Board


STAR HEX is a game of 
skill and strategy 
for 3 players
or TEAMS 
and is played on a 
multicolored HEX board 
with multisided dice for pieces

the GOLD HEX in the center is a SUN, or STAR HEX 
surrounded by WORLD HEX of LAND, SEA and AIR
together, these 7 HEX make a SYSTEM

the SUN is the STAR of the SYSTEM
and considered FIRE ELEMENT, thus
all four ELEMENTS are represented
...LAND, SEA, AIR and STAR HEX are...
EARTH, WATER, WIND and FIRE ELEMENTS

WORLD HEX are numbered 1 thru 6 
and all SUNS have a value of 7
thus, each ELEMENT
is balanced 
within a SYSTEM
with a total value of 7 each

7 SYSTEMS make 
a CONSTELLATION
7 STARS, 42 WORLDS 
49 HEX in all, not including SPACE
7 CONSTELLATIONS in the entire board

STARS within a CONSTELLATION are designated
ALPHA, BETA, GAMMA, DELTA, EPSILON and ZETA
upper case for the CENTER CONSTELLATION
lower case for outer CONSTELLATIONS
throughout the board
capitals have dominace 
over lower case

the SPACE between systems is designated
ETA, THETA, IOTA, KAPPA, LAMBDA and MU
upper case for INNER SPACE 
lower case for OUTER SPACE

the CENTER SYSTEM WORLDS 
are designated with lower case 
NU, XI, OMICRON, PI, RHO and SIGMA
corresponding to the CENTER STARS 
of the outer CONSTELLATIONS, in capitals
for which those CONSTELLATIONS are named

for the rest of the Greek Alphabet,
TAU, UPSILON, PHI, CHI, PSI and OMEGA
the magenta HEX are NEBULAE, and upper case
the purple HEX are BLACK HOLES, and lower case



BLACK HOLES and NEBULAE
occupy the center of empty SPACE
inbetween the 7 CONSTELLATIONS

BLACK HOLES attract from
and NEBULAE repel into
SPACE HEX surrounding

SPACE surrounding a NEBULA 
is known collectively as OPEN SPACE
the entire area acting as a single HEX
which up to 6 pieces may occupy

SPACE surrounding BLACK HOLES 
is known as DEEP SPACE
and the same rule applies

together, these 2 regions comprise a SECTOR
and there are 6 SECTORS on the whole board



pairs are 2 adjacent hex of like element
after landing on one, a native element piece 
may leave from the other on a future turn.

each CONSTELLATION
has 12 internal PAIRS 
4 for each ELEMENT

there are also border PAIRS 
connecting CONSTELLATIONS 

there are 12 border PAIRS on the board
6 inner, connecting to the center CONSTELLATION
and 6 outer, connecting outer CONSTELLATIONS 

BORDER SPACE
is unmarked space hex
adjacent to a border pair

EDGE SPACE
is on the edge of the board
any piece remaining there
for longer than one turn
is automatically eliminated