gotta bounce

Republic. I like the sound of the word. It means people can live free, talk free, go or come, buy or sell, be drunk or sober, however they choose…

[Now I may sound like a Bible beater yellin’ up a revival at a river crossing camp meeting, but that don’t change] the truth none. There’s right and there’s wrong. You got to do one or the other. You do the one and you’re livin’. You do the other and you may be walkin’ around, but you’re dead as a beaver hat.

Well its such a pleasure to meet ya,
you're shaped like my favourite letter, you know
she got the flames in the palm of her hand,
we're meant to be together like the sea
and the sand, well isnt life just peachy?
its amazing what a crisis can teach ya
i lie awake at night thinkin about what you've done,
how could my pretty baby break my
heart just for fun.

We are the ones that will start the Revival!
we are the ones that will start the Revival!
We are the ones that will start the Revival!

Join as one, yea, singin Na na na na na na
na na na na na na, yea, its just the way of the world.
now i see just how you're thinkin,
you're progressively under-acheiving, you know you work
your whole life just to sit in a square,
they're breathing down your neck, aint get a equal
share, you know you woke up in the morning with a gun in your hand,
keep rushing through
your life an then its over in a bang! you're bringin me down,
stop filling my doubt, quit
bringin’ it out, yea!

We are the ones that will start the Revival!
we are the ones that will start the Revival!
We are the ones that will start the Revival!

Join as one, yea, singin Na na na na na na
na na na na na na, yea,
its just the way of the world.
i think you're bouncin in the deep end,
keep it bouncin out of town, yea
goin bouncin in the deep end,ah,
Keep it bouncin out of town
i think you're bouncin in the deep end,
keep it bouncin out of town, yea
goin bouncin in the deep end,ah,
Keep it bouncin out of town

Hive

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Hive

In Hive, each player controls a set of 11 hexagonal insect playing tokens. The aim of the game is to surround the other player’s queen bee before yours is surrounded. Queens can be surrounded by tokens of either color, so you must watch out that you are not inadvertently trapping your own queen while trying to surround that of your opponent.

Your insect team is made up of:

  • One Queen Bee

  • Two Beetles

  • Two Spiders

  • Three Grasshoppers

  • Three Soldier Ants

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A completed game of Hive where Team White is the winner, Image: Sophie Brown

Each of the different insects can move in a different way, similarly to the pieces in chess, and there is a similar type of strategy involved.

  • The queen bee can move one space per turn in any direction.

  • The beetle can move one space per turn but is the only token able to move on top of another.

  • The grasshopper can move in a straight line to the next unoccupied space along that line.

  • The spider moves exactly three spaces but must remain in direct contact with another piece at all times and cannot backtrack.

  • The soldier ant can move to any other position around the hive, provided the other basic restrictions of movement are adhered to.

A number of expansions are available that add in new bugs to the game, including ladybugs, mosquitoes, and pillbugs. 

Hive Pocket is a two player game that can be played just about anywhere. The object of the game is to totally surround your opponent's Queen Bee. For more re...