Units of paper quantity was ordered by the ream of 480 sheets. In 1840, a ream in Lisbon was 17 quires and 3 sheets = 428 sheets, and a double ream was 18 quires and 2 sheets = 434 sheets; and in Bremen, blotting or packing paper was sold in reams of 300 (20 quires of 15 sheets). A mid-19th century Milanese-Italian dictionary has an example for a "risma" (ream) as being either 450 or 480 sheets. In the UK in 1914, paper was sold using the following reams: Reams of 500 sheets were mostly used only for newsprint. Since the late 20th century,
Hex Sheets Hex Sheets Hex Sheets is a supplement for fantasy role-playing games published by Games Workshop in 1978. "Hex Sheets" is a GM's aid: hexagonal mapping paper for designing wilderness terrain. It is also for use with "AD&D". "Hex Sheets" was published by Games Workshop in 1978 as a 50-sheet pad. As Games Workshop expanded its publishing arm beyond "White Dwarf" and reprints of American products. among their first original products were a pad of character sheets (1978), a pad of hex sheets (1978), and the "Dungeon Floor Plans" (1979) gaming accessory, each of which carried the "Dungeons & Dragons" trademark,