Apiary | Rahdo's Final Thoughts
Рет қаралды 17,563
9 ай бұрынHelp Rahdo Run: / rahdo ❤️ Code of conduct: conduct.rahdo.com 🙂 And now...
A video outlining gameplay for the board game Apiary.
For more game info, boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/4...
Part I: Gameplay Runthrough
• Rahdo Runs Through►►► ...
Part II: Final Thoughts
• Apiary | Rahdo's Final...
@HexStarDragon 9 ай бұрын
Thank you for taking the time to play Apiary and share your thoughts and experience with the community! Really appreciate it!
@matthewatherton6537 9 ай бұрын
Thank you for your enthusiasm and thoughtful analysis (in this and all your videos). I was already on board for this, but now I am even more excited.
@JJ_TheGreat 9 ай бұрын
8:53 I ❤ it when the game guides your strategy - rather than it leaving it up to me, with so many options - where you have no reason in particular to go for something except that you “feel” like taking X action/path. In fact, Richard, I remember watching a video of yours (I forget which one - there have been so many of them) in which you said that as a video game designer, you preferred when someone gave you constraints to define the scenario/framework for you to work around - as opposed to someone coming to you (with a sandbox) and telling you to do whatever you want. I feel the same way when it comes to gaming strategies. I prefer games which guide me in a particular direction, as opposed to those which are more like a sandbox!
@cherylhoward9177 9 ай бұрын
This looks amazing. I love the theme and the game mechanism. Wil be getting this when it comes to Oz. My late godfather was an apiarist and would have loved this.
@Noobwater 9 ай бұрын
What a very clever and intuitive game. Connie is shaping up to be an incredible designer! Looking forward to her future games~!
@Bogrin 8 ай бұрын
Your excitement has sold me! :)
@phunkysai 9 ай бұрын
Commenting on something you said in the video: Jamie said in one of his weekly chats that when they decided to go scifi with this game that he suggested the designer should read the actual book you mentioned in the video for inspiration! (Children of Time by Adrian Tchaikovsky)
@diegocasanova8735 9 ай бұрын
Such a wonderful book!!! one of my top 10
@Bogrin 8 ай бұрын
I’ve been meaning to pick that book up!
@josephpilkus1127 9 ай бұрын
Great run-thru! This does look fascinating to me and it's not a theme I would necessarily gravitate towards, but it does look beautiful and it appears to possess quite interesting game play. Despite having worked on more than a half-dozen Stonemaier Games over the past decade, this is the first one I've honestly been excited about in several years.
@pawnstorminreno 9 ай бұрын
Viticulture actually has an upgraded worker that can bump! Expansion occupations.
@Wingsplain 9 ай бұрын
I'm looking forward to playing this game.
@SFXDreamer 9 ай бұрын
Thx so much for this video. Your enthusiasm alone would get me to buy this. I'm visiting the SM stand at Essen to check it out hopefully.
@IDM29 4 ай бұрын
Then influencer's Mission accomplished.
@felizitash3661 9 ай бұрын
This one wasn't on my Essen list until just now. And yes, it was because of the strange theme. But you managed to convince me to change my mind. Let's see, if it's as good as it sounds, when I try it out.
@ShineOnYouCD 9 ай бұрын
Woo The embargo finally ended!
@Harlekin14 9 ай бұрын
This game looks so crazy in the best way of it's meaning. Can't wait for the german version in 2024
@TheDrsT 9 ай бұрын
The aging Roman’s game is Preator 👍
@vogelscript 9 ай бұрын
Since it was excluded for the embargo,where did it fit in your top games of September?
@jimphilidor9031 6 ай бұрын
The first time I saw this game, I wanted to play it.
@ledbetter10 9 ай бұрын
Looks awesome and most likely another Stonemaier hit
@user-lb3sp5nx1u 9 ай бұрын
Subscribed to the game.
@ghstrdio 9 ай бұрын
The theme reminds me of Cyberfrog... It's about a frog that battles bees from space.
