A solo variant for Hive by Gen42.
OBJECTIVE
Hive in Five is played in rounds. Each round, you may only move each type of piece once. To win, use your final turn of the round to completely surround your queen.
Setup
Components:
One white Queen
One white piece of each basic type (Ant, Beetle, Grasshopper and Spider)
One black Queen
Two black pieces of each basic type (Ant, Beetle, Grasshopper and Spider)
Place all white pieces in a row or column on the edge of your playing surface.
Mix up the black pieces face down. Then randomly place them face up using the pattern below.
How to play
The game is played in rounds.
Each round, you may only move one black piece of each type per one white piece of that same type.
Use the white pieces to track your moves by flipping them face down whenever you move a black piece of the same type.
If you ever have a turn where you have face up white pieces but you cannot make any legal moves, remove the face up white pieces from the game. You will no longer be able to move pieces of those types and you will have fewer turns to take each round.
A round ends when all white tiles have been either turned face down or removed. If your final turn of the round results in your Queen being completely surrounded, you win! Otherwise, flip all remaining white pieces face up and begin the next round.
How to WIN
If your final turn of the round results in your Queen being completely surrounded, you win!
Points of Clarification:
Removing a white piece counts as a turn, so you do not win if your last turn of the round was removing a white piece.
If your Queen is ever completely surrounded before your final turn, you lose.
Example Game
You’ll have five turns this round.
TURN #1:
Move the black Beetle on top of the Grasshopper.
Flip the white Beetle face down.
TURN #2:
Move the black Ant.
Flip the white Ant face down.
TURN #3:
Move the black Grasshopper.
Flip the white Grasshopper face down.
TURN #4:
Move the black Spider.
Flip the white Spider face down.
TURN #5:
You have no legal moves for the black Queen. Remove the face up white Queen. End round.
Begin Next Round
Begin the next round by flipping all white pieces face up.
TURN #6:
Move the black Grasshopper.
Flip the white Grasshopper face down.
TURN #7:
Move the black Spider.
Flip the white Spider face down.
TURN #8:
Move the black Ant.
Flip the white Ant face down.
TURN #9:
Move the black Beetle off your Grasshopper.
Flip the white Beetle face down.
You won!
More ways to play
Try to win in as few rounds as possible and/or at the end of a five-turn round.
Create your own starting setups and challenge your friends to beat your fastest solve. To communicate your setup, list the first letter of each piece in the order they were placed and the number of rounds in brackets. (If you use a different starting setup pattern, send a picture). Post your starting setups here: BGG Forums - Hive In Five Starting Setups
You can add expansion pieces by adding the black piece to your pool of black pieces and the white piece to your pool of trackers.
You'll have one additional turn per round per expansion piece you add.
Use the setup pattern below:
