
The other advantage is the fact that neighbouring cells always share edges there are no two cells with contact at only a point. This equidistant property of all adjacent hexes is desirable for games in which the measurement of movement is a factor. By comparison, in a square grid map, the distance from the center of each square cell to the center of the four diagonal adjacent cells it shares a corner with is √ 2 times that of the distance to the center of the four adjacent cells it shares an edge with.

The primary advantage of a hex map over a traditional square grid map is that the distance between the center of each and every pair of adjacent hex cells (or hexes) is the same. The map is subdivided into a hexagonal tiling, small regular hexagons of identical size. Map subdivided into a hexagonal tiling, small regular hexagons of identical size The Battle for Wesnoth, a hex grid based computer gameĪ hex map, hex board, or hex grid is a game board design commonly used in wargames of all scales.
