Bee Recruits
- bilingual learning tool for understanding bee life-cycle -
1. Bee PEXESO
Shuffle the playing cards and turn them face down on the playing surface.
Game: The youngest player starts. First, he turns a card in Slovak. Then he says the word in German. If he doesn't know, a more experienced player can give them a hint. Then the player tries to find the corresponding German card. Players take turns until there are no more cards to turn.
2. QUEEN AND THE DRONE
(Strategy game for a larger number of players)
Before the game, players draw a large 8x8 chessboard (A-H, 1-8) on the ground with chalk and chose their color. The teams then bunch together and secretly choose their characters by drawing playing cards deciding also on the strategy how they will line up at the beginning of the game (they can use the first two rows of squares, as in chess), and appointing a player who they will secretly entrust with the "scepter". The scepter can be a small object or a card with its image. The goal of the game is to capture the opponent's scepter.Game: Players move around the playing field using a system of moves. It is also possible to play on other types of playing fields, for example with hexagonal squares. If a player from one team steps on a square occupied by an opponent player, they have to show each other their cards. The player with lower rank is out of the game. If the player has the scepter, they hand it over to the opponent player and the game ends. In the game, it is possible to agree on several additional rules and create additional cards (for example: "The drone is the weakest, but in the same time the only one who can defeat the queen," or: "The player with the wall card may not move and repels everyone except the builder," etc.)
List of playing cards from weakest to strongest:Drone (without rank) - der Drohne
● Housekeeping Worker Bee - die Putzige Arbeiterin
●● Nurse Bee for lder larvae - die Ammenbiene für ältere Larven
●●● Nurse Bee for younger larvae - die Ammenbiene für jüngere Larven
●●●● Builder Bee - die Baubiene
●●●●● Storage Bee - die Lagerbiene
●●●●●● Thermoregulator Bee - die Thermoregulationsbiene KUHLSCHRANK
v Guard Bee - die Wächterin
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Forager Bee - die Sammlerin
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Queen - die Königin
The game can be provided with additional role cards "scepter" and "wall".
Note: the game also has a "catch-me" alternative, in which the teams on a larger playing area can agree on a method of "catching" (by touching by hand, pulling the scarf from behind the waist, etc.).