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There are some services in the net, which help one play out different variations, analyze the games and share game records.
 
There are some services in the net, which help one play out different variations, analyze the games and share game records.
  
[http://www.trmph.com/ TRMPH] has 3 board sizes: 11, 13 and 19.  
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* [http://www.trmph.com/ TRMPH] has 3 board sizes: 11, 13 and 19.  
  
[http://www.hexmaster.net/ Hex master] is the service for analyzing and commenting games from Little golem.
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* [http://www.hexmaster.net/ Hex master] is the service for analyzing and commenting games from Little golem.
  
[http://gwylim.net/hexeditor Hex editor] by Gwylim Ashley. Still in development. Support any size of the board, and creates different lines of variations, labeled with numbers.  
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* [http://gwylim.net/hexeditor Hex editor] by Gwylim Ashley. Still in development. Support any size of the board, and creates different lines of variations, labeled with numbers.  
  
 
All 3 websites can import games from Little golem.  
 
All 3 websites can import games from Little golem.  

Revision as of 15:54, 23 September 2015

Hex can be played online either using a web-based format or via e-mail.

Web-based games

Web-based games can be played either in real-time, where moves are made within minutes (or even seconds), or turn-based, where a player has days for one move.

Realtime playing sites

The most popular sites (approximatively ordered by the number of hex games played on them daily) are:

Turn-based playing sites

E-mail-based games

Hex may also be played over e-mail, in a turn-based fashion. The board can be represented in ASCII using either the full or compact formats below. The full layout is rotated 90 degrees from the compact one. (A fixed-width font is required for either board to display correctly in an e-mail client.)

Full layout:

               O _ X
             O _/ \_ X
           O _/ \_/ \_ X
         O _/ \_/ \_/ \_ X
       O _/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_ X
     O _/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_ X
   O _/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_ X
 O _/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_ X
 _/ \_/ \_/O\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_ 
/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/X\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \
\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ 
 X\_/ \_/ \_/O\_/O\_/X\_/ \_/ \_/O 
   X\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/O 
     X\_/ \_/ \_/X\_/ \_/ \_/O
       X\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/O 
         X\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/O 
           X\_/ \_/ \_/O 
             X\_/ \_/O 
               X\_/O 
                
Compact layout:
       /.\                       
      /. .\
     /. . .\
 X  /. . . .\  O
   /. . . . .\
  /. . . O . .\
 /. . O . . . .\
/. . . . . . . .\
. . X O X . . . . 
\. . . . . . . ./ 
 \. . X . . . ./
  \. . . . . ./
   \. . . . ./
 O  \. . . ./  X
     \. . ./
      \. ./
       \./


Services for game analysis

There are some services in the net, which help one play out different variations, analyze the games and share game records.

  • TRMPH has 3 board sizes: 11, 13 and 19.
  • Hex master is the service for analyzing and commenting games from Little golem.
  • Hex editor by Gwylim Ashley. Still in development. Support any size of the board, and creates different lines of variations, labeled with numbers.

All 3 websites can import games from Little golem.