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I usually try to avoid writing entries that are pure advertising, but this week I’m going to make an exception because (1) the thing I’m advertising is absolutely free of charge; (2) the thing I’m advertising is potentially useful even to people who don’t play QAGS; and (3) it’s been a long week and I can’t think of anything better to write about. Besides, I think the thing I’m going to tell you about is a really cool idea, and I can’t wait to add to it.
I’ve talked about the Who Would Play Him/Her In The Movie? stat previously, and mentioned that I use it for basically every game I play these days. I might not have mentioned is that I often used photos of the WWPHITM? actors and actresses (especially the more obscure ones) on character sheets for pre-generated characters. When the players make their own characters, the WWPHITM? decision-making stage often involves players looking up IMDB or Wikipedia entries or searching around for a picture of a particular performer. In short, visuals can make WWPHITM? even better, especially for people who don’t know a lot of movie star names.
A couple weeks ago, a long-time QAGS player asked me whether we had some kind of web page for posting cool WWPHITM? pics. We didn’t, but I thought it was a great idea. In fact, I was a little bugged we hadn’t already thought of it. Long story short, there’s now a Hex Games Pinterest page. I officially dubbed it “The Who Would Play Him/Her Inspiration Machine,” mainly because I needed a title for this post, and “We’re On Pinterest” didn’t sound like the kind of thing a lot of people would go out of their way to read, which means they’d miss out on this amazing new part of the Hex social media empire.*
Right now the site has boards for Hex product art, WWPHITM? boards for the major Hex games/lines (and one or two minor ones), and some general character archetypes, like action heroes, most with about 10-20 pins. Don’t worry, though, we’ll be adding more boards and pics in the future. I’ve also got a few ideas for handy non-WWPHITM? boards that I’ll be adding as soon as I get time to work out the best way to organize them.
In the meantime, check the page out, and let us know if you have ideas for categories or specific actors/pics for the existing categories. You folks with Pinterest accounts can follow our whole page or whichever individual boards you like. If you stumble across any relevant pins, please send them our way. Next week I’ll post something slightly less shameless.
*Hey, at least I didn’t full click-bait and call this post “A QAGS fan suggested a site for posting WWPHITM? You’ll ABSOLUTELY LOSE YOUR FUCKING MIND when you see what happens next!! EBOLA! #Gamergate!”
