Last night we played Wingspan. This is my son's favorite game, but we haven't played it in a few months. I'm actually surprised that I haven't mentioned this game before.
It's a game that I originally wasn't interested in because the theme didn't seem like a good one for a game and honestly it looked too pretty for me to think of it as anything beyond becoming a "shelf queen." Of course, that was before I ever played the game. The game was gifted to me by someone who was in a bird-watching family, even though they also hadn't ever played the game. After it was gifted to me, I gave it a shot and I must admit I was was pleasantly surprised by the game play.
The box is nicely organized, even providing a diagram on the edge of the inside box to assist with putting everything away. However, after playing the first time, I felt like I needed something specifically for holding the egg tokens during game play. I found a nice nest-styled-bowl online for 3d printing, and I had some yellow filament at the time so I printed a couple nice little bowls to hold the egg tokens.
Wingspan has gotten me more interested in the subject of bird-watching, at least a little more than the nearly zero interest that I had before. I've actually been thinking recently that it might be nice to put a birdbath in the backyard.
Anyway, last night's game ended up being a tough one with not much momentum getting built up compared to previous games that we've played. The bonus score board had goals that we had randomly set up, along with the cards that were coming out, made it so we had pretty low scores on the round bonus board. The first two rounds, none of us had more than 2 and even the last round I had 0 points for the round bonus. It was still fun, and Isaac still got some good stuff together.
Final score - Beth: 75; Isaac: 84; Nathaniel: 63.
