TFT, So happy. Also, hexes vs grid.

[Skarg]

Originally Posted by larsdangly

There is a lot of experience in the hex-and-chit wargame world with merging rectilinear structures and hexes (e.g., ASL). So, it obviously can be done. But I get that a lot of the dungeony spaces in the original TFT look a little weird because the room outlines and hallway runs and so forth are assembled from hexes. It is fine in a gamey sort of way, but is peculiar. When I create new maps for TFT I generally don't do this. Instead I'll draw what I want freehand and overlay a hexagonal grid. It is pretty easy to decide how you should handle partial hexes, so it really isn't that complicated.

Yeah, I stopped trying to conform the world to hexes and megahexes, and as you say, draw the world without any grid (square-grid-conforming worlds are often just as unnatural as hex grids), and then overlay a hex grid on what's there (often using a tranparent hex grid sheet or several) and then allow people to stand in partial hexes, especially when there's something like a narrow corridor that doesn't align to the grid.