A hex map, hex board or hex grid is a gameboard design commonly used in tactical wargames. The map is subdivided into small regular hexagons of identical size.

The advantage of a hex map over a square grid or grid map is that the distance between a given cell, and all adjacent cells, remains constant. (The distance from the center of a grid map with a cell of side length $x$ and diagonal adjacent cells is $x$√2 instead of $x$.) This has made the hex map a favourite for many game designers since the 1970s.

The hex grid was a distinguishing feature of the games from Simulations Publications and Avalon Hill.

A few abstract games are played on a hex grid, such as Hex and the television game show based on it, Blockbusters. Several variants of chess have also been invented for a hex board.

External links

• Hex grid PDF wizard

Board games

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