladin I Cast Light!: DUNGEON WEATHER: For your overloaded encounter die Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Meta Category): What is an OSR? by Juniper Harper Lark (The Garden Below) Narrated by Christian Sorrell Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Meta Category): the default dungeon is colonial by Habeeb (in lowercase) Narrated by Velocitree Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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...