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The Battle for Wesnoth, a hex grid based computer game. A hex map, hex board, or hex grid is a game board design commonly used in simulation games of all scales, including wargames, role-playing games, and strategy games in both board games and video games. A hex map is subdivided into a hexagonal tiling, small regular hexagons of identical size.
Campaign Hexagon System is a booklet presenting more than 60 blank hex grids. Each page contains a rectangular hexagonal tessellation consisting of roughly 1000 small hexes, with a large hex superimposed over this grid to represent a distance of 5 miles across flat land. The booklet includes additional guidelines to assist with a fantasy ...
Civil War is a two-player wargame in which one player controls Union forces and the other controls Confederate forces. Like other wargames produced by Avalon Hill, Civil War uses a hex grid map and a Combat Results Table to adjudicate battles.
The game, with a very large 66" x 34" (168 cm x 86 cm) hex grid map of the United States from Pennsylvania to Texas, 1400 counters, and a 20-page rulebook, has been described as "Not for any but the most determined beginners because of its length and complexity." [1] Counters represent between 1,000 and 10,000 men (infantry) or 5,000 cavalry. [2]
A wide variety of such grids have been proposed or are currently in use, including grids based on "square" or "rectangular" cells, triangular grids or meshes, hexagonal grids, and grids based on diamond-shaped cells. A "global grid" is a kind of grid that covers the entire surface of the globe.
The hex grid game includes: [2] 24" x 34" paper hex grid map scaled at 48 km (30 mi) per inch plus a 6.5" x 11.5" map extension; 12-page map-folded rulesheet; Terrain Effects chart; The area movement game includes: [2] 22" x 28" area movement map scaled at 48 km (30 mi) per inch; 8-page rule booklet; Both games share: [2] 400 die-cut counters
All of these revisions used the same map and counter mix as the original game. In 1991, Avalon Hill published a new revision as part of a partnership program with the Smithsonian Museum . This "Smithsonian Edition", designed by S. Craig Taylor , featured a new map, a new counter mix, new rules, and the use of two ten-sided dice, as well as a ...
Image:Canada_blank_map.svg — Canada. File:Blank US Map (states only).svg — United States (including Alaska and Hawaii). Each state is its own vector image, meaning coloring states individually is very easy. File:Blank USA, w territories.svg – United States, including all major territories.