How big is a hex?

[Infornific]

I couldn't find this in a previous post so I'll ask here. How big are hexes supposed to be. I get the sense from ITL that a hex is only a yard across, but that seems too small considering:

1. A wolf, a large bear and a dead body typically take up one hex. A horse (8 feet long) takes up two hexes.

2. Hand to hand (i.e., unarmed or knives) happens in one hex.

3. It seems it would be difficult for fighters with spears, swords, etc to fight only 3 feet away from each other. Whether with each other or side by side.

So hexes would seem to be more like 4-6 feet. Am I missing something?

[larsdangly]

4 feet (RAW)

[Anaraxes]

ITL p 55, if you want a reference. There's a chart with hex sizes for many different scales (combat. labyrinth maps, cities, duchies, etc).

[hcobb]

The problem with ITL 55 is that it treats the Megahex as being 3.33 as long as the underlying hex when it is actually only 2.5 times as long. This 33 percent error is compounded at every step up.

[swampthing]

Originally Posted by hcobb

The problem with ITL 55 is that it treats the Megahex as being 3.33 as long as the underlying hex when it is actually only 2.5 times as long.

How do you figure? It quotes 4 feet for a hex, and 3 yards (9 feet) for a megahex. 9/4 is 2.25, not 3.33.

I make the center-to-center distance between two adjacent megahexes to be about 10.6 feet (two 4-foot hexes over, plus one more up at an angle), which is about 2.65 times as much as a hex.

[hcobb]

I have a detailed table showing the error on page ITL 55 here:

https://www.hcobb.com/tft/Megahex_scale.html