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  • February 27 · 12 min

    [Series] Middle Earth Hexcrawl Project: A Hexmap for Middle-earth, by Josh McCrowell

    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!

  • February 24 · 2 min

    [Series] Shiny TTRPG Links: #258, by xaosseed

    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!

  • February 23 · 5 min

    [Series] Critique Navidad: Late Stage Death Cultism, by Nova

    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!

  • February 23 · 8 min

    [Series] Critique Navidad: Chain x Link, by Nova

    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!

  • February 23 · 5 min

    [Series] Critique Navidad: Void 1680 AM, by Nova

    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!

  • February 23 · 7 min

    [Series] Critique Navidad: We Three Shall Meet Again, by Nova

    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!

  • February 23 · 3 min

    [Series] Critique Navidad: The Field Agent Handbook, by Nova

    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!

  • February 23 · 20 min

    [Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 13: Writing Random Encounters, by Josh McCrowell and Warren D

    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!

  • February 23 · 10 min

    [Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 12: Keying Room Descriptions (Part 2), by Josh McCrowell and Warren D

    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!

  • February 23 · 17 min

    [Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 11: Keying Room Descriptions (Part 1), by Josh McCrowell and Warren D

    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!

  • February 23 · 22 min

    [Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 10: Formatting Room Descriptions, by Josh McCrowell and Warren D

    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!

  • February 23 · 32 min

    [Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 9: Exploring and Returning by Josh McCrowell and Warren D

    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!

  • February 23 · 23 min

    [Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 8: Running and Resting, by Josh McCrowell and Warren D

    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!

  • February 23 · 32 min

    [Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 7: Talking and Fighting, by Josh McCrowell and Warren D

    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!

  • February 23 · 25 min

    [Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 6: Experiments and Surprises, by Josh McCrowell and Warren D

    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!

  • February 23 · 19 min

    [Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 5: Dungeon Checklist, by Josh McCrowell and Warren D

    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!

  • February 23 · 21 min

    [Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 4: Creating the Map, by Josh McCrowell and Warren D

    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!

  • February 23 · 19 min

    [Series] Designing Dungeons Chapter 3: Refining the Theme, by Josh McCrowell and Warren D

    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!

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