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Board size

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The '''board size''' in [[Hex]] varies, and no size is considered standard. 10 × 10 is considered by many a lower bound for interesting games.

See also the article [[Small boards]].

; 10 × 10
: Used to be offered on [[Kurnik]] until 2008.
; 11 × 11
: The size [[Piet Hein]] used.
: Offered on [http://games.wtanaka.com/hex games.wtanaka.com].
: Offered on [[Kurnik]] as default.
: The standard size on [[pbmserv]].
; 13 × 13
: The original size on [[Little Golem]]. (Games with this size are still called "hex" by the site engine, while 19 × 19 Hex games are named "hex19".)
: Offered on [[Kurnik]].
; 14 × 14
: The size [[John Nash]] used.
: Offered on [http://games.wtanaka.com/hex games.wtanaka.com].
; 18 × 18
: Used to be offered on [[Playsite]] and Lycos but they no longer offer hex.
; 19 × 19
: Offered on [http://games.wtanaka.com/hex games.wtanaka.com].
: Offered on [[Little Golem]].
: Offered on [[Kurnik]].

Printable boards of size up to 14 × 14 here: [[Printable boards]].

Little Golem

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'''Little Golem''', often abreviated '''LG''', is a [[turn-based]] server maintained by [[Richard Malaschitz]] from [[Wikipedia:Slovakia|Slovakia]]. It offers [[Hex]] on the [[board size|sizes]] 11, 13 and 19, and many of the [[top players]] are playing there.

In fact, the most prestigous title in the Hex world today, may very well be the [[Champion]] title at Little Golem. It is currently held by [[nie_wiesz]].

Other games available on Little Golem include [[Go]], [[Chess]], [[Twixt]], [[Havannah]], Reversi, Dvonn, Amazons, Golem's word game, Four in a row, Gomoku, Street Soccer and Dots and Boxes.

== Tournaments ==

Little Golem offers several ways of meeting opponents.
* Rated tournaments
* Monthly cups
* Championship

== The Forum ==

One distinctive feature of LG is the forum it provides. Many interesting discussion occur there, and actually [[HexWiki:About|HexWiki]] originates from the forum!

== See also ==

For real-time hex games, [[Kurnik]] is the most popular site.

== External links ==
* The address is [http://www.littlegolem.net littlegolem.net].
*[http://www.edcollins.com/golem/ Ed Collins' great FAQ] on Little Golem

[[category: hex community]]
[[category: other games]]
[[category: online play]]

Online playing

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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:
* [[Kurnik|PlayOK (Kurnik)]] for real-time play with rankings, game records, tournaments
* [[igGameCenter]] for real-time play, with time settings, and ranking (it has many connection games).
* [http://en.boardgamearena.com Board Game Arena] supports real-time as well as turn-based play
* [[boardspace]] for real-time play
* http://www.ludoteka.com/ for real-time play
* http://games.wtanaka.com/hex for real-time or turn-based play

==Turn-based playing sites==

* [[Little Golem]] for turn-based play (also has other games).
* [http://en.boardgamearena.com Board Game Arena]
* 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.
* Hex may also be played over e-mail, in a turn-based fashion, with [[Unicode and ASCII boards]].

==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.

* [http://www.trmph.com/ TRMPH] has 3 board sizes: 11, 13 and 19.

* [http://www.hexmaster.net/ Hex master] is a service for analyzing and commenting games from Little golem.

* [http://gwylim.net/hexeditor Hex editor] (dead link) 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.

[[category: Hex community]]
[[category: online play]]

Kurnik

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Up to June 2008, '''Kurnik''' has been a major site for playing [[Hex]] online. Then, Hex has been abandoned due to "low interest".

In December 2017, Hex has returned with board sizes of 11x11, 13x13, 14x14 and 19x19.

Kurnik is known as PlayOK for non-Polish language users.

== External links ==

* [https://www.playok.com/en/hex/ PlayOK Hex]

[[category:hex community]]
[[category: online play]]