The BLOGGIES 2024: Call for Nominations!
The BLOGGIES are back, and it’s time to celebrate the best of the TTRPG blogging community!
Who are you?
Hey! I’m Sacha (or SachaGoat). I am not a TTRPG creator, journalist or even prolific blogger (seriously, this is my 7th post). However, it’s become a tradition for this grass-roots award to be hosted by the previous year’s winner, hence why Zedeck Siew passed the sceptre to me for 2024.
What are the Bloggies?
Official BLOGGIES 2024 art by Hodag (@HODAGRPG)
The BLOGGIES are a yearly awards event that debuted on the Prismatic Wasteland blog in 2022 to celebrates standout TTRPG blog posts from the past year — shining a light on the posts that linger in your mind long after you’ve closed the tab. The awards are a way to recognize the creativity and hard work that keeps the TTRPG blogging scene thriving.
How do I nominate a great blog post?
You can submit eligible posts for nomination via this Google Form.
As with last year, there are four main Award Categories:
- Theory — Explores broad ideas, criticism, or analysis about TTRPGs, including their cultures, aesthetics, politics, and history.
- Gameable — Provides ready-to-use content like monsters, subsystems, or designs that can be directly added to your games.
- Advice — Shares ideas, tips, or methods for improving gameplay, enhancing player experience, or refining play culture.
- Review — Evaluates specific TTRPG books, games, systems, adventures, or products.
This year, I am introducing two Bonus Categories. You can be nominated into these, in addition to one of the above main categories:
- Debut Blog — Award for a blog whose first post debuted in 2024.
- Blog Series — Award for a series of posts from the same blog that garners multiple nominations this year.
The nomination deadline is Midnight GMT, 31 December 2024.
What is “an eligible post”?
Eligible posts are:
- Published between December 1 2023 and November 30 2024.
- Hosted on a personal website, or blogging platform (eg. blot.im, blogspot, ghost, medium, patreon, substack). Social media threads will not be considered.
- Must be classifiable into the TTRPG post categories (theory, gameable, advice, review).
- Accessible without a login, membership or subscription.
You can nominate multiple posts but avoid nominating a post you have already nominated.
How does a post win?
In early 2025, I will review and group the nominations. Like last year, the main Award Categories will have knock-out bouts (ie, a tournament) with public voting. The new Bonus Categories will be a straight popular vote (ie, only 1 round per category).
Why does TTRPG blogging matter?
The TTRPG space has always thrived on the exchange of ideas, a collaborative culture woven into its very fabric. Its roots trace back to the mimeographed pages of wargaming and fantasy zines of the 1970s, where enthusiasts debated mechanics, shared house rules, and dreamed up entire worlds. These grassroots publications were the lifeblood of the early hobby, connecting far-flung players in a time before the internet. As the decades rolled on, the scene migrated to message boards and forums, where ideas sparked across threads and communities blossomed in the glow of dial-up modems. Today, blogging bears this torch, becoming the primary venue for deep dives into mechanics, nuanced critiques of games, and the sharing of gameable treasures.
Blogs offer a slower, more reflective pace compared to the quick hits of social media, with space to explore ideas in depth and return to them long after they’re posted. They keep alive the spirit of experimentation and sharing that shaped the hobby in its earliest days, providing a platform for creators to speak directly to players and for players to contribute back to the larger conversation. It’s a lineage of creativity and collaboration, continuing to evolve while staying true to its roots.
If you write blog posts, share blog posts, or just read them - thank you for supporting the vibrant TTRPG blogging community. Let’s make the 2024 BLOGGIES the best yet!