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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.  
  
The most popular sites are
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=Web-based games=
* [[kurnik]] for real-time play,
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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.
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==Realtime playing sites==
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The most popular sites (approximatively ordered by the number of hex games played on them daily) are:
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* [[igGameCenter]] for real-time play, with time settings, and ranking (it has many connection games).
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* [http://en.boardgamearena.com Board Game Arena] supports real-time as well as turn-based play
 
* [[boardspace]] for real-time play
 
* [[boardspace]] for real-time play
* and [[Little Golem]] for turn-based play.
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* http://www.ludoteka.com/ for real-time 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.
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* http://games.wtanaka.com/hex for real-time or turn-based play
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==Turn-based playing sites==
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* [[Little Golem]] for turn-based play (also has other games).
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* [http://en.boardgamearena.com Board Game Arena]
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* 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]].
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==Services for game analysis==
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There are some services in the net, which help one play out different variations, analyze the games and share game records.
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* [http://www.trmph.com/ TRMPH] has 3 board sizes: 11, 13 and 19.
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* [http://www.hexmaster.net/ Hex master] is a service for analyzing and commenting games from Little golem.
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* [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.
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All 3 websites can import games from Little golem.
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[[category: Hex community]]
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[[category: online play]]

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.