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In a far-distant future, humans no longer inhabit Earth. The cause of their disappearance (or perhaps their demise) is unknown, but their absence left a void ready to be filled by another sentient species.

Over the span of untold generations, one species of the humble honeybee evolved to fill that void. They grew in size and intelligence to become a highly advanced society. They call themselves Mellifera, and they have made substantial technological advances in addition to the technology they adapted from human ruins, up to and including space travel.

In Apiary, each player controls one of twenty unique factions. Your faction starts the game with a hive, a few resources, and worker bees. A worker-placement, hive-building challenge awaits you: explore planets, gather resources, develop technologies, and create carvings to demonstrate your faction's strengths (measured in victory points) over one year's 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?

—description from the publisher

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Hi, I am just short of the 750 but I would love to be invited!

Nooooooooooooooooooooooooice

I can't wait for this one to hit Beta (I have no idea how to get into Alpha... so I wait), I've yet to play a Stonemaier game that wasn't amazing.

Can't attach an image for some reason...but in this scenario, shouldn't I be able to move the queen 4 spaces since there is a 2 worker bee from gray, and my 2 worker bee? It seems to only be allowing me to move 2 spaces

https://imgur.com/a/Gh8mmsS

OrangeCrushD84 wrote: ↑29 April 2025, 16:23 Can't attach an image for some reason...but in this scenario, shouldn't I be able to move the queen 4 spaces since there is a 2 worker bee from gray, and my 2 worker bee? It seems to only be allowing me to move 2 spaces

https://imgur.com/a/Gh8mmsS

Yes, based on your screenshot, you should be able to move 4 steps.

The game is alpha, there are some known bugs, see https://boardgamearena.com/bugs?game=2352

There is a similar bug: https://boardgamearena.com/bug?id=167171

You can either add a comment to this similar bug or create a new bug report.

Thomas wrote: ↑29 April 2025, 16:41

OrangeCrushD84 wrote: ↑29 April 2025, 16:23 Can't attach an image for some reason...but in this scenario, shouldn't I be able to move the queen 4 spaces since there is a 2 worker bee from gray, and my 2 worker bee? It seems to only be allowing me to move 2 spaces

https://imgur.com/a/Gh8mmsS

Yes, based on your screenshot, you should be able to move 4 steps.

The game is alpha, there are some known bugs, see https://boardgamearena.com/bugs?game=2352

There is a similar bug: https://boardgamearena.com/bug?id=167171

You can either add a comment to this similar bug or create a new bug report.

Thanks, I'll add to the one report, I just wanted to make sure I wasn't missing a rule somewhere

Given that there still is no Apiary forum yet, I'll post here.

What is the (rough) timeframe for this alpha testing? I'[m planning when I will test this for bugs etc. but would like an idea of how much time I should have.

Most of the bugs are squashed and the build is stable. Just need to get 10 approvals to request BETA.

is it possible to get alpha privelages for myself (RuannZA) and my wife (Madz45). We play the physical copy a lot and would like to try it on here.