Members of the Demo Team are called Knomes (an old joke that is explained in the Qerth Apprentice Level rulebook). These fans of Hex Games help spread the word by running game demos, helping out at the Hex Games booth at conventions, and doing anything else they can think of to promote Hex Games.

You too can become a Knome in two easy steps:

1. Sign up for an account on the Hex Games website. The super-secret Knome Forums here are a hotbed of Knome activity.
2. Fill out the Knome Application . (You'll need to be logged in to get to the form).
   

What Knomes Do

The most important duty of a Knome is to help spread the word about Hex Games. There are many ways you can do this: traveling door-to-door; preaching on street corners; running classified ads in your local paper; even skywriting. While these methods sometimes work, the average man (or woman) on the street simply isn't interested in anything as geeky as role-playing. Because of this, we’ve found you get better results if you pimp our games to people who already role-play. A few of the more effective methods are listed below.

• Run Hex games at a convention. Actually, run three or four (that's enough for free admission at most cons).

• Get on a convention panel about gaming. Mention Hex as often as possible.

• Tell your role-playing friends about our products. If they seem interested, offer to run a game for them.

• Run a Hex demo at your local game store.

• Distribute Hex promotional flyers and the like to game stores and at conventions.

• When you visit a new game store, ask if they carry Hex products. If they don't, tell them why they should (and how to contact us).

• Write a review of (or article about) one of our products for your favorite gaming publication or web site.

• Tell people online about us, where appropriate. (Don't just jump on some random forum and start posting "PLAY QAGS", but if someone asks for ideas about what game system to use for their upcoming game, give us a plug).

• Ask your favorite gaming sites to add the Hex web site to their links page. While you're at it, link us from your personal home page.

• Add a link to the Hex page to your signature file(s).

• Tattoo the Hex logo and web address on your forehead (Okay, maybe that’s a little extreme.)
  
  In addition to helping spread the word, Knomes also help the Hex staff in other ways. Here are just a few of the things that Knomes do to help out the folks at One Hex Tower:

• Playtesting and offering feedback on upcoming products. (Playtest drafts are posted to the Knome Forums).

• Contributing to The Death Cookie , The Hex Forums , and the Hex Wiki .

• Helping the Hex staff at conventions.

• Organizing Knome activities at local conventions.

• Offering useful ideas, feedback, and suggestions. Some Knomes have even gone on to write for Hex Games.

• Keeping Mr. Colin Thomas distracted (shiny objects usually work).

• Buying us beer (or root beer in the case of the Director of Knomeland Security).

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