Hexes or Squares?

[devilbat]

Squares, because thats all we've ever used.

 

[davidschwartznz]

Squares.

Why in no particular order: It's core. It's easy to make. Buidlings are generaly squarish.

And now that I think about it, medieval combat, from personal experience, is all about the square. Reenactors in NZ even call attacking someone on the diagonal a 'bishop' - I think that says it all.

 

[IronWolf]

I like squares because its what I am used to.

If I had my way, we wouldn't use minis and maps, but the rest of the guys like them so we do.

And we love our DM for that!

 

[Catavarie]

I've used mini's and maps, and I've played without, and I have to say that as much as I enjoy my hobby of painting miniatures, I find them to take away from the imagination a bit, and to sometimes add more difficulty to the game.


Plus I feel like I'm playing a board game when they come out more than a RPG.

 

[Psion]

Come on people, nobody is going to want to have both square and hex tiles, miniatures with square bases and minis with hex bases. Nobody would ever go for one inside, one outside.

Eh. You don't need your mini bases to match the grid; mine don't.

As for tiles, Chessex sales a battlemat with Hex on one side and square on the other, so SOMEBODY must be buying.

 

[interwyrm]

Wow... what a brilliant idea. I can't believe I hadn't thought of doing dual sided

Are hex grids typically 1 inch on each side of a hex, or one inch corner to corner, or one inch side to side?

 

[frankthedm]

squares until the group is weened of the grid and starts measuring.

 

[Romnipotent]

Hexes

I've been playing gurps recently and its made more sense to me now. It was the first variant rule I introduced into my game and no one seemed annoyed at it, some seemed happy that they couldn't be surrounded by 8 bugbears now, and 6 was managable.

As for tiles, Chessex sales a battlemat with Hex on one side and square on the other, so SOMEBODY must be buying.

I have one, the second largest one with the 1inch grid and hex. The key to drawing buildings on hex is to dot the edges and just draw in the building. Any hex with 50% or greater showing is usable. Theres just a touch more effort in drawing in stuff is all

 

[Altamont Ravenard]

it's hip to use squares

 

[CarlZog]

Maybe we should just tie a move string, and a combat reach string to our minis and use a freeform map?

Yes! And movement and ranges could be expressed in inches instead of squares. You wouldn't even need string; you could just use a tape measure...

Hmmm, this is starting to sound familiar...


CarlZog,
member, Geriatric Grognards Local 182