2026Jordy Adan, Renato Simões
- Videos
- 25
- Creators
- 23
1 - 4 players15 - 30 min

2024Ralf Wingen
From BoardGameGeek
Arthropods: Ants & Bees : build your colony & bug your friends Arthropods consists of four interactive tile placement games in one box. Depending on which game you choose, you play either as an ant or as a bee colony. Both versions have two difficulty modes. Families with children (8+) should definitely play the basic game(s) for a maximum of fun, while more experienced players are better challenged playing the full game(s). In all cases should you aim to score the highest amount of points while preventing others from scoring or even forcing them to take minus points. Game mechanics used to achieve this are: Tile placement Worker Placement Area Control Resource Management Blocking and/or attacking Other mechanics used for a ballenced play are: Drafting Open market Hand building The Ants Antropolis - basic game playing as ants Supersize Colony - strategically challenging game playing as ants Ants are hard workers who build nests and tunnels (hexagon tiles). They also gather food (resource) in the forest, which allows them to perform more actions. Each type of ant (queen, worker, soldier and larva) can perform specific actions and is needed to (f.e.) score points, gather resources, get more ants or defend against other players. Points are scored for completed nests, tunnels and achieving bonuses. The Bees Happy Honey Beez - basic game playing as bees Knights in Buzzing Armor - highly interactive game playing as bees Bees are buzzy building hives (hexagon tiles) and collecting pollen or honey (resources). They too have different tasks per type (queen, worker, drone and egg) and interact a lot with other colonies. Points are scored by building hives, producing honey and the amount of bees on the board.
Arthropods: Ants & Bees has 2 videos from 1 creator: 2 how-to-play guides. They date from December 2024.
If you like it, try FlipToons: Season 2, Rise of Babel, Ryozen or Paperback, which share several of its mechanics.
2026Jordy Adan, Renato Simões
1 - 4 players15 - 30 min
2025Ivan Alexiev, Elijah Morar
1 - 4 players60 - 90 minMedium weight
2023Martino Chiacchiera, Michele Piccolini
2 - 4 players45 - 90 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Arthropods: Ants & Bees : build your colony & bug your friends Arthropods consists of four interactive tile placement games in one box. Depending on which game you choose, you play either as an ant or as a bee colony. Both versions have two difficulty modes. Families with children (8+) should definitely play the basic game(s) for a maximum of fun, while more experienced players are better challenged playing the full game(s). In all cases should you aim to score the highest amount of points while preventing others from scoring or even forcing them to take minus points. Game mechanics used to achieve this are: Tile placement Worker Placement Area Control Resource Management Blocking and/or attacking Other mechanics used for a ballenced play are: Drafting Open market Hand building The Ants Antropolis - basic game playing as ants Supersize Colony - strategically challenging game playing as ants Ants are hard workers who build nests and tunnels (hexagon tiles). They also gather food (resource) in the forest, which allows them to perform more actions. Each type of ant (queen, worker, soldier and larva) can perform specific actions and is needed to (f.e.) score points, gather resources, get more ants or defend against other players. Points are scored for completed nests, tunnels and achieving bonuses. The Bees Happy Honey Beez - basic game playing as bees Knights in Buzzing Armor - highly interactive game playing as bees Bees are buzzy building hives (hexagon tiles) and collecting pollen or honey (resources). They too have different tasks per type (queen, worker, drone and egg) and interact a lot with other colonies. Points are scored by building hives, producing honey and the amount of bees on the board.
Designer
Ralf Wingen
Artist
Ralf Wingen
Publisher
Playfull Panda Game Development