The biggest addition in the digital version will be the inclusion of animated birds with recordings of real birdsong and calls to accompany them. The company recently revealed that Wingspan had almost outsold Scythe - released in 2016 - in just one year.Īnnounced during Nintendo’s Indie World Livestream, the Switch version of Wingspan will closely follow the mechanics of the tabletop original. Stonemaier was also behind another of the best board games of recent years, Scythe, which previously saw a digital release on PC.
Wingspan was designed by Elizabeth Hargrave - whose next upcoming board game, Mariposas, is set to be released sometime in Q3 of 2020 - and published by Stonemaier Games. Eventually, players are able to execute impressive combos based on their current ecosystem of bird cards - with the more food, eggs and species attracting yet rarer and rarer birds - with the aim of gathering the highest-scoring collection of birds by the end of the game. One of the best board games currently available, Wingspan sees players gradually collecting certain types of birds depending on their individual habitats, with the arrival of one kind of bird heralding the coming of another. Wingspan is a board game for one to five players released last year that has players becoming ornithologists attempting to attract the rarest birds to their chosen habitats. A lot of this is why the general slow pace of the proceedings doesn’t bother me as much because this is a chill game.Bird-collecting board game Wingspan is getting a digital release on the Nintendo Switch video game console later this year. The visuals have a nice hand-drawn aesthetic that pairs well with the audio, while also making what you can do on your turn and how things will respond to your actions clear. It has oodles of bird and nature sounds that make for a calming aural experience. The secret sauce of Wingspan is how serene the presentation is. It took me a while to learn the mechanics of it and how exactly the AI opponent operated, but it’s definitely better than a traditional match against the computer. You play by yourself against a computer-controlled opponent that doesn’t play traditionally. On top of the basic mode, there is also a fascinating solo variant called Automa. It’s like playing any board game by yourself, though, which at best gives it a sizable “your mileage may vary” warning. This also works well and the pace is much improved since the non-human turns move faster. You can also take it for a spin in single-player with anywhere from one to four CPU opponents. In my experience, it worked very well, though it seems best engineered for playing online with friends versus with randoms.
If finding friends locally is tough, an online mode (complete with crossplay with the Steam version) is also out.
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This is where the portability of the Switch is a plus, because you can essentially just pass the console around to players and take your time with the game without dominating a TV screen. Local play works well, though the fact players can’t really do any prep work on what their next turn will be (since each player takes control of the whole screen on their turn), turns can take quite a while. This can be played with five players locally, which is fantastic even if the pace is slow. However, I can speak from experience that, like some board games, as long as you have one relative expert on the rules, you can jump right into the game with other newcomers as long as you take your time with the first round. It’s, for better or worse, the kind of experience that requires a good deal of explanation, which does make the barrier for entry higher. The rules and structure are a lot to take in and as a newcomer, I found it best to kind of just play and learn by doing (if you’re really stumped, check out this video). Your goal is to accrue victory points, gained by making bird nests, hatching eggs, playing bonus cards, completing end-of-round goals, and more. The overall game is split into three rounds with multiple turns per round. For those brand new to Wingspan, a lengthy tutorial hits at the flow of the game.
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