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I know there have been some variant hex based maps around. Has anyone played this on a hex? Heroscape tiles are just a little too small, but thinking even Hexon Tiles from Kallistra would be elegant. Seems basic geometry might lend itself better to 3/4 play.
I play DDM on hexes and much prefer it. But then, that is more skirm and less board game proper, than DB.
But hexes will throw a big wrench into game mechanics and I was wondering what some of the more experience players who've tired it, thought of it.
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Btw, newbie to this game here and digging the crap out of it!
Cheers!
Rob
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Personally, it all comes down to how you count range and movement. A lot of things are balanced toward the diagonal = 2, or diagonal movement is doubled.
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Have you tried it then, what do you think?
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You know I've never tried this, but I've always wondered it myself. It would definitely change the at some things work (range 6 abilities would cover a LOT more area!), but I think it's worth trying for just a fun house rule. I don't own any hex maps that would be good, but if anyone does and would be able to try it I would love to see how it goes.
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Color me sheepish, but I dropped this post in the wrong forum. Game in question was Dreamblade, not SWM. Go figure.
Been playing both of late. Ironically though, when it comes to running SWM on a hex based map, that is exactly what we do. I run some maps as well, but the HS tiles are pretty nice to play both SWM and DDM on. Yeah, range is off unless you make a really big board, and you've got 6 fronts per tile instead of four. But you get terrain of a 3D nature and relief bonuses and it just looks cool.
Anyway, my bad. Sorry.
Rob
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I"ve used heroscape move rules for playing on hexes 
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sounds like fun, worth a try.
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Looks cool, I'll have to try that! 
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Yes, that is really cool. We have a lot of Heroscape pieces so it's worth looking into. My thought is that it would probably be simplest to just use the basic Heroscape movement and LOS/Targetting rules, because they're native to the terrain concept.
My boys and I will have a lot of fun with this the next time we play a "Star Wars Minis Tournament"! Yes, that's the name that my kids came up with, because they're always excited to hear about how I did at my most recent tourney. They don't understand that a "tournament" is actually several games against several different players, but it's all good. :)
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looks like the old days. we played w/'Scape pieces when we had very little maps............ in the Dark Times...............before my plastic crack addiction 
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