Wingspan publisher Stonemaier Games’ next board game is full of bees

https://www.polygon.com/platform/amp/tabletop-games/23862849/apiary-next-game-from-wingspan-publisher-stonemaier-games-announcement-release-date-price

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pathief@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

Cool theme, hope the game is good because you know the production value is going to be great.

ArtyTester@artemis.camp · -7 pts · 3y (3 replies)

Not a huge fan of Stonemaier. In talking with the designer of wingspan, they were purposely keeping the game scarce to limit the designer profits and try to make a buzz around the game.

Sudden_Phlebotomist@lemmy.ca · 13 pts · 3y (1 reply)

Purely out of curiosity, would you happen to have a (news/blog/article etc.) source for this? While not a strict devotee of them, I've always found Stonemaier games to be on the more respectable side of the industry, so this seems somewhat atypical of their approach.

donio@feddit.de · 7 pts · 3y

I am guessing that it may be referring to this. Note that the post is on the Stonemaier site so it's their side of the story. Some searching also turned up a later analysis in a BGG thread.

In a hindsight given the extremely wide distribution, HUGE number of copies sold and many followup products all of this doesn't seem very relevant.

bluemite@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 3y

Something doesn't add up here. If it were such a big deal, they're probably wouldn't be multiple expansions and another standalone Wingspan game