Connect the top and bottom edges with teal stones while the coral AI connects left and right; every hex has six neighbors and draws cannot occur.
Hex Board gives each side a different geometric objective on the same seven-by-seven field. Teal tries to connect the top edge to the bottom edge, while coral tries to connect left to right. Stones never move or disappear. Every hex touches six neighbors, and the topology guarantees that a filled board cannot be a draw. The challenge is judging whether separated stones still form a defensible virtual bridge.
Click or tap any empty hex to place teal. Keyboard and mobile controls cycle through all empty cells and confirm with Space, Enter, or OK. The AI answers with coral after a short pause. Slanted rows are offset visually, but the text state uses regular x and y coordinates with top-left origin, making paths and automated checks easy to follow despite the hexagonal drawing.
Each placement scores for survival and for advancing farther down the board. Completing a top-to-bottom teal path awards the decisive bonus and final rating. Best is saved locally. Raw distance is not the only source of value: two separated stones in a classic bridge formation may be strategically connected because the opponent cannot cut both linking cells in one move.
Build across the board, not straight down one narrow column. A direct chain is easy to block at a single frontier, while diagonal bridge pairs create two possible connections. Watch the AI's left-to-right band and block cells that both extend coral and cut teal. Near an edge, anchor at more than one point so a single defensive move cannot detach your entire interior path.
On phones, the offset rows can make diagonal neighbors look farther apart than they are. Trace paths by six-neighbor steps rather than by screen distance. Use the legal-cell cycle when selecting a tight bridge gap near the edge. Portrait emphasizes your top-to-bottom objective; after every coral move, scan horizontally as well, because a quiet side connection can become an AI win faster than a visible central cluster.
Build across the board, not straight down one narrow column.
On phones, the offset rows can make diagonal neighbors look farther apart than they are.
Hex Board: Each placement scores for survival and for advancing farther down the board
Connect the top and bottom edges with teal stones while the coral AI connects left and right; every hex has six neighbors and draws cannot occur.