Hive — the board game, in your browser

No board, no luck, just bugs. Surround the other Queen Bee before yours is surrounded.

New game

Opponent

Difficulty

You play

Clock

Hints and evaluationHelp used is noted on the game.

Expansion bugs

Advanced rules & variants

Official tournament rules

Presets

Tournament openingNo Queen on either player's first turn (official).Threefold repetition is a drawStops games where both sides shuffle forever.

Queen must be placed by turn

A Queen is captured when surrounded on

Turn limit (turns each)

The less-surrounded Queen wins when it's reached.

Pieces per player

Queen Bee

Spider

Beetle

Grasshopper

Soldier Ant

Mosquito

Ladybug

Pillbug

marks the official setting. Rated games always use the official rules.