(TFT) Leonardo da Vinci; Square Hexes; Proportion

["Jay Carlisle" <selfinflicted_wounds@boardermail.com>]

If you look carefully at a tree, you can observe that 'small' branches  stick out at almost "Right Angles" from 'large' branches, which angles are much smaller.

Also from da Vinci, "All the branches of trees at every stage of their height, united together, are equal to the thickness of their trunk."


This has to do with "Flow" or 'least restance'.

Think about it.

If the branch is small then the 'cross section' of water subjected to friction is larger.

If water is gonna branch, it'll prob. do it NEAR a right angle. (shorter distance, less friction)

Try bending a long saw (etc.)
See how the 'meanders' happen.


OKAY!


I say that to say this....


If I want to give a GOOD rep. of "Mass Combat" then I 'TRULLY' need a Very Good Def. of what a hex "IS"!

After that then it's a choice of what scale the action is...



I "LOVE" your insightful comments on the 'Game World'.
I think this might tie to the stuff I'z talking about with PC's "LIVING" in an area.
It sure does make it more detailed.

GREAT THOUGHTS!


> ----- Original Message -----
> From: pvk@oz.net

> 
> 
> If the purpose of a hex grid is to allow game elements to be completely
> described by what hex they are in (as in most wargames, as opposed to
> fantasy games where locations are also often tracked in detail inside a
> single campaign map hex), then it becomes valuable to have river positions
> shown clearly, rather than free-form, and it's clearest if they are on
> hex-sides (or are considered to effectively fill an entire hex), because
> otherwise the map art is showing a different level of detail, and hex
> placement can no longer describe which side of a river a unit is on. In
> wargames, crossing or fighting across a river is a significant event, and
> having the rivers follow hexsides allows the hex a unit counter is placed
> in, to clearly show what side the unit is on.
> 
> In a role-playing game, of course, the game world theoretically includes
> much more detail than would be shown on a map that forced rivers to follow
> hexsides on a scale of kilometers, but it can still be useful to show them
> that way for purposes of abstraction and calculation. The GM can always
> draw more detailed maps when and where the situation calls for them.
> 
> PvK
> =====


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