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Finally got the Wingspan Nesting Box. It fits all the current expansions and has room for the future. I swear it must clock in at like 20lbs.
Still a little annoyed that all the Wingspan stuff that holds sleeved cards won’t fit the mote or less widely available and “standard” sleeves (Wingspan cards are not the same size as many other games) but thats not really anything a little 3D printing can’t fix.
Sorry to say but I really don't. Wingspan is one of the few games I'd rather sit out than join a table to play. It's simply too prone to RNG for me to enjoy and I have been bored playing every time.
Not saying the game itself is bad but it is not for me nor I for it. Earth is similar but more enjoyable for me - but if I can I'd rather play something more complex.
Not knocking anyone who does enjoy this one or owns all of the content, mind you. Just wanted to add that, trivially, indeed not everyone enjoys everything that's popular. :)
I'm in your team.
The production is awesome, art and all. I took the game with an extension (the first, European) because I like engine builder and, yeah, couldn't be wrong, right?
But for an unknown reason, nothing happened on the table. A good review point the problem, IMHO: It lacks of drama.
The extension make things more interesting, IMHO. Maybe with all extension Wingspan become a "complete" game, dunno.
I think there can be a bit of drama, if you consider the drama of "can I build my engine fast enough"... or maybe just dont add up points in your head until the very end and hope for the best. I do think there's a sort of vaguely chill vibe that maybe tamps down on some of the drama.
Definitely not too much of the sort of "let me bait my opponent into doing X which they think is a good move but it will actually benefit me" (well there's some of that but not a ton).
Love it, but the Oceania expansion is still unplayed.
I‘ve never played the game and am curious: what is it that you like about Wingspan?
That's a pretty good question and I've never sat down and wrote a list of things I like about it. First time for everything though...
[After writing out this list, I actually think doing something similar for favorite games would be a good way to get more content here]
Overall, I very much recommend it. That said, there are things i dont like as much about it
The only game I like more is Terraforming Mars. I play it less, though, as it's a but longer and the folks I play with don't like it as much.
Nope, nobody likes one of the best selling and most popular hobby board games of all time. ;)
I think I can trace the insane oumt of Wingspan sales to a New York times article, at least what I gathered when swarms of non gamers started asking for Wingspan.
It still hovers in the top 10 on our sales charts despite not running out of stock at distribution (meaning it sells despite price competition)
The in-laws heard about it from the Today show and begged to play it. Ended after the first round and howls of "The Today show lied". It was not a pleasant evening but that was only a part of it.
Yeah the sad thing is I believe a good chunk of customers that bought wingspan from us likely never fully played a game or just played maybe one game.
By the time we were able to get hundreds of copies to meet demand the pandemic hit so we never did a demo night to teach those people.
I can also imagine a bunch of people paying well over the $50 MSRP during the great wingspan drought on its release year
I just got the steam version but am a bit overwhelmed by the tutorial. Going to try again soon. :)
Similar. When I played it, it felt like it had lots of bells and whistles whose main contribution was to make it more difficult to learn. Possibly some people just like complex rules and the process of learning them.