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New birding board game Wingspan
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Wingspan is a competitive, medium-weight, card-driven, engine-building board game from designer Elizabeth Hargrave and Stonemaier Games. It is the winner of the prestigious 2019 Kennerspiel des Jahres award. ?You are bird enthusiasts—researchers, bird watchers, ornithologists, and collectors—seeking to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves. Each bird extends a chain of powerful combinations in one of your habitats (actions). These habitats focus on several key aspects of growth: Gain food tokens via custom dice in a birdfeeder dice tower
Number of Players: 1-5 Playing Time: 40-70 Minutes Recommended Ages: 10+ Canadian price $52.95 |
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I really like Wingspan! I play a lot of board games and it's the game I never dreamed would exist - solid gameplay and accurate bird info. All the birds have 1-3 habitats they can live in (forest, grasslands, water), different types of food they can eat (grain, bugs, berries, fish, rats), a nest type, a number of eggs, a size and beautiful art, all of which are correct for the species. Most birds have a gameplay power, which often relates to the behaviour of the birds. For example, nest parasites like Cowbirds lay eggs on other people's turns, and Chickadees cache grain for points. The European expansion adds many new birds and interesting powers, and an Oceania expansion is coming. It's available from 401 games, as linked, and probably in stock at local games stores as well. -Holly Becker On Sun, Feb 16, 2020 at 1:19 PM terry carr <terrancecarr@...> wrote:
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