Bloggies Round 3 is over...

The conclusion of the third round means we're officially in the end game. You can find the results in this post, or by visiting this year's official home page, which includes the final round of voting.

The Bloggies 2026

A yearly celebration of blogging in tabletop roleplaying games.

Explorers DesignClayton Notestine

Advice Category

This category includes advice for play, prep, publishing, and more.

🏆 Writing Rooms in Pairs: 51.2% (129)
❌ make better mind pictures 48.8% (123)

❌ How to Replicate Over/Under 44.2% (110)
🏆 Less Combat… More Obstacles 55.8% (139)

Critique Category

This category includes critical analysis of books, games, adventures, and more.

❌ Mausritter, Wargame 34.6% (80)
🏆 Review of Initiative Methods 65.4% (151)

🏆 How Jennell Jaquays Evolved Dungeon Design, Part 1: Pre-Jaquays Dungeons 60.3% (146)
❌ Arthurian Mysticism and Violence: a Mythic Bastionland Analysis 39.7% (96)

Gameable Category

This category includes ready-to-use rules, monsters, and more.

🏆 RANDOM ENCOUNTER TABLES AS ADVENTURE RAM: Adding “Memory” To Encounter Checks 61% (147)
❌ Promises - a Mythic Bastionland House Rule 39% (94)

❌ Just Use Bears… Or Wolves, Dragons or Spiders 48.5% (112)
🏆 Anti-colonial Dungeon 51.5% (119)

Theory Category

This category is all about systems, mechanics, gameplay, and more.

🏆 WHY MEGADUNGEONS? A Campaign Structure for Modern Lives 52.3% (123)
❌ The Star-Pattern: a Pitfall of GMing 47.7% (112)

🏆 The 10 Types of Special Rooms 54.8% (137)
❌ Combat As My Balls 45.2% (113)

Meta Category

An all new category for ideas about taxonomy, creativity, and beyond.

🏆 Mapping the Blogosphere 61.6% (146)
❌ Don’t wait to create, don’t wait to learn 38.4% (91)

❌ Close and Distant Playstyles 48.9% (113)
🏆 the default dungeon is colonial 51.1% (118)

Conclusion

That's everything for Round 3. If you're reading this, that means round 4 is already underway (and you're running out of time). You can find the latest news, standings, and voting at this year's Bloggies homepage or at the link below.

Godspeed, Bloggies Voters.

The Bloggies: Round 4

Welcome to The Bloggies. You’re currently voting in the forth and final round of the tournament! All five categories are included. You’ll be voting on each matchup in the five categories. What are The Bloggies? The Bloggies are a fan-led celebration of blogging in tabletop rpgs. It’s one part award show and one part battle royale. You can find this year’s nominees and their respective brackets at the official homepage for this year.

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