https://www.hexwiki.net/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=GwylimHexWiki - User contributions [en]2026-04-05T14:45:16ZUser contributionsMediaWiki 1.23.15https://www.hexwiki.net/index.php/Online_playingOnline playing2015-09-21T05:36:51Z<p>Gwylim: Updated the list of links</p>
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<div>Hex can be played online either using a web-based format or via e-mail. <br />
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=Web-based games=<br />
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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.<br />
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==Realtime playing sites==<br />
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The most popular sites (approximatively ordered by the number of hex games played on them daily) are:<br />
* [[igGameCenter]] for real-time play, with time settings, and ranking (it has many connection games).<br />
* [http://en.boardgamearena.com Board Game Arena] supports real-time as well as turn-based play<br />
* [[boardspace]] for real-time play<br />
* http://www.ludoteka.com/ for real-time play<br />
* http://games.wtanaka.com/hex for real-time or turn-based play<br />
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==Turn-based playing sites==<br />
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* [[Little Golem]] for turn-based play (also has other games).<br />
* [http://en.boardgamearena.com Board Game Arena]<br />
* See also [http://www.gamerz.net/pbmserv Richard's server]. One can play completely by e-mail, but it also has a [http://www.gamerz.net/pbmserv/List.php?Hex graphical interface] now. Furthermore any sized board is supported.<br />
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=E-mail-based games=<br />
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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.)<br />
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Full layout:<br />
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O _ X<br />
O _/ \_ X<br />
O _/ \_/ \_ X<br />
O _/ \_/ \_/ \_ X<br />
O _/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_ X<br />
O _/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_ X<br />
O _/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_ X<br />
O _/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_ X<br />
_/ \_/ \_/O\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_ <br />
/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/X\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \<br />
\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ <br />
X\_/ \_/ \_/O\_/O\_/X\_/ \_/ \_/O <br />
X\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/O <br />
X\_/ \_/ \_/X\_/ \_/ \_/O<br />
X\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/O <br />
X\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/O <br />
X\_/ \_/ \_/O <br />
X\_/ \_/O <br />
X\_/O <br />
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Compact layout:<br />
/.\ <br />
/. .\<br />
/. . .\<br />
X /. . . .\ O<br />
/. . . . .\<br />
/. . . O . .\<br />
/. . O . . . .\<br />
/. . . . . . . .\<br />
. . X O X . . . . <br />
\. . . . . . . ./ <br />
\. . X . . . ./<br />
\. . . . . ./<br />
\. . . . ./<br />
O \. . . ./ X<br />
\. . ./<br />
\. ./<br />
\./<br />
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[[category: Hex community]]<br />
[[category: online play]]</div>Gwylim