Re: (TFT) Speaking of megahexes

["Ty Beard" <tbeard@tyler.net>]

Does anyone know where we can find the 1" hexagonal tiles?

--Ty

----- Original Message -----
From: "David Michael Grouchy II" <david_michael_grouchy_ii@hotmail.com>
To: <tft@brainiac.com>
Sent: Monday, January 13, 2003 4:13 PM
Subject: Re: (TFT) Speaking of megahexes


> >From: Stan <srydzews@ix.netcom.com>
> >
> >That being said, I do have a few pounds of megahexes I made a
> >few years ago.  Those 1" hexagonal ceramic flooring tiles, when
> >glued together in clusters of seven, make for a very cool sort
> >of surface.
>
> Stan,
>    Every couple of years I re-manufacture my megahexes.  I use a negative
> space approach.  Instead of laying out megahexes for the hallways, I make
> and print one big sheet of full sized megahexes.  About one and a third
> meters by half a meter.  Big enough to cover the center of the table.
Then
> I take the cut out sections, color and texture them, and use them for
walls.
>    I also like to make a huge sheet of small hexes.  I have one with an
> entire city on.  It's in color and drafted with details.  Since I don't
> allow miniatures, but only counters, I can lay it out over the megahexes
at
> any time.  People who play with me for the first time are usually quite
> impressed with "oooh" and "ahhh"'s.  When combat starts I pick up the city
> map and rearange the walls to match the details of the part of the city
they
> are in.
>    My players have become quite conditioned to this set up.  When ever I
> fold up the city map, they all pick up dice, and get ready to state their
> actions in under five seconds.  When the city map is out, they kick back,
> drink cokes, and role play their way through the political climate.
>
>    David Michael Grouchy II
>
>
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