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10 Fun Facts About The Hex Ficton
The Hex Ficton is the fictional setting where Hobomancer, M-Force, Weird Times at Charles Fort High, and numerous other games published by Hex Games take place. We often describe the Hex Ficton as a world that’s like our own, but vastly weirder. This list provides some insight into how weird it is. You can learn more at the Hex Ficton page.
When “Just Playing My Character” Doesn’t Cut It
It’s not unusual for RPG players to find themselves in situations where, if they’re being honest, the character they’ve established would make a choice that the player knows is a bad one. In these cases, a good role-player acts according to his character’s established background, goals, and personality even when it isn’t the most advantageous…
Tuesday Table: Generic Small Town Names
I’ve been running Hobomancer at conventions and have discovered that sometimes it’s hard to come up with names for the generic small towns that the characters end up in. Now I can just use this script whenever I need to know what town the characters are walking into. Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
2010: The Year We Make…uh…Games
Here we are nearly halfway through the first month of 2010 and there hasn’t been a new installment of “Hexagrams” since sometime back in September, so you’re probably a little curious about what Hex has planned for the coming year. We’ve meant to update this column for a while, but we’ve been kind of busy…
Random Hobo Name Generator
When I saw how quickly Skaught scripted a random generator using last week’s dungeon name tables, I decided to try out php code (which I’d only hacked at previously) by writing a random hobo name generator. The actual programming was easy, but I spent most of the week rewriting about three times until it was…
Monster of the Week: The Rougarou
Also Known As: Loup-Garou, Roux-Ga-Roux, or Rugaru Description: Although these creatures are most often encountered as humanoid wolf creatures similar to the Adlet, varieties of rougarou with characteristics of other animals, including cows, horses, pigs, and even otters have been reported. In all cases, the rougarou appears as a bipedal humanoid with an animal head…
Elvismancer Fact Finding Mission
A couple weeks ago I realized that I had a an upcoming Friday off work and that I live 3 hours away from Memphis, so I decided that if Elvismancer was in the editors’ hands by that Thursday, I would celebrate with a trip to Graceland. There were a few sections still unwritten when the…
The Adventurers’ Table
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