Hex Games is proud to support Gamers for Humanity in their fundraising efforts for New Orleans. The first 100 people to donate $10 or more to Gamers for Humanity’s New Orleans trip at www.gamersforhumanity.org will receive a copy of the new gaming supplement American Artifacts 2. Your donations will make this year’s New Orleans trip possible, and Hex Games wants to thank you for helping out.

Gamers for Humanity will be taking their 4^th annual New Orleans Work Trip from Sunday March 13^th through Saturday March 19^th, 2011. Help them lift up a city that has been laid low many times. New Orleans is more than just Mardi Gras; New Orleans is music and hospitality and relaxation and neighborhoods and caring and welcoming and warm weather, and it’s also hurricanes and flooding and oil spills. New Orleans and its people need your help. Gamers for Humanity needs your help.

If you join the trip to New Orleans you'll be helping a city full of wonderful people, and having fun along the way. If the trip isn't for you, you can donate to assist the volunteers with travel and housing funds. Most of the volunteers are like you--they want to help, but aren't swimming in vast piles of cash. And remember, once you donate $10 or more, you will receive your PDF copy of American Artifacts 2.

American Artifacts 2 gives you 20 magical items uniquely suited to the New World. Some are objects from American history, like Crispus Attucks's musket ball, or from pop culture, like Zuzu's petals. Some were created by wizards who act like scientists, and some by scientists who act like wizards; Nikola Tesla's ray gun, William Faulkner's pocket watch, and Benjamin Franklin's automaton all blur the line between magic and science.

All 20 artifacts are suitable for use in a wide variety of games. Each entry includes a description of the artifact, background information, and game mechanics. The artifacts range from the charming, like Mark Twain's cigar box, to the cosmically powerful, like the Shard of the True Plane. A detailed timeline is also included, that offers a clear overview of the occult history of America. And don’t worry, you don't need to have read the original American Artifacts to use this book. To learn more about American Artifacts 2, visit www.hexgames.com.

Gamers For Humanity is a registered 501(c)3 non-profit, incorporated in the State of Iowa. They are dedicated to helping improve the world around them through:

*increasing the participation of gamers in charitable activities across the nation by providing opportunities for enjoyable and meaningful volunteer work.

*providing human services to people and communities in need.

*encouraging the enjoyment of life for people of all ages through the playing of games.

They work to accomplish these goals by doing the work of organizing volunteer opportunities and opportunities for giving, and by collecting donated funds and items to be distributed to people in need.

From Gamers For Humanity:

Donations Needed for New Orleans

Hello friends and supporters. Our annual week of work in New Orleans is fast approaching, and we have unfortunately discovered that our volunteering plans have fallen through. As I and a number of our friends in New Orleans scramble to find work for our volunteers, it's becoming apparent that the volunteer opportunities available will likely require funding on our part.

One possibility, for example, is to continue to help Bishop Ella O'Neal restore her former home and food pantry in the Upper Ninth Ward. The building needs to be painted, the floor needs to be shored up in several places, and she needs her gas turned back on before winter (it does get cold in New Orleans, believe it or not). These projects, however, will require not only our volunteer hours and effort, but also money for the materials - paint and painting supplies, lumber, floor jacks, and the like.

A couple of our prospective volunteers, we know, could also use some assistance affording the trip this year. They can give a week of their time, but they could use some help with food and housing.

And so we're turning to you, our excellent supporters. We have only two weeks before we leave on March 12th. In that time, we'd like to raise $500 for these expenses. And I'm confident that you can help us do it.

It doesn't take much from each person. All you have to do is not assume that someone else will take care of the whole amount, and see if you've got $10 or $20 you can spare.

You can use the link above to donate securely via Paypal directly from this email to our special New Orleans 2011 Fund, or you can visit our donations page to do the same. If you're the type who doesn't like to trust links in emails (understandable), our email for Paypal is  This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it .

Any amount you can spare will help us continue to help a great city and its people continue to recover. We hope you can find your way to helping support us in our original mission.

Please donate - your money will go a long way, and we need your help.

DriveThruRPG.com has previously raised money to help disaster victims in Haiti and Pakistan, and they're doing it again to help the victims of the recent earthquake in New Zealand. Just like before, they've teamed up with publishers to offer a bundle of great games at a great price, this time with proceeds going to the Red Cross. You can find out more about the bundle and buy your copy on their website.

You might notice that there aren't any Hex products in the bundle this time around. That's because DriveThru has had to limit the size of the last two bundles to keep the site running smoothly (the first bundle ate up a lot of bandwidth, which kept people from being able to access the site). Since Hex had a product (American Artifacts) in the last bundle, we didn't make it in this time around. Don't worry, though, there are still lots of cool games in the bundle, including the Supernatural RPG and Tales From The Floating Vagabond.

Artist Gary Bedell, who did the art for Colin Thomas Presents Rasslin', the cover for Weird Times at Charles Fort High, and interior art for QAGS 2E and some of the 1st Edition M-Force books (and who will be doing art for the new edition of M-Force as well), is coming out with a 118-page, full-color collection of sketches, posters, and other art. The book is called Thawed and you can order your copy here.