Apiary Review: Space Bees In Space (But Best Stonemaier Game...EVER?)
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We're talking about the latest game from Stonemaier games today, Apiary. The bee colony creating, worker rotating bump 'em out of the way game that's out now. As a middle weight complexity game, how does it compare to the others from Stonemaier or the other games that it's similar to in mechanism and detail? And does it have enough asymmetry for me?
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Time Stamp:
00:00 - It’s No Snakes on a Plane, but Bees in Space
02:46 - Asymmetric…ish
- Factions
- Boards
04:45 - The 7 Different Actions Spots
- Resource Buffet Not Salad
13:18 - Pros/Cons
- Clever Pull Your Workers In
- Smooth Play
- Best at 3?
- Not As Much Asymmetry As I Wanted
- Variety in Tiles +
- Customize Resource Areas
- Bumping/Take That of Workers
- Research Deck Blahs
- Queen’s Favor +/-
- Late game less optimal?
21:52 - Final Thoughts
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I own this game as well as several other Stonemaier games and have played it multiple times. I really enjoy it and it will stay in my collection but it will not unseat my favorite - - which is still Wingspan!!
Take a shot whenever Chris says "...as a whole..."
When there's a game I'm not sure about, I'm used to you say, "you don't need this one." or saying something in the review that makes me realize there's something in the gameplay I didn't notice but I would hate. You have me more intrigued with this now. But I have 3 kickstarters in shipment right now so Apiary is going to stay on the mind but not be ordered right now. thanks
I think the theme is cool. Not sure why people are hating so much.
I love Scythe and Viticulture is really good. I like Apiary a lot but it certainly doesn't unseat Scythe. It may soon edge ahead of Viticulture though. If Apiary came out with more more hive boards, more factions and more cards then it would certainly beat Viticulture.
My games have to have a theme, and I'm pretty flexible - but it's hard to keep a straight face on bees in space.
@TheOldMan-75
7 ай бұрын
It's like someone had a space game and then they just rolled a 20 sided animal die and landed on bees.
@anthonychilds8193
7 ай бұрын
Dogs in space was already taken.
The theme is a little meh, but gameplay looks good.
Point salad makes way more sense. A buffet would make point scoring seem far more sectional (do this action - get points, go to this section - get points). A salad seems like a mix of different combinations effecting and interacting with each other (do this action - get points BUT that also affects that section or other action). Mixed up... like a salad.
I'll wait until they fix it. I haven't played it, but I know it's broken. Stonemaier rarely releases a game without tweaking it in a later edition or just outright releasing an "essential" edition.
I'd be fine with a bee game but a space bee game is such a weird theme, but not in a fun way.
They lost me at bees in space.
@Judgedredd1973
7 ай бұрын
How about pigs in space??
@Lukavia
7 ай бұрын
The demand for cowbell and swinetrek has always been huge