insightvast.blogg.se - Queen bee game

A mosquito that is only adjacent to another mosquito cannot move. It may climb onto the hive as a beetle then, while on top of the hive, it is a beetle (even if it doesn't touch any beetle) until it moves to ground level. The mosquito may choose any piece it's adjacent to, and copies its movement. Mosquito: moves like any piece it's touching.Like the spider, the ladybug moves three spaces: the first and the second are on top of the hive, and the third must brings it back to ground level. Ladybug: climbs for two spaces then drops back down.It must jump over at least one piece (of either color, which may also be a grasshopper). The grasshopper picks a direction, then jumps in that direction, landing on the first empty space. Grasshopper movement Grasshopper: jumps over a line of pieces. The ant may move anywhere as long as the golden rules are respected. Occasionally the spider may be adjacent to more than one part of the hive during the move it may continue crawling on any side of the hive it touches as long as it's not traveling backwards. The spider may not turn back within the same move. Spider: slides three spaces around the hive.If a beetle moves on the same level, it slides. It's possible to have beetles climbing over other beetles, making a taller stack.

The piece underneath is immobilized and cannot move until the beetle moves away. The beetle may climb over other pieces if an adjacent space is occupied by a piece (of either color), a player may move their beetle on top of the piece.

Beetle: slides or climbs to an adjacent space.

A player loses if their queen bee is surrounded (see below).

Queen bee: slides to an adjacent space.

A piece that climbs can also be subject to this rule, if there are two tall stacks that leave a narrow gap. Some configuration of pieces might leave a gap that is too narrow for a piece to pass through. In most cases, this means a piece must "slide" to its destination.

The Freedom of Movement rule: A piece must be physically able to be moved to its destination, one space at a time.

When a player moves a piece, the rest of the pieces must form a contiguous group, and the moved piece must also end up adjacent to the group.

The One Hive rule: The hive may not be disconnected at any time.

Imagine a hexagonal grid each piece occupies one such space on the grid.

Adjacent pieces must always share a complete side, never part of a side or touching only at a point.

The following golden rules must be followed at all times: To move a piece, a player chooses one of their pieces in the play area and moves it according to its movement rules below. Exception: The first piece placed, of course, will not touch anything, and the second piece placed will necessarily touch the first piece (of opposing color). The piece must touch at least one of their own pieces by a complete side, and it may not touch any of the opponent's pieces.

To place a piece, a player takes one piece from their reserve and places it in the playing area. If a player is unable to make any legal move, they must pass. If a player is able to make a legal move, they must do so. In addition, the queen bee must be placed by a player's fourth turn if after three turns a player hasn't placed their queen bee, they must place it on the fourth turn. Move one of their pieces in the play areaĪt the start of the game, a player may only place pieces until they place their queen bee.Place a piece from their reserve to the play area.The following pieces are available:Īdditionally, expansion pieces are available if the game is played with them:ĭuring a player's turn, a player may do one of two actions: Each player takes all pieces of their color (white or black) into their reserve.