Hex

A curse has infested an ancient keep near your town. The evil magic has filled the keep with monsters. Can you save your home from this hex?

“Hex” is a one page solitaire RPG by Jeff Moore inspired by “Doom: Semper Fidelis” by Sandy Antunes.

All you need to play “Hex” is a copy of the character sheet/rules and five or six six-sided dice. “Hex” creates a solitaire gaming experience similar to the dungeon crawling adventures of your favorite table-top or computer RPG.

Hex uses a minimum number of random tables to keep the game accessible and fast. Roll the dice, make a choice. Balance the loss of Health and Endurance to gain XP. Battle giant rats, skeletons, vampires, hellhounds and even a dragon to save your home town!


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3 Responses to “Hex”

  1. Hex. Diversión, por un rato. « Actual Play Says:
    September 11th, 2008 at 10:34 pm

    […] Hex, un rpg para jugar en solitario. […]

  2. Trinkit Says:
    August 4th, 2009 at 6:13 am

    An log of me playing Hex on IRC. ;) I wrote a script to manage it.

    The logs a little messy, but basically it shows the (rather boring) strategy I have been using. Basically since fighting monsters gives such a paltry reward, I always run from them. They’re not enticing to fight. Save the health and endurance for the boss fight if you get to that point. The fact that you lose your chances to heal and rest as you get keys does seem to break things a little bit, but, then again, if you’re lucky, you won’t find a key for quite some while and can build up a stockpile of health and endurance on level 1.

