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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.

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[–] monkeytennis 4 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I would add that the theme is very well executed. I enjoy nature games for the artwork (e.g. Cascadia, Meadow) but few games have such breadth of artwork and detail.

Wingspan nailed the feel of its theme in the same way Rosenberg does for agriculture - it's something about the mechanics and thematic logic.

[–] eramseth 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Absolutely agree. I think it's cool how the cards themselves and the mechanics all sort of make sense in context of the theme. (Example, birds that-in real life-don't make their own nests will lay eggs in other nests in the game)

[–] monkeytennis 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah, I really enjoy that about the animal goals in Cascadia, that they mirror realistic behaviour and provide a great gameplay mechanic

[–] eramseth 1 points 1 year ago

I'll need to check that game out sometime then!

[–] cmason1985 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

There is also an app dedicated to what the chirp of each bird is by scanning the actual card of said bird. I don't use it very often, but it's a very interesting addition, although completely not needed.

[–] eramseth 1 points 1 year ago

Yeah it's kind of a fun party trick!