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Revision as of 10:22, 21 March 2017
Hex can be played online either using a web-based format or via e-mail.
Contents
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:
- igGameCenter for real-time play, with time settings, and ranking (it has many connection games).
- 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).
- Board Game Arena
- See also Richard's server. One can play completely by e-mail, but it also has a graphical interface now. Furthermore any sized board is supported.
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.)
Compact layouts:
A B C D E F G H I
1 . . . . . . . . .
2 . . . . . . . V .
3 . . V . . . . V .
4 . . . V . . . . .
5 . . . . . . V . .
6 . . V H H H V . .
7 . . . . . . H . .
8 . H . V . H . . .
9 . H . . . . . . .
/.\
/. .\
/. . .\
X /. . . .\ O
/. . . . .\
/. . . O . .\
/. . O . . . .\
/. . . . . . . .\
. . X O X . . . .
\. . . . . . . ./
\. . X . . . ./
\. . . . . ./
\. . . . ./
O \. . . ./ X
\. . ./
\. ./
\./
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
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 a service for analyzing and commenting games from Little golem.
- 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.
