Huddle Up! is a game for 2 players, ages 7+ The aim of the game is to get the most penguins in your color in a huddle, as pieces of the ice flow, they are standing on break away! Materials Hex Board with 37 spaces 36 pawns or cubes, 18 Black and 18 White, representing the player s penguins Setup Place the board between the players. Next starting at the top row, place a penguin one to a empty space, alternating Black then White while skipping the center space on the board. Definitions Group – Adjacent penguins of either color are considered a group and a single penguin with no adjacencies are also considered a group. Play One Player plays Black the other White. Decide who starts, turns then alternate. On a turn, Move a penguin away from your starting position, 3 spaces in any of the 6 directions, avoid moving over empty spaces or the center space. You must end your move on a space occupied by 1 or 2 penguins. You must move if you can, otherwise, you must pass No more than 3 penguins in a space. If you land on a space occupied by 2 penguins, and one of the 2 penguins is a friendly penguin, your opponent s penguin is bumped off and removed from play. If a group is split into 2 groups that is divided by empty spaces, the smaller group is removed from play. If a group is split into two or three equal size groups, remove the group/groups that do not have the penguin that caused the split to occur. The game ends when both players pass. Scoring Majority controls a space Total the number of penguins controlling a space. 1 - Friendly Penguin on a space = 1 point 2 - Friendly Penguins on a space = 2 points 3 - Friendly Penguins on a space = 3 points Spaces controlled by both players are not scored Objective Player with the most penguins in the largest connected group in his color, wins

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