Skip to content
The Death Cookie

The Death Cookie

The Hex Games Blog

Random Article
Site Info
Series
Archetype of the Week
Cartography Corner
From the Archives
Happy D20 Adventures
Monster of the Week
Steve's Ramblings
World Building 101
WWPHITM?
Hex Games
Hex Games News and Info
The Hex Ficton
QAGS
Hobomancer
M-Force
Qerth
Cinemechanix V23
Champions of Shymeria
Other Hex Games
Gaming Articles
General Gaming Articles
Dumb Tables
Prompts and Challenges
Actual Play Reports
Conventions
City of Ten Thousand Daggers
Diner Punks
Reviews
Interviews
Hail Eris!
Potpourri

Meta

  • Log in
  • Entries feed
  • Comments feed
  • WordPress.org
  • Random Generators
    • Random Hobo Name Generator
    • Qerth Name Generator
    • Random One-Shot Game Generator
    • Generic Small Town Names
    • Christmas-Themed One-Shot Generator
    • Random Conspiracy Generator
    • Random Nation Builder
  • Hex Links
    • Hex Games Home Page
    • QAGS 2E Facebook Page
    • Hex Games on Twitter
    • Hex Games at DriveThruRPG
    • Hex Games at Paizo
    • Hex Merch at Zazzle
  • World Anvil
    • The Hex Ficton
    • Kingyak’s Workshop
    • The City of Ten Thousand Daggers
  • Steve's Ramblings
  • Steve's Patreon Posts
7 months ago7 months ago

The Real Danger of AI

Last month I wrote several articles about why I don’t think AI art is the…

  • Hex Games News and Info
  • Hex Games
1 year ago

The Road to QAGS 3E, Part 10

Once SupaGenius was gone, we spent the rest of Origins comparing notes, but that didn’t…

  • Other Hex Games
9 years ago2 years ago

Elevator Pitch: Dark Age Super-Heroes

To view this content, you must be a member of Steve’s Patreon at $1 or…

  • Reviews
10 years ago3 years ago

Everywhere You Look: My Review of the Full House Board Game

As you may have heard, Netflix has announced a reboot of the ground-breaking TV sitcom,…

  • Dumb Tables
13 years ago3 years ago

Random Bad Guy Obsessions

There’s a school of thought in certain books, comics, movies, and RPGs that giving a…

  • Archetype of the Week
16 years ago2 years ago

The Hacker

Although the term has gone through several changes in meaning over the years, today most…

  • Diner Punks
  • Other Hex Games
4 years ago2 years ago

Diner Punks: Welcome to the Boomlands

Sorry for the relative silence lately. It’s been a busy month my internet connection has…

  • Steve's Ramblings
  • Potpourri
8 months ago7 months ago

Will AI Lead to the Enshitification of Art?

I’ve spent three articles telling you why the most common arguments used by AI opponents…

  • Steve's Ramblings
9 years ago2 years ago

Cinemechanix Design Journal: Adaptive Rules

So, if you’ve been following along, you know that I’ve come to the realization that…

  • Monster of the Week
  • M-Force
14 years ago3 years ago

Monster of the Week: The Banshee

Also Known As: Bean-Nighe, Bean Si, Bean Sidhe, Cyoeraeth, Gwrach-y-Rhibyn, Hag of the Mist, Washer…

The Rez
  • Hex Games
  • Diner Punks

The Rez

Big Sky Country
  • Hex Games
  • Diner Punks

Big Sky Country

The Lumberlands
  • Hex Games
  • Diner Punks

The Lumberlands

Come Out To The Coast…
  • Hex Games
  • Diner Punks

Come Out To The Coast…

  • Hex Games
  • Diner Punks
  • Steve's Patreon Posts

The Rez

Steve Johnson2 weeks ago01 mins

Here’s the newest Diner Punks region! Only a couple more to go! Since I’m over 6K and still have about 20 days left, I’m thinking about trying to hit the 25K word count for WorldEmber. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email

Read More
  • Hex Games
  • Diner Punks
  • Prompts and Challenges
  • Steve's Patreon Posts

Big Sky Country

Steve Johnson3 weeks ago01 mins

Today’s WorldEmber entry is a little short (it’s for one of the smaller areas of the Boomlands), but it’s got Silo People! Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email

Read More
  • Hex Games
  • Diner Punks
  • Prompts and Challenges
  • Steve's Patreon Posts

The Lumberlands

Steve Johnson3 weeks ago3 weeks ago01 mins

The latest Diner Punks WordEmber entry takes us to Bigfoot country. Here’s the link to The Lumberlands. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email

Read More
  • Hex Games
  • Diner Punks
  • Prompts and Challenges
  • Steve's Patreon Posts

Come Out To The Coast…

Steve Johnson3 weeks ago01 mins

I’m going to assume you can finish the John McClane quote on your own. I just posted what happened to California after The Boom. You can read it here. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email

Read More
  • Hex Games
  • Diner Punks
  • Prompts and Challenges
  • Steve's Patreon Posts
  • QAGS

