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Me as a board game designer: Cutting out hexes is the worst! I'm never designing another games with hexes!
A few months later:
@golgaloth do you use any tools to make your hexagones?
I found a few tools for cards, but not for hexes
@golgaloth What about making them circles with indications ?
@ZoidbergForPresident for quick prototypes, or early idea trials I can just use cards offset, but stepping up, hexes are better.
@golgaloth Optimise your order of cuts and you can get down to ~3.5 cuts per hex. see my HowTo for making #18xx games for details.
More broadly, get a die-cutter with a custom die for your hexes. A Sizzix Big will run a bit over $100 and a custom hex die around $25.
@jcl A Circut would be way cheaper in the long run. I use different size hexes for different projects, and also combine doubles and triples. Plus the boards.
@golgaloth @jcl Cricuts are pretty bad at handling thicker/tougher materials. I'd go for a standard die cutter and a new custom dies for each. Given that each die costs barely more than a couple quarter pound burgers...the iteration cost is close to ignorable.
@jcl I really don't need one. Most of my projects are straight cut with a ruler or a couple of punches for circles. It would be nice, though.
@roofuskit I''m seriously considering one. Mostly I can constrain myself to regular shapes, but there are times when it would come in really handy.
@golgaloth Bonus round: become a quilter. First you cut the hexies out, then you sew them back together.
@golgaloth Putting off the dreaded day, eh?