Re: Babylon 5 Wars (LONG)

On Wed, 19 Mar 1997, Binhan Lin wrote:

> Actually the old SPI game of AirWar(?) allowed 30 degree movement by 
> allowing movement down a corner, giving 12 point directions instead of

> just 6.  Movement down a hex corner was combination of forward and
side 
> slip with the direction of sideslip alternating to keep you going down
a 
> straight line.

Several games use a similar system. It just doesn't fit my idea of
elegant.

>  FT may be adaptable to this for conventions or where you 
> need to be nitpicky about ranges and movement.

Fortunately, there's no such need since FT doesn't use hexes anyway.

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