Hive Colony (fan expansion for Hive)

What is Hive Colony (fan expansion for Hive)

Posted with permission of John Yianni, designer of Hive.

Hive Colony is a collection of unofficial expansions for Hive designed by Stephen Taylor. It includes Hive: Original, Venom, Swarm, Predators, Guardians and Honeycombo.

Hive: Venom – Includes all the original pieces in addition to some new creatures on the reverse sides. You must decide which face up to place the pieces depending on the current state of the board and your future plans. You can flip the pieces but this will cost you a tempo. The new pieces are designed not to over power the Originals be rather to compliment them and present the player with more strategic choices.

Hive: Swarm – A mode of play which adds in a little bit of randomness to Hive and challenges the player to make the best use of the hand they are dealt. It can be played with Hive Original or any of the expansions and even allows you to place your opponent's pieces!

Game details

Players

2

Age

+9

Duration

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Difficulty

Heavy

Type

Expansion

Year

2015

Mechanics

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Categories

Abstract Strategy · Animals · Expansion for Base-game

Designer

Stephen Taylor

Publisher

(Web published)