Hive Pocket

Hive is a highly addictive strategic game for two players that is not
restricted by a board and can be played anywhere on any flat surface. The base
game of Hive is made up of twenty two pieces, eleven black and eleven white,
resembling a variety of creatures each with a unique way of moving. Hive Carbon
and Hive Pocket include the Mosquito and Ladybug expansions, for a total of
26 pieces.

With no setting up to do, the game begins when the first piece is placed
down. As the subsequent pieces are placed this forms a pattern that becomes the
playing surface (the pieces themselves become the board). Unlike other such
games, the pieces are never eliminated and not all have to be played. The object
of the game is to totally surround your opponent’s queen, while at the same
time trying to block your opponent from doing likewise to your queen. The first
player to totally surround his opponent’s queen wins the game.