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We Read The Bloggies[Debut] Dungeon Scrawler: Dungeon Room Opinions: Mapping at the Table, Part 1 - Prefer Abstract Player MappingBloggies 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
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2026-02-1910 minWe Read The Bloggies[Series] Dungeon Room Index: Hallways, by Dungeon ScrawlerBloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category):
Dungeon Room Index: Hallways by Dungeon Scrawler
Series: Dungeon Room Index
Narrated by Dungeon Scrawler
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Dungeon Scrawler: Dungeon Room Appendix: Traps, and Hazards
Dungeon Scrawler: Dungeon Room Appendix: History, and Flavor
Dungeon Scrawler: Dungeon Room Index: Great Halls
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2026-02-1912 minWe Read The Bloggies[Series] Dungeon Room Appendix: Secrets, and Hidden Things, by Dungeon ScrawlerBloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category):
Dungeon Room Appendix: Secrets, and Hidden Things by Dungeon Scrawler
Series: Dungeon Room Index
Narrated by Dungeon Scrawler
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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
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2026-02-1914 minWe Read The Bloggies[Series] Dungeon Room Appendix: Darkness, and Light, by Dungeon ScrawlerBloggies 2026 Nominee (Series Category):
Dungeon Room Appendix: Darkness, and Light by Dungeon Scrawler
Series: Dungeon Room Index
Narrated by Dungeon Scrawler
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Shadowdark RPG - The Arcane Library
Deep Look: These Carnivorous Worms Catch Bugs by Mimicking the Night Sky
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2026-02-1908 minWe Read The Bloggies[Series] Goin' Through the Fiend Folio Part 14 (Retriever to Sheet Phantom), by MarswormsBloggies 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
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2026-02-1912 minWe Read The Bloggies[Debut] Fluorite Guillotine: quantum ogre reborn, by SerketBloggies 2026 Nominee (Debut Blog Category):
Fluorite Guillotine by Serket
Sample post: quantum ogre reborn
Narrated by Binary Star
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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 Ho...
2026-02-1820 minWe Read The Bloggies[Series] Cataphracts Design Diary 1-4, by Sam SorensenBloggies 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
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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 Coll...
2026-02-171h 09We Read The Bloggies[Meta] Sam's Three-Question Taxonomy, by Sam SorensenBloggies 2026 Nominee (Meta Category):
Sam’s Three-Question Taxonomy by Sam Sorensen
Narrated by Sam Sorensen
Edited by Scott Goodwin
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Brennan Lee Mulligan on “railroading”
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2026-02-1734 minWe Read The Bloggies[Gameable] 1d20 Diegetic Rules, 1d20 Hypo-Diegetic Rules, by Sam SorensenBloggies 2026 Nominee (Gameable Category):
1d20 Diegetic Rules, 1d20 Hypo-Diegetic Rules by Sam Sorensen
Narrated by Sam Sorensen
Edited by Scott Goodwin
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2026-02-1706 minWe Read The Bloggies[Critique] Doing a Cool Move, by Sam SorensenBloggies 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...
2026-02-1727 minWe Read The Bloggies[Advice] Ten Intangible Tips for Development Editing Your RPG Manuscript, by Sam SorensenBloggies 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
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2026-02-1725 minWe Read The Bloggies[Meta] The Five Laws of Roleplaying Games, by Peter EijkBloggies 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
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2026-02-1708 minWe Read The Bloggies[Debut] The Play Reports: Into the Odd - Deluge at Drizzle Distillery, by KatiBloggies 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
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2026-02-1714 minWe Read The Bloggies[Debut] To Be Resolved: Let's Talk About Meat Points, by dadstepBloggies 2026 Nominee (Debut Blog Category):
To Be Resolved by dadstep
Sample post: Let’s Talk About Meat Points
Narrated by dadstep
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TEN MILLION HP PLANET by Sandy Pug Games
A Knight at the Opera
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2026-02-1615 minWe Read The Bloggies[Debut] Birdmilk's RPG Cafe: Fomoria, by BirdmilkBloggies 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
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2026-02-1608 minWe Read The Bloggies[Debut] This Vorpal Coil: The Guilty Pleasure of Rolling for Knowledge, by Rose SkyeBloggies 2026 Nominee (Debut Blog Category):
This Vorpal Coil by Rose Skye
Sample post: The Guilty Pleasure of Rolling for Knowledge
Narrated by Rose Skye
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2026-02-1610 minWe Read The Bloggies[Debut] Afraid of Encounters: Gamemasters are Game Designers! by Isaac Is AfraidBloggies 2026 Nominee (Debut Blog Category):
Afraid of Encounters by Isaac Is Afraid
Sample post: Gamemasters are Game Designers!
