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Standard Notation

We use a standard notation to record moves. Each move consists of the piece being played and, optionally, a reference piece indicating where it is placed or moved to.

Piece Names

A piece is identified by its color and type. The color is a lowercase letter (w for white, b for black), followed by an uppercase letter for the piece type. Pieces that exist in multiple copies also have a number suffix.

Notation	Piece	Copies per color
`wQ`, `bQ`	Queen Bee	1
`wA1`...`wA3`	Ant	3
`wB1`, `wB2`	Beetle	2
`wG1`...`wG3`	Grasshopper	3
`wS1`, `wS2`	Spider	2
`wL`, `bL`	Ladybug	1
`wM`, `bM`	Mosquito	1
`wP`, `bP`	Pillbug	1

Move Format

A move is written as: piece reference, where the reference indicates the target position relative to an adjacent piece on the board.

Direction Indicators

The hex grid has six directions. A direction symbol is placed before or after the reference piece name to indicate which side the piece is placed on:

Notation	Position
`piece/`	Upper right of the reference piece
`piece-`	Right of the reference piece
`piece\`	Lower right of the reference piece
`/piece`	Lower left of the reference piece
`-piece`	Left of the reference piece
`\piece`	Upper left of the reference piece

Special Cases

The very first move of the game has no reference piece (e.g. just wL).
When a Beetle climbs on top of another piece, the reference is the piece underneath with no direction symbol (e.g. wB1 wQ).
A player who cannot move plays pass.

Moves are separated by semicolons

A full game history is written as a sequence of moves separated by ;.

Example

wL; bL wL-; wM -wL; bQ bL\; wQ \wL; bA1 bQ-

This reads: white places a Ladybug; black places a Ladybug to the right of white's Ladybug; white places a Mosquito to the left of white's Ladybug; black places a Queen to the lower right of black's Ladybug; white places a Queen to the upper left of white's Ladybug; black places Ant 1 to the right of black's Queen.