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HEX mixed with a little CoC

Started by VengerSatanis, March 02, 2014, 05:42:28 PM

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VengerSatanis

March 02, 2014, 05:42:28 PM
If you don't own it and have never played it, you might not know what to think or expect from HEX.  Why would someone want to play a game that emulates films like At the Earth's Core and Journey to the Center of the Earth?  Read on! TL;DR: great session with some Cthulhu stuff thrown in, good system, tricky to get the flavor right but when it works, it works well.

QuoteAnyways, earlier today was our first time with Hollow Earth Expedition [HEX].  Virgin blood.  Had some trouble getting the original hardcover edition of the book.  It's been out of print for a little while, but with amazon's help I now have both the travel sized softcover and a mint condition hardcover with the colored end papers and character archetype plates - better than mint, actually.  My used copy is signed by Jeff Combos.  Whoever you are, "Jen," thank you.

Onto the game!  Rather than do the easy thing, which, in this case, would be running the introductory adventure at the back of the book, I decided to "do my own thing".  The outsider's curse.  It took me until the night before to come up with something decent.  HEX's game world environment is simultaneously specific and vague.  I love that, but sometimes I struggle to find a purchase on the slippery setting.  From the moment I read about dinosaurs, Nazi occultism, mad scientists, 1930's, and the lost city of Atlantis, I knew Lovecraft would have to be involved.

I decided to do a HEX makeover/hack of "The Pits of Bendal-Dolum" - a Call of Cthulhu adventure from the Cthulhu Classics scenario book by Chaosium.  Old school.  The middle was almost identical, but the beginning and ending took on drastic changes...

If you'd like to read the rest (with pictures), here's the direct link:  http://vengersatanis.blogspot.com/2014/03/the-shadow-over-hollow-earth.html

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March 02, 2014, 05:52:29 PM Last Edit: March 02, 2014, 06:00:23 PM by 3rik
Having recently received the lovely core books from the Achtung! Cthulhu Kickstarter I have been thinking of doing a very similar thing: crossing over the two settings, Achtung! Cthulhu and HEX.

Did you do any direct CoC/BRP to HEX stat conversion or did you just wing it while statting up everything for HEX?

By the way, the Frozen City of Terror scenario features HEX rules for Shock and Terror.
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VengerSatanis

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March 03, 2014, 11:59:09 AM
Quote from: 3rik;734117Having recently received the lovely core books from the Achtung! Cthulhu Kickstarter I have been thinking of doing a very similar thing: crossing over the two settings, Achtung! Cthulhu and HEX.

Did you do any direct CoC/BRP to HEX stat conversion or did you just wing it while statting up everything for HEX?

By the way, the Frozen City of Terror scenario features HEX rules for Shock and Terror.

Yeah, just used HEX for everything except descriptions.  I thought about doing a sanity check mechanic for the HEX characters but was too busy with juggling everything else.  

I think the HEX scenario I'm signed up for at Gary Con later this month is based on Frozen City of Terror, so don't want to ruin the surprise.

Thanks for the comment!  I hope your proposed game goes well.

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