The RPG Blog Carnival Archive - of Dice and Dragons

Welcome to the RPG Blog Carnival Archive!

Below, you will find an archived list of all the past carnivals ever run by the RPG blogging community! Scroll down and check out the archive. The carnival has been going strong in 2008, traveling from blog to blog and making hundreds of thousands of gamers happy in the process.

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2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023

Carnivals denoted with an (*) indicate the host page is no longer available. These are actively being researched and when found, a link to their entry in the Way back Machine will be added.

2023 Carnivals

January – Beginnings – of Dice and Dragons
February – Procedures – Plastic Polyhedra
March – Taverns, Bars, and places to meet, Sea of Stars
April – Creating Elements for a Setting – Codex Anathema (round-up)
May – Changing Gears, Lair of Secrets
June – Travels by Wave, Cloud, or Portal – See of Worlds (round-up)
July – Terrain, Seasons, Weather, Plastic Polyhedra
August – Clubs and Congregations, Codex Anathema
September – Anthropology and Archaeology, Beneath Foreign Planets (round-up)
October – Horrors, Gods, and Monsters, oh my! – The Other Side (round-up)
November – Let’s Party! Festivals and ceremonies – Vdonnet Valley (round-up)
December – Endings – Plastic Polyhedra

2022 Carnivals

January – Political intrigue, Courtly drama and Factions, Daemons and Deathrays (roundup post)
February – Something, Something, Dragons!, Sea of Stars (roundup post)
March – Blast from the Past!, of Dice and Dragons
April – Gods of the Multiverse, Codex Anathema
May – Magic Adventures in Space, Rising Phoenix Games (roundup post)
June – Attitude to Burn, Campaign Mastery
July – Here be Dragons, Rising Phoenix Games (roundup post)
August – Character Development, Adventures To Authenticity
September – Encounters!, of Dice and Dragons (roundup post)
October – Worldbuilding, Beyond the Horizon (roundup post)
November – Art-spiration, Campaign Mastery (roundup post)
December – No Dice, Rising Phoenix Games (roundup post)

2021 Carnivals

January – Characters, Stories, and Worlds (recap), Plastic Polyhedra
February – Gifts of the Gods, divine artifacts, Sea of Stars RPG Design Journal
March – – Say yes to your players (recap), Roll4Networks
April – Gathering Inspiration for Magic Items, Codex Anathema
May – Festivals, Holidays, and Birthdays, Full Moon Storytelling
June – Quintessentially, About Wealth, Campaign Mastery (roundup post)
July – The Gamer’s Notebook, of Dice and Dragons
August – – Let’s Build a Dungeon, Plastic Polyhedra
September – You Don’t Learn That In School: Education on the Tabletop, Five Foot Square
October – Horror, The Other Side
November – Indie TTRPGs, The Rat Hole
December – Fun for One (Roundup Post), Rising Phoenix Games

2020 Carnivals

January – Random Encounter Tables, Geek Native (roundup post)
February – Legends & Lore, Enderra (*)
March – Alchemy, D.R.E.A.D.
April – To Boldly Go, Codex Anathema
May – Are we there yet?, Moebius Adventures
June – Organizations, Expanding Frontier
July – What would you like to know?, of Dice and Dragons
August – “What We Need Is/Are More . . .”, Campaign Mastery
September – “Whose Relic is it anyway?”, Codex Anathema
October – Welcome to the Bazaar of the Bizarre!, of Dice and Dragons
November – Cat got your tongue, Pitfalls and Pixies (roundup post)
December – When the bad guys win, Rising Phoenix Games (roundup post)

2019 Carnivals

January – Divine World Building, In My Campaign
February – Making Magic Wondrous, Sea of Stars RPG (roundup post)
March – Echoes Of Yesteryear, Campaign Mastery (roundup)
April – Customizing Character Options, Codex Anathema
May – Holidays, Festivals & Celebrations in RPG’s, Roll4Network (roundup post)
June – The Third Fey March, Pitfalls and Pixies
July – Movers and Shakers, In My Campaign (roundup post)
August – Location, Location, Location, Codex Anathema
September – Visions of Exotic Reality, Campaign Mastery
October – From beyond the Grave, of Dice and Dragons
November – Welcome to the World of Survival Horror, Daemons and Deathrays (roundup post)
December – “Adventurer, take this . . .”, Rising Phoenix Games (roundup post)

