My wife sometimes says things that go straight to the heart of a problem ... and when she saw the hex images I used on my recent blog post, she pointed out something that I'd missed ... that the orientation of the big hex and the smaller hexes was different and that this did not make sense!
I therefore looked at whether it was possible to orient the two so that they were the same, and the result looked like this:
The large hex contains thirty-one smaller hexes and six half-hexes.
For comparison with the map I used in my previous blog post, I then reproduced the terrain map for a battle (The evacuation of Abou Nasir) that I fought on my Portable Wargame warboard as part of my MORE TROUBLE IN ZUBIA mini-campaign. The terrain for the battle looked like this:
On the strategic map, the hex containing the village of Abou Nasir would look like this:
I think that this is a better solution than the one outlined in my previous blog post.
A great catch on your wife's part. Sometimes we are to tightly focused on details to see the big pictures. A second set of eyes helps.
ReplyDeleteWEK 3,
DeleteSometimes we need someone to point out the obvious … and my wife is very good at doing that when I get too close to a problem to see a solution.
All the best,
Bob
I hear that Archimedes and his wife had a similar relationship.
DeleteMr. Pavone,
DeleteLucky Archimedes!
All the best,
Bob
Was her name 'Eureka', by any chance? 😀
DeleteDavid in Suffolk,
DeleteI don’t know … but I bet that she had principles!
All the best,
Bob
I heard a story about Archimedes where he's trying to solve the problem of is a gift solid gold or is it fake. He's driving himself mad trying to solve it and he's driving gis wife crazy. She tells gim to "go take a bath, relax!" That's when he notices the rise in the level of the bath water and he devises his test for density.
DeleteBob -
ReplyDeleteI noticed the disparate orientation - and thought not only was that intended, but to me it made a lot of sense. Still does, actually.
But, now that I look at the alternative - had my mind not been on other things I might have looked into it then - that does solve the problems that I (thought I) found. The uber-hexes nest the smaller ones very nicely.
Cheers,
Ion
Archduke Piccolo (Ion),
DeleteI am much happier with this solution than I was with the previous one ... and I have my wife to thank for pointing me in this direction.
All the best,
Bob