Talk:Hexagames

The start of Hexagames
The start of Hexagames is apparently described in a German magazine, Fairplay #24 (Summer 1993), published shortly avfter Hexagames went out of business. I have only been able to find a third-hand precis someone wrote about the article, but they did quote about 200 words of the article: Apparently the founder, L. Hensley, was convicted of some sort of commodity futures trading, and during his seven months of incarceration, wrote a book and designed a game, Long Short; both were about commodity trading. Then Hensley met Jurgen Hagedorn, an advertising man, and the two of them found Hexagames in order to market Long Short. (https://www.fairplay-online.de/2007/05/die-hexagames-story.html in German)

If anyone can find a copy of that Fairplay magazine, it would help enormously.

That's all I've been able to discover so far. Guinness323 (talk) 07:37, 13 February 2023 (UTC)

Source assessment
@: Thank you for bringing this to my attention! In total, this is a pass. The reason why I'm arguing this way despite only three GNG sources is the fact that none of the other sources are any bad. In total, most sources are reliable, and those that aren't independent are only not independent seen from a retrospective point of view. Also note that 12, 13, and 15 find the matter notable enough to mention it in a way that is better than "just a passing mention" (it's just not 100 per cent dedicated to Hexagames). So, after all, I'd recommend accepting the draft. Best regards, --Johannes (Talk) (Contribs) (Articles) 11:55, 14 March 2023 (UTC)

Johannes (Talk) (Contribs) (Articles) 11:55, 14 March 2023 (UTC)


 * @Johannes Maximilian oh wow! I really did not intend for you to spend the time to document a source assessment but appreciate it.   I am also glad to hear in your opinion the draft passes GNG so great outcome!  Pinging @Salem Ander for their awareness.  S0091 (talk) 16:30, 14 March 2023 (UTC)