Pocket Hive at the UK Games Expo

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1698-3667-thickboxHive is one of those games that, once you get to grips with, it is pretty awesome to play. It’s been going on for quite some time and still goes strong.

With an iPhone app so you can play on the move with a rather clever AI, it offers a great deal of strategy and it is rather fun, and Pocket Hive means you can take it in your pocket (literally!) any time if you don’t have an iPhone.

This is what the publishers say:

Hive is a highly addictive strategic game for two players that is not restricted by a board and can be played anywhere on any flat surface. Hive is made up of twenty two pieces, eleven black and eleven white, resembling a variety of creatures each with a unique way of moving.

With no setting up to do, the game begins when the first piece is placed down. As the subsequent pieces are placed this forms a pattern that becomes the playing surface (the pieces themselves become the board). Unlike other such games, the pieces are never eliminated and not all have to be played. The object of the game is to totally surround your opponent’s queen, while at the same time trying to block your opponent from doing likewise to your queen. The player to totally surround his opponent’s queen wins the game.

 

 

3 Responses

  1. That looks very cool. Do you know if there’s any plans to launch the app on the Android?

  2. Bones says:

    That rocks. Off to order mine from amazon right now.

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