Hexagon

Games on a hexagonal board: six-way adjacency and the movement geometry common in abstracts.

Games

YINSH
A game of change
Oct 2, 2026 5 min read Hexagon Pattern Building Flipping
YINSH (YINSH) is game number 6 (we won’t dig into the numbering quirks) in the Project GIPF series by the great maestro of abstract board games — Kris Burm. It was released in 2003 and currently holds a solid 4th place in the BGG abstract ranking, making it the most popular game in Project GIPF.
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GIPF
A game of potentials
Aug 21, 2026 4 min read Hexagon Capture Pattern Building
The title game of Project GIPF: building lines, returning your own pieces, and keeping your GIPF pieces alive.
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DVONN
A game of mobility
Jun 2, 2026 4 min read Stack Hexagon Dynamic board
Imagine a battlefield that literally falls away underfoot. In DVONN — Fire in the legendary Project GIPF — you can lose a whole army to one opponent move. You need not grind the enemy down piece by piece: cut them off from the red heat sources with a precise positional strike, and huge stacks die instantly and leave the board forever.
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TZAAR
A game of balance
May 25, 2026 6 min read Stack Hexagon Capture Dynamic board
Strengthen yourself or weaken your opponent? That choice comes up every turn — and decides the game.
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Cat-a-comb
Speed tactics in a tin can
May 18, 2026 4 min read Hexagon Stack Area control Modular board Mancala
Cat-a-Comb proves even a pocket abstract can run deep: area control, opening tempo, fights over three-high towers, and sharp tactical traps.
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