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In this newsletter | Solarian Games | Ham & Egg Publishing | Saltheart RPG |
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| | Come hang with the AU boys IRL at PAGE3! |  | Ahoy!
Hambone here, tagging in for my pals at Solarian Games to chat you up about PAGE 3, which several of the illustrious members of the Analog Union will be attending.
PAGE (The Philadelphia Area Gaming Expo, if you’re nasty) is the best and biggest TTRPG convention on the East Coast, boasting over 100 special guests, vendors, and more games being played over 30,000 square feet than you can shake a stick at!
There will also be a ton of games, panels, special events, and more.
Here’s who’ll be there from the squad with some of the nicest mugshots you’ve ever seen. |  | | |
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| | | | “I’m in love with that song.” |  | I have nothing to promote this week, but yesterday I stumbled upon a hidden playlist in Apple Music called “Favorite Songs.” I did not make this playlist.
That said, dang if our AI Overlords don’t know me inside and out because it sure did have A LOT of bangers on it.
So here is a track from said playlist, from one of my all-time favorites, The Damned. As a bonus, here is one from one of my other all-time faves, The Replacements. It’s where the header quote came from. I was at this Paul Westerberg show in ’96. It ruled. |  | A couple of takeaways, the first being, if you have the chance to see The Damned, DO IT. They still sound like a punk band from London, and Dave Vanian has aged into a fine Dracula.
Secondly, be gentle with yourself this week. Do the things that made you feel alive as a kid (unless it’s drugs. You are an adult, man!), drink lots of water, and stay off the internet. Unless it is this newsletter, please don’t stop reading.
Finally, if you see me at PAGE, say hi!
-JHM
P.S. If you want to check out my books, look no further. | | | | | Analytic Dice covers D&D 2024 for the New Year |  | Hmmm… perhaps you have heard of this game… Dungeons & Dragons and its many editions continue to dominate the tabletop roleplaying game landscape. Honestly, good for them and all of us. The name recognition is what gets folks into the hobby, where they can then find all the cool stuff that the Analog Union members make. Stranger Things was the latest pop media to heavily feature D&D. Analytic Dice is a podcast that covers a different RPG each month, from Tunnels & Trolls and Modiphius’s Conan to A24’s The Green Knight and Space 1999; we cover a lot of ground. So, for 2026, we start by finally covering the game that created the hobby.
Cheers and see you at PAGE this weekend. Kevin | | | | | | | | |  |
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Heyo. So I won’t have the next installment of Magazine Madness due to dealing with the passing of my friend Ryan I mentioned last week. I apologize for not having my next post ready for y’all, but I chose to take a week off to remember him. I know you all understand! Anyway, I hope you all have a great week, and I’ll have something ready to go for our next newsletter.
If you know anyone who has been deeply affected by cancer, please consider donating to Caring for a Cure |
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Your editor this week has been John Hambone McGuire of Ham & Egg Publishing.
Keep on emailing us at hello@analogunion.com to let us know what you’d like to see more of, less of, or just ideas you’ve got. If you like the Analog Union newsletter, please tell your friends to sign up at AnalogUnion.com. See you next week! -JHM |
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