Narrated by Isaac Is Afraid
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A Knight at the Opera: Game Design vs Level Design
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2026-02-1605 minWe Read The Bloggies[Debut] in lowercase: the infrastructure of magical convenience, by HabeebBloggies 2026 Nominee (Debut Blog Category):
in lowercase by Habeeb
Sample post: the infrastructure of magical convenience
Narrated by Adam Seats
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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
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2026-02-1617 minWe Read The Bloggies[Series] Seven-Part Pact: Authority (Part 5), by DwizBloggies 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: fi...
2026-02-1619 minWe Read The Bloggies[Series] Seven-Part Pact: Consequences (Part 4), by DwizBloggies 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
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2026-02-1617 minWe Read The Bloggies[Series] Seven-Part Pact: Combat (Part 3), by DwizBloggies 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
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2026-02-1616 minWe Read The Bloggies[Series] Seven-Part Pact: Companions (Part 2), by DwizBloggies 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
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2026-02-1613 minWe Read The Bloggies[Series] Seven-Part Pact: Time (Part 1), by DwizBloggies 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
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2026-02-1614 minWe Read The Bloggies[Gameable] Just Use Bears... Or Wolves, Dragons or Spiders, by Lars HuijbregtsBloggies 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
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2026-02-1608 minWe Read The Bloggies[Meta] Thinking About Actual Play As Nonfiction, by Jeff StormerBloggies 2026 Nominee (Meta Category):
Thinking About Actual Play As Nonfiction by Jeff Stormer (Party of One Podcast)
Narrated by Jeff Stormer
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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)
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2026-02-1607 minWe Read The Bloggies[Theory] Does Super Mario Bros. (1985) Have Rules? by Jay DragonBloggies 2026 Nominee (Theory Category):
Does Super Mario Bros. (1985) Have Rules? by Jay Dragon
Narrated by Seraphim Seraphina
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Spectrum News: The highest form of home field advantage
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2026-02-1515 minWe Read The Bloggies[Advice] Leonard Cohen's Advice for Novice OSR Referees, by Katt KirschBloggies 2026 Nominee (Advice Category):
Leonard Cohen’s Advice for Novice OSR Referees by Katt Kirsch (The Katt Kirsch Blogsperience)
Narrated by Seraphim Seraphina
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2026-02-1506 minWe Read The Bloggies[Theory] Everything is pointcrawl! by Exeunt PressBloggies 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…
Skelet...
