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Hit 'Em With a Shoe > 2017 > November

Month: November 2017

Trying Out New Pieces for Bee Lives

November 26, 2017June 16, 2019 Matt Shoemaker
New Player Board 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 …

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Unpub at PAX Unplugged with Bee Lives!

November 26, 2017June 16, 2019 Matt Shoemaker
Bee Lives set up at PAX Unplugged Unpub event

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 …

Bee Livesplay tests, prototypes

Gen Con: The Best 50 Years in Gaming

November 26, 2017June 16, 2019 Matt Shoemaker
Gen Con 50th Anniversary Dragon

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 …

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What is with the title, We Will Only Know Summer?

November 26, 2017June 16, 2019 Matt Shoemaker

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 …

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An Early Playtest

November 26, 2017June 16, 2019 Matt Shoemaker
An early playtest of Bee Lives

I’ve been working on Bee Lives: We Will Only Know Summer for about about a month now and have conducted several play tests.  Both on my own and with other people.  This week in September happened to be my birthday, Read More …

Bee Livesplay tests

Bee Lives – Beeginning a New Game

November 26, 2017June 16, 2019 Matt Shoemaker
First player board design for bee lives

We recently began work on the game “Bee Lives: We Will Only Know Summer” as Hit ‘Em With a Shoe’s first product.  This particular game is something that I have been thinking about for a while.  As a beekeeper, game Read More …

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