Apiary in about 3 minutes

Рет қаралды 4,561

Күн бұрын

Пікірлер: 27

@scameron036 Ай бұрын

For the Explore action, you only chose 1 new resource to add to the planet, you don't fill all of them at once. Subsequent stops on that planet will allow additional resources to be added.

@3MBG Ай бұрын

Oh, fascinating. Yep, we for sure played that bit wrong.

@a_chull Ай бұрын

The Winnie-the-Pooh bit at the end caught me off guard. 🤣

@3MBG Ай бұрын

Space Bees, what a theme. I do like the push and boost worker placement system in Apiary, it's quite engaging and makes the traditional "i block this spot" of worker placement into something that's a positive interaction instead. I think over time my feeling that the cards are a little too important might end up not making this game a keeper for me, but ill keep playing it with the card play restrictions to see if that keeps that in check. Having someone dump 16 cards in one turn can get a little bananas.

@wmarclocher Ай бұрын

2:43 Jamie from Stonemaier says it originally started out as just a beehive and instead of hibernating your bees just died. Playtesting though, introduced the space theme to the bees.

@3MBG Ай бұрын

Makes sense.

@johnm86136 Ай бұрын

My wife and I tried this one on a whim at a board game cafe and were absolutely hooked. Something about how all the game elements come together really hit a sweet spot for us, and we ended up buying it right then and there. I think you are spot on about how the game presents you with tons of options and just lets you run with them. It's very freeing, and the worker placement mechanics give you just enough competitive interaction without having to cross over to adversarial play. And we love the theme, too. I remember we were laughing as we read through the rules because it was just such outrageous fun!

@mjaew1 Ай бұрын

Love the Pooh bit

@RossHebden Ай бұрын

Damn. We were locked into the 2 card variant (maybe the expansion means you have to use it?) but it would have been quite fun to go ham in one turn with my fisful instead of planning them out a bit more. Loved the space bee theme, big fan of pirate pooh too!

@3MBG 29 күн бұрын

Yes, the expansion apparently made it part of the game. Seems that a lot of people came to the conclusion that unlimited card play on a turn was not good for the game.

@Bleuchz Ай бұрын

Don't disagree on cards but the expansion helps and those rules can easily be implemented. It's one of my favorite worker placement games, it's nothing super original but everything comes together nicely and I find it exceptionally easy to teach/learn which is a huge pro for me. BTW, the game started out as just bees (it was one Stonemaier's game day games) they added the space as honey buzz released during development. I actually dig the sci-fi slant but it's def a bit pasted on.

@3MBG Ай бұрын

What in the expansion changes things for the cards?

@Bleuchz Ай бұрын

@3MBG it canonizes the varient you mentioned and it removes/replaces some of the components that get you extra cards (the new frames also indirectly help here).

@OverlordZephyros Ай бұрын

Space bees... you got me at space lol

@WhatUpRob Ай бұрын

Best ending yet lol!! 🏴‍☠️🐻🍯🏴‍☠️

@Brynney Ай бұрын

Tried this game a couple of months back, it's nice to know there's a rule to limit the amount of cards played since those are really strong. Bit of imbalance on the upgrade cards but a fun time otherwise.

@3MBG Ай бұрын

The rule was added after the game came out. But to me, it makes the game manageable. Its a bit messy otherwise.

@drago939393 24 күн бұрын

Quite interested in this one! They made the theme work. Any chance of covering Last Light? Looking for a light 4X.

@3MBG 24 күн бұрын

Last light is on the work shelf, but hasn't been played yet.

@rossglenn7600 Ай бұрын

I'm feeling an Anachrony vibe off this... is that just me? Not the time traveling, but the construction of the engine and varying strengths of the workers feels similar. If so, better or worse than Anachrony?

@3MBG Ай бұрын

Anachrony is a top tier game to me, so worse. But its really much more like Euphoria.