Video Introductions: The 4 Queen Types
This video introduces you to the 4 queen types of Bee Lives: We Will Only Know Summer. There is only 1 queen type in the basic version of the game but you have access to all 4 queens in the Read More …
Year: 2017
Video Introductions: Swarming
This week’s video in our series introducing Bee Lives: We Will Only Know Summer covers the swarming mechanic. Swarming is one of the best ways to earn victory points in the game and is also how you seed the shared Read More …
Video Introductions: The Shared Map
Today’s video in our series introducing Bee Lives: We Will Only Know Summer shows the shared map. This map is the point where your worker bees interact with the world around them, the other players, and with the AI driven Read More …
Protospiel – Madison, WI 2017
The Wisconsin division of Hit Em With A Shoe made it to our first #Protospiel in Madison, WI. We were looking to get an understanding of how Protospiel works and went as play testers. There were all kinds of different Read More …
Video Introductions: The Hive Board
Today I would like to introduce you to a short video series on Bee Lives: We Will Only Know Summer where I take you through the various different components of the game. For the first video, we will be examining Read More …
Why Make a Bee Themed Game?
Bees and other social insects have always fascinated me. The way they all work together, instinctually, to thrive together is both amazing and inspiring. When I was a child, I was fascinated with ants and would dig holes nearly as Read More …
Trying Out New Pieces for Bee Lives
As playtests continue to work on rules tweak we are also working on graphical improvements for the game. Our graphic designer is currently working on creating some iconography for the game. Iconography is the addition of symbols on game pieces Read More …
Unpub at PAX Unplugged with Bee Lives!
Testing on the game continues and what better place to get more testing in than an Unpub event! If you have never heard of Unpub I definitely recommend you check them out. Unpub is a group that organizes play tests Read More …
Gen Con: The Best 50 Years in Gaming
Last year I was lucky enough to do a project on the history of Gen Con. This is something I had been excited about the possibility of doing for a while, and with the 50th anniversary of Gen Con coming Read More …
What is with the title, We Will Only Know Summer?
Since I began introducing people to Bee Lives: We Will Only Know Summer I get people asking me why I decided to go with the title I did. As a beekeeper, I am a little more familiar with the hardships Read More …