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History of Hex Map and Square Grid use, in RPGs?

Started by Man at Arms, August 19, 2024, 02:11:45 AM

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Exploderwizard

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August 31, 2024, 09:29:41 AM
Quote from: Omega on August 30, 2024, 06:03:10 PMIf the hexes are big for indoors, like say 10ft. Then its less a problem. But when you get to the 5ft hexes or smaller then it gets dodgy.

But you get that no matter really hex or square. Somethings just not going to fit 100%.

We never had any problem with the GURPS one yard hexes. I drew my GM maps to that scale so when it was time to break out the minis for combat no conversion was needed. We ruled by consensus that man sized or smaller creatures could occupy a half hex. When designing indoor maps I sketched it out on graph paper until it was what I wanted then drew the same map on hex paper.
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Man at Arms

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August 31, 2024, 02:01:23 PM
Quote from: Exploderwizard on August 31, 2024, 09:29:41 AM
Quote from: Omega on August 30, 2024, 06:03:10 PMIf the hexes are big for indoors, like say 10ft. Then its less a problem. But when you get to the 5ft hexes or smaller then it gets dodgy.

But you get that no matter really hex or square. Somethings just not going to fit 100%.

We never had any problem with the GURPS one yard hexes. I drew my GM maps to that scale so when it was time to break out the minis for combat no conversion was needed. We ruled by consensus that man sized or smaller creatures could occupy a half hex. When designing indoor maps I sketched it out on graph paper until it was what I wanted then drew the same map on hex paper.


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Cathode Ray

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August 31, 2024, 09:32:40 PM
weird, but reading through the thread someone responded to one of my posts but the images I posted are missing now. 
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yosemitemike

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September 01, 2024, 03:48:13 AM
I think part of it is just that's it's a lot easier to draw a dungeon on a square grid than on a hex grid. 
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