RE: Hex Size & New Maps

GraphCorp · 03-31-2007, 08:02 AM

Armchair Generals,

Please take a moment to consider this question: If new maps were created (featuring "desert terrain" or "snow and forest terrain") would you rather see 2" or 3" hexes?

Take a moment to give a reason too!

Kimblee_Clone · 03-31-2007, 08:08 AM

I chose (b). I DO NOT want to hex size changed, and I'm sick and tired of having to rebuild the map whenever someone bumps the table.

Tripwire · 03-31-2007, 09:17 AM

Although I like the idea of being able to put more units in a hex, the current system works OK and we all have these maps that would be useless if the "official" size went to 3".
Keep the size at 2" and give us some desert and jungle maps.

Ctrl_Alt_Del · 03-31-2007, 09:19 AM

Hate the 3" maps. Hate 'em.

I do not like it when game companies take your money, and then turn around and tell you not to use what you paid for --- I'm assuming here that 2" maps will not be allowed for competitive play.

Smells like Magic.

maciej12 · 03-31-2007, 09:34 AM

I don't mind the prices going up, but what the (insert your own word here) is this 3 inch hex thing for. We wanted new maps, not new standards!

PadreJim · 03-31-2007, 10:10 AM

Well, mayhap the 3" hexes mean that we're getting an upscale in minis? Maybe the tanks will actually be 15mm to fit with our 15mm infantry?

And if the hexes are bigger, that would mean the terrain would be bigger, which would make the 1 hex = 100m scale a lot more sensical.

Vikingwarrior · 03-31-2007, 10:20 AM

HATE the proposed 3" hexes. Keep some standards in the game. I didn't like when the cards were formatted different or when they used cheaper plastic for pieces either. STANDARDS need to be maintained to keep the game viable IMHO.

Khayman7 · 03-31-2007, 10:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Kimblee_Clone

I chose (b). I DO NOT want to hex size changed, and I'm sick and tired of having to rebuild the map whenever someone bumps the table.

Some people have used plexiglass to help with this, which works well but if your table isn't big enough and you hit the glass you still have the same problem. If your on the cheap side (like me

) sticky tac works very well, just a little dot of it in each corner of the maps. If you do 3D on a large map get some clamps and your set.

I'm kind of partial to leaving the maps at 2 inch so you can build bigger areas without having to buy multiples of new 3 in maps. What I think will probably happen with my group is the smaller scale battles will be done on the 3 inch ones while larger scale will still be on 2 inch because I don't see anyone buying more than 1 set of each.

Mpedersen84 · 03-31-2007, 01:18 PM

I would like 3" hexes but it would make the new maps a incompatible with the old ones which is very WRONG!!!!!! I wish they were 3" to start with

Vikingwarrior · 03-31-2007, 01:35 PM

Actually I have been thinking about this issue some more and I would be OK with the 3" hexes if WoTC gives us the original maps for FREE in this format. They could do this by including them in the boosters with the new maps. Though not perfect I could live with it then. Not likely to happen though.
(still waiting for that darn pig to fly)

View Poll Results: Please check one!
Tiled Map with 2" hexes	12	20.69%
Single LARGE Map with 2" hexes	23	39.66%
Tiled Map with 3" hexes	12	20.69%
Single LARGE Map with 3" hexes	11	18.97%
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03-31-2007, 08:02 AM	#1
GraphCorp FRONTLINE NEWS Creator Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Hamilton, ON Posts: 267	RE: Hex Size & New Maps Armchair Generals, Please take a moment to consider this question: If new maps were created (featuring "desert terrain" or "snow and forest terrain") would you rather see 2" or 3" hexes? Take a moment to give a reason too! __________________ Keep on Tankin'!

03-31-2007, 08:08 AM	#2
Kimblee_Clone Just a little bit Fascist Join Date: Feb 2007 Location: Kitchener, Ontario Posts: 829	I chose (b). I DO NOT want to hex size changed, and I'm sick and tired of having to rebuild the map whenever someone bumps the table. __________________ Silhouette: September 2006-present... Silhouette Colonel and founder. Head of Silhouette Company "A" 800th post on October 9th, 2007 "Yes, reason has been a part of organized religion, ever since two nudists took dietary advice from a talking snake." -Jon Stewart "Did you ever go into a restaurant and say, 'Hey! I'd like a Coke.' And they say, 'We only serve Pepsi,' and you went, 'well, f*k you! Son of a btch! What kind of a dump is this? Well, listen F*knuts, I'm goin' across the street. I'm gonna go eat at 'Buckets of Sht.' That's right! 'Buckets of Sh*t!' I know the food's lousy, but they serve a Coke!'" -Lewis Black Can I still eat at a restaurant if I'm wearing a shirt and shoes but no pants? "Propaganda should be popular, not intellectually pleasing. It is not the task of propaganda to discover intellectual truths." -Joseph Goebbels, January 9th, 1928

03-31-2007, 09:17 AM	#3
Tripwire A Night At The Opera Join Date: Jul 2006 Location: Left Coast Posts: 277	Although I like the idea of being able to put more units in a hex, the current system works OK and we all have these maps that would be useless if the "official" size went to 3". Keep the size at 2" and give us some desert and jungle maps. __________________ "Sometimes I wonder whether the world is being run by smart people who are putting us on or by imbeciles who really mean it." Mark Twain A&A minis opinion: Scale change:

03-31-2007, 10:10 AM	#6
PadreJim Mighty Jim Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: St. Catharines, Ontario, Canada Posts: 204	Well, mayhap the 3" hexes mean that we're getting an upscale in minis? Maybe the tanks will actually be 15mm to fit with our 15mm infantry? And if the hexes are bigger, that would mean the terrain would be bigger, which would make the 1 hex = 100m scale a lot more sensical. __________________ My Alternative Platoons and Companies My Re-Costing My Trade List

03-31-2007, 09:19 AM	#4
Ctrl_Alt_Del Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2007 Posts: 18	Hate the 3" maps. Hate 'em. I do not like it when game companies take your money, and then turn around and tell you not to use what you paid for --- I'm assuming here that 2" maps will not be allowed for competitive play. Smells like Magic.

03-31-2007, 09:34 AM	#5
maciej12 Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: Minnesota Posts: 237	I don't mind the prices going up, but what the (insert your own word here) is this 3 inch hex thing for. We wanted new maps, not new standards!

03-31-2007, 10:20 AM	#7
Vikingwarrior Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 656	HATE the proposed 3" hexes. Keep some standards in the game. I didn't like when the cards were formatted different or when they used cheaper plastic for pieces either. STANDARDS need to be maintained to keep the game viable IMHO.

03-31-2007, 01:18 PM	#9
Mpedersen84 Senior Member Join Date: May 2006 Location: Chicago, IL Posts: 261	I would like 3" hexes but it would make the new maps a incompatible with the old ones which is very WRONG!!!!!! I wish they were 3" to start with __________________ We are the sum of our experiences. Change any of those experiences, and you change the person. Change the person, and you may just change the world. Make that person a young Adolf Hitler, and things do get interesting... -Wade G. Dudley

03-31-2007, 01:35 PM	#10
Vikingwarrior Senior Member Join Date: Dec 2006 Location: New Jersey, USA Posts: 656	Actually I have been thinking about this issue some more and I would be OK with the 3" hexes if WoTC gives us the original maps for FREE in this format. They could do this by including them in the boosters with the new maps. Though not perfect I could live with it then. Not likely to happen though. (still waiting for that darn pig to fly)

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