# Learn hexodic by playing it. Right here.

> A two-minute tutorial — place, shape, capture — then free play. Same rules as the real game, verbatim.

Play hexodic right now, in the browser: a two-minute interactive tutorial teaching Project, Shape, and Echo, then free play against a practice opponent. The real rules engine, the real board.

Canonical HTML: https://hexodic.com/demo
Site index for agents: https://hexodic.com/llms.txt

## What this demo is

This is the real game, playable in your browser: the board logic is the game's
**canonical rules engine, verbatim** — every legal move, capture, and win
condition here is exactly what the iOS app enforces. The guided tutorial
teaches the whole turn — **Project** (place or move a stone), **Shape** (raise
or lower the ground), and the optional **Echo** — plus captures and the three
ways to win, in about two minutes. After that, it's a free board.

## What this demo is not

Your opponent here is a **simple practice opponent built into the page** — a
sparring partner for learning the moves. It is *not* the app's six-tier bot
ladder, and not the evolving bots that get stronger from real human play. When
the practice opponent stops being interesting, that's the sign you're ready
for the real ones.

## Prefer reading first?

The full ruleset in plain language is on [how it works](/how-it-works) — most
people are dangerous in about a minute. The demo and the rules page teach the
same game: a 37-cell hex board, one kind of stone, tiers that make height into
strength, and three simultaneous win conditions — [Network, Takeover, and
Strangle](/how-it-works). For where hexodic sits among games you already know,
see [games like hexodic](/games-like-hexodic).

Nothing here needs an account, collects nothing, and stores nothing — it's a
static page. When you're ready for the six-tier ladder and pass-and-play,
[get hexodic](/#get-hexodic).

## Questions this page answers

- Can I try hexodic in my browser?
- How do I learn to play hexodic?