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In this newsletter | Arcane Sword Press | Get Haunted Industries | Ham & Egg Publishing | Horse Shark Games | Stillfleet Studio | Super Savage Systems | Tiger Wizard |
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Tiger WizardHAMSTER SMASHES CITY TO RUBBLE! ALONG WITH EXPECTATIONS! |
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Howdy all, just wanted to let everyone know about this new TTRPG I’ve been working on. It’s called TAVERS: The Meow Wolf Roleplaying Game, and it’s all about collaborative storytelling for you and a few friends. In the many worlds of Meow Wolf, there is a beloved hamster named Nimsesku. Something strange has turned him into a city-smashing, massive snack-snappping Kaiju monster! The NimsesKaiju!! TAVERS Launches on Kickstarter March 4th. However, if you sign up to be notified in advance, you will receive this 80mm Kaiju Hamster mini FREE with a pledge to any physical tier. |
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Super Savage Systems Neon Bastardz RPG Coming Soon |
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 | “Now this is hyperracing!”-Annikron Moonwalker | What happens when you turbo engineer Neon Lords of the Toxic Wasteland using the ultra-light/ultra-lethal Mork Borg? You get Neon Bastardz, a rules-lite system that fits perfectly in your Battle Binderz!
With 3 zines and a starting lineup of 6 Skumdog classes, Neon Bastardz comes with everything you need to give the future a wedgie.
Neon Bastardz features a brand new Skumdogs Manual, Neon Lord’s Manual of Doom, and Fast Times on Sludge Mountain, a full-length adventure ready to run right out the gate.
So get ready to get radical in the End Times with Neon Bastardz: Same Mork Borg rules, with a new Neon Lords taste! |  | “When Neon Lords and Mork Borg combine, you know it’s gonna be one hell of a time!” -Lord Randy | | |
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Ham & Egg Publishing Hambone’s Fast Five |
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Ahoy! Hambone here reporting for duty. We’re currently in week four of Zine Month (it’s ZIMO if you’re nasty), and I am back with another creator spotlight. This week, I am stoked to introduce you to one of my favorite dudes in the hobby, J. Yamil. He is here to talk about Tales From The Tape Deck, a music-focused TTRPG. So without further ado, here’s Yamil.
1) Yamil, introduce yourself to our readers and let them know what you do in the TTRPG hobby.
I am J. Yamil. I am an editor/writer and professional DM. I have worked on the Phantasy Star RPG, 3rd-party content for Weird Frontiers/Dungeon Crawl Classics, and others.
2) You are currently crowdfunding Tales From The Tape Deck on Kickstarter. What’s the elevator pitch?
TTD is an RPG system that fits in a cassette tape deck. It is meant to be played in one or two-hour sessions. Music is a big component; each volume (adventure) comes with a curated playlist that is exactly one hour long. Your table of players can interact with the playlist by either pausing, rewinding, hitting fast-forward, or turning the volume up to eleven with in-game effects.
3) Tales is a music-focused RPG built around a series of post-apocalyptic adventures. What are some of your inspirations from that genre, and what is your theme song in the apocalypse?
John Carpenter’s soundtracks have been a huge inspiration for this project. The Thing, Escape from New York, and Halloween are direct influences. Motorhead is another big one. “We Are The Road Crew” is the unofficial anthem for the whole project. Ahmed and I have been hitting the road running, playtest sessions at conventions, bars, and basements all over the country.
4) Tales From The Tape Deck runs using a variation of the Mork Borg, Shadowdark, DCC, and OSR systems. How does that lend itself to gameplay in this world?
I think we blend the stripped-down, reckless nature of Mork Borg, the deadly urgency of Shadowdark, the over-the-top frog-god-worshipping attitude of DCC, and the “rulings, not rules” collaboration of the OSR. It all comes together like a battle vest, letting you become a motorcycle-riding George Carlin and give your players the Jack Nicholson head nod from Anger Management. With TTD in your pocket, you can have wild game sessions while blasting music at a moment’s notice.
5) Thanks for the chat, Yamil. Where can people find your stuff?
You can find me at joseyamil.com where I have a monthly newsletter. As well as IG: @jyamilwrites and BlueSky: yamilyamilyamil.bsky.social.
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Thanks for checking out my column. If you’ve enjoyed this, I have a weekly column on the Ham & Egg Publishing Patreon called Hambone Calling, which runs every Monday.
Each week, I’ll be chatting about what it’s like to be an indie publisher and a writer, as well as whatever else tickles my fancy in the moment.
