Hexes or Squares?

[Mark CMG]

I'm amazed at how many still prefer to use hexes when so much material is geared toward squares.

 

[mythusmage]

Rulers and string. Though thread is a viable alternative to string.

Squares and hexes are for board games

 

[Charwoman Gene]

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

One inch Center to Center.

(This is also 1 inch between opposite sides.)

 

[Charwoman Gene]

I'm amazed at how many still prefer to use hexes when so much material is geared toward squares.

It's a self selecting poll. People who care are more likely to be people who dislike the status quo, so we are skewed towards hexes.

 

[S'mon]

I voted hexes, but I like my ruler best.

 

[Angel Tarragon]

I think that it tackles diagonal movement better and just feels better as far as how many creatures can surround another creature.

Exactly my reasoning. I used to do squares, but it just got to be too much of a pain in the butt! Hexes handle movement so much better in my opinion and wouldn't do anything else.

 

[Zander]

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

The dungeon floor tiles from the Cardboard Heroes range by Steve Jackson Games have both squares and hexes. Check out this link: http://www.sjgames.com/heroes/img/dfcover_lg.jpg

 

[Psychic Warrior]

Started with no map at all and just measured movement (1 & 2E) finally got access to a battlemat when 3E came out and it was squares so we used squares. DIagonal movement bugged me a lot and I found a huge hex battlemat at 1/2 price at me LGS and now we use hexes. I like hexes (and do a lot of dungeon crawls).

 

[the Jester]

Hexes, though I like both squares and hexes just fine.

 

[MonsterMash]

Both - hexes for wilderness maps, squares for tactical. No poll option fitted for me.