DATING THE MINOTAUR - 3HEX ISSUE 003

DATING THE MINOTAUR

A fast, funny, panic-soaked solo RPG about gift-giving, dread, and not getting eaten

You are lost in the dark heart of a myth that should not exist.

The Minotaur is real.
It is furious.
And you are very, very breakable.

Your only hope is appeasement.

In Dating the Minotaur, you play a doomed treasure-seeker trapped deep in a living labyrinth. Escape is possible, but only if you can pacify an ancient beast using ill-advised gifts, delivered by a twitchy, cowardly Postal Goblin whose nerves are already shot.

Fail, and the labyrinth keeps you.
Or worse, the Minotaur finds you.

WHAT THIS IS

• A FAST, FUN SOLO RPG

• Designed to play in short, tense loops

• A resource-management pressure cooker with a stupid premise and sharp teeth

• The third issue of 3HEX, a minimalist solo RPG series

No GM.
No mercy.
Just dice, panic, and terrible decisions.

HOW IT PLAYS

Each turn is a spiral:

1. You scrape shinies from the walls or try to map the maze

2. The Minotaur moves, its FURY rising or falling

3. The Postal Goblin scurries between village, maze, and monster, praying he doesn’t lose his nerve

Your goals:

• Reduce the Minotaur’s FURY to zero

• Build enough ORIENTATION to escape

• Keep the Goblin from abandoning you forever

You will fail.
Often.
Spectacularly.

GIFTS YOU MAY REGRET SENDING

• A purring kitten with a ribbon

• A legendary sausage

• A hastily scribbled poem

• Goblin “choklits” (a gamble in every sense)

Some calm the beast.
Some make it worse.
Some remind it that it hates you.

FEATURES

• 🎲 Simple 2D6 resolution

• 🧠 High-pressure decision making

• 🗺️ A tight three-hex map that feels bigger than it should

• 😬 A constantly deteriorating ally

• 🐂 One very sensitive Minotaur

• 🗡️ Death is fast, unfair, and final

SETTING

The first game set in AEVROPA, an alt-history Europe where myths are real, dangerous, and deeply inconvenient.

CONTENT WARNINGS

• Panic

• Implied violence

• Emotional manipulation of mythological creatures

• Extremely questionable romantic gestures

WHO THIS IS FOR

If you like:

• Solo RPGs

• Dark humour

• Games that hate you a little bit

• MÖRK-adjacent vibes without being MÖRK

• Losing by inches

This is for you.

Dating the Minotaur
3HEX Issue 0003 • September 2025
By Mark Quire

Good luck.

You will need it.