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Bug Hive, a Chessboard Made of Insects

bughivegame.com ↗ · Commerce Shelf · score 84.0
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Bug Hive is an independent strategy game built around surrounding a Queen with eight kinds of crawling, climbing, jumping, and stack-moving insects.

Why it surfaced

The site explains a genuinely specific game system: a board with no fixed spaces, a hive that must remain connected, and creatures with sharply different movement rules. It is also unusually well prepared for a coming-soon release, with offline computer play, local pass-and-play, animated pieces, and a substantial field guide for learning the game.

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