I found this amazing looking 3d hexagonal globe engine for making games on the "Unity Asset Store" called "HexGlobe" that
would be really cool rifted.
https://www.assetstore.unity3d.com/#/content/4654
This would be amazing for games like Civilization, Risk, Conquest medieval realms, Battle for wesnoth etc
Related forums for the engine:
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/137007 ... -globe-WIP
http://forum.unity3d.com/threads/156601 ... tegy-games
If not the hydra maybe it could be controlled with the "Leap" and work something like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnkoLrZQIHU