Nerd Games Discussion Thread

2026 WINTER NERD GAMES - TRACKING WRAP UP!

This season we had 16 active players! A total of 272 projects were posted.

Here is where each team stands:

Team Players Projects Points Average
Cheese Trustees 5 69 2400 480
Veggie Vigilantes 6 100 3630 605
Pepperoni Posse 5 103 2820 564

Congratulations Veggie Vigilantes on your win this season!

Battle Royale Results:

January # Crafted Results
Book 7 WINNER!
Audiobook 5
February # Crafted Results
Thin Crust 6 WINNER!
Thick Crust 5
March # Crafted Results
Personal 7 WINNER
Professional 0

Crafted All the Things!

Congratulations to @LovelyMiss @megwell @Mountains_and_Clouds and @Tapestry for completing all battles and monthly prompts this season!

MAKE IT!

Congratulations to @HeroicHatchling @megwell and @Mountains_and_Clouds for claiming the MAKE IT! prizes for reaching both their personal goals and the Nerd Games goal!

Congratulations to @megwell for winning the MAKE IT! gift card drawing!

Congratulations to everyone who achieved or worked toward ANY of their goals this season!

Craftlympics

Congratulations to @craftADDchick @ezrib @graverobbergirl @HeroicHatchling @megwell and @Mountains_and_Clouds for submitting amazing Big Time projects for the Craftlympics!

Book Fair

Congratulations to @craftADDchick @ezrib @graverobbergirl @HeroicHatchling @megwell @Mountains_and_Clouds and @Tapestry for sharing wonderful book-inspired projects for the Book Fair! And thank you to everyone who shared their favorite book lists!

Congratulations to @graverobbergirl for winning the Book Fair gift card drawing! Thank you to @Mountains_and_Clouds for sponsoring.

Library Visits

Congratulations to @craftADDchick @graverobbergirl @HeroicHatchling @Mountains_and_Clouds and @Tapestry for stopping by the Library all seven times this season!

Pins

Congratulations to @craftADDchick @graverobbergirl @LindyBlues @megwell @Mountains_and_Clouds and @Tapestry for kicking butt and earning multiple pins this season!

Thanks for playing!

You can find your individual tracking sheet and the team roster here.

As always, if you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact me! Craft on, Nerds! :nerd_face:

The fun continues at the Decades-themed edition of the Spring Nerd Games! We hope to see you there!

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Congratulations to those of you who completed all of the events! I was close, but couldn’t make it over the finish line.

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Thank YOU, and @Smeddley & @storerboughtcreation, for another amazing, creative season! I had a blast revisiting Book It(/forcing my favorite books on everyone).

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Hear, hear! Thank you for another fantastic season, @LovelyMiss, @storerboughtcreation, and @Smeddley!

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Thanks to everyone for their work! It was fun! And I got a lot of projects done, not to mention the incentive to just do something creative on a regular basis!

Also, I was lucky enought to win the Book Fair prize! Thank you @Mountains_and_Clouds! I already got some excellent books! What a treat!

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Yay!! Thanks everyone for a fun season, and ohmygosh I’m already making lists and lists of ideas for the next one…!

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Prizes will go out in a couple of weeks (around mid-month). I’ll send tracking info when they’re on their way!

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I know there’s always a ton of ways to engage, but can someone clarify for me: should things like pin entries and bingo spots be distinct from monthly battles/prompt, free ranges, etc? Like, a given craft should only count in one of the many spots?

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You can definitely double (or triple) dip! A posted item can meet a prompt, cross off a Bingo square, and be counted towards the pin events!

So, if I made a granny square vest for the monthly battle (1970’s, baby!), I could also cross off Yarn on my bingo card, and count it towards the 1970’s pin event (Granny Squares were huge in the 70’s).

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Cindy is right on! A project can only fulfill one Prompt (which just means it can only earn points one time), but can usually fulfill multiple Events (because those are just extra fun things that don’t earn points).

If a project is submitted for an Event without a Prompt, it will not earn any points.

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I’ve had this answer started in my drafts in forever and kept forgetting to finish it… oops!
Thank you so much :heart:

This display has multiple levels of meaning for me… It’s the letter board that we used on our big RV adventure in 2018-2019 (please note website is now defunct):


That’s my handsome hubs in the photo, but I usually hide his face when I post on places where he’s not a member :heart:

When we came back from the trip, it was my ā€œboard of encouragementā€ to keep writing when I was realy depressed about the trip being over. Hence the ā€œyou can do itā€ that’s been on that board for several years now, lol.

And then I started collecting the Nerd Games Pins and putting them on it, and it reminds me that I am a creative person, despite what anyone else says, and that I have earned these cute reminders for my hard work. It also reminds me of Lettuce Craft and all the nice things people have said about my creations over the course of my being a member here. You all mean a lot to me :heart:

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That’s so cool! Thanks for sharing!

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