Hive
What does Freedom to Move mean, and can a piece move into or out of a space surrounded on several sides?
The designer clarified the rule's wording in 2015, and it matches the rulebook's Freedom to Move section.
- Gen Four Two · Designer · 2015-07-13
- Hive rulebook · Rulebook · Freedom to Move
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- Yeoster · Community · 2015-08-26
- LunaWolvesMan · Community · 2017-08-22
- russ · Community · 2024-10-31
Pieces other than the Grasshopper (which jumps) and the Beetle (which can climb) must physically slide. A piece that cannot slip out of its spot cannot move, and no piece may slide into a space it could not slip into. What matters is whether the gap is wide enough to slide through, not how many neighbours there are: a piece can be blocked by as few as three neighbours, and a five-neighbour space is not automatically closed. Newly placed pieces are exempt.