    [05:57] !Hex
    [05:57] !Hex-Turn
    01[05:57] [Hex] [ Empty Room ]
    01[05:57] [Hex] You may !Hex-Rest (+1 Health, +3 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Scavenge (+3 Health, -1 Endurance, +0 XP)
    [05:57] !Hex-Rest
    01[05:57] [Hex] Health: 7 Endurance: 9 XP: 0 Keys: 0 LVL: 1
    [05:57] !Hex-Turn
    01[05:57] [Hex] [ Treasure Room ]
    01[05:57] [Hex] You search for treasure and find gold! (+LVL XP)
    [05:57] !Hex-Turn
    01[05:57] [Hex] Health: 7 Endurance: 9 XP: 1 Keys: 0 LVL: 1
    01[05:57] [Hex] [ Trapped Room ]
    01[05:57] [Hex] You may !Hex-Trigger (-LVL Health, 0 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Disable (0 Health, -LVL Endurance, +0 XP)
    [05:57] !Hex-Disable
    01[05:57] [Hex] Health: 7 Endurance: 8 XP: 1 Keys: 0 LVL: 1
    [05:57] !Hex-Turn
    01[05:57] [Hex] [ Empty Room ]
    01[05:57] [Hex] You may !Hex-Rest (+1 Health, +3 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Scavenge (+3 Health, -1 Endurance, +0 XP)
    [05:57] !Hex-Rest
    01[05:57] [Hex] Health: 8 Endurance: 11 XP: 1 Keys: 0 LVL: 1
    [05:57] !Hex-Turn
    01[05:57] [Hex] [ Treasure Room ]
    01[05:57] [Hex] You search for treasure and find gold! (+LVL XP)
    01[05:57] [Hex] Health: 8 Endurance: 11 XP: 2 Keys: 0 LVL: 1
    [05:57] !Hex-Turn
    01[05:57] [Hex] [ Monster Room ]
    01[05:57] [Hex] You may !Hex-Run (0 Health, 0 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Fight (-LVL Health, -LVL Endurance, +LVL XP)
    [05:57] !Hex-Run
    [05:58] !Hex-Turn
    01[05:58] [Hex] Health: 8 Endurance: 11 XP: 2 Keys: 0 LVL: 1
    01[05:58] [Hex] [ Empty Room ]
    01[05:58] [Hex] You may !Hex-Rest (+1 Health, +3 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Scavenge (+3 Health, -1 Endurance, +0 XP)
    [05:58] !Hex-Rest
    01[05:58] [Hex] Health: 9 Endurance: 14 XP: 2 Keys: 0 LVL: 1
    [05:58] !Hex-Turn
    01[05:58] [Hex] [ Empty Room ]
    [05:58] !Hex-Rest
    01[05:58] [Hex] You may !Hex-Rest (+1 Health, +3 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Scavenge (+3 Health, -1 Endurance, +0 XP)
    01[05:58] [Hex] Health: 10 Endurance: 17 XP: 2 Keys: 0 LVL: 1
    [05:58] !Hex-Turn
    01[05:58] [Hex] [ Monster Room ]
    01[05:58] [Hex] You may !Hex-Run (0 Health, 0 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Fight (-LVL Health, -LVL Endurance, +LVL XP)
    [05:58] !Hex-Run
    01[05:58] [Hex] Health: 10 Endurance: 17 XP: 2 Keys: 0 LVL: 1
    [05:58] !Hex-Turn
    01[05:58] [Hex] [ Monster Room ]
    01[05:58] [Hex] You may !Hex-Run (0 Health, 0 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Fight (-LVL Health, -LVL Endurance, +LVL XP)
    [05:58] !Hex-Run
    01[05:58] [Hex] Health: 10 Endurance: 17 XP: 2 Keys: 0 LVL: 1
    [05:58] !Hex-Turn
    01[05:58] [Hex] [ Treasure Room ]
    01[05:58] [Hex] You search for treasure and find gold! (+LVL XP)
    01[05:58] [Hex] Health: 10 Endurance: 17 XP: 3 Keys: 0 LVL: 1
    [05:58] !Hex-Turn
    01[05:58] [Hex] [ Monster Room ]
    01[05:58] [Hex] You may !Hex-Run (0 Health, 0 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Fight (-LVL Health, -LVL Endurance, +LVL XP)
    [05:58] !Hex-Run
    01[05:58] [Hex] Health: 10 Endurance: 17 XP: 3 Keys: 0 LVL: 1
    [05:58] !Hex-Turn
    01[05:58] [Hex] [ Empty Room ]
    01[05:58] [Hex] You may !Hex-Rest (+1 Health, +3 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Scavenge (+3 Health, -1 Endurance, +0 XP)
    [05:59] !Hex-Rest
    01[05:59] [Hex] Health: 11 Endurance: 20 XP: 3 Keys: 0 LVL: 1
    [05:59] !Hex-Turn
    01[05:59] [Hex] [ Monster Room ]
