RE: hex grid, Wave Guns

I have played small, games of FT using hexes. We used the following
modification for hexes:
  1. Each hex face turn costs 2 movement points (round up).
  2. No edge lines (center of hex only) allowed.
  3. 1 hex = 1"
  4. Wave guns/Nova Cannons used actual measurement. If it covered the
stand
riser/center point of the figure, the target ship was hit.
  5. Cinematic movement only.
  6. When figuring range, count hexes instead of direct measurement.

Basically, we limited facing/heading to the hex sides (doing away with
the
odd clock faces and keeping the even clock faces). 

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Brian Bell   
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: Glen Bailey [SMTP:Glen.Bailey@sabre.com]
> Sent: Monday, July 26, 1999 9:08 AM
> To:	GZG digest
> Subject:	FT: hex grid, Wave Guns
> 
> Anyone else play FT on a hex grid playing area?  We have been, it
> takes some explaining about hex spine movement but it works well.
> We made a house rule that if your movement ends on a hex spine
> then shift to the hex forward and to the right.  Someone wanted
> to have the option of choosing which hex but that seems unfair
> to me since no other position has this advantage.  Another wanted
> to alternate left and right, but then that requires keeping track
> and I prefer to keep bookkeeping to a minimum.  Any thoughts?
> 
> Then I fired a Wave Gun on the hex grid.  But a two inch diameter
> is not quite the same as two hexes.  When facing a hexside then
> what 2 of 3 hexes does the wave gun travel?  Firer's choice?
> When facing a hex spine the first hex of travel is easy (a hex
> on either side) but the second hex of travel has a hex in the
> middle and one to either side.  So which one of those is
> the wave gun in?  Use the same method as ships and go to the one
> on the right?.  Any suggestions?
> 
> Glen