Rezzed Digital: The serene strategy of Wingspan, a game about attracting birds

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I've never played anything quite like Wingspan and I'm growing rather fond of it. But I am not alone. The board game world has been going cuckoo for Wingspan for the past year. It has flown off shelves and earned the prestigious Kennerspiel des Jahres prize, and I'm playing the official video game adaptation of it.

Wingspan is a game about attracting birds to habitats. Different birds are worth different amounts of points, and the player with the most points wins. That's it in a very crude nutshell but there are myriad other things affecting it.

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