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Cinemechanix Playtest Report

Steve Johnson4 years ago1 month ago013 mins

We kicked off con season a couple of weeks ago and got to try out the latest version of Cinemechanix with real live con people for the first time. At DieCon, Leighton ran a sword and planet style game and Hobomancer using Cinemechanix, while I ran a game set in the City of 10,000 Daggers…

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Scene from the movie Dark Dungeons (c)2014 by Rallsfilm & Zombie Orpheus Entertainment. Based on the tract Dark Dungeons by Jack Chick.
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Mal’s Story: A Tale of Low Level Adventure

Steve Johnson5 years ago1 month ago01 mins

In preparing to celebrate the QAGS 20th Anniversary, we’re going to be digging through a lot of old files, so I’m occasionally going to post material from older versions of The Death Cookie. Since we’re rushing to finish the first round of Cinemechanix editing this week, now seems like a good time to start. Mal’s…

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Cinemechanix 2-Hour Con Demo Playtest Report

Steve Johnson5 years ago4 weeks ago01 mins

I didn’t post last week because I spent the early part of the week getting ready for Archon and Thursday night loading up the booth and driving to St. Louis. What was I working on for Archon? Mostly boring stuff: reprinting missing character sheets from the games I’d already run at other cons, counting and…

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Scene from the movie Dark Dungeons (c)2014 by Rallsfilm & Zombie Orpheus Entertainment. Based on the tract Dark Dungeons by Jack Chick.
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Cinemechanix Design Journal: DieCon Report

Steve Johnson6 years ago1 month ago01 mins

Before this weekend, I hadn’t run a complete playtest game of the current version of Cinemechanix. Part of the reason is situational. I live in the armpit of the Midwest a solid two hours and change from anything resembling an actual city, so there aren’t a whole lot of gamers around in the first place…

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Team Force Alpha 37 Secret Origins

Steve Johnson7 years ago3 weeks ago01 mins

Shameless Self-Promotion: The Drivethru GM’s Day Sale is going on now. You can get most Hex stuff for 30% off! Last week I posted Captain Deity, a character from Team Force Alpha 37, which is the first of a series of sample game set-ups we’ll be including in the Cinemechanix core rule book. The full…

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The Ghost of Christmas Future Imperfect

Steve Johnson7 years ago1 month ago01 mins

Want some Hobomancer T-Shirts, Happy d20 Keychains, or other Hex swag? Good news. We’ve got a store at Zazzle now where you can order all sorts of Hex merchandise. I’ll personally be picking up some Hobomancer playing cards in the near future. If you read last week’s blog, you saw how I’d run a trashy…

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Short War Stories

Steve Johnson8 years ago4 weeks ago02 mins

Role-playing is like Vegas: What happens at the game table should stay at the game table. That’s not because gaming stories are scandalous, it’s because it’s very rare for gaming stories to be the slightest bit interesting to anyone outside of the group of people who played the game. A lot of of them boil…

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HappilyEverAfter: The Case of the Stolen Slipper

Woody Babb12 years ago3 weeks ago02 mins

Here’s another Actual Play write-up from Woody at FAST. This one tells the tale of Colin’s HappilyEverAfter game at Archon 2010. (As told by Ms. Muffet) It was just another day in HappilyEverAfter, the city that puts the “sin” in fascination.  You could survive if you knew how to play the game; the penalty for…

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The Devil Went Down To Georgia

Woody Babb12 years ago3 weeks ago01 mins

The following Actual Play is from Colin’s The Devil Went Down to Georgia — A Rock n Roll Occult Investigation game at Archon 34 (2010). Thanks to Woody at FAST Games for the write-up! The Devil Went Down to Georgia (As told by Jerry Lee Lewis) Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email

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Actual Play Theater Episode 1: Sword & Sorcery

Steve Johnson12 years ago3 weeks ago01 mins

Even though the Hex staff is spread out from Nashville to Toledo, we do occasionally manage to get together and play games outside of conventions. This year, Joshua LH Burnette has been recording many of these games, and as he gets them edited and bumpered, we’re going to post them here for your enjoyment. Facebook…

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