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Fours & Hexes

Fours & Hexes is a fantasy tabletop wargame for between 2-4 players. A typical game runs roughly 30 minutes. (More players take more time.)

Each player commands a contingent consisting of four Pieces ranging from Elven Archers to Hobgoblin Knights. You will make tactical decisions to outsmart and destroy your opponents while taking elements such as terrain and shifting weather into account.

If you've ever wanted to dip your toes into wargaming but thought Warhammer was too intimidating, this is the game for you. If you enjoy Chess but find it too predictable, this is the game for you.

Set in The Paradigm Codex, you'll get glimpses into those worlds, but do not need to know anything about them to enjoy Fours & Hexes.

Resources

• Download the PDF rules.
• Download the PDFs of equipment (cards, board, etc.).
• Download the 3D printable pieces.

Rules
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Setup

Required Equipment

The Battlefield

• A 12x12 Hex Board.
• Up to 15 of each:
  • Woods Markers
  • Hills Markers
  • Cairn Markers
  • Lake Markers
  • River Markers
• Dice:
  • 3d12

    Each Player

• Dice for each Player:
  • 3d4 - 5d4
  • 4d12. To track HP of Pieces. (pen & paper work too)

    Preparing the Battlefield

    Determine Order of Play

• Roll 1d12 to determine who will go first. Highest starts.
  1. If playing multiple games in a row, the first loser decides who starts the next game.
• Alternate between players, selecting [[#Pieces]], until each player has picked 4. Each player is limited to 1 of each Type of Piece.

  Generate Terrain

  Roll [[#Definitions|RCx1]] to determine Coordinates of each piece of Terrain. If there's already a Terrain feature on that hex, reroll the RCx1. In order:
• The River:
  • Roll [[#Definitions|RCx3]] to determine start, bend, and end of river. Connect each point as directly as possible.
• 3 Lakes
• 3 Cairns
• 6 Hills
• 12 Woods

  Position Pieces

• Each Player places 1 Piece on the board on the row closest to the Player.
• If playing with more than 2 players, the very corner positions on the board may not be used by any player.

  Determine the Weather

  Shuffle the Weather Cards and flip one face up.

  Start

  You are now ready to play the game.

Gameplay

Victory

You win by securing one of the following Victory Conditions:

• Eliminate all other players' non-Pacifist pieces.
• If a player has only Pacifist Pieces remaining, they loose. (In a 3 or 4 player game, a loser's Pacifist pieces are immediately removed from the game.)

  Order of Play

Actions

Actions are one of the following:

• Move a single Piece.
• Attack a single Piece.
• Special Action. Some Pieces can do Special Actions, such as Mystic Physics Healing another Piece, or Dwarven Warrior Entrenching a hex.

  Movement

• Most Pieces move up to 3 hexes.
• Some types of Terrain cost more than 1 movement to enter, such as Woods which which cost 2.
• You can move a Piece through another piece of yours, but not an enemy Piece.
• No 2 Pieces can end a turn in the same hex.
• Only a single Piece may occupy a given hex at any one time, with the exception of a friendly piece passing through an occupied hex.

  Attacking

  You can attack any Enemy Piece which is adjacent to one of your Pieces. To Attack follow these steps in order:
• Add or subtract any Bonus or Penalty dice from the Piece & or Terrain to your dice pool.
• Roll your Base 3d4, plus any Bonus dice.
• Deal that total damage to enemy's HP.
• If a Piece reaches 0 HP, they die, and are removed from the game.
• Apply the following to the natural roll (not counting bonus dice):

Ranged Pieces can attack from further away, as specified (usually 3). The Defense against Ranged attacks is called Dodge.

Special Actions

Healing (Mystic Physics)

Roll 3d4 to Heal one of your Pieces which is adjacent to your Mystic Physic. This increases the HP of that Piece up to the Piece's starting HP.

Arctic Attack (Yeti Sentinels)

An Arctic Attack freeze the defending Piece in place for 1d4 turns instead of dealing the typical 3d4 damage. Frozen Pieces cannot Attack or Move.

Entrenching a Hex (Dwarven Warriors)

• As a Special Action, add an Entrenchment to a Field.
• Entrenchments cause ⊖ to an Attack when attacking a Piece on an Entrenchment.

  Destroying Entrenchments (Any Piece)

  Any Piece can destroy an Entrenchment which they are on or adjacent to, as long as there is not an Enemy Piece on it.

Pieces

Each Piece has Pros & Cons, and also a little something Special. You can use Chess pieces, D&D Minis, Warhammer minis, or instant creamer packs you mark with a pen.

Menu of Pieces

Piece Cards

Piece Traits

P/C/S: Pro, Con, Special.

Terrain

Each type of Terrain has a different impact on movement, Combat, etc. Movement is impacted when entering the Terrain, Combat modifiers are when already situated on the Terrain.

Menu of Terrains

Terrain Cards

Weather

Menu of Weathers

Weather Cards

Definitions

• ⊕: Add 1d4 Circumstance Die to your pool.
• ⊖: Remove 1d4 from your pool. (Always start by removing Circumstance Dice if you have them.)
• Action: a thing you can do on a turn:
  • Move (usually 3 hexes)
  • Attack
  • Heal (Physics only)
• Circumstance Die: Bonus & penalty dice.
• Entrenchment:
• Initiative:
  • You can make a Move and Attack (or Heal) on the same turn.
  • These must be done by the same Piece.
• Roll Coordinates RCx1:
  • Roll Coordinates = roll 2d12.
  • Example: RCx3 = Roll Coordinates 3 times.
• RTG: Roll To Generate.
• Friendly Fire: Take 1 damage from a self-inflicted wound.
• Victory: winning the game.