Welcome to the Nerd Games!
Runs April 1, 2026 - June 30, 2026
This is a craftalong where nerdy crafters all over the world can share our projects and give each other encouragement - that’s really all there is to it! If you feel you might be a nerd, or enjoy some nerdy things of any kind, or if you’re just nerdy about crafting, you’re more than welcome here!
Our theme this season is: DECADES!
We’ll be time-traveling through the 1960s, 70s, 80s, 90s, and 2000s.
STUFF TO DO
- Craft: Battles, Monthly Prompts, Free-Range, Big Time, Zap, and Research Projects
- Complete Pin Events
- Play in the Crafty Bingo: Decades Edition Event
- Earn Tickets and donate prizes for the Raffle
- Sign up for Camp Nerd Games (the Summer 2026 Nerd Games season)
HOW TO JOIN
Simply make any craft, take photos of it, and post them in this group with the following header, which is explained below:
Prompt:
Team:
Project Name:
Project Link:
Brief Description:
Project Photo(s):
Prompt: (Write the name of the prompt you are entering your craft for here. Don’t forget to include the month!)
Team: (Choose one of three, listed below)
Project Name: (Name your craft anything you like; fanciful titles or simple labels/descriptions are all fine)
Project Link: (Paste the link to your community post for the bonus points)
Brief Description: (Tell us anything you’d like to about the craft, such as how you made it, and why it fits the prompt.)
Project Photo(s): (Post photos of your awesome craft here, so we can ooh and aah over it!)
FAQs
Have more specific questions about the Nerd Games? You can find FAQs here!
THE TEAMS
There are three teams to choose from, and no requirements for joining any of them; simply choose one that speaks to you, put the team name in your first project header, and presto - you’re a member! You will remain on the same team for the entire season. You may change teams in future seasons.
- Team Super Groovy
- Team Totally Radical
- Team Extra Epic
THE PROMPTS
Prompts are posted on a monthly basis. Monthly Battles are the only time sensitive prompts (there is one Battle per month, due by 11:59 pm Central on the last day of the associated month). The non-Battle prompts are open for the entire season (there are five Monthly Prompts). See THE POINTS section below for point values and several additional opportunities to submit your crafts outside of the Monthly Prompts and Battles. You can craft specifically to fit prompts, or you can craft first and then find prompts to fit your projects into. We’re pretty lax about interpretations of the prompts and love creativity; just explain in your description how it fits!
BONUS POINTS
There is one type of bonus points available. COMMUNITY BONUS POINTS are awarded when you submit a project and share a link to a post you’ve made about the project in a Lettuce Craft board. You will earn 20 bonus points for each project you submit with a community link. Please be sure to participate in the entire community and not just in the craftalong!
THE POINTS
This competition is just for fun and the points are for nothing more than motivation and bragging rights, but go ahead and rack up points by posting projects for you team! Points break down as follows:
- Monthly Battles and Prompts: 20 points each (must take at least 30 minutes of crafting time)
- Free Range: 20 points each (must take at least 30 minutes of crafting time. Up to sixallowed per season
- Big Time projects: 50 points each (must take at least 5 hours of crafting time. Up to threeallowed per season)
- Zaps: 10 points each (any craft that takes less than 30 minutes to make. Up to five allowed per season)
- Research Projects: 100 points (must take at least 20 hours of crafting time. Up to two per season)
- Bonus Points: COMMUNITY bonus points (worth 20 extra per project) are the only bonus opportunity available at this time.
Special Note:
All prompts are supposed to be crafted within the current season. However, we have decided to make an exception to this rule. Let’s say you craft something for a swap near the end of the Summer season. You’ve sent the swap package, but it hasn’t been received yet. Fall season begins, your partner has received their swap item, and you are ready to post. You may go ahead and post your project from the previous season for the current season.
THE RULES
- Players must be 18+ years old, and each player must have and post from their own LC account.
- Players must craft to the best of their abilities and have a minimum of 30 minutes of crafting time per submission, unless otherwise noted.
- A project can only be submitted for one prompt or crafting opportunity.
- A project does NOT have to be "nerdy,” it only has to fulfill the prompt as you see fit.
- Submitted projects must be started and completed during the current season, unless otherwise noted.
- There is SO MUCH to do in the Nerd Games. Do not feel like you have to craft everything. Do what inspires you.
- We welcome all players from the Nerdyverse, no matter their Geekdom. We even welcome non-nerds!
- We are never mean.
- We never exclude someone.
- We will keep it clean-ish (PG-13).
- Never hesitate in contacting the gamemakers with your questions, concerns, or ideas.
DISCUSSION
Be sure to watch the Nerd Games Discussion Thread to stay up-to-date with announcements and other chit-chat.
NEWS
Update to prize claim process.
Previous Seasons:
We’re headed back to Camp Nerd Games for Summer 2026.
Submit your form now.
Deadline: Sunday, May 10, 2026
