Hive 55
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A very surprising win for me playing as black.
I've played this opponent before, and almost squeaked out a win in that first game. Opponent has played white both times (iirc), and quite aggressively.
Now an aggressive white can often win early. However, if white doesn't get the win, the risk is having too many pieces on the table, and more importantly, having too many ants either tied up around the queen, or just pinned.
In this game, opponent kept most of his ants around the queen most of the game. I had my ants pinning his beetles and whatnot.
I finished the game with a spider and hopper in reserve.
Here's the game on BGA.