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* [http://en.boardgamearena.com Board Game Arena]
 
* [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.
 
* 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.
 
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* Hex may also be played over e-mail, in a turn-based fashion, with [[Unicode and ASCII boards]].
=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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Compact layouts:
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          A B C D E F G H I
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        1  . . . . . . . . .
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          2  . . . . . . . V .
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          3  . . V . . . . V .
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            4  . . . V . . . . .
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            5  . . . . . . V . .
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              6  . . V H H H V . .
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              7  . . . . . . H . .
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                8  . H . V . H . . .
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                9  . H . . . . . . .
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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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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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==Services for game analysis==
 
==Services for game analysis==

Revision as of 11:22, 21 March 2017

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:

Turn-based playing sites

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.