1/1/2024 0 Comments Queen bee game![]() ![]() It can be used both defensively and offensively. This can easily be done in Hive by simply moving something on the other side of the bug you want to freeze.įreezing a piece is useful in so many ways. Step number one is to stop that Queen Bee from moving. Step 1: Trap the Queen Bee with the Soldier Ant We’ll come onto this later on as there are options, and it may add in an extra step, but let’s continue for now. This strategy can be adapted as needs be. Now, there is a caveat here that says that if it isn’t one of your colour connected to the Bee, that isn’t the end of the world. It may be yours or it may be an opponent. That queen is attached via some form of tile/insect. Your opponent has put their Queen on an outer edge. The Hive Beetle Strategy: The Beetle Bomb In best Blue Peter fashion (if you’re from somewhere other than England, you may need to look that up) here are some diagrams I made earlier. So, how is that done? Let’s take a look in some detail. Since you need to surround the Queen Bee – why not change the colour of the Bee so you can move next to it with every single piece? He can move on top of the Hive, sit on a piece, and then you can place your pieces next to that piece, no matter what colour it is because your Beetle is on top. You can probably see how those go together now. Pieces may not be place next to a piece of the opponent’s colour. So, if you are new to the concept of Hive there is one rule you need to know in order to put how awesome that is into context. The Hive Pocket rules say this:Ī piece with a Beetle on top of it is unable to move and for the purposes of the placing rules on p.1 & 2 the stack takes the colour of the Beetle. In order to do that it relies on one line in the rule book. Namely, it sits on top of the Queen Bee and turns it into a Beetle of that colour. The Beetle Bomb is a resilient strategy that uses the Queen Bee of the opposing player. “Okay, so what is this Hive strategy,” I hear you ask, “what is this Beetle Bomb?” Let’s move on… Hive Strategy: The Beetle Bomb That won’t matter for this strategy, but I wanted to give you a fair warning as a reader. We have the Hive Pocket edition in our collection which does include those pieces. Those were added at a later date as an expansion, and to the base game of Hive Pocket. Hive, the original, doesn’t have the Ladybug or Mosquito. In this article we will be using the terms Hive and Hive Pocket pretty interchangeably. This is a strategy we shall call – THE BEETLE BOMB.īefore we continue however, we do need to recognise one thing. So, today, I thought we would give a name to a move in Hive and Hive Pocket. Well, the same kind of thing can be done with Hive, only in Hive the names don’t really exist…yet. You also have things like Double Pawns and Back-Row Checkmate. ![]() ![]() You know how specific Chess moves have names – Queen’s Gambit, for instance. Either way, that Queen Bee, mustn’t have space to breathe. That can be with your pieces, or with theirs. Like how Chess has six piece, Hive Pocket (which is the version we’ve been playing so we should probably refer to that) actually has seven pieces – those are –Įach one of those insects can do a different thing, with the goal being to surround the opponent’s Queen Bee. In Hive, and Hive Pocket (which is essentially the travel version), there are a lot of different pieces. Whether it keeping an eye on the Grasshoppers or spying out Spiders, there is a lot to keep in mind. In many ways, it is very similar to games like Chess or Onitama, a game where you have to be aware of the whole playing area at any one time. A two player, relatively abstract strategy game, in which players battle it out in a game of wits. In the game of bugs…you win or you…have your Queen Bee surrounded by other bugs… ![]()
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