{"id":880,"date":"2020-02-09T02:49:40","date_gmt":"2020-02-09T02:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hexgames.com\/home\/?page_id=880"},"modified":"2025-08-17T21:50:23","modified_gmt":"2025-08-17T21:50:23","slug":"license","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.hexgames.com\/home\/license\/","title":{"rendered":"Using Q3E or QAGS for your RPG"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2>Q3E<\/h2>\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Q3E System Reference Document is released under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license. You must use the following attribution in your text in the same place and in the same size font as your own copyright notice:<\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color: #e8dbf1;\"><mark class=\"kt-highlight\"> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">This work is based on the Q3E game system (found at<\/span><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hexgames.com\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> http:\/\/www.hexgames.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">) produced by Hex Games and written by Steve Johnson and is used here under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license (<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> )<\/span><\/mark><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may use the name Q3E and the Q3E logo (front page) in your own products under the following conditions:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\r\n<ul>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may not use \u201cQ3E\u201d in the title of the game.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You may not modify the logo&#8211;except for resizing it&#8211; without permission.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In advertising materials, the Q3E name and\/or logo may not be more prominent than the game\u2019s main title or logo.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wording like \u201cCompatible with Q3E,\u201d\u00a0 \u201cUses the Q3E game system,\u201d and so forth is acceptable provided it follows the other guidelines.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Wording that suggests that your game is endorsed by Hex Games, Steve Johnson, or anyone else associated with Hex Games is not allowed. Examples include phrasing like \u201cA Q3E game about super-powered vegetables!\u201d, \u201cFor use with Q3E,\u201d or any phrase that uses the words like \u201cOfficial,\u201d \u201cAuthorized,\u201d or \u201cCreator Approved.\u201d<\/span><\/li>\r\n<li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\">If you&#8217;re not sure whether or not a particular use of the name is acceptable, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hexgames.com\/home\/contact-us\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ask us.<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ul>\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<h2>QAGS<\/h2>\r\n<p>For those who would like to use QAGS for their own game, we&#8217;ve released a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hexgames.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/QAGSSRD.rtf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">System Reference Document<\/a> (SRD) under a <a href=\"http:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\">Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License<\/a>. This means that you can use and adapt the text <em>of the SRD<\/em> (and <em>only<\/em> the SRD) in just about any way you like as long as you include the following attribution:<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:post-content -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph {\"style\":{\"color\":{\"background\":\"#e8dbf1\"}},\"textColor\":\"white\"} -->\r\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color: #e8dbf1;\"><mark class=\"kt-highlight\">This work is based on the QAGS Second Edition game system (found at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hexgames.com\/\"><u>http:\/\/www.hexgames.com<\/u><\/a>) produced by Hex Games and written by Steve Johnson and Leighton Connor and is used here under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) license (<a href=\"https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/\"><u>https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by\/4.0\/<\/u><\/a> ).<\/mark><\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>The text must appear in the same place and in same font size as your own copyright notice.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>The license explicitly prohibits you from suggesting that your product is in any way approved or endorsed by Steve, Leighton, or Hex Games. It also does not allow you to use any content owned by Hex Games or its creators that is not included in the SRD. For example, you can&#8217;t include the Sample of Play Theater characters, Qerth spells, or hobomancers in your game without the express permission of the relevant creators. The license also does not allow you to use Hex Games trademarks, like the Hex logo or Happy d20.<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:paragraph -->\r\n<p>Since the name QAGS is technically one of those trademarks, but we want you to be able to tell people what game system you&#8217;re using, we ask that you observe the following guidelines when using the name:<\/p>\r\n<!-- \/wp:paragraph -->\r\n\r\n<!-- wp:list -->\r\n<ul>\r\n<li>Always use &#8220;QAGS Second Edition&#8221; when using the name in a stand-alone sentence (for example, if you want to say &#8220;Compatible with QAGS Second Edition&#8221; in an ad or on your book cover). 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