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| Full Hexes | |||||||
. |
O |
* |
0 |
@ |
# |
! |
% |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
. |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
O |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
* |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
0 |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
@ |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
# |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
! |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
% |
| Borders and Corners | |||||||
b |
u |
c |
n |
bu |
uc |
nc |
bn |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
b |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
u |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
c |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
n |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
bu |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
uc |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
cn |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
bn |
4 |
8 |
6 |
2 |
7 |
9 |
3 |
1 |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
4 |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
8 |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
6 |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
2 |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
7 |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
9 |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
3 |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
1 |
Full-hex tokens may be immediately followed by a border or corner token, with no intervening whitespace, to produce a partial cell of that type. Here are some examples (it is a known bug that the blue dots aren't properly cropped):
| Colored Borders and Corners | |||||||
.4 |
Ou |
*6 |
0n |
@7 |
#uc |
!3 |
%bn |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
.4 |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
Ou |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
*6 |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
0n |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
@7 |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
#uc |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
!3 |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
%bn |
| White Space | |||||||
O - O(half space) |
O _ O(full space) |
Onewline _O |
O[SMALL-NEWLINE]newline _O(half-height) |
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[SMALL-NEWLINE]
O - O |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
O _ O |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
O
_ O |
[SMALL-NEWLINE]
O[SMALL-NEWLINE]
_ O |
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| Highlighted Border | |||||||
\ |
^ |
/ |
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8 8
- \ -
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8 8
- ^
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8 9
- / -
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Here are some notes to help you remember the vocabulary tokens.
Gray hexagons are used to represent the background of a pattern. In plain-text communications, empty cells are often represented by a period ('.'), so I use that character for a gray hexagon. Empty (white) cells are visually similar to a capital oh ('O').
Cells owned by the current player are of particular interest. The asterisk ('*') is often used to mark items of interest, and has a vaguely hexagonal shape in some fonts, so it is used for 'owned' cells. Zero ('0') also looks kind of like an empty cell, so I use it to represent empty but highlighted (yellow) hexes. The at-sign ('@') looks like a circle within a circle, so I use it to represent a yellow hex marked with a blue dot. I use the pound sign ('#') for a yellow hex with a smaller dot; the only mnemonic value it has is that it's next to the at-sign on U.S. keyboards. The exclamation point ('!') makes a yellow hex with a very small dot, reminiscent of the dot at the bottom of the exclamation point. As for ('%') for opponent-owned cells, all I can say is that I'm running out of punctuation.
For the border tokens, notice that the shape of 'u', 'c', 'n', and (to a lesser extent) 'b' are similar to the shape of their corresponding half-hexes. Corner pieces (quarter-hexes) are built by putting a top- or bottom-edge letter together with a left- or right-edge letter.
The digit aliases for the border and corner tokens are based on their position on a numeric keypad. For instance, 4 represents a left-edge half-hex because 4 is on the left edge of a numeric keypad.
These are samples that show how the tokens can be put together to create pictures.
u u u u u u u _ _ u u u _ _ bu u u uc
b . . * 0 . . c _ _ b . . c _ _ . . .
. . O 0 @ . . _ _ . . . _ _ b . . c
b . O O 0 0 . c _ _ b . . c _ _ . . .
_ \ ^ ^ ^ / _ _ _ n n n _ _ bn n n nc
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u u u u u u u _ _ u u u _ _ bu u u uc
b . . * 0 . . c _ _ b . . c _ _ . . .
. . O 0 @ . . _ _ . . . _ _ b . . c
b . O O 0 0 . c _ _ b . . c _ _ . . .
_ \ ^ ^ ^ / _ _ _ n n n _ _ bn n n nc
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ub u u u u u u cu _ _ 7 8 8 9 _ _ 8 8 8
. . . . . . . _ _ . . . _ _ 4 . . 6
b . . * . . . c _ _ 4 . . 6 _ _ . . .
. 0 . . O . . _ _ . . . _ _ 4 . . 6
b . . @ . . . c _ _ 4 . . 6 _ _ . . .
. . . . . . . _ _ . . . _ _ 4 . . 6
nb n n n n n n cn _ _ 1 2 2 3 _ _ 2 2 2
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ub u u u u u u cu _ _ 7 8 8 9 _ _ 8 8 8
. . . . . . . _ _ . . . _ _ 4 . . 6
b . . * . . . c _ _ 4 . . 6 _ _ . . .
. 0 . . O . . _ _ . . . _ _ 4 . . 6
b . . @ . . . c _ _ 4 . . 6 _ _ . . .
. . . . . . . _ _ . . . _ _ 4 . . 6
nb n n n n n n cn _ _ 1 2 2 3 _ _ 2 2 2
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*7 *8 *8 *9 _ @7 @8 @8 @9 _ 07 08 08 09 _ O7 O8 O8 O9
. . . _ . . . _ . . . _ . . .
*4 . . *6 _ @4 . . @6 _ 04 . . 06 _ O4 . . O6
. . . _ . . . _ . . . _ . . .
*4 . . *6 _ @4 . . @6 _ 04 . . 06 _ O4 . . O6
. . . _ . . . _ . . . _ . . .
*1 *2 *2 *3 _ @1 @2 @2 @3 _ 01 02 02 03 _ O1 O2 O2 O3
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*7 *8 *8 *9 _ @7 @8 @8 @9 _ 07 08 08 09 _ O7 O8 O8 O9
. . . _ . . . _ . . . _ . . .
*4 . . *6 _ @4 . . @6 _ 04 . . 06 _ O4 . . O6
. . . _ . . . _ . . . _ . . .
*4 . . *6 _ @4 . . @6 _ 04 . . 06 _ O4 . . O6
. . . _ . . . _ . . . _ . . .
*1 *2 *2 *3 _ @1 @2 @2 @3 _ 01 02 02 03 _ O1 O2 O2 O3
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[SMALL-NEWLINE]
O * 0 * 0 * O - -
O bn O bu O uc O nc O - - O 0nb O 0ub O 0cu O 0cn O - -
O .bn O .bu O .uc O .nc O - - O @nb O @ub O @cu O @cn O - -
O *bn O *bu O *uc O *nc O - - O Obn O Obu O Ouc O Onc O - -
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[SMALL-NEWLINE]
O * 0 * 0 * O - -
O bn O bu O uc O nc O - - O 0nb O 0ub O 0cu O 0cn O - -
O .bn O .bu O .uc O .nc O - - O @nb O @ub O @cu O @cn O - -
O *bn O *bu O *uc O *nc O - - O Obn O Obu O Ouc O Onc O - -
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