Gerrymandle is a daily political geography puzzle played on a hexagonal grid. Colored houses represent voters from different parties. Draw connected district boundaries so your assigned party wins more districts than the opposition, while keeping the same number of houses in every district.
A new board appears at local midnight each day, and everyone gets the same board worldwide.
- Read the brief above the board to learn which party you represent and the district requirements, such as "Win the election for red. Draw 5 districts of 3 populated tiles."
- Click adjacent hexes to group them into a district. Empty tiles hold no voters but can bridge gaps between distant houses.
- Watch the VOTERS bar to see the overall party split and the DISTRICTS bar to track which party currently leads in each completed district.
- Redraw as often as needed using the Reset button. Use Hint if you get stuck.
- Press Submit when all houses sit inside valid districts and you believe you have maximized your party's wins. You get one submission per day.
Reading the feedback
The board updates as you draw. The VOTERS bar shows party support across the map. The DISTRICTS bar shows each completed district in the color of its winning party, so adding one house can reveal a district flip. A tied district awards no seat. Before you submit, every house must belong to a district, and all districts must be the same size. Submitting locks your answer and counts any hints you used.
Pack and crack to win more districts
The core strategy is packing and cracking. Pack your opponent's voters into one or two districts they win by huge margins, wasting their surplus. Then crack your own supporters across the remaining districts so you win each by the smallest legal margin. On three-party boards, aim two rivals into the same district to force a tie, which awards the seat to nobody and denies it to both opponents.
Count before you draw. Divide your party's total houses by the district size to find the maximum number of districts you could win. That ceiling tells you whether a perfect gerrymander is even possible.
Modes and practice options
Gerrymandle offers a daily puzzle, a four-level tutorial that takes two to three minutes, an archive of past dailies, a Real maps section showing actual redistricting cases, and a community puzzle library with player-made boards and a custom editor. The daily allows one submission. Tutorial and archive boards let you experiment without stakes.
Why empty tiles matter
Empty hexes carry no voters but let you build longer connected shapes. Every house on the board must sit inside a district before you can submit, so empty land becomes essential when your party's supporters are scattered and you need a bridge to pull them into one legal district.