Fireball Island: Crouching Tiger, Hidden Bees Review - with Tom Vasel

[@TheBrothersMurph]

Yup you are 100% right. It is the best expansion because it is just so darn fun pouring those bees down Vul-Kar

[@ccggenius]

I'm not doubting how fun the tiger is, but it's been my experience that the little plastic frogs that inspired it tend to wear out pretty quickly. Love to hear an update on it's longevity when(if) it inevitably stops working. I mean, obviously when it DOES happen you can just sub in one of those aforementioned readily available froggies, but more information is always better when it comes to purchasing decisions.

[@igelkott255]

The honey pots are placed on the other side of the island, not near the helicopter pad.

[@babineaun]

Do we know when this expansion will be in stores?

[@RestorationGames]

It will show up in retail in February. Stores who participated in the KS were able to order, but I'm guessing they're mostly sold out. Still, if you have an FLGS, you could give it a try.

[@tbspaceship]

Looks fun, though I am a little annoyed that those are clearly wasps on the cover!

[@RestorationGames]

Indeed! From the rules: Early in the Kickstarter, one of our backers was quick to point out (correctly) that bees are really awesome. Many are essential to agriculture and only sting in self defense. They get a very bad rap and we should be helping their colonies as we need them for things like food. The real jerks are wasps. They are mean and deserve their reputation. It was too late to rename the game but we did draw pictures of yellow jackets instead of bees. Or maybe they’re pictures of wasps. I’m just the writer. Our thinking is that, if you are being chased, you will likely yell out “BEEEEEES!” and not “WAAAAAASPS”. But you were probably being chased by wasps.

[@drfgcfspathis2062]

Restoration Games dam

[@CollectionTHX1138]

@@drfgcfspathis2062 A swarm of Bees sounds more fun and cliched. But yeah that's what I thought. The text RG pasted is form the instruction sheet.

[@guybrushthreepwood9071]

As written on the box: the bees are hidden

[@CollectionTHX1138]

Here's my houesrule for the Tiger until you get used to his Ants in the Pants game mechanism and Bees, Honey Pots and Burn Tokens: I have actually gotten better with him doing it this way. TIGER You get three launches 1st Launch a. Hit = per rulebook take 3 treasures b. Miss = try a 2nd time 2nd Launch a. Hit = take 2 treasures instead of 3 (you could also say you can't steal the Golden Idol which is always the first to lose but that's something you have to try) b. Miss = try a 3rd time 3rd Launch a. Hit = take 1 treasure instead of 2-3 b. Miss = you get nothing and like it! (alternatively you could play hardball and have to give 1 treasure to the Maw 'for your insolence' per the rulebook flicking an Ember marble off the board ) BEES I also pour the bees three pours at a time most often to be more accurate and not have any bounce off the top of V-K and also see where the heck they went lol HONEY POTS I houserule the honey pots placing them in different spots per game. But one per region. You can steal it by passing over a player so you have more than one however you get a bee sting. the bee stings halving movement can be harsh. BURN TOKEN Three of us on BGG use this houserule for the base game If a Fireball or Ember Marble stop and touch you whether you're knocked down or not you receive a burn token (we made custom art or use other tokens) My idea was to not be able to use an action the next turn in keeping with the theme & mechanics of the game Anyone who uses the ideas try and give me credit pls directed to my channel ; ) I have some vintage games.

[@MasterMe1984]

i like the honey pot rules.. they seem to be a lot of points. and you can easily get 2/3 with the spots that rules wants them in.

[@SrTNick1]

this thing is impossible to find in-stock

[@godofzombi]

Que Nicolas Cage "Not the bees!" scene from Wicker man.

[@FrostyCosmic]

I can just imagine Tom going through the entire review multiple times until he hit the honey pot.

[@thedicetower]

But either way, no cuts, and no multiple times. I AM THE TIGER MASTER.