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Hex

Period

Modern

Category Board, Space, Connection

Description

Hex was invented by Piet Hein in 1942 then described again by John Nash in 1944. It is played on a rhombus tiled by hexagons, most commonly 11x11 in size.

Rules

Players take turns placing a piece of their colour at an empty cell, and win by connecting their board sides with a chain of their pieces.

Wikipedia

Creation date

1942

Ludeme Description

Hex.lud

Concepts

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Identifiers

DLP.Games.55

BGG.4112


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