Havannah

A connection game by Christian Freeling.

Havannah is a two-player connection game played on a hexagonal board. Black moves first.

Rules

Players alternate placing one stone of their color on any empty cell. Stones do not move and are not captured.

After Black’s first move, White may play a swap move and take over Black’s first position.

Winning

A player wins immediately by making any one of these structures with connected stones of their color:

  • Ring: a loop that surrounds at least one cell. The surrounded cell may be empty or occupied.
  • Bridge: a connection between any two corner cells.
  • Fork: a connection between any three sides. Corner cells do not count as sides for fork purposes.

Variants on Little Golem

Little Golem supports board sizes 4 through 10.


Last modified July 8, 2026: document basic game rules (6d4cf57)