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Steve Plambeck · 07-12-2019, 02:04 AM

Funny story about megahexes. Circa 1981, I tried to get a co-worker (my boss actually) interested in playing -- I thought he'd dig it. One weekend on my advice he bought his own copy of Melee or Wizard (I don't recall which) and tried it out at home with his teenage son.

He comes into work Monday morning telling me he was all frustrated and disappointed in the game, said they tried to get started and gave up. I couldn't believe it and asked why.

He said they made characters and put them in those starting spaces on the map, but nowhere did the rules explain how they were supposed to get at or fire at each other "with all those walls in the way."

At first I thought he meant they cast wall spells, but no, he was talking about being locked in those cells... the megahex borders.

07-12-2019, 02:04 AM	#11
Steve Plambeck Join Date: Jun 2019	Re: Ditching Megahexes Funny story about megahexes. Circa 1981, I tried to get a co-worker (my boss actually) interested in playing -- I thought he'd dig it. One weekend on my advice he bought his own copy of Melee or Wizard (I don't recall which) and tried it out at home with his teenage son. He comes into work Monday morning telling me he was all frustrated and disappointed in the game, said they tried to get started and gave up. I couldn't believe it and asked why. He said they made characters and put them in those starting spaces on the map, but nowhere did the rules explain how they were supposed to get at or fire at each other "with all those walls in the way." At first I thought he meant they cast wall spells, but no, he was talking about being locked in those cells... the megahex borders.