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Hive -- Mensa Select® Winner(search on Board Game Geek)
- Replay Value (1-10): 9
- Fun Factor (1-10): 7
- Worth Buying (1-10): 8
Game comes with 11 white and 11 black bakelite hexagons, each
one adorned with a bug. There is no board; for the first turn, each
player chooses a bug to play and they are placed sharing an edge,
creating the start of a "hive" (a cluster of attached hexes).
For all future turns, each player may either add another bug to
the "hive" (but it must touch only bugs of their own color), or move
one of their bugs in the hive. The object is to surround the opponent's
"queen bee" (which must come out within the first 8 turns) by pieces
of any color. The identity of the piece determines how it may move,
with a reasonable mix of different movement abilities.
This game is somewhat reminiscent of chess -- multiple pieces, each
type with its own different type of movement ability, allowing for tactical
combinations that are interesting yet visualizable. The fact that the
pieces are introduced to the board may perhaps mean that the complexity
is even comparable to chess, and yet there are definitely enough differences
that this may stand out as a unique game on its own merits.
My friend Jonathan Rivet points out that in the mid-game it's clear from
the constraints of the group that the complexity is not as high as
chess, and stalemates (through repetition) are not uncommon. Ah well.
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