WINGSPAN
The officially licensed digital adaptation of Wingspan, the winner of the prestigious 2019 Kennerspiel des Jahres board game 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. Each habitat focuses on a key aspect of the growth of your preserves. In Wingspan up to 5 players compete to build up their nature preserves in a limited number of turns. Each beautiful bird that you add to your preserve makes you better at laying eggs, drawing cards, or gathering food. Many of the 170 unique birds have powers that echo real life: your hawks will hunt, your pelicans will fish, and your geese will form a flock.
Steam User 143
There are no bad birds, only bad players.
Steam User 57
Picture this, In a world where egregious violence is commonplace in video games, you find a simple Bird card game. At first you don't even give the game a second glance, "Pfff that's sort of goofy, I wonder who plays these kinds of games". You put it on your wish list as a joke and continue mindlessly scrolling the day away browsing the steam store, but one day may it be the weather or your particular melancholy mood; you decide to give the game a chance.
The first twenty or so minutes roll by slower than a sloth. You're appalled at the horrifyingly long tutorial and almost resign yourself to refund it, but you push on, past the sometimes unwieldy game mechanics and the steep learning curve to uncover a hidden gem. Minutes turn into hours as you pour your heart and soul into getting as many feathers as possible. The simple yet addicting nature held your attention like no other.
While maybe not for all, this game is truly something special.
Steam User 61
I have played and loved the physical edition of this game, and this video game version is a truly well-made simulator. If you haven't played the original card game, the tutorial will be very helpful, but if you already know how to play, all the tutorial will need to do is teach the UI. It's a one-for-one, faithful copy, right down to giving facts about the birds as you play them to substitute for the blurbs on the bottoms of the cards in the original game.
Steam User 46
birbs
Steam User 35
Preface: I'm here for the automated automata (Say that fast).
I thoroughly enjoy the implementation of this game. I am an amateur birder w/ disability, this port is a perfect compromise for someone like me solo gaming this amazing board game. Set up, rules enforcement, etc all enforced and completed easily for the player. If I need a break, I need not worry about the table being knocked etc. I enjoy the animations in both the backgrounds and the birds, I enjoy reading their scientific blurbs and most of all the game play.
Be well!
Steam User 28
First of all, I knew nothing about the physical version of the game.
I learned how to play the game itself from this version.
It may be confusing at first due the clutter of the UI but once you get the hang of it, it becomes a fantastic strategy game.
I'm not even crazy about card games and I usually avoid them.
Simply put, you have 4 actions to pick from each turn:
- Play a bird
- Take Food
- Lay eggs
- Draw a bird Card
You line up your bird cards to benefit from their powers in such a way that helps you gain advantage over other players (more food, eggs or cards etc). Of course there is some luck involved.
There is two types of goals to gain extra points from:
- Bonus Goal (that's your personal goal depending on the card you get in the beginning or from some birds during the game)
- End of Round Goals (randomized 4 goals each game)
I jumped in blind and the game took me by surprise. I'm glad I gave it a chance.
Edit: I only play Solo, Local and Remote Play with friends and AI, so my review is based solely on that.
Steam User 33
11/10 Very birb. Much egg. many hatch. Such resource. Birb.