When I watched the new She-Ra series, I realized that “Aetheria” was basically the same as “Etheria,” Eternia’s sister planet. A Google also turned up a video game that appears to be current that uses “Aetheria” with the “Ae” spelling. So I decided to change the name, which was a terrible thing because I agonize…
I’m trying to work out how to make the rules for powers to work in Guardians of Shymeria. I’ve had several false starts so far. Every time I actually start writing the rules, I find myself lost once again in the Land of Crunch. I don’t want the rules to come from the Land of…
For a while now I’ve been working on a game called Guardians of Shymeria, which was going to be the setting for the Sample of Play Theater game in the Cinemechanix rulebook. The basic idea was “He-Man meets Heavy Metal,” with 80s cartoon characters (because I really wanted to steal a rule Josh Burnett had…
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Last weekend the staff of Hex Games went to Collinsville for Archon, where we celebrated the 20th anniversary of the publication of QAGS. This occasion inspired lots of reminiscing about the early days of Hex, which in turn inspired this list. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
I’ve mentioned a few times in the past year that it’s now been 20 years since we released the first edition of QAGS. Or at least since we printed it. “Released” is probably overstating the book’s availability, given that it was only available at cons we went to, at the store where I worked, and…
Leighton Connor just released his newest story, Hello From Junction City, which you can download for FREE on Amazon (or buy, if you read this after the low introductory price of “nothing” expires). The protagonists of the story are members of The Herrick Agency, a private detective agency in New York City that specializes in…
From very early on, the Hex plan for American Artifacts was to release three PDFs and then collect them into a single print edition. Now that all three PDFs are out, we’re hoping to release the book at Archon in October. Instead of just collecting the three existing volumes, we decided to add some new…
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