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7/15/2026 10:29 am  #1


Hexcrawl suggestions?

What does everybody use?

Being more specific an overgrown area with multiple ruins, former settlements or small towns or cities. 

So far I have considered;

AD&D DM guide and/or Wilderness guide
Rules Cyclopedia
d30 Sandbox Companion

Thanks 
 

 

Yesterday 4:42 am  #2


Re: Hexcrawl suggestions?

Old Judges Guild products had a bunch of hexcrawl material too: Wilderlands, the Village, Island, Castle, Temple and Ruin supplements. I have a fan-made compilation of them, which appears to be only on the Internet Archive, so not sure where it originated.


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Yesterday 9:49 am  #3


Re: Hexcrawl suggestions?

Thanks, I found them ...

https://archive.org/details/wilderness-hexplore-revised/Wilderness_Hexplore_revised_112913_A4/

It's a good start , one day I need to make something specific to ASSH, including the encounter tables.

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Today 10:09 am  #4


Re: Hexcrawl suggestions?

These are the ones I have found helpful, mostly for hex building. 

Evidently there is a difference between "hex crawl" and "hex explore".

Hyperborea ReadyRef and the encounter tables
Tome of Adventure Design - Matt Finch
How to make a Fantasy Sandbox - Rob Conley
d30 Sandbox Companion
CDD#4 - Encounters  Scot Hoover
 

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