New · the six-sided board
Star Battle, on a hex board.
The same game you know, with one twist that changes everything: a hexagon has six neighbours and three line directions. Rows, ↘ diagonals and ↙ diagonals all take stars, so every count you are used to now runs three ways. Twenty boards are free.
The rules, in one minute
A hex board is split into regions, just like the square game. Place stars so that every unit holds exactly the number the board asks for, and no two stars touch.
- ═Every row holds the stars. Rows run left to right, as always.
- ↘Every ↘ diagonal holds the stars. On a hex board this is a line, not a corner-to-corner guess.
- ↙Every ↙ diagonal holds the stars. The third direction, and the one that trips new players.
- ⬢Every region holds the stars. Regions are the tinted shapes.
- ✕No two stars touch. A hex cell has six neighbours, not eight, so a star blocks a little less than it does on a square board.
One star or two. Most hex boards ask for one star per unit. The two-star packs ask for two, and the counting gets a lot richer.
Three sizes, seven packs
Boards come in three sizes: a side of four (37 cells), five (61 cells) or six (91 cells). Every board is generated with a unique solution and solved by the engine before it is served, so nothing needs a guess.
A Taste of Hex
Every size, one and two stars, gentle up to a real bite. Start here.
First Light
One hundred gentle hex boards. Rows, both diagonals, one star each.
Second Star
Two stars a line, the gentle way in. Easy and medium.
Open Water
Twenty medium one-star boards. Real counting, no walls. The stretch before Deep Water.
Two Rivers
Twenty medium two-star boards. The counts run three ways, and so do you.
Deep Water
The hardest one-star hex boards we serve. Dense counting, relays kept to two a board, one Relay+ to finish. No guessing.
Twin Peaks
The toughest two-star hex boards. The deepest logic on the six-sided board, no guessing.
The six paid packs are part of Zavija's one-time unlock, the same purchase that opens the square library. No subscription, and no ads on either tier.
The same engine, the same review
Hex is not a side mode. It runs on the same machinery as the square game, ported rung by rung.
Questions
Is it harder than the square game?
Where are the columns?
Do I need an account?
Is there a tutorial?
Six sides. Three directions. Twenty free boards.
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