Age of Steam Expansion: Honeybee Hive Mind, Brooklyn & Escape Room

What is Age of Steam Expansion: Honeybee Hive Mind, Brooklyn & Escape Room

A trio of expansions by Neon Comet Games, first released at Tokyo Game Market 2023 and available for purchase on their website.

Honeybee Hive Mind is a map for 3-5 advanced players. Players represent bees working to pollinate their network of flower fields, but competition exists against ever-present rival bee populations, making deliveries painfully expensive. A map for advanced players. Players represent bees working to pollinate their network of flower fields, but competition exists against ever-present rival bee populations, making deliveries painfully expensive. Every turn gives players the opportunity to sting their opponents or fall mercilessly prey to other players’ schemes. Embrace the struggle, feel the pain!

Brooklyn is a map for 3-4 players. Fashion shows and set-collecting provide trendy players with special mid- and end-game bonuses. Fashion shows provide trendy players with special mid- and end-game bonuses. This map features two new special actions: "Runway Diva" and "Steal the Spotlight" - together these assist players with obtaining lucrative set-collection bonuses for big end-game payouts.

Escape Room is a co-opertunistic map for 2-4 players working collectively to solve four unique puzzles as they race against the clock. Special time-track discs are added to the board each round. There can only be one winner, but if the players fail to solve the puzzles before time runs up, everybody loses. In this co-opertunistic Age of Steam map, players work collectively to solve four unique puzzles as they race against the clock. Special time-track discs are added to the board each round, chipping away at the players' precious time. There can only be one winner, but if they fail to solve the puzzles before time runs up, everybody loses.

Game details

Players

2–5

Age

+12

Duration

180 min

Difficulty

—

Type

Expansion

Year

2023

Mechanics

Auction / Bidding · Catch the Leader · Dice Rolling

Categories

Animals · Economic · Expansion for Base-game

Designer

Hiromi Oikawa · Joshua Acosta

Publisher

Neon Comet Games