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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: 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 - Retrospective: Steading of the Hill Giant Chief

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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

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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

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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, 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 of Teenage Dragons Roam the Wilderness: The Implied Lifecycle of Dragons in AD&D

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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)

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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 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
• Pan Theater: Rules of Improv
• Dropout TV
• https://lincodega.com/
• https://www.patreon.com/cw/ABestiaryandCompleteWorldAtlas
• Roll to Doubt: Live Text Roleplaying

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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 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 Megadungeons
• Designing Dungeons Course
• Papers & Pencils: Two Week Megadungeon
• In Places Deep: Mastering the Megadungeon

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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 Bones: Play-by-Post Gaming - some notes and advice

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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

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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

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