Salt & Dust

Steve Johnson4 weeks ago01 mins

Just posted the region write-up for The Basin, which is home to apocalypse Mormons, speed-worshipping raider gangs who race across the Salt Flats, and Elvis Goddamn Presley. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email

Read More
  • Hex Games
  • Diner Punks
  • Prompts and Challenges
  • Steve's Patreon Posts
  • QAGS

Gone To Texas

Steve Johnson4 weeks ago01 mins

I just posted the next Boomlands region description for The Dust Fields, which offers exciting career opportunities like being a slave for a water baron, digging around in radioactive slag for scrap, or raiding the other two groups. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email

Read More
  • Hex Games
  • Diner Punks
  • Prompts and Challenges
  • QAGS

First World Ember Article: The Drag

Steve Johnson1 month ago1 month ago01 mins

It’s WorldEmber time at World Anvil, and this year I’m expanding the world of Diner Punks with at least 10,000 words of new content. Here’s the first 700 or so: Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email

Read More
  • General Gaming Articles
  • Potpourri

Classic D&D Monsters, According to AI

Steve Johnson3 months ago3 months ago07 mins

Since I’ve got a new computer, I’ve been playing with some new AI image generation software. A couple of weeks ago, I decided to see how it did with descriptions of some classic D&D monsters, so I grabbed my first edition Monster Manual and fed descriptions from the book into the AI. A few notes:…

Read More
  • Steve's Ramblings
  • Potpourri

Universal Basic Income Vs. The AI Apocalypse

Steve Johnson5 months ago020 mins

Last time, I suggested that the real horrors that AI is going to visit upon the world will be economic, not artistic. As AI improves (at an alarming rate), it’s going to be able to automate more and more jobs, leading to skyrocketing unemployment, depressed wages, and a wealth gap that would make Margaret Thatcher…

Read More
  • Hex Games News and Info
  • Hex Games
  • QAGS

QAGS 3E Overview “Podcast”

Steve Johnson6 months ago6 months ago01 mins

So Google Notebook LM has an option where you can generate a podcast about whatever sources you’re using. When I was looking for a Notion replacement, I fed it a bunch of “best alternatives for Notion” type articles and generated a podcast to help choose the best replacement. That worked pretty well, so I gave…

Read More
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • …
  • 65

Categories

Site Info
Series
Archetype of the Week
Cartography Corner
From the Archives
Happy D20 Adventures
Monster of the Week
Steve's Ramblings
World Building 101
WWPHITM?
Hex Games
Hex Games News and Info
The Hex Ficton
QAGS
Hobomancer
M-Force
Qerth
Cinemechanix V23
Champions of Shymeria
Other Hex Games
Gaming Articles
General Gaming Articles
Dumb Tables
Prompts and Challenges
Actual Play Reports
Conventions
City of Ten Thousand Daggers
Diner Punks
Reviews
Interviews
Hail Eris!
Potpourri

Tags

Adventure Ideas (35) Archetypes (37) BMA (31) Boomlands (25) Buffy the Vampire Slayer (21) Bureau of Monster Affairs (31) C10KD (62) Cartography (26) Champions of Shymeria (23) Character Creation (30) Cinemechanix (117) City of Ten Thousand Daggers (21) Comics (19) D&D (64) Diner Punks (34) Dumb Tables (62) Elvis (22) Fantasy (67) Game Design (80) Gaming (18) Happy D20 (19) Happy D20 Adventures (19) Hex Ficton (63) Hex Games (32) Hobomancer (45) Joshua LH Burnett (35) Kingyaks Workshop (27) Leighton Connor (62) M-Force (79) Magic (34) Maps (28) Monster of the Week (31) Monsters (65) Post-Nuke (26) Post Apocalypse (28) QAGS (133) Qerth (20) Reverb Gamers (24) Rockabilly (25) RPG (27) Settings (21) v23 (24) World Anvil (140) World Building (54) WorldEmber (47)

You May Have Missed

  • General Gaming Articles

Random One-Shot: La Novia Princesa

Steve Johnson 9 years ago3 years ago
  • General Gaming Articles
  • Potpourri

Classic D&D Monsters, According to AI

Steve Johnson 3 months ago3 months ago
  • Steve's Ramblings

Cinemechanix Design Journal: Dice Effects

Steve Johnson 10 years ago3 years ago
  • General Gaming Articles
  • Steve's Ramblings

Cliches, Tropes, & The Rules

Steve Johnson 8 years ago2 years ago
  • Diner Punks
  • Prompts and Challenges

Canadian Occupied States

Steve Johnson 2 years ago2 years ago
  • General Gaming Articles
  • Diner Punks

Hellwinkle J. Moose

Steve Johnson 1 year ago
  • Dumb Tables

Travel Encounters

Steve Johnson 13 years ago3 years ago
  • Gaming Articles
  • General Gaming Articles

Wiki Articles Are Wizards Play-Thru Review

Steve Johnson 8 months ago8 months ago
(c)2026 by Hex Games
Newsmatic - News WordPress Theme 2026. Powered By BlazeThemes.
  • Home
  • Privacy Policy
  • Become a Patron
  • Buy Hex Games
  • Contact Us
Sign up for Steve's newsletter!


Powered by Buttondown.