Kate told us about a great new board game last year when she was home… WINGSPAN (link goes to WI Historical Society). She was very enthusiastic & encouraging, so I bought it (at the previous link, they also have the European expansion pack). Then she went back to Scotland and, well, it's been very busy. I watched an online tutorial or something and thought that maybe I'd get an inkling, but… busy. Finally, 15 months later, we cracked open the box on Wednesday night, assembled & sorted all the pieces, and Kate wracked her brain trying to remember how it goes… and we played one round!
There are some sample/practice sheets to get a feel for it, and that was helpful. There can be quite a bit of "action" on a play sometimes, and other times it's just one thing.
It started to click, and last night we played a full game — four rounds. There's a lot to it — a thinking game, a learning game, a strategizing game — but it's fun, and beautifully designed. More than one person I know has called it an obsession!
Rusty & I have an art event to attend this evening, Kate & I are going to the Packer game again tomorrow afternoon, and plan a bike ride on Sunday morning (the weather/air is finally improving again), but I see more feathers & eggs in my future.
Have you played WINGSPAN? Heard of it before?
I got up a little on the early side this morning to shower — at the "first light" stage of the morning — and it was very dim but I opened the blinds anyway. By the time I returned to the bedroom to get dressed, there was light in the sky. Things are getting a little bedraggled in the garden but the zinnias & cosmos are still doing their thing. I even spotted a luminous volunteer purple morning glory.
Hope you have a great weekend!
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Wingspan – we may have bought that game for C&M (and us), but I don’t think we’ve ever played…and now they are in TX…but soon to be home so maybe in the new year? Meeting Dee at a Farmers’ Market tomorrow and other than that no plans (except laundromat again on Sunday…whatever…) Oh, and Fletch and I are going to figure out a time when maybe we CAN take vacation – more on that later.
That game could be very popular in our family of bird enthusiasts!
I have heard of this game (and that it’s great) but never played. Love the little eggs and feathers! I’m intrigued by it, especially as I’ve gotten into spotting birds the past couple of years, but I’m not sure I could convince the rest of my family to play. Hope you have wonderful weather for your outdoor activities this weekend!
Yes, we played it once with neighbors. It seems complicated but fun and would require a few more tries to really understand how it works.
I’ve never heard of nor played Wingspan but it does sound intriguing. I don’t think I could persuade enough people here to play, but I do like the eggs. Hope you’re enjoying the weekend!
I have never heard of Wingspan either but it sounds like fun! I hope your weekend is perfect! XO
The only Wingspan I know is the shawl. The game looks fun, though. I suspect if we’d had it here, we would have made up our own rules. . .