Re: [FT/DS] Re: planetary invasion games.

On Mon, Oct 14, 2002 at 08:23:33AM -0500, devans@nebraska.edu wrote:

>Also, it uses a
>non-rectangular, psuedo-'Bucky Fuller' globe, not unlike the Ren Leg
game.

The best compromise between gameability and accuracy I've seen on a
world map was GDW's old technique - map the world onto an icosahedron
(d20), and then flatten that. If you size the hex grid just right, you
get a pair of five-sided "hexes" at the poles, and everything else works
without any problems...

Roger