01-27-2022, 08:10 AM | #11 |
Join Date: Aug 2018
Location: Aerlith
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Re: Hex Map Scales
Having grown up with the original Melee and Wizard, and the rest of the Microgames line, I have a preference for 1" hexes as well. The real estate is more manageable, as you get more terrain onto the tabletop. And as mentioned, it works nice with traditional miniatures. But the point is also valid that nowadays you can print maps (and miniatures!) to whatever scale you like. So everyone should use what feels most comfortable. The main concern is creating maps that remain legible and attractive at multiple resolutions, which is what I strive to do.
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01-27-2022, 04:51 PM | #12 | |
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Lord I forgot til this discussion, but around 1984 when I got my first printer from Radio Shack, and even though it was a daisy wheel printer(!) when I realized the "/" and backslash were at perfect 60 degree angles I went nuts writing a BASIC program to print hexpaper on the thing. Tons of esc codes to micro space and micro-back-space and micro-line-feed and micro-reverse-line feed. LOL - that's a year of my life I'll never get back! It worked though. Had a menu where I could pick hex size, paper width, and order any number of continuous pages. It was a wide carriage, continuous pin feed printer -- I miss those! For larger maps I just wouldn't separate the pages at the perforation. Of course it completely wore out the "/" and backslash characters on the daisy wheel after only a hundred pages, and I was only able to get one replacement before the thing was totally obsolete and the daisy wheels discontinued. I was teaching myself BASIC for the first time, so the project wasn't a total waste. I even have some pages left somewhere from the last print run -- I never throw out hexpaper :)
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01-27-2022, 06:25 PM | #13 | |
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Location: Berkeley, CA
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Re: Hex Map Scales
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01-28-2022, 08:46 AM | #14 |
Join Date: Dec 2021
Location: Indiana
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Re: Hex Map Scales
I actually was able to generate 1" hexes that covered most of an 8" x 11.5" page that should lend itself to easy trimming and matching to make a larger board usable board space. No mega-hexes but they can have dots in the center.
https://www.incompetech.com/graphpaper/hexagonal/ I had to select a hex size of .6 inches to yield a 1" hex at its parallel edges. This appears to actually be the length of one side of the hexagon. I'm sure that we all can nitpick to be even more precise. Now, I would like a good way to make counters that can fit into them. I have a printer with plenty of card stock paper. I could make them in multiple layers that is easily handled by my straight paper cutter. I could start by shrinking the PDF counter files that came with Melee and Wizard. |
01-28-2022, 08:56 AM | #15 | |
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I sent a PM to take you up on your offer. Thanks. |
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01-28-2022, 12:38 PM | #16 |
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Re: Hex Map Scales
Got it, and pdf sent. If you don't get it let me know and I'll send again.
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