01-17-2019, 04:55 PM | #1 |
Join Date: Jul 2005
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Hex Sizes in the New TFT
Pardon me if I missed this in all the excitement, but will all the hexes in the I Want It All Kickstarter bundle be the new (1.5 inch) size, including Melee and Wizard? Will this be the standard from now on? And was there any mention of poster maps, similar to D&D5E products? Thanks!
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01-17-2019, 06:21 PM | #2 |
Join Date: Dec 2017
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Re: Hex Sizes in the New TFT
Looks like it is the new standard. And all I can say is 'thank god!'. I've played a lot of sessions on the old 1" hexes and they are just too small for pretty much any miniatures, and barely big enough for cardboard markers (which typically touch in adjacent hexes, and so can't be rotated freely or moved without nudging neighbors). This was a controversial but, I would say, excellent move.
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01-17-2019, 06:26 PM | #3 |
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Join Date: Aug 2004
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Re: Hex Sizes in the New TFT
Note: The Pocket Box game uses a smaller size hex than the other titles.
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01-17-2019, 11:28 PM | #4 |
Join Date: Jan 2018
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02-10-2019, 10:33 AM | #5 |
Join Date: Jan 2018
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Re: Hex Sizes in the New TFT
Please forgive my ignorance on TFT method of measuring hex sizes. I am aware of three ways to measure a hex. 1) distance between the flat sides, 2) diagonally point to point or 3) along one side. Which method?
Also when printing .pdf hexes, what are best printer settings to get accurate size hexes? If this is covered some other where... please direct me to answer. Thanx! |
02-10-2019, 11:14 AM | #6 |
Join Date: May 2015
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Re: Hex Sizes in the New TFT
The distance is measured from hexside to hexside, perpendicular to the sides.
(There were two old sizes. The old microgame maps were 1" across, the same as GURPS hexes, and worked well with the counters being less than 1" across. But the megahexes in the old Advanced Melee/Wizard/ITL were smaller than that and indeed a bit small for the old counters, and especially fiddly if you just had paper copies instead of mounting them on cardboard.) |
02-11-2019, 01:07 PM | #7 | |
Join Date: Jan 2018
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Re: Hex Sizes in the New TFT
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After 30 years (alas, the kids grew up and moved away) of not playing it will be like Christmas when I open the boxes!!! Just think, now the big craze is Virtual Table Tops. Now THAT would be an interesting KickStarter! Thanks again for the measurement info!!! |
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02-11-2019, 01:21 PM | #8 | |
Join Date: Sep 2007
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Re: Hex Sizes in the New TFT
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(AFAIK, this is the usual method of specifying hex sizes in the gaming industry. In math class, you're more likely to see the length of one side, which mostly comes up in games when you want to know the area covered by one hex.) |
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02-13-2019, 02:10 AM | #9 |
Join Date: Nov 2010
Location: Arizona
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Re: Hex Sizes in the New TFT
Yeah, I always assumed the center dots were there for a reason -- and used them as the basis for measuring distances if it was ever important enough to worry about.
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02-13-2019, 09:55 AM | #10 |
Join Date: May 2015
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Re: Hex Sizes in the New TFT
Aren't the center dots explicitly for determining line of sight blocks for ranged attacks and rolls to miss? Or did I just do that because I learned Squad Leader right before I learned TFT, and come to think it was mentioned in TFT too?
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