Re: (TFT) Hex map

[Peter von Kleinsmid <pvk@oz.net>]

David,

your method is similar to what we did much of the time. As I recall, for 
small battles we'd tend to use the Melee or Wizard maps as a base, or for 
larger battles, very large stable hexmaps of various types, using inverted 
megahex cutouts for obstacles and so on, though not as nicely constructed 
as yours sound. Your set sounds like very nice - a great TFT fan artifact! ;-)

Another weakness you didn't mention of the ITL megahexes is that they're a 
wee tad smaller than the Melee/Wizard megahexes - grr! The smaller size 
makes them harder to align with Melee/Wizard maps, and isn't as nice to 
move counters on, not to mention your other observations. I think when we 
did use photocopied megahexes, we always anchored them with heavy items, so 
in practice they rarely got messed up, though they remained at least a bit 
fiddly.

At 06:24 AM 2/13/04 -0600, David Michael Grouchy II wrote:
> ...
> I make photocopies of the large connected mega hex sheet in AW.
...

While the Wizard map is the nicest, it also has those shaded central 
megahex rows - did you just leave those in, as part of the zen of the true 
path, or did you lighten the photocopy or something?

Purists may cringe, but once I migrated to using GURPS-based rules (where 
megahex grids aren't used, and terrain doesn't have to occupy entire hexes, 
and line of fire can be traced from any point inside a hex), I started 
drawing on hexsheets, or drawing on paper and then overlaying a 
_transparency_ of a hex grid, which could also work well for TFT. I also 
started using a hex-calibrated ruler to measure ranges, and I quite liked 
the results. I still drew maps in the old TFT hex-to-megahex scheme, but 
decided it was nicer and faster to draw free-form rather than insisting on 
mapping precisely in terms of 1.3m TFT hexes. As long as there is a decent 
GM, the GM can answer questions about which hexes can be used for what and 
at what DX penalty.

PvK
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