area effect in tactical combat

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by Daigoro

"In an area crowded with enemy targets (i.e. 1 per hex), how many would be affected by my 8-hex radius AE attack?" mainly.

Extrapolate from there for less dense gatherings.

Wouldn't it be faster just to count?

[Daigoro]

Originally Posted by sir_pudding

Wouldn't it be faster just to count?

Not everyone uses tactical hex-grid maps.

And I'd like to see the GM who wants to put 169 minis on a map.

[Kromm]

Agreed on needing the formula. GURPS Zombies will invoke it, for what ought to be obvious reasons. There, I wrote it as 1 + 3×R×(R - 1) to avoid an ugly superscript. Same thing, though.

[sir_pudding]

Originally Posted by Daigoro

Not everyone uses tactical hex-grid maps.

Without Tactical Combat it's just a circle with area pi*r^2, isn't it? A giant hex only makes sense with hexes to start with.