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Most successful Abstract Strategy Games
Greetings Hive Fans! Dave Dyer, administrator at BoardSpace.net, recently asked AI which games in the past 100 years are the most commercially successful strategy games. Here is Claude’s answer: Most Commercially Successful Abstract Strategy Games The ~10 most commercially successful abstract strategy games invented in the last 100 years, ranked roughly by sales and cultural impact. 1. Connect Four (1974) First sold under the Connect Four trademark by Milton Bradley in 1974, this gravity-powered four-in-a-row game became one of the best-selling games of all time. Its simplicity and elegance made... Read more...
Registration for the Hive World Championship Qualifier
Registration for the Hive World Championship Qualifier
WC Hive Open Qualifier 2026 - registration is now open Read more...
Ideas to balance the game with new players
Greetings, Hive Fans! How do you get your friends and family to play Hive? One problem is that new players lack the experience to play well, and if you continually beat them, they may lose interest and no longer want to play. How do you overcome this? Based on conversations on the Hive Discord channel, it seems that we have some options. First, you can just keep beating them and hope they don't mind losing and keep playing. From my experience, this rarely works. Second, you can play sub-optimal moves... Read more...
2026 Hive Fair Play Cup - results going to the final round
2026 Hive Fair Play Cup - The top two teams, The Anty-Heroes and The Buzz Kills, are paired in the final round! Read more...
2026 Hive Fair Play Cup - after four rounds
Will the Anty-Heroes beat Los Tanax and move forward to the championship? Read more...
2026 Hive Fair Play Cup - report after three rounds
2026 Hive Fair Play Cup - report after three rounds
3rd round update on 2026 Hive Fair Play Cup Read more...
Hive at Con of the North 2026
Hive at Con of the North 2026
Hive was at Con of the North! Comments and tournament results here! Read more...