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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” Explore...

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 Explore all the...

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. Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nomi...

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Gameable Category): [HMtW] Using Divination to Generate a Character by Wayspell Narrated by Grace Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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:...

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Critique Category): Barkeep on the Borderlands: A Review by Wayspell Narrated by Scott Goodwin Episode Links: Wayspell: How I got into D&D Prismatic Wasteland Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Id...

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Critique Category): The D&D 4th edition renaissance: A look into the history of the edition, its flaws and its merits by The RPG Gazette Narrated by Sam Dunnewold Episode Links: Dungeons & Dragons Insider: Sneak Preview Go bother him! Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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: Dunge...

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Theory Category): Tumbling Down the Rabbit Hole: The Case for Pitcher Plant Dungeon Entrances by Martin Orchard (Pointless Monument) Narrated by Grace Episode Links: Prismatic Wasteland: Blogging Rabbit Hole Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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! Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 b...

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Advice Category): make better mind pictures by Ms. Screwhead (Was It Likely?) Narrated by Grace Episode Links: Was It Likely?: the big oracle Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Pa...

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 Ja...

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 - Leylin...

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 pid...

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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...

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: Jaqua...

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explo...

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!