Bee Bot – WISE Score & Parent Review | Screenwise

Bee Bot

Name: Screenwise
Author: Screenwise

Board Game2013

18%

WISE Score

A 2013 Kickstarter relic that's less of a game and more of a neoprene sleeve for your beverage and your tabletop stats.

Bee Bot

Board Game

2013

18%

WISE Score

A 2013 Kickstarter relic that's less of a game and more of a neoprene sleeve for your beverage and your tabletop stats.

Jump to

Where to Play

Amazon

Our reviews and ratings are 100% unbiased, but as an Amazon Associate, Screenwise earns an affiliate fee if you buy a book or game by clicking one of our links. We don't get any credit if you just Google it instead :)

Screenwise Verdict

If you’re looking for the little yellow educational robot that teaches kids to code, you are in the wrong place. This 'Bee Bot' is a piece of 2013 Kickstarter swag—specifically a drink cozy designed to help you 'defeat monsters' by drinking more (or less, depending on the math).

It’s a niche artifact of a very specific era of tabletop gaming. For a parent, it’s a total pass. It’s not a game, it’s not educational, and it’s basically just a neoprene coaster with a rule printed on it. Unless you're a hardcore collector of 2010s fantasy card game promos, this is irrelevant.

Age Fit

This is strictly for the 21+ crowd who enjoy 'beer and board games' nights. It’s a promotional accessory that uses drinking as a game mechanic, so it has no place in a kid's toy box.

WISE Breakdown

Wholesome

It's built entirely around 'drinking' mechanics and party game humor, which isn't exactly the vibe for a wholesome family afternoon.

Imaginative

It's a neoprene sleeve with a stat modifier. Not exactly a fountain of creative inspiration.

Safe

Physically, it's a drink cozy—totally safe. Thematically, it's for adults who want to make 'monsters' easier to defeat by drinking.

Enriching

There is zero educational or developmental value here unless you count learning how to mitigate game difficulty through beverage consumption.

Parent Info

✓

Why It Might Be Great

Provides a mechanical advantage in fantasy card games by lowering monster difficulty.
Acts as a functional drink cozy to keep your beverage cold during long sessions.
A rare collector's item for completionists of the specific 2013-era game it belongs to.

⚠

What to Watch For

The '-3 drink indicator' is explicitly tied to drinking game culture, making it awkward for kids.
It is mechanically useless without the specific base game it was designed for.
As a 2013 item, it's hard to find and likely irrelevant to modern tabletop collections.

Conversation Starters

"Why do some games use 'drinking' as a way to track health or power?"
"Do you think having a physical item that gives you a 'cheat code' makes a game more or less fun?"
"What's the weirdest piece of game 'swag' you've ever seen?"

Ask Anything

Get a personalized guide on any topic

Writing about Bee Bot? Put this WISE score on your site