Warsaw-based developer Hexy Studio has launched a Kickstarter campaign for Misbehave, a pair of fantasy adventure gamebooks tailored for solo adventuring and competitive two-player roleplaying games. The project has raised £10,758 from 377 backers, clearing its initial £3,430 funding target by more than triple within its first two weeks.
The campaign introduces a twin-volume format featuring Misbehave and GNOMO. Instead of dispatching righteous adventurers into dark corridors to slaughter monsters, the system puts players in the role of the creatures defending their homes from invading parties. While both books work as standalone solo adventures, players can also combine them for head-to-head sessions where two players contest objectives across the same territory.
Teeth, Hats, and Hex Navigation
Geek Native reviewed the early prototype back in February, testing how designer Wojciech Rosiński and illustrator Jacek Kuziemski stripped back standard roleplaying game bloat in favour of an accessible d6 system. In that draft, characters operate using three core attributes: Stabbyness, Sneakyness, and Spellyness. Standard tests require rolling a d6 and adding the relevant modifier against a target difficulty. Combat plays out as a Stabbyness check against enemy strength, where success inflicts damage and failure immediately costs the character health. Rather than dealing in conventional gold pieces, defeated adversaries yield teeth, which serve as spending currency at roadside merchants such as the Fat Goblin’s store.
Exploration takes place across a hex-grid map divided into areas like the Wizard’s Tower, the Swamp, and hostile settlements. Movement rules simulate erratic monster impulses: characters resolve an action in a hex before immediately scampering along to the next. Gear alters capabilities in tactile ways; headwear offers distinct passive perks, such as Tin Hats absorbing top-end damage rolls, while finding a Pointy Hat unlocks bizarre spellcasting disciplines like Necropeserpentry. Foes range from intrusive low-level human adventurers to the notoriously mean wildlife roaming the woods.
Campaign Structure and Rewards
Hexy Studio, known for producing miniatures and tabletop board games such as Star Scrappers: Cave-in, has structured the campaign around clear digital and physical packages. Green Logistics will manage international fulfilment, with shipping fees and regional taxes collected through Gamefound once the funding window closes.
- Pledge €19 (approx. £17): Digital Pledge. Includes PDF editions of Misbehave, GNOMO, and all unlocked digital stretch goals.
- Pledge €39 (approx. £34): Physical and Digital Pledge. Includes physical print copies and digital PDF editions of both Misbehave and GNOMO, alongside all unlocked physical and digital stretch goals.
This is an all-or-nothing crowdfunding campaign that will only be funded if it reaches its goal by Thu, October 1 2026, 2:00 AM BST. Physical and digital rewards are scheduled for delivery in December 2026.
