Apiary
What happens when a worker must hibernate but no pod is free, and does an unplaced token count at game end?
The publisher's 2026 ruling settles it, and it matches the rulebook's Queen's Favor rule for full pods.
- jameystegmaier · Publisher · 2026-06-17
- jameystegmaier · Publisher · 2026-06-17
- jameystegmaier · Publisher · 2023-10-24superseded
- HexStarDragon · Community · 2023-10-24superseded
- Apiary rulebook · Rulebook · WORKER HIBERNATION
- Drewkas · Community · 2023-12-21
- inm8 · Community · 2024-03-15
- Drewkas · Community · 2024-12-28
You gain 1 Queen's Favor and place no token. A token you could not place is not considered placed, so it counts as remaining for endgame scoring. This mostly comes up in the final round after the game-end trigger, when the comb fills. An earlier 2023 publisher reply (put the token beside the comb) and a player's guess that unplaced tokens do not count as remaining are superseded by the 2026 ruling.