A cool mapping idea for your hexcrawl notes.

So I was watching THIS channel today and I saw a very cool way to take notes for your hexcrawl. This is my route for my solo game. This amount of travel and adventure has taken 31 in game days. So Springrise 31st would be the date. I think it really helps to visualise where …

Forbidden Lands – finally, though a slightly different take.

So I have had the Forbidden Lands RPG by Fria Ligan for some time. I've been so keen to play it but wanted to play it in person. With the beautiful map it comes with and legacy stickers, it seemed to be a perfect game to get my DnD friends into it but away from …

Hexcrawl Procedure

Resources - Adventurers have a D8 (D12 if they prepared) die of food and water. They must roll each type each day to see if they use up their food (on a roll of a 1 or 2 - reduce one die size). When you buy food, you can buy it in single die quantities …

Some example DM notes for friends

I wanted to share some DM notes with my friends and thought this might be the easiest way to do it. The Hexcrawl 'guide' (let's face it... other places do it so well) will come soon. I suppose it would be a collection of ideas I have gathered from other sources. Example Fronts (from Dungeon …

Hexcrawl update: Some thoughts and notes.

So the hexcrawl is well underway and it is fantastic. This post will be a collection of thoughts I've had regarding the style. Campaign Notes The first thing of interest is that I have begun to use One Note for the campaign notes. Google docs was good to begin with but I have quickly realised …

Hexcrawl Incoming?

So I have been reading extensively about Hexcrawling recently. It seems like a method of play which you can still find aspects of in the DMG (watches, overland travel) but is not fleshed out at all. I have read up on the Alexandrian, watched Web DM, Matt Colville and Bardic College YouTube vids, read various …