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1 year ago ::
Jan 11, 2012 - 6:03PM
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Ok first, et's make this clear, I am NOT proposing we switch the grid with hexes. Hexes do have their advantages, but not really what I want to plan for when designing encounters. When I say hex crawl style gaming, I mean reintroducing campaign settings that might not be incredily detailed, but have a grid or hex overlay with each hex or square maybe getting a paragraph of detail. Again, I'm not saying this should be core, I think this should be an available product in 5e for this style of gaming. See the Necromancer Games version of The Wilderlands of High Fantasy. This is arguably the best d20 setting ever released, IMHO. Each locale doesn't need 10 pages of detail, maybe just a paragraph or two of the general idea of what is there. This would be great for those of us who run sandbox style games.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 11, 2012 - 6:43PM
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Agreed! Even the 1e Forgotton Realms stuff included the hex overlays. MANY, many of us really love and want places that are good for hex crawl/sandbox usage. The 1st edition Forgotton Realms was particularly good at that. Also, I like Wintery places... WotC seems to put a lot of them in their games, which is terrific, but do all of them have to be gloomy, almost post-Apocalyptic places? Vikings, Fey, weird ice creatures, etc are all great, but Neverwinter has become the disgusting pit of the North  Please see my blog post which also links to others about the Hex Crawl... lots of people still want it! sylvaeon.blogspot.com/2012/01/hex-crawl-...
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1 year ago ::
Jan 11, 2012 - 6:52PM
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Date Joined:
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The more things change...
I'm from the post-TSR generation, so I'd never heard of a hex crawl. I have heard of a wide-open sandbox, though, which seems to be the same thing (or a superset of it). I'd love to see supplements like this, actually. If WotC doesn't do it, I'm sure third parties will. And it seems fairly edition-neutral, to boot.
Rhymes with Bruce
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1 year ago ::
Jan 11, 2012 - 6:56PM
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The more things change...
I'm from the post-TSR generation, so I'd never heard of a hex crawl. I have heard of a wide-open sandbox, though, which seems to be the same thing (or a superset of it). I'd love to see supplements like this, actually. If WotC doesn't do it, I'm sure third parties will. And it seems fairly edition-neutral, to boot.
Tusz, if WotC made their sandbox/hex crawl stuff for use with DnDNext, but left it system neutral, it would make them salable to people that play other system! That's great for a DM that wants to stat it for ANY edition or system. That is also revenue for Worc!!!
yes, you are thinking the same thing that many are, Tusz... I hope Wizards hears us.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 11, 2012 - 7:07PM
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Hexes, Squares, Triangles... Why would I care?
Better yet... Why would I want DnD (WotC) to produce them for me?
When you say "overlays" - do you mean like clear plastic? Again, why would I want DnD (WotC) to produce them for me?
While, I like the maps for places discribed in the various books and modules/adventures, and the tiles, I don't "need" them.
Normal old grid paper has always been "enough." And now since the advent of GoogleMap (tm), I find I can "make" terrain maps with the click of a mouse-button.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 11, 2012 - 7:12PM
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Rustam1, I make my own hex maps, too. Whether Wotc makes the actual clear plastic overlays (which can be helpful) or not is fine. Some people like to do hex crawls with established campaign settings, some in their own... some mix the two or do either at times. WotC WILL make a campaign setting... asking it to be friendly for hex crawl adventures is not unreasonable... it has been done in the past.
Since the beginning of the hobby, hexes have been the standard, not a grid, so there are many people out there that use them.
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1 year ago ::
Jan 11, 2012 - 7:13PM
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big big fan of the judges guild hex stuff
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1 year ago ::
Jan 11, 2012 - 7:22PM
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big big fan of the judges guild hex stuff
Good stuff!
Even Greyhawk and the original Forgotten Realms had a similar style 
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1 year ago ::
Jan 11, 2012 - 7:23PM
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big big fan of the judges guild hex stuff
Good stuff!
Even Greyhawk and the original Forgotten Realms had a similar style
word i just lost an ebay bid on the greyhawk folio today as a matter of fact
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1 year ago ::
Jan 11, 2012 - 7:26PM
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big big fan of the judges guild hex stuff
Good stuff!
Even Greyhawk and the original Forgotten Realms had a similar style
word i just lost an ebay bid on the greyhawk folio today as a matter of fact
Bummer
last year I got the old FR boxed set on ebay to replace the one I originally had that got destroyed - keep trying for that greyhawk, Gary would be proud of you!
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