2018 Carnivals

January – Tabletop Gaming on a Budget, Renaissance Gamer (roundup post)
February – Time Marches On, Daemons & Deathrays (roundup post)
March – Gamemaster’s Cut – And the Golden Dragon goes to, Codex Anathema (roundup post)
April – Grimoires, Journals, and Spell-Books – Hereticwerks (roundup post)
May – What scares you?, Reckoning of the Dead
June – For the Love of RPGs, Campaign Mastery (roundup post)
July – Tabletop Tales!, Pitfalls & Pixies
August – Celebrations!, of Dice & Dragons
September – Adventure Favourites, Roleplaying Tips
October – Character death, resurrection, and the undead, of Dice & Dragons
November – All these worlds, Nuketown
December – Weather, Dice Monkey

2017 Carnivals

January – Prophecies & Omens,Tales of a GM, January 2017 (*)
February – Encounters, Tabletop Terrors (*)
March – Things in the Dark, Moebius Adventures (roundup post) (*)
April – Megadungeons, Raging Swan Press
May – Occult Mysteries and Magic, Sea of Stars (roundup post)
June – Gonzo and Cross-Genre Gaming, Cross Planes (roundup post)
July – Doomsdays and Dystopias, Daemons and Deathrays (roundup post)
August – Magic, Kobold Press (roundup post)
September – Short Dungeons & Adventures, Roleplaying Tips
October – Superstitions, of Dice & Dragons (roundup post)
November – The Past Revisited: Pick a Post (your own or someone else’s) Campaign Mastery (roundup post)
December – It’s In A Book: Literary-Inspired Creations, Pitfalls & Pixies

2016 Carnivals

January – Gates & Portals, Tales of a GM (*)
February – Inspiring Your Players, Roleplaying Tips
March – Accessibility in Games, Accessible Games (*)
April – April Showers: Using Weather in RPGs, Mortaine’s Blog (roundup post)
May – At World’s End, Rising Phoenix Games (roundup post)
June – Cold Iron and Pixie Dust: The Fae, Pitfalls & Pixies, (roundup post)
July – The Ways of the Wise, Harbinger of Doom (roundup post)
August – Super Science and Sorcery, Daemons and Deathrays (roundup post)
September – Game Master Tools, Apps, Aids & Hacks, Roleplaying Tips (roundup post)
October – Potions, of Dice & Dragons (roundup post)
November – Ordinary Life, Campaign Mastery (roundup post)
December – Garbage and Sewers, 6d6 RPG (roundup post)

2015 Carnivals

January – New Year, New World, Enderra (*)
February – How/Where You Write/Prep, Leicester’s Ramble (roundup post)
March – Best GM Ever, Creative Mountain Games
April – The Combat Experience, RPG Alchemy (roundup post)
May – Unusual Dungeons (and other such locations), Enderra (*)
June – Summerland – Tales of a GM (*)
July – Weapons of Legend, of Dice and Dragons
August – Convention Gaming, Creative Mountain Games
September – Curses! Cursed Items, Spells, Campaign Stories, Roleplaying Tips
October – What Walks Into Town, of Dice & Dragons
November – The Unexpected, Campaign Mastery
December – Homebrew Holiday Gifts, World Builder Blog

2014 Carnivals

January – Transitions, Hereticwerks (*)
February – The Icey Embrace of Winter, Enderra (*)
March – Virtual Table Tops and Online RPGs, Gaming Ballistic (roundup post)
April – GM’s Notebook, of Dice and Dragons
May – Star Wars, Gaming Blog of General Tangent
June – The Hole: Deep and Dark, Moebius Adventures
July – Invasive Species, Hereticwerks
August – Devious Dungeons, Mind Weaver RPG (roundup post)
September – The RPG Blogging Community, Dice Monkey (*)
October – Things that go bump in the night, of Dice and Dragons (roundup post)
November – Races & Aliens, Roleplaying Tips (roundup post)
December – With A Twist, Campaign Mastery (roundup post)

