I just posted an update to the Elvismancer Kickstarter. The plan was to include a writing sample, but the completely reasonable few paragraphs I originally meant to write combined with a throwaway line from an old Death Cookie article and became an 1800-word in-world article. Since that was way too long for a Kickstarter update,…
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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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…
15. Longest campaign played The longest game I’ve ever played was (QAGS co-founder) Leighton Connor’s “Ficton” super-hero game (not to be confused with The Hex Ficton), which I’ve mentioned here before. It think it lasted around six years, but I’m not sure if it would technically be considered a single campaign; the climax was rooted…
I recently finished writing the section of M-Force that deals with conducting investigations. Since investigation scenes are common in all types of RPGs, I decided to share it here. Since the details are more about process than mechanics, it should be fairly easy to adapt this to other game systems if for some reason you…
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…
Also Known As: Bean-Nighe, Bean Si, Bean Sidhe, Cyoeraeth, Gwrach-y-Rhibyn, Hag of the Mist, Washer at the Banks, Washer at the Ford, Washer of the Shrouds Description: Banshees look like human women, often with delicate features reminiscent of the traditional description of fairies. Most banshees appear as either beautiful young women or decrepit old crones,…
REVERB GAMERS 2012, #6: Describe your all-time favorite character to play. What was it about him/her/it that you enjoyed so much? (Courtesy of Atlas Games. Visit them at www.atlas-games.com) You know how my answers to the last couple of questions have been short? Well, this one’s going to be the exact opposite of that. I’ve…
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…
