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In a far-distant future, humans no longer inhabit Earth. The cause of their disappearance (or perhaps their demise) is unknown, but their absence left a void ready to be filled by another sentient species.
Over the span of untold generations, one species of the humble honeybee evolved to fill that void. They grew in size and intelligence to become a highly advanced society. They call themselves Mellifera, and they have made substantial technological advances in addition to the technology they adapted from human ruins, up to and including space travel.
In Apiary, each player controls 1 of 20 unique factions. Your faction starts the game with a hive, a few resources, and worker bees. A worker-placement, hivebuilding challenge awaits you: explore planets, gather resources, develop technologies, and create carvings to demonstrate your faction's strengths (measured in victory points) over one year's Flow. However, the Dearth quickly approaches, and your workers can only take a few actions - with benefits increasing relative to worker strength, culminating in powerful strength-4 bonuses - before they must hibernate!
If you enjoy Teotihuacan, Honey Buzz, Tzolk'in, and/or Euphoria, we're excited for you to play Apiary!
Ages: 14+
Players: 1-5
Game Length: 60-90 minutes
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8 reviews
Another winner
Stonemaier games have great quality games, components are top notch and visuals are nicely made. Highly recommended by reviewers.
February 2, 2024 1:52 AM
Great thematic board game with lots of diversity
This game is extremely thematic. Everything ties back to bees and basic bee behaviors, but makes it new and unique. The game feels like it ends a little early, but that leaves you wanting to push harder for the things you didn't manage to unlock last time. Overall, a great game with lots of replayability.
January 25, 2024 1:38 AM
Cool game with an interesting theme
This game is a medium weight euro and I love it. We got this and immediately played it. We felt like the mechanics went well and that the components of the game are very nice.
January 18, 2024 10:36 PM
great game
awesome worker placement game with beez in space
January 18, 2024 6:10 PM
Outstanding game
Great game! The bumping mechanism adds a whole new approach to worker placement and makes the game fun and unique. It's become one of our favorites to bring to the table. Setup and tear down is fast and game doesn't take too long to play so that's an added bonus.
January 16, 2024 6:09 PM
Very nice components! Well produced! Fun!
Awesome game with great components. Fun mechanics, easy to learn.
December 1, 2023 9:17 PM
Great game about Space Bees
Fun, middle weight game that takes some great game mechanics for a very playable game experience.
November 29, 2023 4:50 PM
Apiary: Pretty easy to learn and play.
This game includes a teaching guide. After reading the rules, using this to teach other players will expose any rules you may have missed. The included appendix covers all information on factions, cards, and tiles. Very useful. Many of the actions in the game are theme related: hibernation (bees do this), promotion (bees are promoted to different jobs as they age) and so on. A worthy buy.
November 28, 2023 1:34 AM
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