2026-02-1513 minWe Read The Bloggies[Meta] Faggot Games: An Urgent Warning, by Darling Demon EclipseBloggies 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
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2026-02-1507 minWe Read The Bloggies[Gameable] Leverage & Rapport: A Simple Social Mechanic, by In A Dream, I Was A WerewolfBloggies 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
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2026-02-1507 minWe Read The Bloggies[Theory] Why I Like Binary Resolution Systems, by FedmarBloggies 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
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2026-02-1503 minWe Read The Bloggies[Meta] Don't wait to create, don't wait to learn, by NovaBloggies 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
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2026-02-1404 minWe Read The Bloggies[Meta] THE 1E MANIFESTO, by Quinn MorrisBloggies 2026 Nominee (Meta Category):
THE 1E MANIFESTO by Quinn Morris (200-Proof Games)
Narrated by Quinn Morris
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2026-02-1408 minWe Read The Bloggies[Advice] Dungeon Design Note: Obstacles Support Exploration, by Gus LBloggies 2026 Nominee (Advice Category):
Dungeon Design Note: Obstacles Support Exploration by Gus L (All Dead Generations)
Narrated by Neal T Walsh
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2026-02-1426 minWe Read The Bloggies[Theory] Combat As My Balls, by Lizzie MagnoliaBloggies 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
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2026-02-1407 minWe Read The Bloggies[Gameable] Scooby Doo as Post Apocalyptic RPG Setting, by Joel HinesBloggies 2026 Nominee (Gameable Category):
Scooby Doo as Post Apocalyptic RPG Setting by Joel Hines (Silverarm Press)
Narrated by Lyme
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2026-02-1410 minWe Read The Bloggies[Critique] I Read Spine, by NovaBloggies 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...
2026-02-1417 minWe Read The Bloggies[Advice] Action-Oriented Interaction, by Justin HamiltonBloggies 2026 Nominee (Advice Category):
Action-Oriented Interaction by Justin Hamilton (Aboleth Overlords)
Narrated by Lyme
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2026-02-1404 minWe Read The Bloggies[Advice] Look Before You Leap, by DwizBloggies 2026 Nominee (Advice Category):
Look Before You Leap by Dwiz (A Knight at the Opera)
Narrated by Dwiz and friends!
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2026-02-1424 minWe Read The Bloggies[Gameable] Castle Claus: The Keep on the North Pole, by W.F. SmithBloggies 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: Ba...
2026-02-1431 minWe Read The Bloggies[Theory] Why Orcs? Or, Why Do I Love Orcs? by LymeBloggies 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
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2026-02-1411 minWe Read The Bloggies[Theory] Making Hacking an OSR Style Problem, by goblin.zoneBloggies 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
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2026-02-1414 minWe Read The Bloggies[Theory] The Star-Pattern: a Pitfall of GMing, by Ben RobbinsBloggies 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
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2026-02-1405 minWe Read The Bloggies[Gameable] Wilderness Stocking - Expanded, by ktreyBloggies 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
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2026-02-1409 minWe Read The Bloggies[Gameable] A mental inventory for occult horror campaigns: an HPless system, by The Greatest Poster In The WorldBloggies 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
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2026-02-1423 minWe Read The Bloggies[Meta] Mapping the Blogosphere, by elmcatBloggies 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...
2026-02-1418 minWe Read The Bloggies[Gameable] RANDOM ENCOUNTER TABLES AS ADVENTURE RAM: Adding "Memory" To Encounter Checks, by Warren DBloggies 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
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2026-02-1310 minWe Read The Bloggies[Meta] What is an OSR? by Juniper Harper LarkBloggies 2026 Nominee (Meta Category):
What is an OSR? by Juniper Harper Lark (The Garden Below)
Narrated by Christian Sorrell
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2026-02-1306 minWe Read The Bloggies[Meta] the default dungeon is colonial, by HabeebBloggies 2026 Nominee (Meta Category):
the default dungeon is colonial by Habeeb (in lowercase)
Narrated by Velocitree
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2026-02-1315 minWe Read The Bloggies[Critique] Monster, Maiden, Madonna, Medusa, by W.F. SmithBloggies 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 o...
2026-02-1316 minWe Read The Bloggies[Meta] Reviews: What Are They Good For? by Rowan HBloggies 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”
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2026-02-1306 minWe Read The Bloggies[Critique] The Combat Conundrum: how violence actually works in mothership, by Evangeline SorrelBloggies 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
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2026-02-131h 12We Read The Bloggies[Theory] The Languages of D&D Imply a Specific Setting, by W.F. SmithBloggies 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.
