HIVE
Hive is a strategic game for 2 players with no set up required!
Hive is made up of just 22 pieces (without the expansions, but we’ll let you add those in when you feel ready!) and no board.
Each player has their own set of pieces including a Queen Bee, Soldier Ants, Beetles, Grasshoppers and Spiders and the aim of the the game is to surround your opponents Queen Bee. On your turn you can either add one of your pieces to the ‘hive’ or move a piece already in the hive.
You can’t place a piece touching an opposing piece, so you place them touching your own insects and then use each of their special movement rules in order to make your attack. As with chess, each piece has a unique way of moving; grasshoppers can jump over a whole row of pieces and beetles can crawl on top of the hive!
Hive is for 2 players, lasts about 20-30 minutes and is for players aged 9+
Why we love it:
There’s absolutely no set up required! Just grab your set of pieces and you’re ready to go.
It’s super easy to learn so even if you’re brand new to the game and need to read the rule book, you’ll be playing within 5 minutes!
Despite being incredibly simple in terms of rules, Hive is a really rewarding game to master and hours of gameplay will still leave you lots of tactics left to discover.
Where to find it:
You can find Hive in D0 in our library - that whole column is full of dedicated two player games too!