Re: [HoE] Re: hoe-i'll miss my boxes

["J A" <danthius@hotmail.com>]

And by the way................  Armorcast is now producing these Battlemats 
again..........so you gamers may go to your local hobby shop and order them. 
  They are producing the hex maps right now, but soon should be releasing 
the squares as well.  This has been a message from your local retailer.   :)

                           Jason Adkins

>From: Allan Seyberth <darious@darious.com>
>Reply-To: hoe@gamerz.net
>To: hoe@gamerz.net
>Subject: Re: [HoE]  Re: hoe-i'll miss my boxes
>Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2000 15:26:06 -0600
>
>At 05:11 PM 4/14/00 -0400, you wrote:
> >I'm feeling slow today, what is a hex map?  Is it something used to help
>aid in
> >diagonal movement?
>
>Think of graph paper - only instead of squares, it uses hexes.  It allows a
>greater "range" of movement - reducing the effect of diagonal movement
>differences inherent in a square graph/map. (5 squares measured diagonally
>is longer than 5 squares horizontally or vertically).
>
>They've been used in games for quite some time, and then some brilliant
>genius decided to place the hex pattern on a vinyl surface - allowing
>people to draw on the map with water soluble markers to "show" the terrain
>and stuff - making battles easier to describe and work through in a game.
>
>Then someone used a clear vinyl sheet to put the hexes on - allowing
>pre-drawn maps to be slipped underneath.
>-------------------
>Allan Seyberth
>darious@darious.com
>Deadlands fan site - www.darious.com/deadlands
>
>Everybody dies.  Whether you die on your feet or on your knees, is entirely
>up to you.
>
>Why did the chicken cross the road?
>
>Henry David Thoreau:
>To live deliberately ... and suck all the marrow out of life.
>
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