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John Prine’s Mailbag

Steve Johnson5 months ago01 mins

New American Artifact: John Prine’s Mailbag. Read at World Anvil Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email

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10 Fun Facts About The Hex Ficton

Steve Johnson4 years ago2 years ago07 mins

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.

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Wolfman Jack’s Lost Broadcast

Steve Johnson7 years ago2 years ago08 mins

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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RPGaDay2015, Part 1

Steve Johnson10 years ago2 years ago011 mins

I just found out about the #RPGaDay2015 meme that’s going around. Since I’m coming in halfway through (and since a lot of my answers to the early questions are very short), I’m going do the first 14 of them today, start doing the “A Day” part tomorrow with #15 and post a new one every…

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Influence Mapping Your Game

Steve Johnson10 years ago2 years ago02 mins

“The novel is a challenge to vulgarization: write something that looks new to you: someone will point out that the thrice-accursed Greeks said it long ago.”–Charles Fort As Fort observes, there really aren’t any new ideas. The best you can really hope for is to mix old story elements in a new and interesting way…

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The World of M-Force

Steve Johnson11 years ago1 year ago01 mins

I just got back last night from another fun but exhausting Archon weekend, so I’m going to post something I’ve already written today. As some of you know, we’ve been working on a new version of M-Force, our monster hunting game, for quite a while now. M-force takes place in the same world (which we…

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Ten Questions About Hobomancer

Jeffrey Johnson12 years ago1 year ago03 mins

An interview with Steve Johnson and Leighton Connor, conducted by Jeffrey Johnson I remember back in the olden times when if you wanted behind the scenes information about movies or games you had to settle for the little snippets in Starlog, or on E! entertainment TV and piece the whole story together bit by bit….

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American Artifacts

Steve Johnson13 years ago2 years ago01 mins

Sorry about missing a couple of weeks–other commitments, plague, pestilence, that kind of things. I’ll try not to let it happen again (much). I’m going to ease back into things with a couple of easy tables of random magical items that you can base your next story around. Conveniently enough, Hex produces two American Artifacts…

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Hex Teams Up With Gamers For Humanity to Raise Money For New Orleans Trip

Death Cookie Staff14 years ago1 year ago01 mins

Hex Games is proud to support Gamers for Humanity in their fundraising efforts for New Orleans. The first 100 people to donate $10 or more to Gamers for Humanity’s New Orleans trip at www.gamersforhumanity.org will receive a copy of the new gaming supplement American Artifacts 2. Your donations will make this year’s New Orleans trip…

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A Six Pack of Stagger Lee

Steve Johnson15 years ago1 year ago01 mins

This article originally appeared in an old incarnation of The Death Cookie. Since Stag’s hat is one of the items described in American Artifacts, this seemed like a good time to reprint it. If you’re a music fan (especially a blues fan), there’s a good chance you’ve heard at least a song or two about…

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