Wingspan

Wingspan is a competitive, medium-weight, card-driven, engine-building board game from Stonemaier Games. It's designed by Elizabeth Hargrave and features 180 birds illustrated by Natalia Rojas and Ana Maria Martinez. 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 (actions). These habitats focus on several key aspects of growth: Gain food tokens via custom dice in a birdfeeder dice tower Lay eggs using egg miniatures in a variety of colors Draw from hundreds of unique bird cards and play them The winner is the player with the most points after 4 rounds. —description from the publisher From the 7th printing on, the base game box includes Wingspan: Swift-Start Promo Pack.

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  "game_id": 266192,
  "name": "Wingspan",
  "core_verb": "play bird, trigger chain",
  "decision_shape": "combinatorial",
  "reward_schedule": "engine_compounding",
  "aesthetics": [
    "Discovery",
    "Challenge",
    "Sensation"
  ],
  "core_loop_pitch": "Pay food and eggs to play a bird into a habitat row; later actions in that habitat trigger every bird in it.",
  "mobile_translation_difficulty": "Easy",
  "translation_difficulty_reason": "Card-driven engine with clear iconography; official Steam/mobile port by Monster Couch is a hit.",
  "direct_digital_port": "Wingspan (Steam/mobile, Monster Couch)",
  "closest_loop_translation": "none yet",
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