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Hi folks,
I'm thinking of giving Bag the Hun a go, but I am not keen on shelling out huge sums on a hex mat till I have given it a few trial games, any recommendations for a cheap 6 x 4 blue hex mat?

At the worst it can stand in for hex based spaceship? games or naval.

Doug
 

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Le 26/02/2021 à 09:27, Doug Melville a écrit?:
for a cheap 6 x 4 blue hex mat?


I know some players using "dotted maps"? ie. only the center of the hex is shown with a white or yellow dot.? They made it themselves.

It's inconspicuous. But it may be harder to see the sides ?

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Ronan
 

Doug,? ?I searched the web for an image of hexes, then pasted that into a document which i then printed. Trim off the excess if needed, so you have just hexes on the A4 page.? Print many of these and lay them on the table.?

Stephen.
 

Hi Doug
Here's one thats?not too horribly expenxive:?


On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 at 08:27, Doug Melville <dougmelville@...> wrote:
Hi folks,
I'm thinking of giving Bag the Hun a go, but I am not keen on shelling out huge sums on a hex mat till I have given it a few trial games, any recommendations for a cheap 6 x 4 blue hex mat?

At the worst it can stand in for hex based spaceship? games or naval.

Doug
 

Wasn't there a hexless version somewhere??2012 Summer Special it says on the forum

/K

Op vr 26 feb. 2021 om 09:57 schreef Jeremy Ratcliffe <jfratcliffe@...>:

Hi Doug
Here's one thats?not too horribly expenxive:?


On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 at 08:27, Doug Melville <dougmelville@...> wrote:
Hi folks,
I'm thinking of giving Bag the Hun a go, but I am not keen on shelling out huge sums on a hex mat till I have given it a few trial games, any recommendations for a cheap 6 x 4 blue hex mat?

At the worst it can stand in for hex based spaceship? games or naval.

Doug



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I think that was Algy.

C.

On 26/02/2021 12:29, Penguin Koen wrote:

Wasn't there a hexless version somewhere??2012 Summer Special it says on the forum

/K

Op vr 26 feb. 2021 om 09:57 schreef Jeremy Ratcliffe <jfratcliffe@...>:
Hi Doug
Here's one thats?not too horribly expenxive:?


On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 at 08:27, Doug Melville <dougmelville@...> wrote:
Hi folks,
I'm thinking of giving Bag the Hun a go, but I am not keen on shelling out huge sums on a hex mat till I have given it a few trial games, any recommendations for a cheap 6 x 4 blue hex mat?

At the worst it can stand in for hex based spaceship? games or naval.

Doug


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There are hexless versions of both.

Info on hexless BtH in this thread:?

Where Graham writes:
"At the risk of thread necromancy, there is a sort of Hexless Bag the Hun already.

I wrote an article and produced a set of print and play resources (manoeuvre and formation templates) that specifically allows the game as published to be played on a hexless surface. The article was published in the 2012 Summer Special.

Note that the system preceded the more recent discussion and playtesting of the Hexless Algy Version, which uses a completely new (and as yet unpublished) system.

Anyway, just in case you're interested - check it out.

Tally ho,
Graham"

Op vr 26 feb. 2021 om 14:14 schreef Chris Gilbride <chris.gilbride@...>:

I think that was Algy.

C.

On 26/02/2021 12:29, Penguin Koen wrote:
Wasn't there a hexless version somewhere??2012 Summer Special it says on the forum

/K

Op vr 26 feb. 2021 om 09:57 schreef Jeremy Ratcliffe <jfratcliffe@...>:
Hi Doug
Here's one thats?not too horribly expenxive:?


On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 at 08:27, Doug Melville <dougmelville@...> wrote:
Hi folks,
I'm thinking of giving Bag the Hun a go, but I am not keen on shelling out huge sums on a hex mat till I have given it a few trial games, any recommendations for a cheap 6 x 4 blue hex mat?

At the worst it can stand in for hex based spaceship? games or naval.

Doug


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I like Flying Circus the SPI game.?
We played it at Stoke Wargames Group in the early 70’s.?
I painted a Jasta 26 Albatross (Airfix)
Cut out a 8” across flats (AF) hexagon from 3mm hardboard, a 3ft. piece of 1/4” diam. dowel to glue into the hex.?
Then marked of the altitudes in 500 ft intervals. IIRC.?
A piece transparent polystyrene plastic with a 9/16” hole drilled into one end and a piece off the Airfix stand fitted to the other end.?
When the plane was mounted on the stand end and the other end with the hole slid over the dowel.?
The weight of the plane stopped it from sliding down the dowel so height was shown easily during the game.?
Diving and climbing height could be adjusted by sliding the plane up or lowering it on the dowel.?
Sadly no one else made a stand so this was literally the first instance of solo gaming with a single albatross ?

Best Regards

Mike Leese
(N. Wales)


On 26 Feb 2021, at 08:57, Jeremy Ratcliffe <jfratcliffe@...> wrote:

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Hi Doug
Here's one thats?not too horribly expenxive:?


On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 at 08:27, Doug Melville <dougmelville@...> wrote:
Hi folks,
I'm thinking of giving Bag the Hun a go, but I am not keen on shelling out huge sums on a hex mat till I have given it a few trial games, any recommendations for a cheap 6 x 4 blue hex mat?

At the worst it can stand in for hex based spaceship? games or naval.

Doug


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Regards

Mike Leese
 

Got mine for Cdn$56 with a sale at Vistaprint?
Uploaded my own graphic?
 

Have you seen this?:



I print my mats at pixart printing:



There is a sale now. I got a 6x4 feet mat for less than 20€. Remember, buy only when there is a sale on. Ask me if you need more info.
You can see my mats here:

http://covadotrasno.blogspot.com/search/label/Bag%20The%20Hun
 

And I remembered this forum thread by me:

https://www.toofatlardies.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?f=36&t=5383
 

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Thanks Jeremy – I reckon that’s probably the best I am going to do…

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All the best

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Doug

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From: TooFatLardies@groups.io [mailto:TooFatLardies@groups.io] On Behalf Of Jeremy Ratcliffe
Sent: 26 February 2021 08:57
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Subject: Re: [TooFatLardies] Hex mat

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Hi Doug

Here's one thats?not too horribly expenxive:?

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On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 at 08:27, Doug Melville <dougmelville@...> wrote:

Hi folks,

I'm thinking of giving Bag the Hun a go, but I am not keen on shelling out huge sums on a hex mat till I have given it a few trial games, any recommendations for a cheap 6 x 4 blue hex mat?

?

At the worst it can stand in for hex based spaceship? games or naval.

?

Doug
 

I'm using his designs too.
A sea scape and European coastal?





James?

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