Orthogonal sprinting

[Not]

Fleeing for my life, I'm sprinting on the hex map. So far so good.

The corridor takes a 90 degree turn. I change direction and continue fleeing. I'd like to continue sprinting but the hex map favors 60 and 120 degree turns.

Can I sprint down this new hallway or do I have to make constant facing changes due to the hex configuration?

[Fred Brackin]

Originally Posted by Not

Fleeing for my life, I'm sprinting on the hex map. So far so good.

The corridor takes a 90 degree turn. I change direction and continue fleeing. I'd like to continue sprinting but the hex map favors 60 and 120 degree turns.

Can I sprint down this new hallway or do I have to make constant facing changes due to the hex configuration?

For most purposes te hexes n the map are helpful measurement tools rather than models of reality. Pi is not equal to 3 in Gurps (old, inside joke. Pi would be equal to 3 if all circles were actually hexagons).

So get a ruler and measure your movement that way and simply put your figure in the closest to correct hex at your movements end.

Or even just zig-zag down the map counting hexes but not counting those facing changes you're not doing.

The map is not the reality. The symbol is not the thing it represents.

[whswhs]

What Fred says is sound and I endorse it.

[Say, it isn't that bad!]

Rather than hexes or squares, why not measuring string marked in inches? Lay it out along the route you want to take, and then move your miniature to the next mark according to their movement in inches.

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Say, it isn't that bad!

Rather than hexes or squares, why not measuring string marked in inches?

While plenty of wargames have done that, tabletop games have usually found it too much trouble.

[Say, it isn't that bad!]

Originally Posted by Anthony

While plenty of wargames have done that, tabletop games have usually found it too much trouble.

I'm not sure how it would be (although I have a few ideas); however, I also haven't really tried it (aside from a solo test), so...

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by Say, it isn't that bad!

I'm not sure how it would be (although I have a few ideas); however, I also haven't really tried it (aside from a solo test), so...

It's generally a two handed slightly finicky task to lay down a ruler and move your token to the appropriate offset on that ruler. You can count off hexes one-handed and being clumsy matters a lot less.

[Gnome]

GURPS gives you three front hexes, so you can sprint down any straight hallway. The free face changes from entering the front-left and front-right hexes don’t halt your sprint. The hallway is simply a bit longer than it looks when compared to the orthogonal one.

[Gold & Appel Inc]

Originally Posted by Not

Fleeing for my life, I'm sprinting on the hex map. So far so good.

If situations in which you are fleeing for your life can be even remotely good, you lead a considerably more interesting life than I do, amigo.

Originally Posted by Not

The corridor takes a 90 degree turn. I change direction and continue fleeing. I'd like to continue sprinting but the hex map favors 60 and 120 degree turns.

Can I sprint down this new hallway or do I have to make constant facing changes due to the hex configuration?

According to Basic p354, "You may only move at your maximum sprinting speed if the ground is good and you are moving more or less straight at some goal. Any deviation from "forward" movement requires you to run at normal ground Move for one second before you can resume sprinting."

IMHO a 90-degree turn is very much a deviation from forward.

[Prince Charon]

Originally Posted by Anthony

It's generally a two handed slightly finicky task to lay down a ruler and move your token to the appropriate offset on that ruler. You can count off hexes one-handed and being clumsy matters a lot less.

To be fair, we're discussing a string, not a ruler, though that would also be a two-handed task. How finicky it is probably depends on how close and how unstable any props on the table are.