Hex City - Rules Lite Urban Fantasy TTRPG

In the shattered streets of Hex City, reality is bleeding. The event known only as “The Ripple” tore holes in the veil between worlds, unleashing ghosts, spectres, demons, and things far worse into the dark corners of a post-modern urban nightmare. Neon lights flicker over rain-soaked alleys while corporations wield forbidden magic, cults whisper to ancient entities, and desperate survivors fight to make it through another night alive.

Hex City is a gritty, rules-lite tabletop RPG zine built for fast, immersive storytelling. Whether you want to hunt monsters in abandoned subway tunnels, bargain with dangerous spirits, expose occult conspiracies, or battle corporate enforcers enhanced by dark rituals, Hex City gives you the tools to tell brutal and unforgettable stories in a world where humanity stands on the edge of oblivion.

Created by 40+ year RPG veteran Game Master Gary Hauger and published by Mythic Portal Games, Hex City uses the streamlined TRIAD game system to deliver cinematic action, quick character creation, and intuitive mechanics that can be learned in minutes and played in a single afternoon. The focus is where it belongs: tense choices, rich atmosphere, and collaborative storytelling.

This project is designed for both longtime role players and newcomers looking for an accessible gateway into tabletop RPGs. Backing Hex City helps bring this dark urban fantasy world to life with original writing, evocative art, expanded lore, and future supplements exploring the monsters, factions, and mysteries lurking beyond the tears in reality.

I grew up playing in fantastic Shadowrun Campaigns and fell in love with the intersection of the modern world and magic. I did however feel that the cyber and bio enhancements went a bit too far. So they are notably absent in Hex City.

Other influences include television shows like Charmed, The Dresden Files, Sanctuary, Highlander, Forever Night, Being Human, and Lost Girl. Film influences include Hellboy, The Spiderwick Chronicles, as well as The Harry Potter and Percy Jackson Series. Comic Book influences include Sandman, Books of Magic, Dr. Strange, Starman (Robinson era) and a rather obscure indie comic called Nightmark.

I have also been a longtime fan of Novelist Raymond E. Feist, who's stand alone Faerie Tale is a fantastic story of how the Fae world interacts, sometimes painfully with out own. And what list of influence would be complete in this modern fantasy genre without include Stephen King's seminal work, The Dark Tower Series.