Running on a grid as opposed to hexes

[Anthony]

Originally Posted by whswhs

You can reduce that significantly by (a) combining 1 vertical + 1 horizontal into 1 diagonal whenever possible and (b) counting 1 diagonal as 1 1/2 spaces.

True, though you'll still wind up with the 41% error when you have range/reach 1. In practice, that may not matter since the positional error is ±50% due to the resolution of the map.

[Daeglan]

Originally Posted by whswhs

Actually the bishop and rook cease to have distinct moves.

Bill Stoddard

Great... now I wanna try Chess on a hex grid...

[Daeglan]

Originally Posted by cmdicely

Or use the free GURPS Range Ruler.

So if I use the ruler i can ignore grids all together... i like it.

[cmdicely]

Originally Posted by whswhs

Actually the bishop and rook cease to have distinct moves.

In all three of the major hexagonal chess forms (and at least one of the lesser forms) described on the Wikipedia "Hexagonal Chess" page, the bishop and rook have distinct moves (the bishop moves along the edges between hex sides, while rooks move along hex rows; this necessitates a third bishop to cover all spaces by one bishop of each sides.)

[Gizensha]

Originally Posted by Daeglan

Great... now I wanna try Chess on a hex grid...

http://www.chessvariants.com/index/m...Chess+Variants

...As mentioned by someone earlier, there are several forms of that.

[JMD]

Originally Posted by gjc8

You do have to be precise about what is meant by "diagonal", to avoid the problem Bill Stoddard mentions. Glinski Chess is a relatively popular hexagonal chess variant.

No I don't, but that is cool.

[Maz]

There are several threads about it: http://forums.sjgames.com/search.php?searchid=2598279

We have done so and it worked fine.

[archypetro]

I think the main problem with grids as opposed to hexes is that distance is not the same.

Moving 3 squares along the normal axis is fine, moving 3 squares along the diagonal means you move further.

[jeff_wilson]

Originally Posted by Daeglan

You can move in 8 directions as opposed to 6....

Why only 6?

[Maz]

Originally Posted by jeff_wilson

Why only 6?

Because a hex has 6 sides?