Welcome to Hex Dominion, our newest addition to the Strategy category! Hex Dominion is a turn-based territory control game where you compete against an AI to command the board. It’s easy to pick up, but mastering it takes foresight and cunning.
If you’re struggling to beat the AI on the tougher difficulties, here are three essential strategies to get you started.
1. Secure Your Borders Slowly
A common rookie mistake is to spend all your Action Points (AP) blindly expanding as quickly as possible. While grabbing land is important, a sprawling empire with a strength of 1 everywhere is incredibly fragile. The AI will punch through thin lines and start gobbling up your hard-earned tiles.
Instead, balance expansion with fortification. Try to keep your frontline hexes at a strength of 2 or 3. It’s better to control a smaller, solid block of territory than a winding, fragile snake of tiles.
2. Understand the Attack Math
Combat in Hex Dominion is deterministic—there is no random dice roll when you attack. You simply need a higher strength than the target.
If you attack a tile with strength 2 from a tile with strength 4, you will win, and your attacking tile will be reduced to strength 1, while the captured tile will take remainder of the strength (in this case, 2). Always do the math before committing an attack. Don't waste AP on attacks that leave your newly acquired territory at strength 1 right next to an angry AI hex with strength 3!
3. Play the Resource Game
On higher levels, you'll see golden Resource tiles (⚡) scattered around the grid. Do not ignore these! Every resource tile you control adds +1 to your maximum Action Points per turn.
An early advantage in AP is a massive snowball effect. If you have 4 AP per turn and the AI only has 2, you can expand twice as fast or heavily fortify a chokepoint while still pushing a frontline. Prioritize expanding toward resource tiles early in the game, even if it means moving away from the enemy capital initially.
Ready to Conquer?
Keep these tips in mind, and you'll be conquering the Emperor difficulty in no time. Play Hex Dominion now and test your strategic might!