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Solarian Games | Get Haunted Industries | Arcane Sword Press | Ham & Egg Publishing |
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Nominations are OPEN for the Golden Fezawards! |  | This is the 2nd year for the Golden Fez awards, our annual tabletop RPG awards honoring game designer James Carpio. Held in conjunction with TotalCon, the awards will be given out at the convention on Saturday, February 21st.
Submit your own game, or nominate someone else’s game that you love. Awards are open to any tabletop role-playing game published in 2025, from the largest publishers to the smallest indie press.
Last year, the Game of the Year award was won by Outgunned from Free League Publishing. Award categories include:
The Holy Hand Grenade Award- Given for best new game mechanic.
The Pick Up and Play AwardThe Velvet Smooth Award- For best design and production.
- The Everlasting Fun Factory Award
- This award is given to a game that was published prior to the current judging year. It is for the enduring classics as well as the hidden gems from the past.
The Hack the Planet Award- Presented to the most unexpected idea. Originality in any form, whether it’s rules, setting, design, or anything else.
The Bucket of Blood Award- The Golden Fez Game of the Year
- Game of the Year is given to the one game published this year that we feel best embodies all of the things about gaming that James loved.
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Do not fear, do not be frightened! Come inside and become enlightened!Tiger Wizard and Joey Royale proudly present “Tails from the Night Market” as an official Mausritter Month Backerkit Project!
https://www.backerkit.com/c/projects/get-haunted-industries/tails-from-the-night-market
Since the Night Market first appeared beneath the flickering lanterns of the old fairgrounds, micefolk have gathered from distant burrows to taste strange delights and glimpse impossible wonders. The refuse of the tall-folk’s world—rare cheeses, candied fruits, trinkets, and toys—has become the foundation of a twilight bazaar that never truly sleeps.
Yet something stirs beneath the laughter and lights. The fortune tellers whisper of unseen hands guiding the Market’s rise. The sideshows hide more than illusion. And those who wander too far from the glow of the tents sometimes do not return. |
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 | Tails from the Night Market is a collection of three darkly whimsical pamphlet adventures for the Mausritter role-playing game. A fourth pamphlet contains a beautiful map of the Night Market. Within these pages lie hours of exploration, mystery, and horror beneath the carnival’s painted smile.
During Mausritter Month when you back 7 or more of the projects, including Junk City, you’ll get a FREE pack of 16 wooden mice meeples, one for each of the projects in Mausritter Month! Here they are: | | |
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| | Heyo! What’s up everyone? I am excited to finally share with you an RPG resource created by Arcane Comrade Ben of Empty Castle Press. It’s called Quest Giver! |  | I’ll let Ben Explain; “Each of the 36 quests, adventure seeds, rumors, jobs, or campaign starters, all include a small background, a monetary reward, and a randomized list of complications, so even if you run the same scenario twice, it won’t always be the same. While written with OSR/BX games in mind (‘cause that’s my jam), they are broadly system-neutral, allowing for Quest Giver to be used in any medieval fantasy styled adventure game. I’ll have handmade printed copies available for sale at ArcaneCon, but if you’re itching to check it out now (or need some last-minute prep for your game session) it’s newly available on DriveThruRPG”
This product emerged from a discussion about how awesome Traveller is, and that one of my favorite RPG products is 76 Patrons for Traveller. So after I gave Ben an extra copy of 76 Patrons, he cranked out this fantastic resource inspired by it. I’ve been sitting on my copy for a while now, eager to share this and now it’s finally available on DriveThruPRG and print copies will be available at ArcaneCon THIS WEEKEND! Woah! Hopefully I’ll see you there!
| | | Ham & Egg Publishing |  | Ahoy!
Hambone here, and I am stoked to share some cool stuff with you this week. First up, Under the Shadow of the Noon-Day Witch has just 48 hours left on Kickstarter.
Under the Shadow of the Noon-Day Witch is a standalone tale of political intrigue, fire and brimstone, and the brutal machinery of medieval torture, compatible with Sickest Witch RPG.
We’ve funded and unlocked a killer variant cover by Evangeline Gallagher and are ready to deliver a killer dark folk horror adventure for you to enjoy with your coven!
Click the button below to learn more!
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Finally, last week, ahead of Halloween, I had the privilege of seeing Nosferatu accompanied by the fabulous We Used To Cut The Grass Orchestra. It was easily one of the coolest experiences I have ever been a part of.
With the continued flood of AI tomfoolery, it is more important than ever to experience human artistic interactions. I cannot express to you, Dear Reader, how full* my heart was and how my brain was firing on all cylinders as I left the brewery. It was yet another reminder of why I love creating weirdo outsider art and the power it has to bring people together.
While many of you may not be from my ancestral home of New Jersey, and cannot make it to Alternate Ending for an event, I can only imagine there are places all across the country doing something similar with other classic films. Seek these places out. Go to them. You will be glad you did.
*My belly was also full thanks to the three-course meal, which was superb. My compliments to the chef.
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Your editor this week has been Jayson Elliot of Solarian Games Dia Duit! I’m back from Ireland, where I had a wonderful time at GaelCon 37. All the tables for Top Secret® were filled, and I met lots of great gamers. This weekend I’ll be running Top Secret at ArcaneCon in Northhampton, come out and say hi!
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! Jayson |
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