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Quarter Finals have begun!
The Round of 16 of the 2026 Hive Online World Championship has ended and the Quarter Finals have begun! Read more...
5 of 8 matches complete in Round of 16
The Hive Online World Championship continues at HiveGame.com! Five matches are complete! Read more...
2026 Hive Online World Championship - One Round of 16 match is complete
Jewdoka moves on the the Quarter-Finals! Read more...
2026 Hive Online World Championship - Early results
Early results from the Single Elimination Knock Out phase of the 2026 Hive Online World Championship Read more...
2026 Hive World Championship - Final Group Results
2026 Hive World Championship - Final Group Results Read more...
Group phase results - 2026 Hive Online World Championship
Group phase results - 2026 Hive Online World Championship Read more...
2026 Hive Online World Championship Partial Results Groups A and B
2026 Hive Online World Championship Partial Results Groups A and B Read more...
2026 Hive Online World Championship - partial results Groups C and D
2026 Hive Online World Championship - partial results Groups C and D Read more...
2026 Hive Online World Championship Results Groups E and F
The 2026 Hive Online World Championship is going on right now at https://HiveGame.com! Thirty-two players qualified for the Group Phase. As of, Saturday 29 August here are results from the two Groups (E and F). (Please note that all comments are mine personally and do not reflect the official Tournament Committee opinion!) Group E has one game left to complete. HappyKiwi leads pandoraul 2.5-0.5. HappyKiwi and  csigeee finished with match scores of 2.5-0.5, so both of them will move on, but the group champion will be determined by tie breaks. With... Read more...
2026 Hive Online World Championship Results Groups G and H
Hive World Championship results in Groups G and H (as of 8/29/26) Read more...
Discount on Hive Pocket
Discount on Hive Pocket
Save $5 on Hive Pocket! Read more...
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...