Hex grid vs square grid

>>53896481
If you're using minis, go gridless and never look back.

>>53896534
this, tape measure and miniatures.

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>>53896481
isometric squares.

Gridless>squares>>>hex

>>53896668
autism speaks

>>53897647
you're a fucking idiot. that's all i want to say. just declare you're a moron. have a terrible day.

>>53898592
If "you're [SIC] a fucking idiot." was all you wanted to say, why did your post continue after that?

>>53896668
I like isometric grids for looking at a dungeon quickly when they have some art thrown in but they are still basically a grid and for the sake of this thread the topic is what works well for a game that uses minis.

Good luck with that one.

>>53896668
Nice art!

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>>53898592
Calm down autist

>>53898642
>[SIC]
You know you're meant to put that when you're quoting a mistake, right?

>>53899400
Yes. It should be "You're a fucking idiot".

>>53896481
Dungeons generally have square rooms, connected by square corridors. This may be a chicken/egg thing, with the original 1970s dungeons drawn on graph paper, but the only place I'd expect to find hex-cell dungeons is some kind of beehive.

tl-dr: go grid.

>>53896668
Isometric is pretty fun :)

>>53896534
I've started going grid-less and I have to say I think it is the best way to go.

>>53896481
For doing dark souls I think going grid-less would be your best bet because of the circular designs of the corridors.

>>53901495
Hex works for natural cave systems, but yes, most dungeons have a grid layout, so a grid is preferable.

Fuck anyone saying gridless, I want to get down and play, I don't want to deal with measurement shit every time someone moves.

OP here, thanks for the opinions.
Unfortunately gridless is not an option, since the game is meant to feature many AOE effects with 'odd' shapes that need a reference grid. It is meant to be a game without a GM, just 'players against the box'.

My main beef with square grid is that it makes diagonal movement 'weird', but I think I'm going to use that anyway.

>>53904137
Eh, hexes also aren't that great in that regard. Running right angle to a side will have similar sort of fucked-ness when compared to running in the direction of a bordering side.

You could use "squares shifted a half square" thing to get the benefit of hexes but fit better in dungeons.

>>53904137
>My main beef with square grid is that it makes diagonal movement 'weird'
People are overthinking and overxaggerating that vastly. The field, no matter of squares or hexes, is only an abstraction anyway and since everyone is bound by the same rules, it really doesn't matter if you technically move a little farther by going diagonal. It's irrelevant for playing.

>>53904137
Don't allow diagonal movement then for most and only allow it for special classes and monsters.

>>53904137
>My main beef with square grid is that it makes diagonal movement 'weird'
you can make diagonal movement count as a move and a half seeing how the hypotenuse of a 1x1 tile is ~1.41

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>>53896481
Do not believe their foul lies!
My dear friend, the hex grid is your salvation,

BEHOLD! As the humble hexagon is master of Grids!

PARALLEL!
PERPENDICULAR!
and
DIAGONAL!

TREMBLE BEFORE THE POWAH OF THE HEX!

>>53908327
except when moving a single tile...dipshit

>>53908426
What?

>>53908126
3e does this, 1st diag step uses one move, next uses 2, then 1,2,1,2
A bit fiddly

>>53896481
Look at that bear!
He's like: "-Get your bitch ass face down here so I can smack it!"