Units of paper quantity and US measure, in some sources, a quire was originally 24 sheets.) Quires of 15, 18 or 20 sheets have also been used, depending on the type of paper. The current word "quire" derives from OE "quair" or "guaer", from OF "quayer", "cayer", (cf. modern Fr. "cahier"), from L. "quaternum", "by fours", "fourfold". Later, when bookmaking switched to using paper and it became possible to easily stitch 5 to 7 sheets at a time, the association of "quaire" with "four" was quickly lost. In the Middle Ages, a quire (also called a "gathering") was most often formed of 4 folded
Hex Sheets and were some of the few licensed "D&D" products ever authorized by TSR. 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