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The Red Witch of Chapel d’Angoisse
Every year World Anvil does “Adventure April,” where you write an adventure. I was kinda sorta thinking about maybe doing something for Million Colored Sun (coming soon!) this year, but it was a still a “might be fun” sort of thing. Today I saw this post about something called the Gygax 75 Challenge, and how…
Zine Month 2024
For the last several years, a number of Hex contributors have been participating in Zine Month and ZineQuest. In addition to QAGS supplements about fantasy taverns and magical Elvises, we’ve released supplements for Dungeon Crawl Classics, Old School Essentials, and Troika. This year is no exception and we’ve got three zines competing for your shekels on Kickstarter this month. Collect them all!
Role Playing on the Fury Road
If you’re like me, your news and social media feeds have been packed with stories about Mad Max: Fury Road for at least the past week. There are commentaries, reviews (here’s mine), and articles pointing out that THE DOOF WARRIOR IS THE AWESOMEST THING EVER!!!!! There are also a handful of misogynists whining that the…
What Are You Plotting?
I rarely do very much planning for the games I run. One of the benefits of using a rules-light system is that it’s easy to make things up on the spot, so I don’t see the point of spending a lot of time drawing maps and looking up stat blocks that might or might not…
Mash-Up Madness 2: Electric Bugaloo
Back in May, I did a set of Dumb Tables you could use to come up with a game by ripping off existing stuff. That was fun, and after the holiday break I can’t come up with any ideas, so I’m going to do it again, but with slightly different blanks to fill in. …
Tuesday Table: Random Sword & Sorcery Characters
Since I can’t think of an interesting table theme this week, here are some random tables to use when you need to come up with Words for a Sword & Sorcery character (expect more like this in the future). Facebook Twitter Reddit Tumblr Email
Actual Play Theater Episode 1: Sword & Sorcery
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…
Wednesday WWPHITM? Fafhrd & The Gray Mouser
To continue with this week’s musings on Sword & Sorcery fantasy, this Wednesday WWPHITM? takes a look at Fritz Lieber’s Fafhrd & The Gray Mouser series. The basic plot will be “Ill Met in Lankhmar,’ probably with brief retellings (possibly as flashbacks) of “The Cold Women” and “The Unholy Grail” included. Guy Ritchie directs. Facebook…
The Rules: Sword & Sorcery
Lately, several members of the Hex staff have been discovering or re-discovering classic pulp sci-fi and fantasy. I picked up a big ass book of Conan stories a few months ago and have been slowly making my way through it; a few of the others have read or re-read the John Carter of Mars books…