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First new game of 2020!
Jan. 4th, 2020 02:20 pmOver the course of our new year trip to Cheltenham, I only played one game that was new to me, and it was a really good one!
It's called Wingspan, and it's by the same company that makes Charterstone, Scythe, Euphoria and Viticulture, all of which I like to a greater or lesser extent.
Wingspan is a lot less complicated than most of those, but very interesting and a lot of fun.
You have various actions, which include placing birds on your player board, collecting food, laying eggs and drawing new cards. As you place birds, they cover up action spaces, which allows you access to the better actions further up each track. The birds themselves have special abilities that you can activate at various times, as well as different attributes that relate to other aspects of the game. There are public and private objectives, and it's all about maximising your points with the cards and resources available to you.
The art is very pretty, there's tons of variety in terms of individual bird cards and the mix of objectives, but it's relatively easy to understand the mechanics.
I focused on achieving my personal objectives, which wasn't necessarily the best way to win, but made for a fun and satisfying game experience. And I didn't end up doing as badly as I'd feared!
So, a great gaming start to 2020, and definitely one I'd like to play again.
It's called Wingspan, and it's by the same company that makes Charterstone, Scythe, Euphoria and Viticulture, all of which I like to a greater or lesser extent.
Wingspan is a lot less complicated than most of those, but very interesting and a lot of fun.
You have various actions, which include placing birds on your player board, collecting food, laying eggs and drawing new cards. As you place birds, they cover up action spaces, which allows you access to the better actions further up each track. The birds themselves have special abilities that you can activate at various times, as well as different attributes that relate to other aspects of the game. There are public and private objectives, and it's all about maximising your points with the cards and resources available to you.
The art is very pretty, there's tons of variety in terms of individual bird cards and the mix of objectives, but it's relatively easy to understand the mechanics.
I focused on achieving my personal objectives, which wasn't necessarily the best way to win, but made for a fun and satisfying game experience. And I didn't end up doing as badly as I'd feared!
So, a great gaming start to 2020, and definitely one I'd like to play again.