    01[05:59] [Hex] You may !Hex-Run (0 Health, 0 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Fight (-LVL Health, -LVL Endurance, +LVL XP)
    [05:59] !Hex-Run
    01[05:59] [Hex] Health: 11 Endurance: 20 XP: 3 Keys: 0 LVL: 1
    [05:59] !Hex-Turn
    01[05:59] [Hex] [ Empty Room ]
    01[05:59] [Hex] You may !Hex-Rest (+1 Health, +3 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Scavenge (+3 Health, -1 Endurance, +0 XP)
    [05:59] !Hex-Rest
    01[05:59] [Hex] Health: 12 Endurance: 23 XP: 3 Keys: 0 LVL: 1
    [05:59] !Hex-Turn
    01[05:59] [Hex] [ Monster Room ]
    01[05:59] [Hex] You may !Hex-Run (0 Health, 0 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Fight (-LVL Health, -LVL Endurance, +LVL XP)
    [05:59] !Hex-Run
    01[05:59] [Hex] Health: 12 Endurance: 23 XP: 3 Keys: 0 LVL: 1
    [05:59] !Hex-Turn
    01[05:59] [Hex] [ Monster Room ]
    01[05:59] [Hex] You may !Hex-Run (0 Health, 0 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Fight (-LVL Health, -LVL Endurance, +LVL XP)
    [05:59] !Hex-Run
    01[05:59] [Hex] Health: 12 Endurance: 23 XP: 3 Keys: 0 LVL: 1
    [05:59] !Hex-Turn
    01[05:59] [Hex] [ Trapped Room ]
    01[05:59] [Hex] You may !Hex-Trigger (-LVL Health, 0 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Disable (0 Health, -LVL Endurance, +0 XP)
    [05:59] !Hex-Disable
    01[05:59] [Hex] Health: 12 Endurance: 22 XP: 3 Keys: 0 LVL: 1
    [05:59] !Hex-Turn
    01[05:59] [Hex] [ Monster Room ]
    01[05:59] [Hex] You may !Hex-Run (0 Health, 0 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Fight (-LVL Health, -LVL Endurance, +LVL XP)
    [05:59] !Hex-Run
    01[05:59] [Hex] Health: 12 Endurance: 22 XP: 3 Keys: 0 LVL: 1
    [05:59] !Hex-Turn
    01[05:59] [Hex] [ Trapped Room ]
    01[05:59] [Hex] You may !Hex-Trigger (-LVL Health, 0 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Disable (0 Health, -LVL Endurance, +0 XP)
    [05:59] !Hex-Disable
    01[05:59] [Hex] Health: 12 Endurance: 21 XP: 3 Keys: 0 LVL: 1
    [05:59] !Hex-Turn
    01[06:00] [Hex] [ Empty Room ]
    01[06:00] [Hex] You may !Hex-Rest (+1 Health, +3 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Scavenge (+3 Health, -1 Endurance, +0 XP)
    [06:00] !Hex-Rest
    01[06:00] [Hex] Health: 13 Endurance: 24 XP: 3 Keys: 0 LVL: 1
    [06:00] !Hex-Turn
    01[06:00] [Hex] [ Treasure Room ]
    01[06:00] [Hex] You search for treasure and find gold! (+LVL XP)
    01[06:00] [Hex] Health: 13 Endurance: 24 XP: 4 Keys: 0 LVL: 1
    [06:00] !Hex-Turn
    01[06:00] [Hex] [ Monster Room ]
    01[06:00] [Hex] You may !Hex-Run (0 Health, 0 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Fight (-LVL Health, -LVL Endurance, +LVL XP)
    [06:00] !Hex-Rest
    [06:00] !Hex-Run
    01[06:00] [Hex] Health: 13 Endurance: 24 XP: 4 Keys: 0 LVL: 1
    [06:00] !Hex-Turn
    01[06:00] [Hex] [ Monster Room ]
    01[06:00] [Hex] You may !Hex-Run (0 Health, 0 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Fight (-LVL Health, -LVL Endurance, +LVL XP)
    [06:00] !Hex-Run
    01[06:00] [Hex] Health: 13 Endurance: 24 XP: 4 Keys: 0 LVL: 1
    [06:00] !Hex-Turn
    01[06:00] [Hex] [ Trapped Room ]
    01[06:00] [Hex] You may !Hex-Trigger (-LVL Health, 0 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Disable (0 Health, -LVL Endurance, +0 XP)
    [06:01] !Hex-Disable
    01[06:01] [Hex] Health: 13 Endurance: 23 XP: 4 Keys: 0 LVL: 1
    [06:01] !Hex-Turn
    01[06:01] [Hex] [ Trapped Room ]
    [06:01] !Hex-Disable
    01[06:01] [Hex] You may !Hex-Trigger (-LVL Health, 0 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Disable (0 Health, -LVL Endurance, +0 XP)
