I have just put up a video concerning the virtues of the hex - LINK https://youtu.be/dpOD9FwIV5A

Also my web page has been updated to show the various number of tiles that are needed per table size LINK - HERE http://commanders.simdif.com/hexing-a-table.html

Interesting video, Norm. Not surprisingly, it reminded me of my board gaming days. Hex grid terrain definitely has loads of advantages although in my mind it appears to be better for Modern stuff with its looser formations rather than the linear formations of the Horse & Musket era. I think there was a Command & Colours game at Claymore recently. An attractive Napoleonic game as I recall using hexes which somehow looked 'clean' and 'ordered.' However, I'm not so sure about the 'drunken advances' (steady!) it forces units to make (as pointed out by Ithoriel in another thread).  And the expense!  So, for me, the jury is still out. Nevertheless, it prompts me to pay the Kallistra website another wee visit ... purely for research .... in the interest of fair play and all that ...... and eye-candy .... 

I really like my kallistra hex board. it is a blue one for naval games though.

i wonder if you could convert BKC to hexes 

Rather foolishly I had expected the table to turn into a frog once it had been hexed.

Quote from: petercooman on 20 August 2016, 12:19:38 PM
I really like my kallistra hex board. it is a blue one for naval games though.

i wonder if you could convert BKC to hexes 

I think doing it for any game would be possible. I've seen DBM and Fistful of Tows turned into a game that use hexes instead of measuring

 

Quote from: Leman on 20 August 2016, 01:02:40 PM
Rather foolishly I had expected the table to turn into a frog once it had been hexed.

Yes Fenton, my first reaction to the subject line was,"FFS my dice are clearly already hexed I don't need the table to be as well!!"

 

Quote from: Ithoriel on 20 August 2016, 01:33:55 PM
Yes Fenton, my first reaction to the subject line was,"FFS my dice are clearly already hexed I don't need the table to be as well!!"

Have to say I always seem to encounter similar problems - my dice (or anyone elses that I use) seem hexed no matter what table I'm playing on 

My dice were certainly hexed last night

When rolling to see if the church I was mortaring would catch fire I consistently rolled 11% above the required score, even as the required score increased by 10% each time I hit the church: 40% - 55%, 50% - 66%, 70% - 88%

The British had set up an HMG in the church and were firing it and rifles out so it was only fair I fired back

Pierre the Shy couldn't make the game last night so I took over the troops he had been commanding, he will be pleased to learn I only lost 1 Sdkfz 222, unfortunately the blazing wreck blocked the bridge

One of 'his' companies debussed by the empty wood by the bridge planning to advance to the river and provide covering fire to the engineers and the remaining Sdkfz 222 as they tried to clear the bridge. Unfortunately they were meet by a hail of grenades from the British company that was dug in and camouflaged in the wood, casualties were very heavy

The Sdkfz 222 and the MGs took revenge.

The Germans casualties at the bridge and in the town were mounting and we considered breaking off the attack (while the French and British players put the jug on for our traditional mid game tea break)... We decided to press on for another move or two seeing how casualties went. Fortunately they were light and after two more turns the surviving French decided to withdraw from the town along with the few surviving British.