Wingspan Review - Board Game from Stonemaier games

you've probably seen this you've probably played this but we've never reviewed this so let's review it this is the review for the game wingspan the good and bad about the game by the end of this review you will know if you don't already have it if this is the game for you we have seven burning questions that we will answer in this video but before we do that giannis what is this game all about wingspan is a competitive light strategy game where each player has a hand of birth at the beginning game and you're going to be laying them into your aviary scoring points at the end of the game plus getting different kinds of abilities at the end of the game the winner is the player who has the most points and you get points for multiple things you get points for the birds themselves you get points for the birds abilities you get points for the eggs you get points for well you get it you get points most for everything so when it comes to your turn you can do one of the four actions so you can play a bird and add it to your aviary you can gain food that will help you play birds you can lay eggs in your aviary or you can draw cards that you can then later play in your aviary each player has eight action tokens in your turn you use one to pay for one of these four actions and then the next player goes so wingspan is all about managing resources cards in your hand which are the birds food for which you pay for the birds and eggs which score your points and also for additional costs that's the overall we're gonna talk a lot more about this game in this video so let's jump into the first question which is who would you buy it for three two one gamers that want to relax everyone everyone right go ahead when i mean everyone i mean mostly people who maybe don't buy that many games themselves plus this game is going to come out in our local language since we're not native english speakers it might be a bit tough because there are a ton of text on the cards it's been localized in so many languages if you get it in your own language you can play it with most anyone it looks great it plays great and it scratches that itch for gamers and non-gamers it's not quite a family game there is a lot of text there is a lot of decisions to be made and i would say like kids not wouldn't like to play it but it might be too complicated for people who are not gamers that's why gamers but also it's not super heavy it's not meant for big gamers it's somewhere in between those two worlds so i wrote down gamers that want to relax next question what's the best alternative three two one let's go i recently got point salad oh you played it and i liked it and i guess i agree point salad is basically when there are cards that will show you this is the way you can get points so you get cards that give you points in this way for example two tomatoes plus two carrots give you six points yeah and this is wingspan these two birds that make these kind of nests will give you each two points so if you would make wingspan light that'll be point salad i guess i went the other way uh if point salad is like lighter version of wingspan then red rising is a bit more complex version but i get the same feel there because there's a ton of cards they're all unique and the rules themselves are quite simple because there you just all you do is you play down a card do the ability of the card and then take one card and do the ability of the place where you took the card from felt very similar to me another thing we need to talk about is the pricing of this game which is 60 is the suggested retail price and to be honest i think it is well worth the price absolutely when you see the insides of the box it is freaking amazing yeah all the cards are unique you have all these colorful eggs there are four boards like this this the dice tower the little that looks like uh birdhouse so it is a very gorgeous beautiful and well produced game so 60 i think is well worth it totally agreed next question what is the best player count let's go any since the game flows quite quickly and you'll probably elaborate on that and as i said this feels like a good game for everyone it plays with any number of players pretty well obviously it's gonna be longer with like five the maximum but i feel it's still fine i really enjoy playing with two it's basically your turn a few seconds your turn again and it goes really really fast and i really enjoyed it as a two player game as well as three and four i played both of these no problems with more players as well with five i feel it might be a bit too much yeah five people will be probably on the longer side next question what is the worst thing about this game i made a little drawing that is the worst thing if you play with people who haven't played a lot of games with with like non-gamers it might be too much even though visually this game definitely is gonna you know make them wanna play it but once you're like okay your turn like uh should i play egg it might be overwhelming for non-gamers but it's nitpicking to be honest there's not a lot of bad this game is good for what it is this game involves a lot of luck it's not that big of a deal because it's a quick game and you don't feel it all the time but from time to time you will feel it that i was just a lot unluckier than the other person you might have this great combination because you just got these two birds that work really well together while i do in my turn almost nothing because i just didn't have them but it's not overwhelming it's not that it ruins the game but it's just something you have to take into account when uh playing this game what is the best part of this game three two one let's go i don't need to elaborate this is a gorgeous game if you would be building factories here i mean i don't think it would have been that popular but the birds it just makes it look really really good and the design is great obviously the gameplay is great as well but the looks it's depth for such a quick game because it really gives me the same feeling as a lot heavier games do satisfaction that you get when something works uh well together it feels like your decisions matter and that is very very important for me but it's also quick it's done in i don't know 40 minutes it really does something for me that other games until now haven't done which is that in 40 minutes i get the satisfaction that i have you know done something built something and it's awesome and you know what else doesn't take a lot of time liking and subscribing to our channel because it really does a lot for us and is super easy for you next question is when would you play as i mentioned before this it has the feeling of heavy game but it's not heavy game it's getting better for 40 minutes uh it's really relaxing easy to play so maybe if it's getting late and you have friends who maybe are gamers or who want to play something serious but it's too late for i don't know terraforming mars or something like that then i would go for a wingspan because it gives you the fee the same feelings it makes you feel good but you can manage it your brain can go through it and not go to sleep you're enjoying this as a gamer and i'm enjoying this as like a family game that's why i have it put it down when would i play it as soon as our localized version is available because i'm gonna play this mostly with my kids and family and for them english they're getting there but not still easy to read but our local language would be easy enough and i'd get to play a lot of it more than i would now probably and now the final rating three two one okay mine would have been must-have as well and i keep like maybe before we have local iteration if it would have localized version as a gamer i do enjoy this but i don't feel the need to have this because i'd rather probably play something heavier or you know something else that i already have but if it would be accessible to my family and non-gamers then it becomes must-have for me somebody comes visiting and they've played sellers of catan i could take this out and there's nothing wrong with sellers stan but it is a very light game i don't get that euro you know euro feel where you're like trying to make these combos and everything but i do get it here and non-gamers would enjoy the looks of it and would still you know be competitive and play because it's not that you know complex or long game for that matter i was struggling with this one because i was desperately trying to find a way to make it fantastic but i just couldn't it really fits in my gaming shelf perfectly it provides something that other games don't because it's beautiful it's fantastic the gameplay is fun simple it's quick it does something that other games do not for me and it's overall just great say what you want it is a must-have all right that's it with our review i hope you really enjoyed our video uh and you like the way we review our games if you do then 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Length: 9min 47sec (587 seconds)

Published: Thu May 13 2021