Where Can You Buy Numbered Hex Paper?

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Kane
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Where Can You Buy Numbered Hex Paper?

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I need hex paper that has mini hexes filling larger hexes. Every single hex needs a number.
Basically, like this: https://www3.autarch.co/?wpdmpro=region-hex-maps

Half of the hex maps on the internet don't have numbers, which I find extremely annoying. I only use hex paper for GURPS battlemaps (rollouts mats are far too small for D&D bows, much less GURPS combat at hundreds of yards, so I have no use for them) and for hex-crawling. I have to manually line them up with a transparent overlay (which usually is off because the hex dimensions are slightly wrong/uneven on the map)

Almost every form of hex graph paper is single hex (no larger hexes encompassing them), has no numbers (so basically worthless for taking detailed hexcrawl notes/mapping) and simply doesn't have enough hexes per page to be that useful.

About the only paper that meets my standards for hex mapping is stuff from 40+ years ago, apparently everyone forgot how to manufacture numbered hex paper for RPGs? I consider this an extremely basic RPG item, especially for oldschool games, but almost nowhere sells it. I have no use for any graph paper that doesn't have numbers, and really don't care for ones without the overlayed hexes.

Printing these out is a trash solution because 1) the lines need to be blue, not black, so I can tell my own drawing from the paper lines; 2) it's too darn expensive, especially if you want any significant quantity.

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Re: Where Can You Buy Numbered Hex Paper?

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Have you considered taking a PDF of what you want to a local print shop and getting a quote for pads of them? You'll probably end up with more than you really want as a minimum order, but it should be a lot cheaper than home printing.

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Re: Where Can You Buy Numbered Hex Paper?

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taustinoc wrote:
Sun Nov 27, 2022 11:49 pm
Have you considered taking a PDF of what you want to a local print shop and getting a quote for pads of them? You'll probably end up with more than you really want as a minimum order, but it should be a lot cheaper than home printing.
I was looking online and it would cost about $100 (because of minimum order sizes), so I'll check out a local printshop. I'm willing to pay about $15-20 for 100 sheets. I am just genuinely astonished that nobody sells these. As I said, this used to be a fairly standard-issue game master piece of equipment, and some of the only examples I could find online were literally from the 1980s (JG brown hex paper for Wilderlands).

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Re: Where Can You Buy Numbered Hex Paper?

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You should be able to print your own for 15-20 cents per page on a laser printer. If you have a laser printer.

I suspect your local print shop won't have that much smaller a minimum order, though. But best of luck on it.

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Re: Where Can You Buy Numbered Hex Paper?

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You can print your own here:

https://hexgridgenerator.github.io/
https://mojobob.com/roleplay/props/mapping.html
https://incompetech.com/graphpaper/hexagonal/

You can buy it here:
https://www.amazon.com/GMT-22x34-Number ... B00DZCBVBM

This one says they can be fully customized for no additional charge, so this may work as well. This one you can also tell them how many sheets per pad.
https://www.captainnotepad.com/8-5-x-11 ... dJTzdWO5Tk

Hope that helps.

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Re: Where Can You Buy Numbered Hex Paper?

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He's trying to avoid the higher cost of doing so.
Alarian wrote:
Tue Nov 29, 2022 3:26 pm
You can buy it here:
https://www.amazon.com/GMT-22x34-Number ... B00DZCBVBM
Not what he's looking for (it doesn't have the bigger hex enclosing the smaller hexes)
Alarian wrote:
Tue Nov 29, 2022 3:26 pm

This one says they can be fully customized for no additional charge, so this may work as well. This one you can also tell them how many sheets per pad.
https://www.captainnotepad.com/8-5-x-11 ... dJTzdWO5Tk
But a minimum of 24 pads, at over $110.

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Re: Where Can You Buy Numbered Hex Paper?

Post by smallrealities »

Try contacting this company:

https://gamingpaper.com/

They may be willing to add the product to their line.

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Re: Where Can You Buy Numbered Hex Paper?

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How about talking to some engineering firms in your area and see if they have plotters and would be of help.
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Re: Where Can You Buy Numbered Hex Paper?

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I found this, free graph paper, you print it out, or just download the pdf and use it digitally.

https://incompetech.com/graphpaper/

Just scroll down that page for a variety of types.
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