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2026-02-1308 minWe Read The Bloggies[Gameable] [HMtW] Using Divination to Generate a Character, by WayspellBloggies 2026 Nominee (Gameable Category):
[HMtW] Using Divination to Generate a Character by Wayspell
Narrated by Grace
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2026-02-1308 minWe Read The Bloggies[Critique] Playing the Chaplain's Game, by Exeunt PressBloggies 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...
2026-02-1311 minWe Read The Bloggies[Critique] Barkeep on the Borderlands: A Review, by WayspellBloggies 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
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2026-02-1315 minWe Read The Bloggies[Advice] Got no game: Should your module be system agnostic? by NovaBloggies 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...
2026-02-1321 minWe Read The Bloggies[Gameable] Promises - a Mythic Bastionland House Rule, by Valeria LovesBloggies 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
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2026-02-1304 minWe Read The Bloggies[Advice] Treat Illusions As You Would Any Other Lie: No Rolls, by Reese SurlesBloggies 2026 Nominee (Advice Category):
Treat Illusions As You Would Any Other Lie: No Rolls by Reese Surles (Ward Against Evil)
Narrated by Reese Surles
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2026-02-1209 minWe Read The Bloggies[Critique] The D&D 4th edition renaissance: A look into the history of the edition, its flaws and its merits, by The RPG GazetteBloggies 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!
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2026-02-1219 minWe Read The Bloggies[Gameable] Anti-colonial Dungeon, by Afraid of EncountersBloggies 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
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2026-02-1209 minWe Read The Bloggies[Theory] Tumbling Down the Rabbit Hole: The Case for Pitcher Plant Dungeon Entrances, by Martin OrchardBloggies 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
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2026-02-1207 minWe Read The Bloggies[Advice] Pocket-Sized Powder Kegs, by Ty PitreBloggies 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!
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2026-02-1209 minWe Read The Bloggies[Gameable] What do people know about the Mythos?, by Dan DBloggies 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
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2026-02-1220 minWe Read The Bloggies[Theory] The 10 types of special rooms, by TRAIPSEBloggies 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
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2026-02-1219 minWe Read The Bloggies[Advice] make better mind pictures, by Ms. ScrewheadBloggies 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
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2026-02-1205 minWe Read The Bloggies[Theory] [An OSR Pattern] One, Two, or Three Exits, by Sam SeerBloggies 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
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2026-02-1202 minWe Read The Bloggies[Series] Books in TTRPGs - Essay 3: A Defense of Reading TTRPGs, by Asa DonaldBloggies 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...
2026-02-1217 minWe Read The Bloggies[Series] Books in TTRPGs - Essay 2: How do we talk about TTRPG Books?, by Asa DonaldBloggies 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 So...
2026-02-1211 minWe Read The Bloggies[Series] Books in TTRPGs - Essay 1: Bookplay in TTRPGs, by Asa DonaldBloggies 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
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2026-02-1213 minWe Read The Bloggies[Theory] Books [Verb] Play, by Misha FBloggies 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
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2026-02-1221 minWe Read The Bloggies[Gameable] Let's Make a Forest, by Yochai GalBloggies 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
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2026-02-1235 minWe Read The Bloggies[Critique] How Jennell Jaquays Evolved Dungeon Design, Part 1: Pre-Jaquays Dungeons, by NickotenBloggies 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...
2026-02-1113 minWe Read The Bloggies[Critique] Review: The White Horse of Lowvale, by Derek BBloggies 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
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2026-02-1116 minWe Read The Bloggies[Critique] Review of Initiative Methods, by DwizBloggies 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
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2026-02-1121 minWe Read The Bloggies[Critique] The Isle: The Review (Mostly) - The Glamour Pt. 3, by SandroADBloggies 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
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2026-02-1117 minWe Read The Bloggies[Critique] Mausritter, Wargame, by MalmuriaBloggies 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
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2026-02-1117 minWe Read The Bloggies[Advice] In Praise of Prep, by Josh McCrowellBloggies 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
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2026-02-1107 minWe Read The Bloggies[Meta] A Mask That Eats Into Your Face: Honesty in the Work, by Joel HinesBloggies 2026 Nominee (Meta Category):
A Mask That Eats Into Your Face: Honesty in the Work by Joel Hines (Silverarm Press)
Narrated by Grace
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2026-02-1107 minWe Read The Bloggies[Meta] The OSR Onion, by RowanBloggies 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 Re...
