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Hex can be played online either in ''real-time'', where moves are made within minutes (or even seconds), or ''turn-based'', where a player has days for one move.
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Hex can be played online either using a web-based format or via e-mail.
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==Web-based games==
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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.
  
 
The most popular sites are
 
The most popular sites are
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* and [[Little Golem]] for turn-based play.
 
* and [[Little Golem]] for turn-based play.
 
* less popular but also turn based is [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.
 
* less popular but also turn based is [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.
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==E-mail-based games==
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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.)
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Full layout:
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              O _ X
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            O _/ \_ X
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          O _/ \_/ \_ X
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        O _/ \_/ \_/ \_ X
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      O _/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_ X
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    O _/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_ X
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  O _/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_ X
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O _/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_ X
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_/ \_/ \_/O\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_
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/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/X\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \
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\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/
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X\_/ \_/ \_/O\_/O\_/X\_/ \_/ \_/O
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  X\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/O
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    X\_/ \_/ \_/X\_/ \_/ \_/O
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      X\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/ \_/O
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        X\_/ \_/ \_/ \_/O
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          X\_/ \_/ \_/O
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            X\_/ \_/O
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              X\_/O
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Compact layout:
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      /.\                     
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      /. .\
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    /. . .\
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X  /. . . .\  O
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  /. . . . .\
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  /. . . O . .\
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/. . O . . . .\
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/. . . . . . . .\
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. . X O X . . . .
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\. . . . . . . ./
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\. . X . . . ./
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  \. . . . . ./
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  \. . . . ./
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O  \. . . ./  X
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    \. . ./
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      \. ./
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      \./
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Revision as of 14:07, 26 February 2007

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.

The most popular sites are

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
     \. . ./
      \. ./
       \./