Honeycourt · Hive Duel

A little bug chess,
one patch of earth,
two colonies.

Solo computer or two players on one device

Your name

Local edition

Table code

Open tables

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Your patch is ready.

Choose game mode:

Choose game rules:

Classic is the base game. Combine any of the three expansions.

Second player’s name

The host will start when everyone is here.

Choose a bug, then the highlighted hex.

Your reserve

Choose a tile to see where it can go.

Game log

Table scoreboard

Turn timer

The host can set the timer before starting. When time runs out, a legal move is made automatically.

Undo move

When enabled, your latest move can be undone for two seconds.

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How to play

Surround the opposing queen on all six sides. Bugs of either colour count.

On your turn, place a new bug or move a bug already in play.
The first tile goes on the highlighted hex; the second player places beside it. Later placements must touch your colour and cannot touch the opposing colour. A beetle on top determines a stack’s colour.
Place your queen by your fourth turn. Your bugs cannot move before she is placed.
Keep one connected hive at every moment. Sliding bugs must fit through gaps and stay in contact with the hive.
Only the top bug in a stack can move. Pass only when no legal placement or move exists.

Both queens surrounded at once, or the same position three times, is a draw. Queens are allowed on the opening turn. Expansion choices add one of each enabled bug to both reserves.

Pillbug carry: select your Pillbug (or a Mosquito touching one), choose Carry a bug, select a highlighted neighbor, then its destination. A piece just moved cannot be carried. A carried piece is stunned for the next turn; stacked bugs and pieces holding the hive together cannot be carried.

Honeycourt is a static adaptation of BugTile Rip-off by lazar-milin. Full Hive-inspired engine and table rules retained; the server transport is replaced by local browser state. Generated insect portraits are the playable pieces. No online play, accounts or backend. GPL-3.0 · Complete source and modifications · Font attribution. Tags: github-source, game.

Original game & rules ↗

A little bug chess,one patch of earth,two colonies.