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Chalcogenide perovskites have increasingly garnered attention in recent years for various optoelectronic applications. While distorted perovskites such as BaZrS3 are primarily being explored for photovoltaic applications, hexagonal ABS3 compounds such as BaTiS3 have been proposed for optical devices and thermoelectrics due to their intriguing properties arising from their quasi-1D structure, which imparts anisotropy in properties. However, other members of the hexagonal family remain largely unexplored, likely due to their harsh synthesis conditions. In this report, we synthesize nanocrystals of relatively unexplored members of the hexagonal ABX3 chalcogenides family, which also possess a similar rod-like morphology and could be useful for polarized photodetection applications. Specifically, we modified our previously reported sulfide perovskite nanoparticle synthesis route to produce BaNbS3 and BaTaS3 nanocrystals. Furthermore, we explored selenium and selenourea as precursors to synthesize selenide hexagonal nanocrystals such as BaTiSe3 and BaZrSe3, as well as other selenide analogues like Ba3Nb2Se9 and Ba3Ta2Se9. This marks the first report of nanocrystal synthesis for the BaMSe3 family, where M is an early transition metal.