Re: (TFT) Re: Building; square megahex

["Craig W. Barber" <craigwbar@comcast.net>]

Hi Jay, squares in larger combats:

I'd say ANY square grid would be a mistake on a large scale, mine obviously
included.  The hex grain problem again, 41% and so on.  Good point!  (I never
even considered scaling up my megahexes for large scale combat.)

When I've tried to scale up TFT (I borrowed a lot of Squad Leader concepts
too) I never even considered square megahexes, which is admittedly
inconsistant!  I suppose you could overlay larger hexes on a square grid,
rather like drawing hexes over the square grid, like your pix last month.

OTOH, what about cities?  Suddenly it occurs to me that a city block might
usefully be mapped with square grids of alternating TYPE A and TYPE B
megahexes blown up... hmm....  OK, **maybe** that large, but otherwise I'd say
you want to switch to hexes or rulers at a larger level.

Craig B
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