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Hexhold

Contain the outbreak. Hold the island.

Beta Containment strategy
Now playing — Hexhold

01 About

A turn-based fight for a hex island in the middle of an outbreak, after Sean O’Connor’s 1995 classic Slay. The land starts dealt out between you and up to four rival factions; every clean hex pays, every unit costs, and the goo keeps spreading.

02 How to play

Tap a territory — an orange tag means its HQ can spend — recruit a civilian, and move it into a neighbouring hex guarded by something weaker. Merge units up through soldier, tank and fighter jet. Wages come out every turn: if a territory can’t pay, its whole force is lost to the goo.

03 Development status

Beta. The rivals are greedy but not daft — tell me if you find a way to farm them.