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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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Manif...

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Meta Category): A Mask That Eats Into Your Face: Honesty in the Work by Joel Hines (Silverarm Press) Narrated by Grace Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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...

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 S...

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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...

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Theory Category): There is a point to Tom Bombadil (or how I approach lore) by Amanda P (Weird Wonder) Narrated by Amanda P (Weird Wonder) Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Retrospec...

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 T...

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...

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Critique Category): Expressionism in Practice: A Case Study of Triangle Agency by Seraphim Seraphina Narrated by Seraphim Seraphina Episode Links: Jay Dragon: The Expressionism Games Manifesto Triangle Agency & Haunted Table Shop Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Hil...

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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...

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Meta Category): 6 Bluey Episodes Every Game Designer Should Watch by Lady Tabletop Narrated by Lady Tabletop Episode Links: Play-Based Learning in Early Childhood Education Jay Dragon: Systems of Relation Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Gameable Category): Stacking The Deck – Mining Fallout: New Vegas for TTRPG Setting Ideas by Dice Goblin Narrated by Dice Goblin Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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 Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

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...

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Advice Category): Just Tell Them What They Need! by Nate Whittington (Grinning Rat) Narrated by Nate Whittington Episode Links: https://scryfall.com/card/one/64/minor-misstep Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!

Bloggies 2026 Nominee (Advice Category): Writing Rooms in Pairs by Sean McCoy (Failure Tolerated) Narrated by Grace Explore all the Bloggies 2026 nominees!