megahex

plural megahexes · alternative mega hex

1. war gameA regular, quasi-circular polygon made up of multiple hexagons used to indicate a different scale, range, or area of effect on a hexagonal grid. Commonly used on maps for some tabletop war games and roleplaying games.

   All creatures within five megahexes of the wizard will be thrown to the ground, and take one hit damage from cuts, bruises, and contusions.

   1979 December 28, Brad McMilliam, “Some Spells for the Very Smart Sorcerer”, in The Dragon, number 32, page 18

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   To avert this, hexes are grouped into 'sevens' to give large "megahexes", a unit can search it's [sic] own "megahex" or up to two "megahexes" away.

   1980 September-October, Paul King, “Cityfight”, in Phoenix, number 27, pages 7–10

   If a Walker (fire power 6) shoots at a Rebel Trooper (Armor 2) one megahex away, the Imperial baddie has to roll 6 dice (for the firepower) minus 1 (for the one hex range).

   1989 September, Matthew J. Costello, “Neat Stuff”, in Isaac Asimov's Science Fiction, volume 13, number 9, page 183

2. rareAn irregular grouping of hexagons indicating a single area on hexagon-based game map.

   There's one irregular and over-sized "mega hex" on the map: the "Shobu Group Base Area" in west-central Luzon.

   2018 April-May, Ty Bomba, “The Luzon Campaign, 1945”, in World at War, number 59, page R1