2021John Coveyou, Paul Salomon, Ian Zang
- Videos
- 74
- Creators
- 54
1 - 5 players45 - 90 minMedium weight

2020Paul Salomon
Mainly reviews. Honey Buzz is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 39 reviews, 8 how-to-play guides, 11 recorded sessions, 12 unboxings, and 6 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
The bees have discovered economics. The queens believe that if they sell honey to the bears, badgers, and woodland creatures, they will find peace and prosperity. Spring has arrived and it's time to build the hive, find nectar, make honey, and, for the first time ever, set up shop. Honey Buzz is a worker bee placement game where players expand a personal beehive by drafting various honeycomb tiles that grant actions that are triggered throughout the game. Each tile represents a different action. Whenever a tile is laid so that it completes a certain pattern, a ring of actions is triggered in whatever order the player chooses. A tile drafted on turn one could be triggered up to three times at any point during the game. It all depends on how the player places their beeples (bee+meeple) and builds their hive. After all, in the honey business, efficiency is queen. As you continually expand your hive, you'll forage for nectar and pollen, make honey, sell different varieties at the bear market, host honey tastings, and attend to the queen and her court. There's only so much nectar to go around, and finding it won't be easy. Players will have to scout out the nectar field and pay attention to other players searches to try to deduce the location of the nectar they need for themselves.
Honey Buzz has 76 videos from 60 creators: 39 reviews, 8 how-to-play guides, 11 playthroughs, 12 unboxings and 6 other videos. They date from 2019 to October 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Honey Buzz - How To Play" by Watch It Played, which runs 20 min. For a quicker teach, "Board Game Bakes | No-Bake Honey Cheesecake from Honey Buzz!" by Board Game Bakes runs 8 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Honey Buzz Review - with Zee Garcia" by The Dice Tower. 33 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Honey Buzz Play Through | The Brothers Murph" by The Brothers Murph, one of 11 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Genotype: A Mendelian Genetics Game, Stamp Swap, Honey Buzz: Fall Flavors and Corgi Pileup, also by Paul Salomon. It appears in convention videos from PAX Unplugged 2019.
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2021John Coveyou, Paul Salomon, Ian Zang
1 - 5 players45 - 90 minMedium weight
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From BoardGameGeek:
The bees have discovered economics. The queens believe that if they sell honey to the bears, badgers, and woodland creatures, they will find peace and prosperity. Spring has arrived and it's time to build the hive, find nectar, make honey, and, for the first time ever, set up shop. Honey Buzz is a worker bee placement game where players expand a personal beehive by drafting various honeycomb tiles that grant actions that are triggered throughout the game. Each tile represents a different action. Whenever a tile is laid so that it completes a certain pattern, a ring of actions is triggered in whatever order the player chooses. A tile drafted on turn one could be triggered up to three times at any point during the game. It all depends on how the player places their beeples (bee+meeple) and builds their hive. After all, in the honey business, efficiency is queen. As you continually expand your hive, you'll forage for nectar and pollen, make honey, sell different varieties at the bear market, host honey tastings, and attend to the queen and her court. There's only so much nectar to go around, and finding it won't be easy. Players will have to scout out the nectar field and pay attention to other players searches to try to deduce the location of the nectar they need for themselves.
Designer
Paul Salomon
Artist
Anne Heidsieck
Publisher
Elf Creek Games
Mechanics