You can check it out here. |
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| | Stillfleet StudioIt’s not too late to fight mutant-zombies during the Hundred Years’ War | Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet, consetetur sadipscing elitr, sed diam nonumy eirmod tempor invidunt ut labore et dolore magna aliquyam erat, sed diam voluptua. At vero eos et accusam et justo duo dolores et ea rebum. |  | Hey Analog Union, we are excited to share some big news: Danse Macabre: Medieval Horror Roleplaying—the epic new dark historical fantasy TTRPG using the Grit System—is going off to print! The game is still available at Kickstarter-only prices thanks to Late Pledges, but not for long. You can pick up the Danse Macabre Rulebook, Guide to the Abandoned World setting book, and Unsunken: Paris Below mega-dungeon. If y’all like Shadowdark or Between Two Fires, you’ll love Danse Macabre. | | | | |
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Get Haunted Industries & Horse Shark Games Netcrawl and Weird Heroes of Public Access win the Golden Fez! |
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Holy cow! I’m truly honored to be a recipient of the Golden Fez for Weird Heroes of Public Access.
James Carpio was an extraordinary talent and a creative powerhouse. I had the privilege of joining him for a game of WHPA at a past ShireCon, and it was his and his partner Mary’s characters who saved Fairhaven that day by initiating the now-canon Butterscotch Ritual.
I’ll do all I can to carry forward a piece of the magical light James shared so generously with all of us who were lucky enough to know him as a friend.
Stay weird!
-Joey Royale |
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This past week in New England has been a huge blessing!
First, I was given the gift of seeing friends and meeting a ton of new ones, and then gaming with them during Total Con! I had a blast at every table.
Earlier in the week, I was a guest at Fitchburg State University’s Communications Media Department. After a brief presentation about Netcrawl and its influences, I was honored to game with the future of video game and RPG game design.
Last but certainly not least, Netcrawl: Arcologies was honored with a Golden Fez!
There is nothing like the acclaim of your peers. I never had the opportunity to meet James, but I am proud to carry on his legacy. I’m sure we would have been fast friends. Thank you to Solarian Games for giving back to the community by creating and sponsoring the awards in the name of their highly esteemed colleague.
–James Pozenel |
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| | Arcane Sword PressUnwinding from TotalCon 40 |
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Heyo! So I’m still unwinding from TotalCon 40, which was fantastic! I was able to hang out with some fellow Analog Union folks, including Jayson, James, Joey, and a passing hello to Kevin! A big highlight for me was dissecting and playing En garde! , an RPG from 1975 With Jayson and Ben! We have since made a dedicated effort to learn and teach this forgotten gem! Another highlight was hanging out with Jordan from Goosepoop Games! I was lucky enough to play some future games he is working on with fellow Arcane Collective members Ben and Eon! Speaking of Goosepoop games- Did you know he has a current game on BackerKit? Check this out!: |  | “Food and Evil is a food truck TTRPG where you play as a rag-tag group of demons running a food truck. Picture a bunch of Guy Fieris running around causing mischief. Inspired by Overcooked and Big Top Burger, this is the food frenzy story TTRPG you don’t wanna miss!
Features: 15+ Adventures 10-minute setup Use in any game
Adventures are wild and crazy, with your standard “Diners, Demons, Endives,” cook-off, to “Danger Rings,” our Fast and Furious food truck racing adventure. Through our stretch goals, we have 5 guest writers implementing their own unique stories!
The Deluxe To-Go Box features a wheel stand, so your box looks like an actual food truck! Comes with a Take Out Menu full of additional food spells, locations, and creatures you can use in your other games. The included Deviled Deck also features an additional party TTRPG with pre-adventures for your journey through culinary school!
Food and Evil uses our Flip System, a 52-card deck with light deck-building. The system is low-complexity, and you only need to teach people the rules when the moment arises, meaning you simply hand out cards and player sheets and start playing immediately!
Food and Evil is setting agnostic, meaning you don’t have to stop playing your campaign. Implement sidequests in your adventures to give your players a break from the main storyline. Picture this: your adventuring party just finished slaying a dragon, and a food truck bursts through the dungeon asking you to help create a delicious meal.
The project is live on Backerkit until February 27th. Check it out and join in on the fun!”
Anyways, I’m catching up with my studying for the next installment of Magazine madness by looking at The Sorcerer’s Apprentice by Flying Buffalo! Check it out next week!
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| | | | ModCon 2026 Northampton, MA – May 30th |
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Game submissions are open now, and badges are on sale for the first-ever ModCon.
It’s happening May 30th at the beautiful Smith College Conference Center in Northampton, MA. ModCon is a one-day convention dedicated to the modern-era genre of TTRPGs.
That includes games like…321 RPG • Call of Cthulhu • World of Darkness • Cyberpunk • Shadowrun • Marvel Super Heroes • Mutants & Masterminds • Delta Green • Savage Worlds • Burn 2d6 • Neon Lords of the Toxic Wasteland • WHPA and more!
It’s going to be a great day of gaming, dedicated to all kinds of settings in the 20th and 21st centuries, in worlds both like our own and very, very different. Sign up below, and we’ll see you there! |
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ArcaneCon Northampton, MA – October 16th & 17th |
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ArcaneCon is returning October 16th & 17th, 2026. Join us in a celebration of indie, old school, and old school-inspired RPGs, miniature games, board games, and more! ArcaneCon is Western Massachusetts’s premiere tabletop hobby convention! Game submissions will go live on March 1st! See more information at Tabletop Events. |
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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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