by sdonohue

Hexagram (Issue #2 - Aug 2019) is a 2019 magazine from Steve Jackson Games in support of The Fantasy Trip. It features a variety of SJ Games stalwarts as writers and artists.

Presentation
This is available in both PDF and print versions. The print version is 36 pages in a 5.5" x 5.5" landscape format. The covers are heavy stock and the whole is in black & white. The book is saddle-stapled and the pages are primarily in two-column layout.

Content
This issue has 17 articles including an editorial and a letters section. It starts up with Four Esoteric Healing Items by Stefan Jones, then Vox Unpopuli, an unusual adventure with no clear combat solution. Steps in Melee Combat by Steve Jackson seems like it might be flow chart, but it's actually rules for steps and moving around them. Take Adventure to a New Level by Phil Reed provides some advice for using Hirst Arts molds to create 3-d terrain and then follows up with three sample maps using those molds. The Little Merlad by Howard Kistler finds a mermaid looking for help to get her son back from a human wizard who turned him into a human and holds him prisoner. Octogram by Steve Jackson, provides the history and culture of one of TFT's favorite villains: the Octopus; it ends with rules for making an Octopus PC. TFT Competitions by Steve Jackson provides advice for creating competitions for clubs or conventions. No More Orphan Murder Hobos! by Jow Zakszewski provides some tips for getting players to help play fuller characters and contribute the campaign. Horoscopy and Cosmic Alignment by Stefan Jones provides comprehensive rules for using astrology in games from typical jobs to aligning the stars for spells. It's Hip to be Square by Mike Nagel describes rules and options for using a square grid map instead of hexes. Shadow Sharks by Chris Warden details some new 2-dimensional sharks who can dive through shadows; it includes adventure ideas, variants, some rumors one might hear about the sharks, and even new shadow shark-related magic items. The last article, Strange Brews: New Potions for TFT by David Pulver offers 6 non-magical and 4 magical potions.

Evaluation
This is another great issue with a lot of ideas and resources you can use immediately. Three articles provide suggestions to the map or the map on the table. There's also a good adventure and a ton of information one can use to expand or understand the world of Cidri. Probably the biggest improvement to the magazines content is there being fewer previews of TFT products; in fact, the only advertisements are on the front and back inside covers. This is a good issue, probably even better than the first one.

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