Hive: The Mosquito

Description

**Hive Mosquito pieces** are an expansion adding adaptable movement to the game, allowing pieces to mimic adjacent creatures dynamically. Key mechanics include: - *Piece integration* Mosquitoes added pre-game to standard Hive set, providing each player 12 pieces total. - *Adaptive movement* Once placed like standard pieces, Mosquito adopts exact movement traits of any touching creature, evolving throughout play. - *No inherent mobility* Mosquitoes lack native movement, imparting none to adjacent Mosquitoes, preventing movement if solely adjacent to others. - *Beetle exception* When moved atop Hive as Beetle, retains Beetle movement until descending. The Mosquito expansion enhances Hive by integrating special pieces into a standard set before gameplay begins, equipping each player with 12 pieces placed identically to originals. In play, each Mosquito dynamically assumes the movement characteristics of any adjacent creature at the moment of action, enabling fluid strategic shifts. Lacking intrinsic movement rules, Mosquitoes confer no abilities to neighboring Mosquitoes, rendering them immobile if exclusively touching one another. A key exception persists: a Mosquito elevated as a Beetle atop the Hive structure maintains Beetle climbing/descent capabilities until fully dismounted, introducing nuanced tactical depth to positioning and adaptation.