Standing-up a campaign to drive #Hexcrawl25 challenge that operates in two modes:
- Classic continuous campaign
- Episodic open table
https://seedofworlds.blogspot.com/2025/04/campaign-spin-up-ix-dual-mode-hex-crawl.html
One for my patrons tonight, a beta of some simple path mechanics for overland travel: https://www.patreon.com/posts/125886015?utm_campaign=postshare_creator
#ttrpg #hexcrawl
#HexIsland - eine kleines Spiel, um dunkle Zeiten aufzuhellen: Lasst uns #HexIsland-Mikrosettings erschaffen!
Hex für Hex erstellen wir eine Insel. Ab MORGEN stelle ich hier täglich einen Prompt ein und zwar für:
- Eine Hexfeld-Beschreibung
- Einen Eintrag für eine Zufallsbegegnungstabelle
- Einen Abenteuer-Schauplatz
- Etwas Anderes – z.B. ein Monster, eine Hintergrundinformation etc.
Jede Beschreibung sollte idealiter in einen einzelnen Post passen.
#osr #hexcrawl #pnpde #Worldbuilding 1/n
These things are TRUE for every #HexIsland:
- Each hex spans 6 miles.
- The basic geography of every HexIsland is similar, but climate and other details may vary.
- Every HexIsland is unique - yours could be a tropical lost world teeming with dinosaurs, a low-fantasy Iron Age milieu, or a White Lotus-style resort hiding dark secrets.
- Yet ALL HexIslands are, at least theoretically, connected - whether by hidden (?) portals or other mysterious means. 2/n
#osr #hexcrawl #ttrpg #Worldbuilding
#HexIsland
A small game to bring some light to dark times: Let's create #HexIsland microsettings!
Fill the hexes of an island, one by one. Starting TOMORROW , I'll prompt you each day to contribute:
- A hex description
- A random encounter for a table
- An adventure location
- Something extra, e.g. a monster, a piece of lore, etc. Each description should ideally fit into a single post. 1/n
#osr #hexcrawl #ttrpg #Worldbuilding
There’s no such thing as an empty hex. https://hexedpress.itch.io/joy-of-hex-maps/devlog/914077/theres-no-such-thing-as-an-empty-hex
#ttrpg #hexcrawl
The new clans are both more gameable - presenting motivations, needs, wants - and more humanising. They're still deeply weird; the difference is that the weirdness is compatible with them being real people that the PCs can gain some understanding of.
There are still plenty of creatures filling the monstrous/twisted human role (scumboggles, candlethieves), but the humans with an actual society are now presented as fully human, rather than subhuman.
(comparing Fever Swamp editions 
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A misgiving I had with the original was the rascist vibe towards the locals. This is (IMO as a white British man) better handled in the new edition.
The previous "tribe" table presented traits that played into stereotypes (pygmies, cannibals) and didn't given any insight into their internal lives - they were inscrutable and monstrous.
Beyond the Woods brings classic open-world fantasy roleplaying and exploration to #5e. It's a #hexcrawl survival game set against the backdrop of a beautiful and terrifying world inspired by Irish mythology and influenced by games like Elden Ring. https://www.geeknative.com/171809/emmet-byrnes-beyond-the-woods-is-an-irish-hexcrawl-for-survival/
I posted a short video walking through my wilderness die mechanic:
https://youtu.be/SoJjjIMAwVI
#ttrpg #hexcrawl
I threw something quick and dirty onto Itch to spice up wilderness adventures: https://hexedpress.itch.io/a-wilderness-die/devlog/908020/a-wilderness-die
#ttrpg #hexcrawl
Expanding settlements from hubs to extents https://hexedpress.itch.io/joy-of-hex-maps/devlog/907505/expanding-communities-from-hubs-to-extents
#ttrpg #hexmap #hexcrawl
How to read a hex key from a hexcrawl adventure #ttrpg #hexcrawl
https://youtube.com/shorts/RPYxIWQly-0?feature=share
I threw together a one-pager, "To the Manor Born," that presents some quick and useful (I hope) guidelines for setting up manors and estates. It's free to download on Itch (I set it up as a demo file). https://hexedpress.itch.io/joy-of-hex-maps/devlog/903541/to-the-manor-born
#ttrpg #hexcrawl
I'm participating in a #GameJam centered around filling a #Hexcrawl map based on Antarctica. I'm unofficially calling it #Antarctica25, haha.
If you're interested, check it out here: https://itch.io/jam/antarctica-jam.
Will be sharing my entries for each hex I've reserved here as well, and on my blog.
I don't really draw these days, but I made a little hex map with random landmarks based on a section of that old outdoor survival game map from the 70s that apparently was used by dnd players then... nothing to write home about, but very relaxing.
A quick #OSR #hexcrawl adventuring region: THE CRADLE. A tiny pocket of hospitable soil protected from the badlands by a mighty mountain range.
The birthplace of humanity, before the sky elves' invasion forced them to flee. Now humans are back to rebuild their ancestral homeland. Ruined, elven supertechnology dots the land. A toxic wound in the earth stretches interminably downward. Twisted jungle men haunt the northeast hills.
Eclesicon 
