11-14-2019, 09:35 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Dec 2004
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How big is a hex?
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? |
11-14-2019, 09:41 PM | #2 |
Join Date: Dec 2017
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Re: How big is a hex?
4 feet (RAW)
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11-17-2019, 06:27 PM | #3 |
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Re: How big is a hex?
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).
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11-17-2019, 07:44 PM | #4 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Pacheco, California
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Re: How big is a hex?
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.
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11-21-2019, 10:55 AM | #5 | |
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Re: How big is a hex?
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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. |
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11-21-2019, 12:18 PM | #6 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Pacheco, California
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Re: How big is a hex?
I have a detailed table showing the error on page ITL 55 here:
https://www.hcobb.com/tft/Megahex_scale.html
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12-04-2019, 01:11 AM | #7 | |
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Location: Sydney, Australia
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Re: How big is a hex?
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It is, incidentally, weird that a barony is larger than a county. Should we care about larger hexes then we have:
Last edited by David Bofinger; 12-04-2019 at 01:26 AM. |
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12-19-2019, 03:02 PM | #9 |
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Sparks, NV
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Re: How big is a hex?
Did anyone notice that the Pocket Box maps are not 1" hexes? They're 15/16" hexes ... a wee compromise to still fit everything onto the sheet.
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12-21-2019, 07:13 AM | #10 |
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: Dayton, Ohio
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Re: How big is a hex?
Geometry is purty.
5 Layers of Hexes. So this could be Combat at the smallest and City at the largest, or City at the smallest and Province at the largest. Or any other five consecutive layers of zoom. |
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