2013Thomas Spitzer
- Videos
- 8
- Creators
- 7
3 - 5 players150 - 180 minHeavy weight

2023Thomas Spitzer
Mostly reviews. Bier Pioniere is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 14 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides, 1 recorded sessions, 1 unboxings, and 2 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
The history of beer brewing dates back to ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, and over the centuries, various cultures and regions have developed their own unique beers, and especially Germany is considered a "beer country". In the game Beer Pioneers, set at the beginning of industrialization around 1850, 2 to 4 players develop their own small home brewery into a large-scale brewery as brewmasters. In each turn, they take an action by deploying one of their workers or their truck to brew an increasing variety of beers, improving the brewing process with new advancements like refrigeration machines or beer filters, or increasing the efficiency of their workers, to name but a few. Action cards also play an important role, and with beer deliveries and other actions, they can earn victory points. Actions take place on the game board and their own player tableau, the player order is important and influenced by the players, bonus workers enable additional actions but must first be earned by placing the right worker on the right action space. Beer Pioneers extends over an indefinite number of rounds. Once a player reaches 20 victory points, this is the final round, and the brewmaster with the most victory points is the winner of the game. -description from the publisher
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Bier Pioniere has 20 videos from 17 creators: 14 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides, 1 playthrough, 1 unboxing and 2 other videos. They date from 2023 to December 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "Bier Pioniere - - Overview and Review" by DiceTuga, which runs 1 h 9 min. For a quicker teach, "Bier Pioniere - Tutorial - KludiK" by KludiK runs 34 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Bier Pionere (Spielefaible) Workerplacementspiel - Empfehlungsliste zum Kennerspiel des Jahres 2024" by SpieleBlog. 12 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Bier Pioniere - 4p Teaching, Play-through, & Roundtable Discussion by Heavy Cardboard" by Heavy Cardboard.
If you like it, try Kohle & Kolonie, Haspelknecht: The Story of Early Coal Mining, Schichtwechsel: Die Förderung liegt in deiner Hand and Bier Pioniere: Bier Boom, also by Thomas Spitzer.
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2013Thomas Spitzer
3 - 5 players150 - 180 minHeavy weight
2015Thomas Spitzer
2 - 4 players60 - 90 minHeavy weight
2021Thomas Spitzer
2 - 4 players60 - 90 minHeavy weight
2024Thomas Spitzer
1 - 4 players70 - 90 minHeavy weight
From BoardGameGeek:
The history of beer brewing dates back to ancient Egypt and Mesopotamia, and over the centuries, various cultures and regions have developed their own unique beers, and especially Germany is considered a "beer country". In the game Beer Pioneers, set at the beginning of industrialization around 1850, 2 to 4 players develop their own small home brewery into a large-scale brewery as brewmasters. In each turn, they take an action by deploying one of their workers or their truck to brew an increasing variety of beers, improving the brewing process with new advancements like refrigeration machines or beer filters, or increasing the efficiency of their workers, to name but a few. Action cards also play an important role, and with beer deliveries and other actions, they can earn victory points. Actions take place on the game board and their own player tableau, the player order is important and influenced by the players, bonus workers enable additional actions but must first be earned by placing the right worker on the right action space. Beer Pioneers extends over an indefinite number of rounds. Once a player reaches 20 victory points, this is the final round, and the brewmaster with the most victory points is the winner of the game. -description from the publisher
Designer
Thomas Spitzer
Artist
Harald Lieske
Publisher
Spielefaible
Categories
Mechanics