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The most popular sites (approximatively ordered by the number of hex games played on them daily) are: | The most popular sites (approximatively ordered by the number of hex games played on them daily) are: | ||
| − | * [[igGameCenter]] | + | * [[igGameCenter]] for real-time play, with time settings, and ranking (it has many connection games). |
* [[boardspace]] for real-time play | * [[boardspace]] for real-time play | ||
* http://www.ludoteka.com/ for real-time play | * http://www.ludoteka.com/ for real-time play | ||
* http://games.wtanaka.com/hex for real-time or turn-based play | * http://games.wtanaka.com/hex for real-time or turn-based play | ||
| − | * http://havannah.vying.org for real-time play (Hex | + | * http://havannah.vying.org for real-time play (it has both Hex and Havannah) |
==Turn-based playing sites== | ==Turn-based playing sites== | ||
Revision as of 16:17, 15 June 2010
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).
- 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
- http://havannah.vying.org for real-time play (it has both Hex and Havannah)
Turn-based playing sites
- Little Golem for turn-based play
- Less popular but also turn based is 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.)
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
\. . ./
\. ./
\./
