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Why not hexagons?
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6 is less than 8, and there's no question of additional cost for moving diagonally with hexes, so I don't see "too complicated" being a concern, myself.
Lanefan
Victoria Rules
I use squares for mapping (all scales) because there are 4 directions - north, south, east, and west - on the average compass, and this is simply easier to visualize with squares than hexes.
With hex you can either have north-south or east-west, but never both at once.
We always work in actual distances - feet, miles, etc. - in the game rather than counting squares or hexes; so where some might look at a map and say "the river is 6 hexes away" we'd say it's 12 miles. Ditto for combat - something is 30 feet away rather than 6 squares, never mind we use 10' squares anyway.
Lan-"square peg in a hexagonal hole"-efan
With hex you can either have north-south or east-west, but never both at once.
We always work in actual distances - feet, miles, etc. - in the game rather than counting squares or hexes; so where some might look at a map and say "the river is 6 hexes away" we'd say it's 12 miles. Ditto for combat - something is 30 feet away rather than 6 squares, never mind we use 10' squares anyway.
Lan-"square peg in a hexagonal hole"-efan
Mishihari Lord
First Post
I much prefer hexes if I'm counting squares/hexes for movement. With squares, straight is 1 unit and diagonal is 1.4 something. You have the choice of either keeping track of half units or counting diagonal the same as straight, neither of which I care for. With hexes there can still be differences in count vs actual distance depending on your direction of travel, but it seems much smaller.
A lot of the cited advantages of squares seem spurious to me too. Building are square? So what? I can draw a straight line across the middle of a hex/square just as easily as can along an edge.
A lot of the cited advantages of squares seem spurious to me too. Building are square? So what? I can draw a straight line across the middle of a hex/square just as easily as can along an edge.
Patryn of Elvenshae
First Post
Yes, but then you can't stand in that hex, and you need to think about whether or not it requires squeezing rules, etc.
Mishihari Lord
First Post
My rule of thumb has always been if half or more of a hex/square is clear you can stand on it. It's dead simple and has never caused me any problems.
Because we have gelatinous cubes. 
Infernal Teddy
Explorer
Grids seem to be more natural for the human brain than hexes... I wonder which an octopus would prefer...
Xris Robin
First Post
This is why I don't like hexes. So I can move in a straight line up or down, or left and right, but never both depending on which way the hexes face. What? At least with a square I can move in the eight directions I can easily picture, even if diagonals give some people trouble.
I thus propose octagons.
ExploderWizard
Hero
All that work just so Chuck Norris can show up and slaughter the whole party? No thanks.
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