Magic Kingdom: Hex Match

Prospectus

You are the 3rd son of the great king of a magical land. Your parents send you to a faraway land to establish a new kingdom and prove that you are the most capable of their children! In the game you collect resource hexes. There are 6 resources in total: food, water, stone, wood, diamonds and metal. When you collect enough resources, you can build a new building. Unlock all the buildings, create a beautiful magical kingdom!

How it plays

Kingdom building screen. - Click on the scaffolding to see how many more resources you need to collect to build a new building; - when there are enough resources, a hammer icon will appear above the building. Click on it to build a new building and move on to building the next building. Resource Gathering Screen. - 3 stacks of hexes appear at the bottom, which you can pick up and place on the field; - take a stack and place it on the field so that the top tiles overlap. The tiles will then flow over each other; - when you collect a stack of 10 or more hexes of the same type, the stack disappears and you collect that resource; - at the top of the game screen you can see the counter of hexes that you need to collect to finish the level.

Opening an account with this game takes one press: Open the holding, above, and it loads on this page itself — nothing downloads and no form stands between you and the first decision. It is drawn for a flexible screen and takes its instructions from mouse, keyboard or touch, as the game prefers. It adjusts itself to upright and wide screens alike, so phone, tablet and desktop all present it properly. If a fullscreen control is offered, take it — a growing enterprise deserves the whole desk.

Analyst's notes for management holdings

• Fix the queue before the product. In management games the line out the door is rarely a quality problem; it is a staffing and layout problem wearing a quality costume.
• Hire for the hour you cannot cover. Your own attention is the scarcest employee in any management sim — spend money wherever it buys your attention back.
• Read the complaint, not the rating. Averages hide the one broken station that is quietly taxing every customer; the written grumble names it for free.

Magic Kingdom: Hex Match — questions from the readership

What does it cost to open Magic Kingdom: Hex Match?

Nothing, at any point. The holding is free from the first click to the last upgrade — no account to open, no download to wait for, no paywall filed anywhere in its pages. The advertising around this page is what pays the bookkeeping.

What kind of game is Magic Kingdom: Hex Match, exactly?

We file it on the Management shelf of the ledger. It is a browser game through and through — the prospectus above is the publisher's own summary of what the game asks of you and what it gives back.

Can I play Magic Kingdom: Hex Match on a phone or tablet?

Yes — it runs in the browser on phones and tablets just as it does on a computer. It adjusts itself to upright and wide screens alike, so phone, tablet and desktop all present it properly.

Is there anything to download or install first?

Nothing at all. Magic Kingdom: Hex Match is an HTML5 game: press the open button and it loads on this very page, and closing the tab leaves nothing behind on your device.

Closing entry

Finished the audit, or still mid-season? The full Management shelf is one click away — One hundred and eighty-one exercises in being in charge: rotas, stock, queues, budgets and the eternal discovery that the bottleneck was you. Management games for people who enjoy a tidy operation.