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Seize the Bean

Seize the Bean

2021·Andy Couch, Dylan Howard Cromwell

Videos
8
Creators
6

Mainly reviews. Seize the Bean is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 5 reviews, 2 recorded sessions, and 1 other video.

1 - 4 players
45 - 90 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

From BoardGameGeek

You are a successful barista, so successful that's it's gone to your head, making you think you can run a coffee business better than your boss. In order to prove your skills to the world, you've quit your job to open your own café in the beautiful city of Berlin. The only problem is that all your friends - who are also successful baristas – did the same thing, too! In Seize the Bean, players compete to be the best new café in Berlin. Reputation in both Berlin (in real life) and the game is earned from people - all the diverse customers you'll serve. You start only with your family and friends, and you have to prioritize your limited actions each turn to attract customers, upgrade your café's decor, expand your product line, and restock your resources in order to get the most reputation of all. Before you can take actions each turn, you also have to serve a line of thirsty customers with various drink demands. As you serve them, customers offer special skills to manipulate your line, the city, or even other players. But make sure you have enough stock on hand or customers may get impatient and start leaving you bad reviews which could doom your shop. Keep them happy and you may be able to form combos with customers, upgrades and products, earning in-game reputation points (good reviews) from a central "city" pool. Be fast because once this pool of reputation is gone, the endgame is triggered, allowing everyone only a final serve step to see how well their engine works!

Seize the Bean

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Review

Seize The Bean Review: Venti, Vidi, Vici18:21

Seize The Bean Review: Venti, Vidi, Vici

The Dice Tower

The Dice Tower

Watch it played

Seize the Bean - Solo Playthrough (Difficulty 1)1:21:39

Seize the Bean - Solo Playthrough (Difficulty 1)

slickerdrips

slickerdrips

Which Seize the Bean video should I watch?

Seize the Bean has 8 videos from 6 creators: 5 reviews, 2 playthroughs and 1 other video. They date from 2022 to March 2025.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "Seize The Bean Review: Venti, Vidi, Vici" by The Dice Tower. 4 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Seize the Bean - Solo Playthrough (Difficulty 1)" by slickerdrips, one of 2 playthroughs.

If you like it, try Star Scrappers: Cave-in, 12 Rivers, Volfyirion or Tanto Cuore, which share several of its mechanics.

All videos

Seize The Bean Review: Venti, Vidi, ViciReview18:21

Seize The Bean Review: Venti, Vidi, Vici

The Dice Tower

The Dice Tower

Seize the Bean - Solo Playthrough (Difficulty 1)Playthrough1:21:39

Seize the Bean - Solo Playthrough (Difficulty 1)

slickerdrips

slickerdrips

My 5 Favorite Things About: Seize The Bean3:18

My 5 Favorite Things About: Seize The Bean

Gladdest Dice and the Pips

Gladdest Dice and the Pips

Seize the Bean - 4p Teaching, Play-through, & Roundtable by Heavy CardboardReview2:22:04

Seize the Bean - 4p Teaching, Play-through, & Roundtable by Heavy Cardboard

Heavy Cardboard

Heavy Cardboard

Edo's Seize the Bean ReviewReview9:41

Edo's Seize the Bean Review

Gaming with Edo & Jessica

Gaming with Edo & Jessica

Seize the Bean Review (Sneak Attack) #shortsReview0:55

Seize the Bean Review (Sneak Attack) #shorts

JestaThaRogue

JestaThaRogue

Seize the Bean - Solo Playthrough (Difficulty 2)Playthrough1:03:17

Seize the Bean - Solo Playthrough (Difficulty 2)

slickerdrips

slickerdrips

Seize the Bean 4p Play-through, Teaching, & Roundtable discussion by Heavy CardboardReview2:25:24

Seize the Bean 4p Play-through, Teaching, & Roundtable discussion by Heavy Cardboard

Heavy Cardboard

Heavy Cardboard

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Heavy Cardboard
Heavy Cardboard
2 videos of this game
slickerdrips
slickerdrips
2 videos of this game
Gaming with Edo & Jessica
Gaming with Edo & Jessica
1 video of this game
Gladdest Dice and the Pips
Gladdest Dice and the Pips
1 video of this game
JestaThaRogue
JestaThaRogue
1 video of this game
The Dice Tower
The Dice Tower
1 video of this game

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About Seize the Bean

From BoardGameGeek:

You are a successful barista, so successful that's it's gone to your head, making you think you can run a coffee business better than your boss. In order to prove your skills to the world, you've quit your job to open your own café in the beautiful city of Berlin. The only problem is that all your friends - who are also successful baristas – did the same thing, too! In Seize the Bean, players compete to be the best new café in Berlin. Reputation in both Berlin (in real life) and the game is earned from people - all the diverse customers you'll serve. You start only with your family and friends, and you have to prioritize your limited actions each turn to attract customers, upgrade your café's decor, expand your product line, and restock your resources in order to get the most reputation of all. Before you can take actions each turn, you also have to serve a line of thirsty customers with various drink demands. As you serve them, customers offer special skills to manipulate your line, the city, or even other players. But make sure you have enough stock on hand or customers may get impatient and start leaving you bad reviews which could doom your shop. Keep them happy and you may be able to form combos with customers, upgrades and products, earning in-game reputation points (good reviews) from a central "city" pool. Be fast because once this pool of reputation is gone, the endgame is triggered, allowing everyone only a final serve step to see how well their engine works!

Designers

Andy Couch, Dylan Howard Cromwell

Artist

Mario Fernández García-Pulgar

Publisher

Quality Beast

Categories

Card GameEconomic

Mechanics

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