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About Hex
Hex is a pure connection strategy board game. There are no captures and no draws: one player will always connect their sides first.
Because every stone can influence multiple paths, Hex rewards long-term planning, pattern recognition, and calm defense under pressure.
Play Hex vs AI
Play Hex online against the computer to practice connection planning and defense. Try different openings and learn how to respond when your opponent threatens to cut your path.
As you improve, focus on building connected shapes and using bridge patterns that are hard to block.
How to play Hex
Hex rules are simple: players alternate placing stones on empty hexes. Stones never move and are never captured.
To win, connect your two opposite sides with an unbroken chain of your stones. Since the board has no draws, every game ends with a winner.
Improve by learning strategy
Good Hex strategy is about connecting while preventing connections. Build multiple routes and make it difficult for your opponent to cut all of them.
Learn common bridge shapes and templates so you can see connections that are guaranteed even if your opponent tries to block them.
Frequently Asked Questions
Hex was invented independently by two mathematicians: Piet Hein in Denmark (1942) and John Nash at Princeton (1948). Nash, who later won the Nobel Prize in Economics, proved that the first player has a winning strategy, though the strategy itself remains unknown.
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