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Overview
Objective
Surround the opponent's queen bee.
- 2 player abstract.
- Players compete to gain control of a hive by surrounding their opponent's queen bee.
- One player plays the black pieces, the other player plays the white pieces.
- Play area starts empty.
Player Turn
- Must make a move if possible, otherwise their turn is skipped.
Each turn choose to either:
- Place a new piece.
- Move a piece.
Place a piece
- Must be on the edge of the hive.
- Queen bee must be placed in your first 4 turns.
After each player has placed their first piece:
- Must touch a piece of the same color.
- Cannot touch a piece of the opposite color.
Note: Stacks are the color of the top piece.
Move a piece
- You cannot move pieces until your queen bee is placed.
- Imaginary hexagonal grid.
- Adjacent pieces always touch a complete edge.
- All pieces must form one contiguous group at all times (One Hive rule, see below).
- A piece cannot move through a gap that is too narrow (Freedom to Move rule, see below).
Queen bee
Slides to an adjacent space.
Beetle
Slides or climbs to an adjacent space.
- Cannot be first placed on top of the hive.
- Any covered pieces cannot be used.
- Can drop down into any space.
- Moving to the space would violate the Freedom to Move rule (see below).
Spider
Slides 3 spaces around the hive in one direction.
- When adjacent to more than one part of the hive, it may continue on any side of the hive.
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2
Soldier Ant
Slides anywhere.
Grasshopper
Jumps over a line of one or more pieces to the first empty space.
Ladybug
Climbs 2 spaces over the hive and 1 space to the edge of the hive.
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2
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Pillbug
Slides to an adjacent space or moves an adjacent piece to another space adjacent to the pillbug.
- Cannot move a piece moved in the previous turn.
- Moved piece cannot move in the next turn.
- Cannot move a piece in a stack.
Pillbug movement
Pillbug special ability
Freedom to Move
Mosquito
Copies any adjacent piece.
- Beetle: remains a beetle until it moves to the edge of the hive.
- Cannot copy pieces underneath a beetle.
- Cannot move when only adjacent to the other mosquito.
One Hive rule
All played pieces must be linked at all times.
cannot move because it would disconnect
from the hive, either permanently or temporarily while moving.
Freedom to Move rule
Cannot move through a narrow gate
Game end
Draw
- By agreement / repetition.
- Both queen bees are surrounded on all sides in the same move.
Win
- Only the opponent's queen bee is surrounded on all sides.
Variants
Expansion pieces:
- Ladybug
- Mosquito
- Pillbug
Opening:
- Standard: no restriction
- Tournament: The queen bee may not be placed in the first turn.