7 inch Hex Battle Tiles

Highland_Piper · March 2017

Back in 2009 I made some 7 inch Battle tiles Read it here. Well I finally uploaded them in pdf format on my Google Drive if anyone wanted to take a look.

Also if you are interested in the hex maps there is more information on my blog. GURPS Megadungeons

Highland_Piper · March 2017

So I'm now making these slightly different than I used make a battle tile.

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Layered Steps

Floor style is the main background
Dirt Layer with different transparencies
Hex Grid is the next layer
Surrounding Earth
Walls

So what used to look like this

Now looks like this, I think it looks cleaner without the grid in unused areas.

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I'm still messing around with the dirt layers but here is an example

Monsen · March 2017

If you put the surrounding earth on top of the walls, you get a more 3D-effects of the walls being dug into the ground, and you avoid shadows on the outside. (It will also cut wall thickness in 2 though)

Highland_Piper · March 2017

I wish I had thought of that earlier. To make it look good I'd need to increase the thickness of the walls and I would have to make all the corridors wider to compensate. I've got 30+ tiles made already, I don't think I'm ready to redraw them all.

Monsen · March 2017

Well, something to think about next time.

You're printing all of these for use in your games, right? Seems like an interesting option for building dungeons.

Highland_Piper · March 2017

Yes I am printing them out for my GURPS game. I've got 4" battle tiles in the works as well. I'm thinking of looking around to where I could get them professionally printed and mounted on some thick card. I've looked to some of the independent game manufactures but all their hex stuff is unusual size