    01[06:01] [Hex] Health: 13 Endurance: 22 XP: 4 Keys: 0 LVL: 1
    [06:01] !Hex-Turn
    01[06:01] [Hex] [ Monster Room ]
    01[06:01] [Hex] You may !Hex-Run (0 Health, 0 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Fight (-LVL Health, -LVL Endurance, +LVL XP)
    [06:01] !Hex-Run
    01[06:01] [Hex] Health: 13 Endurance: 22 XP: 4 Keys: 0 LVL: 1
    [06:01] !Hex-Turn
    01[06:01] [Hex] [ Monster Room ]
    [06:01] !Hex-Run
    01[06:01] [Hex] You may !Hex-Run (0 Health, 0 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Fight (-LVL Health, -LVL Endurance, +LVL XP)
    01[06:01] [Hex] Health: 13 Endurance: 22 XP: 4 Keys: 0 LVL: 1
    [06:01] !Hex-Turn
    01[06:01] [Hex] [ Treasure Room ]
    01[06:01] [Hex] You search for treasure and find a key! (+1 Key)
    [06:01] !Hex-Turn
    01[06:01] [Hex] Health: 13 Endurance: 22 XP: 4 Keys: 1 LVL: 1
    01[06:01] [Hex] [ Stair Room ]
    01[06:01] [Hex] You go down a level in the dungeon. (LVL+1)
    [06:01] !Hex-Turn
    01[06:01] [Hex] Health: 13 Endurance: 22 XP: 4 Keys: 1 LVL: 2
    01[06:01] [Hex] [ Empty Room ]
    01[06:01] [Hex] You may !Hex-Rest (+1 Health, +3 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Scavenge (+3 Health, -1 Endurance, +0 XP)
    [06:01] !Hex-Rest
    01[06:01] [Hex] Health: 14 Endurance: 25 XP: 4 Keys: 1 LVL: 2
    [06:01] !Hex-Turn
    01[06:01] [Hex] [ Treasure Room ]
    01[06:01] [Hex] You search for treasure and find gold! (+LVL XP)
    [06:01] !Hex-Turn
    01[06:01] [Hex] Health: 14 Endurance: 25 XP: 6 Keys: 1 LVL: 2
    01[06:01] [Hex] [ Stair Room ]
    01[06:01] [Hex] You go down a level in the dungeon. (LVL+1)
    01[06:01] [Hex] Health: 14 Endurance: 25 XP: 6 Keys: 1 LVL: 3
    [06:01] !Hex-Turn
    01[06:01] [Hex] [ Trapped Room ]
    01[06:01] [Hex] You may !Hex-Trigger (-LVL Health, 0 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Disable (0 Health, -LVL Endurance, +0 XP)
    [06:02] !Hex-Disable
    01[06:02] [Hex] Health: 14 Endurance: 22 XP: 6 Keys: 1 LVL: 3
    [06:02] !Hex-Turn
    01[06:02] [Hex] [ Monster Room ]
    01[06:02] [Hex] You may !Hex-Run (0 Health, 0 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Fight (-LVL Health, -LVL Endurance, +LVL XP)
    [06:02] !Hex-Run
    01[06:02] [Hex] Health: 14 Endurance: 22 XP: 6 Keys: 1 LVL: 3
    [06:02] !Hex-Turn
    01[06:02] [Hex] [ Monster Room ]
    01[06:02] [Hex] You may !Hex-Run (0 Health, 0 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Fight (-LVL Health, -LVL Endurance, +LVL XP)
    [06:02] !Hex-Run
    01[06:02] [Hex] Health: 14 Endurance: 22 XP: 6 Keys: 1 LVL: 3
    [06:02] !Hex-Turn
    01[06:02] [Hex] [ Stair Room ]
    01[06:02] [Hex] You go down a level in the dungeon. (LVL+1)
    01[06:02] [Hex] Health: 14 Endurance: 22 XP: 6 Keys: 1 LVL: 4
    [06:02] !Hex-Turn
    01[06:02] [Hex] [ Stair Room ]
    01[06:02] [Hex] You go down a level in the dungeon. (LVL+1)
    01[06:02] [Hex] Health: 14 Endurance: 22 XP: 6 Keys: 1 LVL: 5
    [06:02] !Hex-Turn
    01[06:02] [Hex] [ Trapped Room ]
    01[06:02] [Hex] You may !Hex-Trigger (-LVL Health, 0 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Disable (0 Health, -LVL Endurance, +0 XP)
    [06:02] !Hex-Disable
    01[06:02] [Hex] Health: 14 Endurance: 17 XP: 6 Keys: 1 LVL: 5
    [06:02] !Hex-Turn
    01[06:02] [Hex] [ Monster Room ]
    01[06:02] [Hex] You may !Hex-Run (0 Health, 0 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Fight (-LVL Health, -LVL Endurance, +LVL XP)
    [06:02] !Hex-Run
    01[06:02] [Hex] Health: 14 Endurance: 17 XP: 6 Keys: 1 LVL: 5
    [06:02] !Hex-Turn
