This thread is my current list of favorite articles and projects on Explorers Design.
Let me show you some of the matches from round 1.
Let's look at the advice bracket.
The difference between these was no more than 8 votes. The matchup between A Lock with No Key and Don't Write Lore? Decided by 1 vote.
Let me show you some of the matches from round 1.
Let's look at the advice bracket.
The difference between these was no more than 8 votes. The matchup between A Lock with No Key and Don't Write Lore? Decided by 1 vote.
If you haven't participated already, that's okay. You can jump in now and vote on one or more matchups. You might even walk away with new ideas or house rules in the process.
🧙♂️🗳️👇
If you haven't participated already, that's okay. You can jump in now and vote on one or more matchups. You might even walk away with new ideas or house rules in the process.
🧙♂️🗳️👇
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The good news: There are half as many posts in round 2, and if you voted in the first round, you've likely read most of them.
The official webpage for this year can be found here:
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
The good news: There are half as many posts in round 2, and if you voted in the first round, you've likely read most of them.
The official webpage for this year can be found here:
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
Please keep voting! May the best posts win!
The good news: There are half as many posts in round 2, and if you voted in the first round, you've likely read most of them.
The official webpage for this year can be found here:
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
Please keep voting! May the best posts win!
This post has all of the voting breakdowns sans the vote count (it would have taken me an extra hour to add those in, and I have a day job 😔.)
You won't believe the margins on these matchups!
This post has all of the voting breakdowns sans the vote count (it would have taken me an extra hour to add those in, and I have a day job 😔.)
You won't believe the margins on these matchups!
Someone should go for me. I've already burnt all my vacation time on trips to various Hard Rock Cafes. Can't swing it this year.
Someone should go for me. I've already burnt all my vacation time on trips to various Hard Rock Cafes. Can't swing it this year.
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-202...
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-202...
"What is an OSR" (Meta) by @juniperhl.bsky.social
"How to Replicate Over/Under" (Advice) & "Promises - A Mythic Bastionland House Rule" (Gameable) by @valerialoves.bsky.social
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
"What is an OSR" (Meta) by @juniperhl.bsky.social
"How to Replicate Over/Under" (Advice) & "Promises - A Mythic Bastionland House Rule" (Gameable) by @valerialoves.bsky.social
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
https://www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/#the-bloggies-tournament
https://www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/#the-bloggies-tournament
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www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-202...
Here's everything you need to know for this week... 1/4
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
Advice: forms.gle/LApoXPh7cVhy...
Critique: forms.gle/5Qvwxxsvyhq8...
Gameable: forms.gle/WjPxMyQunpPZ...
Theory: forms.gle/VSa1fwjYLcrk...
Meta: forms.gle/R26nY7qm7DaA...
Vote for your favorites. PSA over
Advice: forms.gle/LApoXPh7cVhy...
Critique: forms.gle/5Qvwxxsvyhq8...
Gameable: forms.gle/WjPxMyQunpPZ...
Theory: forms.gle/VSa1fwjYLcrk...
Meta: forms.gle/R26nY7qm7DaA...
Vote for your favorites. PSA over
Here's everything you need to know for this week... 1/4
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
Here's everything you need to know for this week... 1/4
www.explorersdesign.com/bloggies-2026/
So, you might be asking, "What blog posts are in this year's Thunderdome?" You can find the whole list here.
So, you might be asking, "What blog posts are in this year's Thunderdome?" You can find the whole list here.
So, you might be asking, "What blog posts are in this year's Thunderdome?" You can find the whole list here.
So, you might be asking, "What blog posts are in this year's Thunderdome?" You can find the whole list here.
Favs so far:
The 10 types of special rooms @traipsehex.bsky.social
Writing rooms in pairs @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com
WHY MEGADUNGEONS? @icastlight.bsky.social
Dealing With NPCs Should Be Expensive and Irritating @forlornencystment.bsky.social
Thank you @directsun.bsky.social for the stellar job narrating my post! You navigated my tongue-twisting typos with admirable alacrity. podcast.bloggies.org
Favs so far:
The 10 types of special rooms @traipsehex.bsky.social
Writing rooms in pairs @sean.tuesdayknightgames.com
WHY MEGADUNGEONS? @icastlight.bsky.social
Dealing With NPCs Should Be Expensive and Irritating @forlornencystment.bsky.social