Wilderness Hex Sheets
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Wilderness Hex Sheets is a supplement published by Games Workshop (GW) in 1982 for use with fantasy role-playing games such as Dungeons & Dragons.
Contents
In the mid-1970s, Games Workshop became the UK distributor for the American role-playing game Dungeons & Dragons published by TSR, Inc. In 1978, GW then started to produce original licensed products for D&D, including a pad of character sheets, a pad of hex sheets, and the Dungeon Floor Plans accessory, each of which carried the Dungeons & Dragons trademark. They were some of the few licensed D&D products ever authorized by TSR.{{Cite book|author=Shannon Appelcline|title=Designers & Dragons: The '70s|publisher=Evil Hat Productions|year=2014| isbn=978-1-61317-075-5}}{{rp|139–140}}
In 1982, GW started to reprint some of these game aids, but this time solely as a GW product, without the TSR logo.{{cite book|url=https://unbound.com/books/games-workshop/|title=Dice Men: Games Workshop 1975 to 1985: Ian Livingstone and Steve Jackson with Jamie Thomson|publisher=Unbound|access-date=2 March 2018}}{{rp|143}} By this time, D&D and other fantasy role-playing games had developed the custom of using a 1"-square grid for indoor and regional maps, and a hex grid for large-scale outdoor maps. Wilderness Hex Sheets, published in 1982 as a reprint of 1978's Hex Sheets, is a pad of 50 sheets marked with a hex grid. Gamemasters can use this to design campaigns for wilderness settings, create large geographical areas or plan overland trips from one urban area to another.{{Cite web|url=https://rpggeek.com/rpgitem/96656/wilderness-hex-sheets|title = Wilderness Hex Sheets}}
Reception
Doug Cowie reviewed Wilderness Hex Sheets for Imagine magazine: "They are well produced and, given the proven usefulness of these aids, they should be helpful to any referee. My only reservation is with the price. They are about 30% dearer than similar sheets available 'loose' (i.e. not in pads). The only substantial difference is the superior packaging of the Games Workshop product."{{cite journal | last = Cowie|first = Doug| title =Game Reviews | type = review | journal = Imagine | issue = 2| pages =36–37 | publisher = TSR Hobbies (UK), Ltd. |date=May 1983}}