MLB Possession
Possession
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How to play
Thirty-one hexes, each one a category. Aim at a hex and name a player who fits it — he claims it and every touching hex he also fits, taking those off the bot even if the bot already held them. The bot answers the same way. No player may be named twice, and when the board is full whoever holds more has the field.
Thirty-one hexes and one opponent. A player claims the hex you aim at and every touching hex he also fits — which is how four of them change hands at once.
Pick a hex to aim at.
A player claims the hex you aim at and every touching hex he also fits — taking those off the bot. No player may be named twice.
How to play MLB Possession
Thirty-one hexes, each carrying a category — a club, an award, a career milestone. Aim at a hex and name a player who satisfies it. He claims that hex AND every hex touching it that he also satisfies, taking those off the bot even if the bot already held them. The bot then answers the same way. No player may be named twice by either side, so your most versatile names are spent the moment you use them. When the last hex is claimed, whoever holds more has the field. There are no outs here: a name that does not work simply does not work, and the board filling up is the only clock.
Strategy & tips
- Play the middle. A central hex touches six others, so the same player takes far more ground there than out on an edge — and edge hexes are much harder for the bot to steal back.
- Journeymen beat legends. A man who turned out for six clubs is a six-hex swing; a one-club great is a single hex however good he was.
- Look at what the bot has just taken, not only at what is empty. Naming somebody who fits its cluster takes those hexes outright, and taking is faster than filling.
- Bank a versatile name for the endgame. Each player can be used once, so the obvious multi-club men vanish early and the board gets tight.
- Aim at the hex you want, not the one you are surest of. You must fit the target, but everything else you collect comes from its neighbours.
About MLB Possession
Possession is the one game here that is a match rather than a puzzle, and it is the same game airball and sacked run for basketball and football. The steal is what makes it work: without it the board is a slower Bingo, and with it the question stops being who fits this category and becomes who fits this neighbourhood. Baseball has no possession, so everything the game says is in baseball's own language instead — you take ground and you hold the field. The board is the same for everybody each day, which is what makes two people's results worth comparing.
Frequently asked questions
Am I playing another person?
No. You play the bot, which answers every move with the best claim it can find from the same pool of players you are drawing on. The board is the same for everybody on a given day, so results are comparable.
How does stealing work?
A player takes the hex you aimed at plus every touching hex he also fits, whoever held them. That is how four hexes change hands in one move, and why a well-travelled player dropped in the middle is worth more than a better one on the edge.
Can I use the same player twice?
No, and neither can the bot. Every name is spent once per match, which is what makes the order you play them in matter as much as which ones you know.
What happens if I name somebody who does not fit?
Nothing at all. There are no outs in this game — the board running out of empty hexes is the only clock, so a wrong name costs you the move and no more.
Statistics come from Major League Baseball and cover every player since 1871, including the Negro Leagues, which MLB recognised as major leagues in 2020.