    01[06:02] [Hex] [ Monster Room ]
    01[06:02] [Hex] You may !Hex-Run (0 Health, 0 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Fight (-LVL Health, -LVL Endurance, +LVL XP)
    [06:02] !Hex-Run
    01[06:02] [Hex] Health: 14 Endurance: 17 XP: 6 Keys: 1 LVL: 5
    [06:03] !Hex-Turn
    01[06:03] [Hex] [ Stair Room ]
    01[06:03] [Hex] You go down a level in the dungeon. (LVL+1)
    [06:03] !Hex-Turn
    01[06:03] [Hex] Health: 14 Endurance: 17 XP: 6 Keys: 1 LVL: 6
    01[06:03] [Hex] [ Monster Room ]
    [06:03] !Hex-Run
    01[06:03] [Hex] You may !Hex-Run (0 Health, 0 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Fight (-LVL Health, -LVL Endurance, +LVL XP)
    01[06:03] [Hex] Health: 14 Endurance: 17 XP: 6 Keys: 1 LVL: 6
    [06:03] !Hex-Turn
    01[06:03] [Hex] [ Empty Room ]
    01[06:03] [Hex] You may !Hex-Rest (+1 Health, +3 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Scavenge (+3 Health, -1 Endurance, +0 XP)
    [06:03] !Hex-Rest
    01[06:03] [Hex] Health: 15 Endurance: 20 XP: 6 Keys: 1 LVL: 6
    [06:03] !Hex-Turn
    01[06:03] [Hex] [ Stair Room ]
    01[06:03] [Hex] You go down a level in the dungeon. (LVL+1)
    01[06:03] [Hex] Health: 15 Endurance: 20 XP: 6 Keys: 1 LVL: 7
    [06:03] !Hex-Turn
    01[06:03] [Hex] [ Trapped Room ]
    01[06:03] [Hex] You may !Hex-Trigger (-LVL Health, 0 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Disable (0 Health, -LVL Endurance, +0 XP)
    [06:03] !Hex-Disable
    01[06:03] [Hex] Health: 15 Endurance: 13 XP: 6 Keys: 1 LVL: 7
    [06:03] !Hex-Turn
    01[06:04] [Hex] [ Monster Room ]
    01[06:04] [Hex] You may !Hex-Run (0 Health, 0 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Fight (-LVL Health, -LVL Endurance, +LVL XP)
    [06:04] !Hex-Run
    01[06:04] [Hex] Health: 15 Endurance: 13 XP: 6 Keys: 1 LVL: 7
    [06:04] !Hex-Turn
    01[06:04] [Hex] [ Stair Room ]
    01[06:04] [Hex] You go down a level in the dungeon. (LVL+1)
    01[06:04] [Hex] Health: 15 Endurance: 13 XP: 6 Keys: 1 LVL: 8
    [06:04] !Hex-Turn
    01[06:04] [Hex] [ Trapped Room ]
    01[06:04] [Hex] You may !Hex-Trigger (-LVL Health, 0 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Disable (0 Health, -LVL Endurance, +0 XP)
    [06:04] !Hex-Disable
    01[06:04] [Hex] Health: 15 Endurance: 5 XP: 6 Keys: 1 LVL: 8
    [06:04] !Hex-Turn
    01[06:04] [Hex] [ Stair Room ]
    01[06:04] [Hex] You go down a level in the dungeon. (LVL+1)
    01[06:04] [Hex] Health: 15 Endurance: 5 XP: 6 Keys: 1 LVL: 9
    [06:04] !Hex-Turn
    01[06:04] [Hex] [ Monster Room ]
    01[06:04] [Hex] You may !Hex-Run (0 Health, 0 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Fight (-LVL Health, -LVL Endurance, +LVL XP)
    [06:04] !Hex-Run
    01[06:04] [Hex] Health: 15 Endurance: 5 XP: 6 Keys: 1 LVL: 9
    [06:04] !Hex-Turn
    01[06:04] [Hex] [ Trapped Room ]
    01[06:04] [Hex] You may !Hex-Trigger (-LVL Health, 0 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Disable (0 Health, -LVL Endurance, +0 XP)
    [06:05] !Hex-Trigger
    01[06:05] [Hex] Health: 6 Endurance: 5 XP: 6 Keys: 1 LVL: 9
    [06:05] !Hex-Turn
    01[06:05] [Hex] [ Trapped Room ]
    01[06:05] [Hex] You may !Hex-Trigger (-LVL Health, 0 Endurance, 0 XP) or !Hex-Disable (0 Health, -LVL Endurance, +0 XP)
    [06:05] !Hex-Trigger
    01[06:05] [Hex] Health: -3 Endurance: 5 XP: 6 Keys: 1 LVL: 9

  3. The Lonely Gamer « FrozenIsles Productions Says:
    August 22nd, 2010 at 12:32 am

    […] Hex is a one-page solo dungeon crawl. Requires one printed page, a pencil and a handful of d6s. […]

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