@kevinmontoya43 6 ай бұрын
Im pretty sure the bees in your landing zone don't get their stength upgrade when recalled
@PauloRenato23 6 ай бұрын
Then you should re-read page 7 of the rules at the top! "When you take a retrieve turn, collect ALL your workers from the board and your landing area. Then, something happens for EACH collected worker depending on its strength (...) (...) Then, increase each worker’s strength by +1 and return it to your active pool" It says "each worker" it doesn't exclude the workers that came from your landing area
@jorgenolsson5967 9 ай бұрын
Hi Rahdo, the rome game you mentioned is Praetor I think.
@rahdo 9 ай бұрын
YES, that's the one!
@danielwattier 9 ай бұрын
Since you couldn't talk about this in your monthly round up, where would Apiary fall in that list retrospectively? I imagine it'll make it into October's round up.
@rahdo 9 ай бұрын
it would probably have taken the #4 spot, with ezra & nehimiah, shipyard 2nd ed and white castle coming it above it.
@2frelledminds 9 ай бұрын
What is the series of books you mentioned about hyper intelligent spiders called?
@2frelledminds 9 ай бұрын
Also, I would have been disappointed if you didn't throw in Beees! In! Spaaace! at some point.
@HexStarDragon 9 ай бұрын
@@2frelledminds The book series is "Children of Time" by Adrian Tchaikovsky. Jamey Stegmaier had read it, and recommended it to the designer, Connie, during development.
@phunkysai 9 ай бұрын
Children of Time by Tchaikovsky
@StoneTempleGlyph 9 ай бұрын
This has got a lot of buzz.
@seasand6705 9 ай бұрын
Yeesh, tough crowd 😉
@shortydancer 9 ай бұрын
Whoa that’s the first time I’ve heard this joke! Can you bee-lieve it?
@JJ_TheGreat 9 ай бұрын
@@shortydancerNow I due!
@atheist_addict 8 ай бұрын
For the win.
@johnwheeler6839 9 ай бұрын
Bees in space is one od the reasons I am not drawn to this game. Also Teotihuacan did not have worker bumping, it really is not even worker placement. It did have the dice leveling up and it did it perfectly.
@rahdo 9 ай бұрын
teotihuacan totally had bumping, it's just that people never do it. and i'd say that a rondel where you pull your pieces off the board from time to time is definitely a take on worker placement :)
@johnwheeler6839 9 ай бұрын
@@rahdo Ok I guess you meant in the praying part of the board and not the main action.
@rahdo 9 ай бұрын
yup :)
@wrestleranger 8 ай бұрын
They upgrade when they recall anyway so there is really no downside to bumping anyone.
@rahdo 8 ай бұрын
the downside is that you're helping your oppoent by giving their workers back to them faster, and allowing them to hold on doing a recall action, which is much less effecient than getting bumped. so if youre bumping your opponent a lot and they're not bumping you, you're at a huge disadvantage
@atheist_addict 8 ай бұрын
Beeeeeeeees iiiiiiiiiiin spaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaace.
@Stormlight8700 9 ай бұрын
A game all about bum-p-lebees; sounds great!
@rahdo 9 ай бұрын
why didn't i think of that!?
@pannastina 9 ай бұрын
Was this a review copy?
@rahdo 9 ай бұрын
yup
@tomlikeabomb6706 9 ай бұрын
Numeric rating?!
@rahdo 9 ай бұрын
thanks for reminding me. done now: 8.51876 (putting it in spot 148 in my overall collection) :)
@victorybhg 9 ай бұрын
teotihuacan has the same mechanisms
@rahdo 9 ай бұрын
yup, not done as well though :)
@Kojimalosophy 9 ай бұрын
the gameplay looks awesome! but boy oh boy! I could not be more turned off by the theme, and I normally don't care much for the theme, I am very flexible on that regard... BUT BEES IN SPACE!? 😖 , that makes no sense :/
@thegamesninja3119 9 ай бұрын
A game about ants? Rahdo be buggin! 🥷 The bees could the develop multiversal travel and develop steam mechs and invade the Scythe universe. I now am buggin'