How to Play Hive Openings - Basic Concepts
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- Опубликовано: 10 июл 2024
- Suitable for beginners: I covered what I think are all the basics to properly play the opening in Hive, enjoy!
00:00 Intro
00:30 The First Bug
02:30 Flexibility
05:18 Queen Safety
07:10 Mobility/Shape
10:08 Tempo
11:40 Outro
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Great basics. Can't wait for the next in the series!
Cheers! Working on it :)
Looking forward for the next one!
Thanks! Hopefully soon :)
Great efficient video thanks
great video~!
Thank you!
Great vid, any idea when jewdoka's book on openings is available ?
Hopefully by the end of the year but we don't know a sure release date yet!
Hi, I am from Play Hive like a champion and after watching this video I've decided to subscribe. Thanks for the video
My game, MOSAIC is similar to Hive in that its an abstract strategy game with hex tiles only but no board but hive has 2 flaws:
1. DRAWS ARE WAY TOO COMMON (similar problem to chess)
2. The game can fail to WHITTLE down (last indefinitely)
Mosaic has draws SOMETIMES but not as often as hive by far, and due to every single move reducing by one the number of tiles remaining to be played the game (unlike hive) has to whittle down to a conclusion.
Also, Mosaic (manufactured by Continuum Games and sold on Amazon and Barnes and Noble) can be played with 3 or 4 players but is still a great 2 player abstract.
I still need to look into the rules of Mosaic (do you have link by any chance?), but I have to correct what you said about Hive:
1. Draw are actually less likely than in chess and so far in tournaments no one has really complained about this.
2. There are some endgames where both players can go for long time making little progress but either these little steps are necessary to conclude the game, or players are sensible enough to recognize when such situations arises, and anyways it's not so common!
Thanks for your comments :)
Hi Frasco.
I am from Play Hive Like a Champion and I have subscribed.
I also love abstract strategy games. :)
Thank you and welcome!! :)
Ended up using my queen to repeatedly pin my opponent's pieces. Soon I got half their pieces pinned by a single queen & ran them out've turns.
Quite rare but fun game for sure 😁
What website is this please?
Boardspace.net! You need to download a java app (there is also an app for smartphone). The best place where to play Hive competitively and review/study old games, most of the main official tournaments run there!
I am.from Play Hive like a Champion and I subscribed. I am interested in playing a better game of Hive. I like your explanation of the reasons to play certain openings.
Thank you! I like discussing openings so you'll likely see more videos about it!
Hive made 3 EXPANSIONS (pill bug, mosquito, lady bug) but then stopped. Its been over a decade since the final of the 3 expansions were put on the market and there still is not a 4th expansion officially even though many people have proposed many ideas? Why is that?
A further expansion would risk to undermine the balance of the game, and would need to be carefully tested beforehand. Although it's not completely to rule out, for the time being Gen42 would like to keep the game as it is, to become a sort of classic like Chess, without adding more rules and mechanics every now and then (that will make it a different kind of game)
No first piece advice for a game without expansions? How could you miss that?
Cause you should never play without expansions! ;) But if you really want to, grasshopper or beetle is the way :)