2013 Carnivals

January – New Beginings, Kobold Enterprise (*)
February – Pimp A Game – Showing love for lesser known games, Arcane Shield (*)
March – Epic Moments of GMing, Kobold Enterprise (*)
April – GMing for a Ship of Fools, Elthos RPG (roundup post)
May – Campaigns I’d Like to Run, Age of Ravens (roundup post)
June – Favorite NPCs, Arcane Game Lore (roundup post)
July – Summer Gaming, Dice Monkey (*)
August – Campaign Preparation, Evil Machinations
September – Location! Location! Location!, Campaign Mastery (roundup post)
October – Spooky Spots!, Of Dice and Dragons, (roundup post)
November – Treasonous Acts and Plotting, Nearly Enough Dice (*)
December – Taking Charge!, Casting Shadows

2012 Carnivals

January – Fantastic Places, In My Campaign (roundup post)
February – Things to Love, Things to Hate, Nevermet Press, (*)
March – Crowdsourcing & Crowdfunding RPGs, Skyland Games (roundup post)
April – Combat Avoidance, Exchange of Realities (*)
May – Fantastic Creations, In My Campaign (roundup post)
August – What is in *your* backpack?, Game Knight Reviews (*)
September – Running Games in Established Settings, Dice Monkey (*)
October – Horror…!!!, Troll in a Corner (*)
November – Writing RPGs, Triple Crit (*)

2011 Carnivals

January – New Year, New Game!, The Action Point
February – Worldbuilding, Evil Machinations (*)
March – Life & Death in RPGs, Campaign Mastery, (roundup post)
April – Game Cartography, Dysan’s Dodecahedron (roundup post)
May – Mixing Genres, The Dump Stat (Host page no longer available.)
June – Memorable Characters Inspired From Real Life, Dungeon’s Master (roundup post)
July – Bad Ass Gaming, Nevermet Press (*)
August – Animals in RPGs, The Tower of the Archmage
September – ASSASSINS, Roleplaying Tips (roundup post)
October – Making The Loot Part Of The Plot, Campaign Mastery (roundup post)
October – Halloween Special: On a Night In the Lonesome October, A Man’s Brain-Attic (BONUS)
November – Tricks & Traps, Elthos RPG Blog
December – Heroes – Living and Dead, Casting Shadows Blog

2010 Carnivals

February – Travel in Games & Gamers Traveling, The Game Traveler (*)
March – Being a Better GM, Questing GM (roundup post)
April – Let Me Show You My (N)PC, Exchange of Realities (*)
May – Surviving the Gaming Drought, All Geek Out (*)
June – What non-game media have most inspired your games and how?, Campaign Mastery (roundup post)
July – Challenge: Growing the Hobby, Mad Brew Labs (roundup post)
August – Teaching Roleplaying, Evil Machinations (roundup post) (*)
September – Preparation – Everything or Nothing?, Fame & Fortune (roundup post)

2009 Carnivals

January – New Year’s Gaming Resolutions, Uncle Bear (*)
February – Monsters & Map Madness, The Core Mechanic
March – WAR!, The Dice Bag (*)
April – Humor and Gaming, A Butterfly Dreaming (roundup post) (*)
May – The Future Of Roleplaying, Roleplaying Pro (roundup post) (*)
June – Steampunk & Klokwerks, Mad Brew Labs
July – Dungeons & Dragons, 6d6 Fireball (roundup post)
August – Conventions, Ren Fairs, Carnivals, Oh My!, Chgowiz’s Old Guy RPG Blog (roundup post – scroll to bottom) (*)
September – Mistakes – ones you’ve made in the past and how you got past them, one’s you’re making now and don’t know how to solve, Campaign Mastery
October – Morality: In-Game and Real Life, Games of State (*)
November – Community – in real life and in the game, Uncle Bear (*)
How many of your resolutions did you achieve?, The Bone Scroll (roundup post) (*)

2008 Carnivals

August – Character Death, Resurrection, and The Undead, The Core Mechanic
September – This is Homebrew!, Donny the DM
October – Super Heroes in RPGs, Musings of the Chatty DM
November – Religion in RPG Land, The Dice Bag (roundup post) (*)
December – Transitions & Transformations, Critical Hits