RE: [Campaign] Criteria

The quick fix for home made hexes using squares is this:

Draw columns for the width of your hexes, then draw in every other
column with squares.  In the remaining alternating columns, shift the
squares down 1/2 a length to that they overlap 2 squares to each side. 
So effectively, each square will contact 6 others - in otherwords a
hex-like arrangement.

Interestingly enough I was thinking of having my basement tiled in this
way so that the floor could be used for hex based games.

--Binhan

> -----Original Message-----
> From: KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de [mailto:KH.Ranitzsch@t-online.de]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 03, 2002 10:10 AM
> To: gzg-l@csua.berkeley.edu
> Subject: Re: [Campaign] Criteria
> 
> 
> Roger Books schrieb:
> > On	3-Jul-02 at 10:50, John Sowerby (sowerbyj@fiu.edu)
> > > Mage Knight Dungeons uses a square grid, and diagonal
> > > moves cost an additional movement point, added to the cost of the
> > > square.
> 
> What does moving through a flat, easy square cost ?
> 
> > What's wrong with using a hex grid?
> 
> Not too much, at least not for a published game.
> 
> For a home-made game, they are somewhat tedious to draw.
> 
> Also, most real-world maps are based on square grids, so they 
> are a bit
> of an entry barrier for beginners.
> 
> Greetings
> Karl Heinz