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Hexxagon

A two-player board game played on a hexagonal grid. Each player starts with three pawns. Players take turns moving pawns either by cloning them to an adjacent hex or jumping them to a space two hexes away…

31 December 1993

Hexxagon is a puzzle developed by Argo Games, released 31 December 1993 on DOS.

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What Hexxagon is

Hexxagon is a puzzle game developed by Argo Games and released in 1993. It was published by Software Creations. It is available on DOS only.

The premise, in the publisher's words

A two-player board game played on a hexagonal grid. Each player starts with three pawns. Players take turns moving pawns either by cloning them to an adjacent hex or jumping them to a space two hexes away. Whenever a pawn is moved, it changes all adjacent opposing pawns to its own color. The goal to either eliminate all of the opponent's pawns or to have more pawns when the board is filled.
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How it plays

It is played from a bird view / isometric perspective.

What it launched against

Hexxagon launched on 31 December 1993, within three weeks of Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park and Windjammers.

Released around the same time: Doom, Mega Man X, Theme Park, Windjammers.

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When did Hexxagon come out?
Hexxagon was released on 31 December 1993 for DOS.

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