🔥 The beacons are lit! SCM calls for aid!
Vote for "Everything is Pointcrawl" and "Playing the Chaplain's Game" in this year's The Bloggies awards. Today, Monday, February 16, 2026 is the last day to vote in Round 1.
Vote for SCM in The Bloggies Round 1
Heads up that today, February 16, 2026, is the last day to vote for two Skeleton Code Machine articles in The Bloggies.
You can vote for each ones in their respective categories of Theory and Critique.
Here are the direct links to the voting forms:
🗳️ Vote: Theory Round 1
Voting link: The Bloggies: Theory Round 1
Everything is pointcrawl!
Exploring hexcrawls, pointcrawls, and other crawls to see if everything is actually just a pointcrawl. How can we reduce the illusion of choice and instead have players make meaningful decisions? Dec 02, 2025
🗳️ Vote: Critique Round 1
Voting link: The Bloggies: Critique Round 1
Playing the Chaplain’s Game
Exploring the use of coins as a divination mechanism in Mechs to Plowshares, a solo TTRPG about war, anxiety, paranoia, identity, and purpose by Anomalous Entertainment. Apr 22, 2025
We Read the Bloggies
Also, check out the amazing We Read the Bloggies project that was put together by the people at the Prismatic Waystation Discord server — a monumental effort to get every nominated blog posted as a podcast episode. I recorded readings of both Playing the Chaplain’s Game and Everything is Pointcrawl.
The podcast is available wherever you listen to podcasts, including Apple and Spotify.
— E.P. 💀
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