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  "description": "After the third Bloggies Blog Bath: Who won? And by how much?",
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    "The Bloggies 2026A yearly celebration of blogging in tabletop roleplaying games.Explorers DesignClayton Notestine",
    "_Writing Rooms in Pairs_",
    "_make better mind pictures_",
    "_How to Replicate Over/Under_",
    "_Less Combat… More Obstacles_",
    "_Mausritter, Wargame_",
    "_Review of Initiative Methods_",
    "_How Jennell Jaquays Evolved Dungeon Design, Part 1: Pre-Jaquays Dungeons_",
    "_Arthurian Mysticism and Violence: a Mythic Bastionland Analysis_",
    "_RANDOM ENCOUNTER TABLES AS ADVENTURE RAM: Adding “Memory” To Encounter Checks_",
    "_Promises - a Mythic Bastionland House Rule_",
    "_Just Use Bears… Or Wolves, Dragons or Spiders_",
    "_Anti-colonial Dungeon_",
    "_WHY MEGADUNGEONS? A Campaign Structure for Modern Lives_",
    "_The Star-Pattern: a Pitfall of GMing_",
    "_The 10 Types of Special Rooms_",
    "_Combat As My Balls_",
    "_Mapping the Blogosphere_",
    "_Don’t wait to create, don’t wait to learn_",
    "_Close and Distant Playstyles_",
    "_the default dungeon is colonial_",
    "The Bloggies: Round 4Welcome 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.Google Docs"
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  "textContent": "# Bloggies Round 3 is over...\n\nThe 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.\n\nThe Bloggies 2026A yearly celebration of blogging in tabletop roleplaying games.Explorers DesignClayton Notestine\n\n* * *\n\n# Advice Category\n\nThis category includes advice for play, prep, publishing, and more.\n\n🏆 _Writing Rooms in Pairs_ _:_ 51.2% (129)\n❌ _make better mind pictures_ 48.8% (123)\n\n❌ _How to Replicate Over/Under_ 44.2% (110)\n🏆 _Less Combat… More Obstacles_ 55.8% (139)\n\n* * *\n\n# Critique Category\n\nThis category includes critical analysis of books, games, adventures, and more.\n\n❌ _Mausritter, Wargame_ 34.6% (80)\n🏆 _Review of Initiative Methods_ 65.4% (151)\n\n🏆 _How Jennell Jaquays Evolved Dungeon Design, Part 1: Pre-Jaquays Dungeons_ 60.3% (146)\n❌ _Arthurian Mysticism and Violence: a Mythic Bastionland Analysis_ 39.7% (96)\n\n* * *\n\n# Gameable Category\n\nThis category includes ready-to-use rules, monsters, and more.\n\n🏆 _RANDOM ENCOUNTER TABLES AS ADVENTURE RAM: Adding “Memory” To Encounter Checks_ 61% (147)\n❌ _Promises - a Mythic Bastionland House Rule_ 39% (94)\n\n❌ _Just Use Bears… Or Wolves, Dragons or Spiders_ 48.5% (112)\n🏆 _Anti-colonial Dungeon_ 51.5% (119)\n\n* * *\n\n# Theory Category\n\nThis category is all about systems, mechanics, gameplay, and more.\n\n🏆 _WHY MEGADUNGEONS? A Campaign Structure for Modern Lives_ 52.3% (123)\n❌ _The Star-Pattern: a Pitfall of GMing_ 47.7% (112)\n\n🏆 _The 10 Types of Special Rooms_ 54.8% (137)\n❌ _Combat As My Balls_ 45.2% (113)\n\n* * *\n\n# Meta Category\n\nAn all new category for ideas about taxonomy, creativity, and beyond.\n\n🏆 _Mapping the Blogosphere_ 61.6% (146)\n❌ _Don’t wait to create, don’t wait to learn_ 38.4% (91)\n\n❌ _Close and Distant Playstyles_ 48.9% (113)\n🏆 _the default dungeon is colonial_ 51.1% (118)\n\n* * *\n\n# Conclusion\n\nThat'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.\n\nGodspeed, Bloggies Voters.\n\nThe Bloggies: Round 4Welcome 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.Google Docs",
  "title": "Bloggies Breakdown: Round 3",
  "updatedAt": "2026-02-19T12:52:42.070Z"
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