Hive

Description

**TLDR**: Hive is a portable, strategic two-player game using 22 insect pieces with unique movements that form the boardless playing surface, won by fully surrounding the opponent's queen (24 words). **Key mechanics include**: - *Boardless play* Pieces themselves create the dynamic playing surface on any flat area, with no setup required. - *Piece placement and movement* Twenty-two tiles (11 black, 11 white) depict creatures with distinct movement rules; game starts with first piece, others build the pattern. - *Incomplete deployment* Not all pieces must be played, allowing strategic flexibility. - *No elimination* Pieces are never removed from play. - *Encircling objective* Win by completely surrounding opponent's queen while defending your own. Hive is a two-player strategic game playable anywhere on a flat surface without a traditional board, utilizing 22 pieces—11 black and 11 white—each representing insects with unique movement abilities. The game initiates instantly upon placing the first piece, with subsequent placements forming the evolving playing field. Pieces persist throughout without elimination, and players need not deploy all tiles. Victory demands fully encircling the opponent's queen bee while thwarting the same against one's own, emphasizing tactical positioning, mobility exploitation, and defensive maneuvering in a compact, setup-free format.