Most of the strategy of the game lies in collecting resources to play birds that allow you to gather even more resources, making it even easier to play more birds, and then at the end of the game transitioning over to doing high-scoring plays.
At the end of the game, a player’s score comes from five sources: The entire game is broken up into four rounds, with each player getting 8, 7, 6, and 5 turns in each round respectively at the end of each round, players are ranked against each other in competition for some goal (like having birds in a certain area, or having eggs in a certain area or a certain type of nest), with the player who has the most getting the most points.
The more birds you have in an area, the more resources you get from using that area’s ability likewise, a lot of the birds have abilities that are activated when you use the area that they are presently located in. They can either choose to play a bird card (paying all costs associated with it) or to activate an area’s ability. On each of their turns, the player gets one action. Ě wetland – This area allows the player to draw cards, either from three face up cards or from the deck of cards.Ě field – This area allows the player to lay eggs on their birds.Ě forest – This area allows the player to get food from the “birdfeeder”, a set of five dice which are rolled, with each face showing one of the food resources (one face shows a grub and a grain, allowing the player to choose between these resources – making these resources the easiest to get).Each player has a playmat composed of three areas, each of which has space for five birds: These are used to play birds later in the game, and are also worth 1 victory point each. Ğggs – these are placed on individual birds, with each bird having up to its egg slots worth of eggs.You have to spend this to play bird cards. ğood – in the form of berries, fish, grain, grubs, and mice.Birds that you play are worth victory points, but they are worth nothing in your hand!
Each has a different bird on it, with its own name, point value, ability, nest type, and number of egg slots. ěird cards – these are drawn from a deck.Like many such games, it is an exact 1:1 replication of the game, and contains all of the contents of the base game, while automating the game rules. Like many such games, it is an exact 1:1 replication of the game, and Wingspan is a digital adaptation of the eponymous boardgame Wingspan. Wingspan is a digital adaptation of the eponymous boardgame Wingspan.