Hex Grid Heroes
By Donald Buley
Hex Grid HeroesDec 19, 2021
First Echo: Shadows
Overtaken by Shadowy energies, a deceased Ama wrecks the cave in order to destroy the Light. Meanwhile Agent K-279 makes their way back to camp.
First Echo: Fallen Snow
K-279 continues their infiltration towards the temple of light while Ace combs through 49% of a video. Mal has a conversation with the mysterious creatures in the dark before Captain Amalialee Snow takes charge of her own destiny.
First Echo: Rad Away Right Away
Riddled with radiation sickness, Ama begins to show signs of exhaustion as the crew begin their search outward for clues. K-279 takes a sneaky jaunt into the wilderness alone.
Music: Dark Side Of Mars by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Music: Endings by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Pattern Recognition - TabletopAudio
Additional Music from SynaMax https://synamax.bandcamp.com/
First Echo: Space Pirate on Space Pirate Action
The team band together to fight off a horde of Space Pirates.
First Echo: Cache Not Cash
Kelly reveals their hidden identity and the group splits up to gather materials needed to get them off this strange world. Mal gets some spooky answers that raise even more questions, such as who are the Ing? Whose temple do they want him to plunder? And just as Ace returns with a now radioactive Ama, figures in the dark shuffle forwards.
First Echo: The Quicker Sucker-Upper
These strangers working together have stumbled upon a whole mess around this starship. After tussling with an Ing Warrior things get so tense in fact it seems one of them is beginning to crack around the edges. Or is their true self being revealed? Find out this week on Metroid BallZ! Also stay tuned to after the episode for a fun announcement.
Music by Synamax, used with permission. Music also from TableTopAudio
Music: They Come At Night by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Music: Big Boi Pants by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
Music: Cheese Greater by Shane Ivers - https://www.silvermansound.com
First Echo: Tunnel Trouble
The party gets hung up and around a tunnel. Kelly does some mischievous things while temporarily separated but Ace is starting to notice. Tunnel conquered, they waffle on what's more important: saving people, or staying together as a group.
Music this week by TableTopAudio and SynaMax. Check them out for your games today!
First Echo: Casual Conscription
Uncovering tampered bodies and equipping themselves with San-Torches, the disparate Aether travellers head deeper into this Base of Operations. And there's something not quite right about Kelly...
Music provided by Synamax https://synamax.bandcamp.com/ and Kevin Macleod https://incompetech.filmmusic.io/search/
First Echo: Jefry the Style-opede
Four strangers converge on the planet of Aether, pool their abilities, and seek out together to obtain supplies from other downed vessels.
Music by Synamax, used with permission. Music also from TableTopAudio, SFX from Zapsplat.com
First Echo: Rough Landing
This begins our Metroid-Inspired Starfinder Adventure ran by Shawn. The Galactic Federation has detected Space Pirate Activity in the Dasha System and are sending detachments to the area. Those familiar surmise that the outlaws only camp out on planets for one reason: Phazon. Our party makes separate, but equally not great landings on the planet of Aether, the last confirmed location of the Space Pirates. Will our heroes fall prey to the heavily biotech modified Space pirates, be hindered by the Galactic Federation's skirmishes, confounded by the Luminoth architecture and technology, or is there something darker on Aether?
Music provided by Synamax https://synamax.bandcamp.com/
S2E33: Pay Day and Movie Night
Tallie and Akim conclude their fight with the nuars and head back to the ship. All other pertinent business completed, the ENTIRE crew of the Bazaar Encounter meets up for gift-giving and some downtime to watch a holofilm called First Echo...
Season 2 is officially complete! Had a lot of fun with the adventures we had this year and I'm already brainstorming what's to come in Season 3. But before the crew reconvenes, Shawn is going to be running the gang thru a Metroid-inspired Starfinder adventure. Included at the end is a brief introduction to that story.
S2E32: Dire Brenneri Straits
Lemon and Keet ponder the mysteries of life and oysters before boarding the Bazaar Encounter while Brasha is crafting up a storm. Meanwhile Tallie and Akim square off against a pair of Nuar tough guys shooting up a bar. Stay tuned after the episode for a taste of what's to come in the next arc of our show!
S2E31: Paydays and Big Losses
Brasha faces off against the mysterious Mistress that sent Hobgoblin kidnappers in the New Year, Lemon meets with an old friend for some guidance, Keet has a hero's welcome and immediate tragedy befalls him, and we round things out with Akim and Tallie getting into a shootout at the Click-Clack Club.
S2E30: Business Deals and Tender Moments
S2E29: Off To See The Otyugh
Hex Grid Hangouts: Jenny Jarzabski
Hex Grid Hangouts: Brian Bauman
S2E28: Tender Embraces
Hex Grid Hangouts: Emma from Galaxy's Greatest
They will be streaming Monday, October 11th at 6:30pm PST over on Twitch
Hex Grid Hangouts: Derry of Dice Will Roll
S2E27: An Examination on Otter Behavior
S2E26: Enter the Evolutionist
S2E25: Fish Cake
Hex Grid Hangouts: We Roll Dice with Critically Accursed
Chris is a great guy, and you might be able to hear a little bit of nerves from me because I had such a thrill getting to swap stories with this fella.
S2E24: 100th Episode! Also Swoltrid
We open up this episode with artwork for our newest party member, and then we dive RIGHT back into the fight with the people who are clearly NOT Absalom Station Security guards.
S2E23: Shootout in the Gutters
S2E22: Brunch With a Brenneri
Joining the crew this week is Keet, the Brenneri Mechanic. Before the pod, Tallie and Lemon used to do off-the-record Starfinder Society scenarios with Keet that I GMed. What effect will this have on the group's energy? Find out!
Hex Grid Hangouts: Evolutionist Playtest and Sinister Shenanigans in Space
S2E21: Splitting of the Party and Aeternal Meetings
S2E20: Drift Downtime
S2E19: Careless Hesper
Hex Grid Hangouts: The Emergency Power Podcast
S2E18: Attack of the Swarmians!
HGH Crossover Event: A Stellar Rush
Hex Grid Hangouts: Pan From Cosmopunk
Hex Grid Hangouts: Alex Augunas & Starfarer Species Reforged
S2E17: A Royal SitRep
S2E16: Let's Get Philosophical, Philosophical
S2E15: Hot Tub Portal Machine
S2E14: The Cleansing
Meanwhile, Brasha has completely torn apart the weather-altering machine and made a new little buddy. Akim came up and healed the broken components.
S2E13: Void Glass Half Full
S2E12 Clocking In
S2E11: Dais Ex Machina
S2E10: We Are Like Gods
Hex Grid Hangouts: Alison Cybe
S2E9: What Fresh Help Is This
S2E8: Fortinbras and Toolkats
Hex Grid Hangouts: Nibiru
Hex Grid Hangouts: Total Eclipse
S2E7: We're Fifty!
This will be the 50th episode of Hex Grid Heroes. Thank you to everyone that's stuck with us this far, I am entirely beside myself with pride at how far we've come as a show I owe it all to the friends who've gone on this journey with me, and am going to redouble my efforts for the next 50.