Using a combination of city generating software, I've created a town of 2700 adults and 41 acres. Using a map generating app, I have to decide how many hexes to make it. If you're building a map, how many hexes per acre (or whatever measurement you choose) would you make a city?
Assuming 5 foot hexes (64.95 square feet per hex) An acre is 43560 square feet 43560 / 64.95 = 670.7 hexes.
I could also see going with 25 or 50 foot hexes too though.
That SOUNDS like a lot of hexes, but it’s only like a 23x30 hex rectangle(ish). 25 or 50 foot hexes are much too big for a town this small unless you want like one hex for an entire neighborhood (which certainly could be the goal; hard to tell from the OP).
Or you can do what I did and ask google "area of a regular hexagon"
A hexagon with a side length of 3 feet gets you roughly the same area as a 5 foot square (23.38 vs 25).
I would choose a multiple of 3 for the side length to make scaling easier.
With a side length of 24 you get a square footage of 1496.49, which seems about right. Plus movement is "easier" as one move equals one hex (for most characters).
Using a combination of city generating software, I've created a town of 2700 adults and 41 acres. Using a map generating app, I have to decide how many hexes to make it. If you're building a map, how many hexes per acre (or whatever measurement you choose) would you make a city?
Dale
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Assuming 5 foot hexes (64.95 square feet per hex)
An acre is 43560 square feet
43560 / 64.95 =
670.7 hexes.
I could also see going with 25 or 50 foot hexes too though.
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That SOUNDS like a lot of hexes, but it’s only like a 23x30 hex rectangle(ish). 25 or 50 foot hexes are much too big for a town this small unless you want like one hex for an entire neighborhood (which certainly could be the goal; hard to tell from the OP).
With 5 foot hexes (inradius/apothem 2.5ft) the area should be 21.65 sqft per hex, but even with 2000 hexes, this seems small for a town of 2700.
Are "5-foot hexes" not 5 feet to a side?
[EDIT] Never mind, of course they're not, straight line paths should be the same number of tiles whether it be squares or hexes, I'm SORRY.
They said 41 acres, not one....its 82k ish standard hexes, not 2k.
I'm really sorry for not being clear. A hex is roughly the size of a shop/house.
Dale
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Area = ((3√3)/2) * side^2
Or you can do what I did and ask google "area of a regular hexagon"
A hexagon with a side length of 3 feet gets you roughly the same area as a 5 foot square (23.38 vs 25).
I would choose a multiple of 3 for the side length to make scaling easier.
With a side length of 24 you get a square footage of 1496.49, which seems about right. Plus movement is "easier" as one move equals one hex (for most characters).
So use 43560 / 1496.49 = 29 hexes per acre
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