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By the by, once I get an answer from Cheesecake (and/or get comparable offers from other Houses with Psionics) I'll be done with actions for the turn.I missed that. What did you need them for?
Precisely.Arrows?Spear. It's the biggest and thus most impressive for our collection, and on the off chance that we ever had to use it, would keep us the furthest from pointy objects....Bow?
Spear. It's the biggest and thus most impressive for our collection, and on the off chance that we ever had to use it, would keep us the furthest from pointy objects....Bow?
Hm. Now that I think about it, the octagonal grid does have the same problems as the square one, except that the straight movement paths are basically the diagonals. Actually... maybe give an extra space of movement in diagonals if you're moving two or more spaces?Basically what 3.5 D&D does?
Common solution: Diagonals cost double.QuoteEquivalent to squares with diagonals allowed.Except that the diagonals actually have you moving less, and someone going in a straight line can catch up to someone going diagonally. That's all I want.
And I like octagons better than forcing the ships to turn....Better than what?
Indeed.The next link over is to a page with the totally apt title "Making Wargames More Complicated."I love the part when he makes map with different square rules, combining hexagons and octagons, to make the inconsistencies cancel each other out.
That dude has put way too much thought into board game design. Some bits of that are thick as molasses. I'm sure he's pretty smart, but it's hard to tell.If his stuff is hard to follow and makes sense, it's probably genius.
EDIT: Here is his 3D gamespace idea.
