Wingspan

2019 · Card Game

Wingspan

Attract a diverse collection of birds to a network of wildlife preserves and develop an efficient engine of interactions between them. Players draft and play illustrated bird cards into three habitat rows that each enable a specific action: gain food from a dice-based birdfeeder, lay colored egg miniatures, or draw more bird cards. Each bird provides powers that trigger when placed or when habitat actions are taken, creating chains of combos over four rounds. Score is based on bird cards, eggs, cached food, and end-of-round goals; highest total points wins.

Players
1–5 best 3
Playing time
40–70 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.5 / 5
7.8 on Ludoyafrom $55.00AnimalsEducationalSolo / Solitaire GameDice RollingOpen Drafting

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  • 2 playersGood · 3 votes
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  • 4 playersGood · 3 votes
  • Mohasz8.0

    The components in the game are truly amazing, while the gameplay felt merely "pretty good" to me after 2 plays. Overall, it's a really pleasant experience. Not sure about my final rating but here are some thoughts on the gameplay: It's really tight, the actions are cleverly interconnected so you'll need to do everything eventually even if you opt for a certain strategy. I'm not sure yet if you can pull off big combos like e.g. in Burgundy. It always feels like you need more actions than what you have, but that's part of the challenge I guess. There's a fair amount of luck in the game, whether it's the dice that determine what type of food you can get, or the cards that are on offer or you draw blindly. There are times when there's just no way to get what you need, and that can be frustrating when you have such a limited number of actions. That said, I still find the game very much enjoyable (the components do help a lot for me), but remember not to take it too seriously, just relax and enjoy its beauty while trying to solve a rather unique puzzle. Update: It only seems to be getting better and better with each play (we're almost at 10 plays now). 7.8 -> 8.2 Back to a 7.7. The look of the game is still impossible to resist, but I have to say the game is far from perfect. The luck of the draw and the dice is often really annoying. Also, the turns are never really that exciting, sometimes you can pull off some nice combos but it's still just a handful of points (whether that comes from food, tucked cards or eggs). The late game egg-spam was kinda mitigated with some of the cards from the European expansion, but it's still not ideal. I'm still interested in the Oceania expansion, but I don't feel like I really need any more content in this game, so we'll see. + European Expansion

    Played it 4 times

  • Garfield8.0

    #29.3 BGExpansions im Dach (Vogelnester) Spieler-Tableaus in Ozeanien Box bei #35 Very nice idea, strong theme. But also a little bit luck based if you get good cards or not. And it's a multiplayer solitaire game. I'm really not sure how much you can do to win or not. [c] Theme: ★★★★★ <!-- size 7]Very good --> Gameplay: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Right amount of choices --> Interaction: ★☆☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Unfortunately not really --> Artwork: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Very nice --> Luck: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Birds are drawn randomly --> Strategy: ★★☆☆☆ <!-- size 7]Not much you can do --> Components: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Nice birdhouse and eggs --> Play duration: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Very good --> Easy to teach: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]Quite easy --> Rules quality: ★★★★★ <!-- size 7]Perfect --> Setup time: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Normal --> No downtime: ★★★☆☆ <!-- size 7]Ok --> Replay value: ★★★★☆ <!-- size 7]So many birds --> [/c]

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  • Mestremuten8.0

    Rating: 3/5 Production value: 4/4 Is the game in my collection/Love to have?: 1/1

    Played it 11 times

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Rules questions

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Can I take the same action more than once in a round?

Yes. On each turn, choose any of the four actions, and you may choose the same one again on a later turn (p. 4).

When I play a bird, do I activate the other birds in that habitat row?

No. Playing a bird only triggers its “WHEN PLAYED” power, if it has one; it does not activate the row. Brown powers activate when you take the corresponding food, egg, or card-drawing action, and they’re optional (pp. 6, 10).

Can I use any two food tokens as a different food when paying a bird’s cost?

Yes, but only when playing a bird: any 2 food tokens can pay for 1 food of your choice. This exchange isn’t allowed for other actions (p. 6).

Can I spend food that I’ve cached on a bird to pay its cost?

No. Food cached on a bird can’t be spent; it’s worth 1 point at the end of the game (pp. 6, 10).

What happens if I can’t fit all the eggs I gain onto my birds?

You can place eggs on any combination of birds, but each bird has an egg limit. Any eggs you can’t place because your birds are full are lost (p. 8).

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