Feature
●UNIQUE FACTIONS: Apiary features 20 distinct factions, each with its own set of abilities, resources, and characteristics.
●HIVE BUILDING: Apiary involves hive-building challenges where players develop and expand their hives over the course of the game. Hive construction is essential for accumulating victory points and achieving success.
●COMPONENTS: Includes a double sided board, multiple game instructions and player aids, 20 workers, 5 hive mats, 131 tokens, and more!
●BASE GAME: Apiary offers a comprehensive and engaging base game experience that serves as a strong foundation for fun gameplay with friends.
●OVERVIEW: 60-90 minute playing time with only a 6 minute setup time. 1-5 players. Fun for ages 14+!
Description
Designed by Connie Vogelmann | Illustrated by Kwanchai Moriya
Featured Components
- 1 board, 5 hive mats, 5 docking mats, 15 frames
- 1 QueenShip miniature, 20 explore tokens
- 20 workers, 20 faction tiles, 15 planet tiles
- 5 dance tiles, 15 player tokens, 35 hibernation tokens
- 40 farm tiles, 30 carving tiles, 30 recruit tiles, 29 development tiles, 45 seed cards
- 75 basic tokens (pollen, fiber, and water)
- 15 wax tokens, 12 honey tokens, 9 dance tokens
- 1 teaching guide, 1 appendix, 5 player aids, 14 Automa (solo play), 1 Automa docking mat, 1 Automa Gained Worker Strength token
Apiary
Hyper-intelligent bees take to outer space to build, explore, and grow.
In Apiary, a worker-placement, hive-building challenge awaits you: explore planets, gather resources, develop technologies, and create carvings to demonstrate your factions strengths (measured in victory points) over one years Flow.
However, the Dearth quickly approaches, and your workers can take only a few actions before they must hibernate! Can you thrive or merely survive?
If you enjoy Teotihuacan, Honey Buzz, Tzolk’in, and/or Euphoria, we’re excited for you to play Apiary!
- 1-5 players
- 60-90 min playing time
- Ages 14+
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ApiaryIn Apiary, you control a faction of bees, and you can direct these bees to work in various manners, all of which will provide the hive with benefits. |
ExploreExplore new planets to receive resources, and if youre the first to explore a new planet, you get an additional benefit. |
AdvancePurchase tiles which help you throughout the game and score you points at the end of the game. |
GrowWhen your workers hit their most powerful, they go into hibernation, and you must grow your hive to get more workers. |
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ResearchGain seed cards when you research which can be used in 3 ways - as a wild basic resource, use the ability at the top of the card, or plant the card underneath your player mat for end game victory points. |
ConvertHere you may replace a seed card, swap basic resources, or pay to gain wax and honey. There are also dances that can be taught which can be used throughout the game as well. |
CarveYou can only access this area with a strength 4 worker, but the end game benefits are usually very strong. These tiles are not replaced when purchased, so they are a limited commodity. |
VictoryPoints are tallied at the end of the game from the tiles on your player board, planted seed cards, your position on the Queens Favor track, and some faction tiles provide end game scoring. |
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| Price | $81.10 | $19.99 | $75.00 | $64.99 | $71.99 | $36.97 |
| Number of Players | 1-5 | 1-6 | 2-6 | 1-5 | 1-5 | 1 - 5 |
| Average Playtime | 60-90 mins | 45-60 mins | 60 mins | 90 mins | 60-90 mins | 60-90 mins |
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| Game Mechanisms | Worker Placement | Hand Management | Worker Placement | Hand Management | Engine Building | Worker Placement |
| Difficulty Level/Weight | Heavy | Medium | Heavy | Medium | Medium | Heavy |