HEX&D GAME ENGINE

The "HEX&D GAME ENGINE" is a portal for a NEW experience of role-plying game, with a new gaming system and a new playing philosophy, summarised in the HEX D6 rulebook.

A role-playing game is an imaginary adventure narrated by a Master of Games, often but not only with a fantasy setting, where players create and live their character: exploring the environment, interacting with others, collaborating with other players to face the challenges that adventure requires through the voice of the Master; so, of the characters they play. If the Master is an external narrator, a game table planner, a mediator between players and the game engine, the dice are the only referees of the game. 

Role-playing is collaboration among everyone, not a constant competition against others, against the system, against the fate laid out by the dice. It is not a track leading to a single destination, but a breeze that carries players wherever they want to go, never leaving them standing still. It is a safe space where experiencing feelings and emotions, where failure is a lesson and victory belongs to everyone.

• What is HEX D6: is a system of statistical mechanics for tabletop and digital role-playing games, based on the roll of 3 six sided dice to perform actions that require an aleatory result. They are realistic mechanics, so it's possible to play realistic settings, but also compartmentalized and optionalized, to adapt them to own playing style.

• Who is HEX D6 aimed at: to whoever leads the gaming table and are looking for a deep system that can be adapted to their needs; to players who are looking for true character interpretation or a slow-paced game; to adventure and setting designers looking for a game engine.

• How to play HEX D6: all you need is your creativity and three six-sided dice to interpret random events. A single dice roll qualitatively represents the outcome of an event. The dice add together and to any bonuses or penalties to define the quality of a trial. You can also use sheets of paper with character descriptions, maps, and tokens to place on game grids. 

• Who is behind HEX D6: my name is Emanuele, Italian, born in 1985. I am a fan of role-playing and strategy games, but my interests range from history to scientific subjects. I used to be a reenactor  of different ages and still want to play a realistic TTRPG with historical setting. I also like Anime, fantasy genre films, non-fiction books, nature documentaries and taste the traditional cuisines of different countries.

• Why HEX D6 was made: mechanics of role-playing games are often too simple and lacking in complexity or, conversely, too confusing and easy to forget. Often carry with them memories of past glories - but they have aged badly - and restrictive licence rules. HEX D6 offers a functional, understandable, intuitive environment, in addition to a Creative Commons licence.

• When HEX D6 was made: actual work on HEX D6 began in 2022, in my spare time, but the first publication on ITCH arrived in March 2025.

• Where to find HEX D6: only on hexd6.itch.io