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Beez

Game ID: GID0042349
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Year
2020
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Description

Prepare yourself to take flight as a bee!

In Beez, players compete to optimize their flight plans to secure nectar for their hive. Be careful of the other bees as you will compete with them over a set of public and private scoring goals. The challenge in planning and storing the nectar will make your brain buzz!

—description from the publisher

Description

Prepare yourself to take flight as a bee!

In Beez, players compete to optimize their flight plans to secure nectar for their hive. Be careful of the other bees as you will compete with them over a set of public and private scoring goals. The challenge in planning and storing the nectar will make your brain buzz!

—description from the publisher

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Video PRlq8LBCZvc Board Games UnLocked Top List at 6:49 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Unique worker placement with numbered bees
  • Large number of factions
  • Solid production quality
  • Surprising gameplay mechanics
Cons
  • Weird theme
Thematic elements
  • Bees preparing for winter
Comparison games
  • Wingspan
  • A Feast for Odin
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Tableau Building — Players build out their hive, potentially expanding it like in A Feast for Odin.
  • Variable player powers — Players choose from a large number of factions, each with unique abilities.
  • Worker Placement — Numbered bees are placed on spots, and if occupied, they return to the player board with an increased number, becoming more powerful.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • The setup is always different at the beginning of the game as well.
  • This game is so much fun I I was just I got the feeling that I got when I first played it.
  • The gameplay is still extremely solid uh it's a very very difficult Cooperative game but that's what you want.
  • Every single one you've brought up and this is not like a knock on you just even if I was describing them it's like uh you're Gathering resources and going up on a track they all sound the [ __ ] same but I know when you play them they they all play differently and feel different.
  • This game has the most video game feel versus other board games that try to incorporate that.
  • This is topnotch if you like seven seven wonders duel this is a better version of Seven Wonders duel.
  • Thank you from the bottom of my heart to everyone who has shown concerns about my health after a long diagnostic process I have been diagnosed with ALS and we are still coming to terms with the news.
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Video EdoiEgM-6M8 3 Minute Board Games Top List at 10:54 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
  • Beautiful artwork and presentation
  • Easy to learn and teach
  • Family-friendly
Cons
  • Gameplay is very similar to other existing games
  • May be disliked by those who dislike Splendor or Century
Thematic elements
  • Bees collecting nectar/resources
  • Natural world
Comparison games
  • Splendor
  • Century: Spice Road
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Engine Building — Acquiring cards that provide resources or points.
  • Set Collection — Collecting resources (nectar).
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • the best thing I can say about the game is it's trying to do something different and I love that about it
  • the tricky thing is you can't communicate with your teammate unless you're in the same space as them and that is a really bizarre dynamic to explore it a game
  • while I think the ideas and far away are really cool added something a little different I think it might have been too complex again to try that isolation mechanic out on thirst
  • Flipology is a very clever little game and it works by you dealt out a hand of cards and you arrange them facedown and then you flip one over each turn and then it will have an effect that will take place
  • that simplicity works so well for a friendly lunchtime or family game
  • amazingly they made a damn good game
  • this is better than half the games on the market it's actually pretty good
  • my inspirations were Lords of Waterdeep and viticulture so I took concepts from those games and blended them together
  • it turned out to be one of my favorite games I played last year
  • if you do or if you don't let me know in the comments
  • these videos are only made possible with the support of my patreon
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Video 93hSQ7Royg0 Our Family Plays Games Interview at 31:42 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Randy Flynn's favorite game.
Cons
  • It took a long time to get to market.
  • Had a good core but lacked enough to hold it together initially.
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • That game is funny as heck.
  • You will know who your friends are.
  • Spirit Island is searching for a new publisher.
  • Cascadia is a classic. It's going to be there forever.
  • It's a game of chaos that some people can't stand.
  • PAX Unplugged is easily my favorite.
  • There was a hunger for a certain kind of game that wasn't about, you know, the the trading in the Mediterranean happens to be my...
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Video qGUHPCHE0QI Game Night Picks - Pair Of Dice Paradise Top List at 6:52 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • thematic and approachable with a charming premise
  • engaging combination of scoring goals
Cons
  • thematic may feel thin to non-bee enthusiasts
Thematic elements
  • insect society, foraging, flight planning
  • bee hive ecology and nectar foraging
  • playful, nature-inspired with a light educational lean
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • flight-path optimization — players optimize flight plans to gather nectar for their hive
  • public and private scoring — players score based on shared goals and private targets
  • set collection / resource management — gather nectar and tokens to fulfill scoring criteria
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • these scores are of course completely subjective and quite possibly completely made up
  • this new series is going to list new old and newsworthy games that caught our attention within the last month
  • for one reason or another these are the top ten games that recently stood out from the crowd to us and are now on our radar
  • the kickstarter campaign for the game ended just last week raising over a million dollars in pledges
  • we'll be shipping to backers a year from now because that's how Kickstarter works
  • you'll feel like a queen bee while playing the Isle of Cats
  • not a single butterfly ever makes the round-trip
  • this is a sequel of sorts to the 1981 classic game Return to Dark Tower
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Video VQBA5LlihA0 3 Minute Board Games Discussion at 2:16 sentiment: neutral
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Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
  • Nice card quality
Cons
  • Light game
Thematic elements
none
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
  • the fastest-growing boardgame community in the world
  • I'm a big fan of Kitchen rush
  • why isn't this an everybody toy store this should be sold alongside uno
  • I think one of the best low-complexity games over the plate
  • my favorite board game reviewer is a channel called alas board games
  • so bloody good game
  • wow this is I should have played at ages ago
  • reckoners is really cool game
  • this is a fabulous looking game real-time submarine warfare game
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