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<blockquote data-quote="Zinovia" data-source="post: 5244834" data-attributes="member: 57373">Squares and hexes both work, and each has strengths over the other.&nbsp; Squares are the default, and are easier to draw.&nbsp; Hexes let you have round spells, diagonal movement that involves less warping of space, and more obvious flanking in most circumstances.&nbsp; But they are a bit weird to most 4e players.&nbsp; The biggest reasons for our group going with hexes are 1) that's what we have used for the past twenty years for the various systems we have played.2) we have a very nice Chessex hex mat in the mega size, that is lined with fabric on the back, rather than being reversible.&nbsp; Each hex has a unique number for reference.3) our group is used to it at this point, and doesn't like playing on a square grid when I have used a pre-made poster map.&nbsp; They prefer the hex grid.As I said in the other thread, hexes are sexy. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f609.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=";)" title="Wink&nbsp; &nbsp; ;)"&nbsp; data-smilie="2"data-shortname=";)" />. Offset squares do seem to have a few advantages as well, but I haven't tried that.&nbsp; Spell shapes could be odd.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Zinovia, post: 5244834, member: 57373"] Squares and hexes both work, and each has strengths over the other. Squares are the default, and are easier to draw. Hexes let you have round spells, diagonal movement that involves less warping of space, and more obvious flanking in most circumstances. But they are a bit weird to most 4e players. The biggest reasons for our group going with hexes are 1) that's what we have used for the past twenty years for the various systems we have played. 2) we have a very nice Chessex hex mat in the mega size, that is lined with fabric on the back, rather than being reversible. Each hex has a unique number for reference. 3) our group is used to it at this point, and doesn't like playing on a square grid when I have used a pre-made poster map. They prefer the hex grid. As I said in the other thread, hexes are sexy. ;). Offset squares do seem to have a few advantages as well, but I haven't tried that. Spell shapes could be odd. [/QUOTE]

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