2026-02-1118 minWe Read The Bloggies[Gameable] Generating Jaquaysed Dungeons (1.5), by Hitchhiker DaveBloggies 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
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2026-02-1107 minWe Read The Bloggies[Advice] A Lock With No Key: Designing Obstacles for OSR Play, by Derek BBloggies 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
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2026-02-1112 minWe Read The Bloggies[Meta] On Categorization, Rule Buckets, and Diegesis, by dadstepBloggies 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
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2026-02-1117 minWe Read The Bloggies[Series] AD&D Series: Dealing With NPCs Should Be Expensive and Irritating, by Woefully Encysted CreatureBloggies 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...
2026-02-1114 minWe Read The Bloggies[Theory] There is a point to Tom Bombadil (or how I approach lore), by Amanda PBloggies 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)
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2026-02-1103 minWe Read The Bloggies[Advice] How to Replicate Over/Under, by Valeria LovesBloggies 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
...
2026-02-1119 minWe Read The Bloggies[Theory] WHY MEGADUNGEONS? A Campaign Structure for Modern Lives, by Warren DBloggies 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 Mega...
2026-02-1116 minWe Read The Bloggies[Advice] How I Do Play by Post, by Yochai GalBloggies 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
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2026-02-1122 minWe Read The Bloggies[Advice] Don't write Lore, write tables, by David BBloggies 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
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2026-02-1108 minWe Read The Bloggies[Critique] Expressionism in Practice: A Case Study of Triangle Agency, by Seraphim SeraphinaBloggies 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
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2026-02-1130 minWe Read The Bloggies[Meta] The Expressionist Games Manifesto, by Jay DragonBloggies 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)
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2026-02-1118 minWe Read The Bloggies[Theory] Baseline Worldbuilding, by Ty PitreBloggies 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
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2026-02-1116 minWe Read The Bloggies[Theory] Conflict as Motivation and Resolution, by Binary StarBloggies 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 Bi...
2026-02-1115 minWe Read The Bloggies[Meta] Close and Distant Playstyles, by Patchwork PaladinBloggies 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
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2026-02-1112 minWe Read The Bloggies[Meta] 6 Bluey Episodes Every Game Designer Should Watch, by Lady TabletopBloggies 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
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2026-02-1107 minWe Read The Bloggies[Gameable] Stacking The Deck – Mining Fallout: New Vegas for TTRPG Setting Ideas, by Dice GoblinBloggies 2026 Nominee (Gameable Category):
Stacking The Deck – Mining Fallout: New Vegas for TTRPG Setting Ideas by Dice Goblin
Narrated by Dice Goblin
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2026-02-1107 minWe Read The Bloggies[Critique] Arthurian Mysticism and Violence: a Mythic Bastionland Analysis, by Amanda PBloggies 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
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2026-02-1107 minWe Read The Bloggies[Critique] B1 and Toyetic Dungeon Rooms, by Woefully Encysted CreatureBloggies 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
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2026-02-1111 minWe Read The Bloggies[Advice] Just Tell Them What They Need!, by Nate WhittingtonBloggies 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
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2026-02-1110 minWe Read The Bloggies[Advice] Writing Rooms in Pairs, by Sean McCoyBloggies 2026 Nominee (Advice Category):
Writing Rooms in Pairs by Sean McCoy (Failure Tolerated)
Narrated by Grace
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2026-02-1102 min