Gridless TFT?

[Skarg]

Originally Posted by platimus

That's great but someone asked "How do you count MHs?" in reference to my idea for converting a square-grid map to a hex-grid map. This was a follow-up to that discussion.

I think you can use a ruler in all cases, if the reason you want MHs is to measure distances and your players agree it makes sense to use distances rather than MHs. e.g. For TFT ranged attack penalties, you can start in the center hex of a megahex, and mark out the minimum and maximum distances that correspond to the first range band, and agree to take say the mid-point of those as the actual distance to use. Then measure what distance corresponds to 4 MH, etc.

For almost every purpose, once you have a ruler, measuring actual distance is a faster and more accurate approach than counting MH.

[platimus]

Originally Posted by Skarg

I think you can use a ruler in all cases, if the reason you want MHs is to measure distances and your players agree it makes sense to use distances rather than MHs. e.g. For TFT ranged attack penalties, you can start in the center hex of a megahex, and mark out the minimum and maximum distances that correspond to the first range band, and agree to take say the mid-point of those as the actual distance to use. Then measure what distance corresponds to 4 MH, etc.

For almost every purpose, once you have a ruler, measuring actual distance is a faster and more accurate approach than counting MH.

Yeah, like I said...that's great. I'm just following up on an earlier discussion.

Originally Posted by platimus

Measuring (with a ruler or delineated stick) is probably much easier! :)