We played this one recently and had a blast - will see how it goes on the next couple plays - a lot of different things going on for what is a roll and write at its core. I get what you’re saying about not keeping your own pups but it makes turn order matter so much more!
Agree completely. Curious what your rating would be for the one/first play. How much higher? I thought it was excellent for a one-hour game, even a 4.5 for its unique theme and matching of theme to mechanics, but it fell to a 3.4 after my second play, and I can see it falling to a 3 after 4-5 plays.
I agree with your take that it’s a fun game but multiple plays feel incredibly similar. It will be interesting to see how long this lasts in our collection
You take Elizabeth Hargraves name off this game and I don't think it does as well. I thought it was fine, but it was a jumped up roll and write. It just felt so same-y from play to play. I like the concept and theme, but it just wasn't for me.
I'm not sure about that. Her name was on Mariposas, which came out after Wingspan, and it didn't do very well at all. I have the same issue though, it's not a game you want to play a lot in a short time span. Play it, put it away, revisit after some time. Not sure if I'm going to be hanging on to it yet.
Good review! Thank you!! The vocal opposition to this theme has always struck me as a bit odd. We have a very large genre of board games based on humans killing humans yet nobody seems to care about that. I get not every theme is going to be your favourite, but the people who were mad at Elizabeth for choosing this particular theme…yeah, I don’t get it.
Agreed. I rarely care about themes but appreciate them when they work. I don't see why anyone would complain about this one. I'm of the opinion these days that there is literally *nothing* people won't complain about.
Two things: the issues about theme... Why the heck do people bother about these things? Did the doctor prescribed to buy all games? Go on and ignore it if it hurts, you are not forced to talk about everything if you are not interested in. Second, I think that in one's collection there is place for both kind of games: the ones that give you something new every game and the ones that plays moderately fast without making your brain burn every round, with linear, relaxing pace. I know many people go about only the first ones, but I see value in point 2 too. I think the rating should be splitted, among those two different audiences.
We played this one recently and had a blast - will see how it goes on the next couple plays - a lot of different things going on for what is a roll and write at its core. I get what you’re saying about not keeping your own pups but it makes turn order matter so much more!
New Deluxe Wooden Edition coming to Gamefound on Tuesday, which may be why you got your review out.
Agree completely. Curious what your rating would be for the one/first play. How much higher? I thought it was excellent for a one-hour game, even a 4.5 for its unique theme and matching of theme to mechanics, but it fell to a 3.4 after my second play, and I can see it falling to a 3 after 4-5 plays.
I agree with your take that it’s a fun game but multiple plays feel incredibly similar. It will be interesting to see how long this lasts in our collection
You take Elizabeth Hargraves name off this game and I don't think it does as well. I thought it was fine, but it was a jumped up roll and write. It just felt so same-y from play to play. I like the concept and theme, but it just wasn't for me.
I'm not sure about that. Her name was on Mariposas, which came out after Wingspan, and it didn't do very well at all. I have the same issue though, it's not a game you want to play a lot in a short time span. Play it, put it away, revisit after some time. Not sure if I'm going to be hanging on to it yet.
@@megalodon2012 did you end up keeping it around
hmmm not a mention about CMON's Dead Keep on Gamefound, Alex must have something big coming Monday's Launch date
Good review! Thank you!!
The vocal opposition to this theme has always struck me as a bit odd. We have a very large genre of board games based on humans killing humans yet nobody seems to care about that. I get not every theme is going to be your favourite, but the people who were mad at Elizabeth for choosing this particular theme…yeah, I don’t get it.
Agreed. I rarely care about themes but appreciate them when they work. I don't see why anyone would complain about this one. I'm of the opinion these days that there is literally *nothing* people won't complain about.
Two things: the issues about theme... Why the heck do people bother about these things? Did the doctor prescribed to buy all games? Go on and ignore it if it hurts, you are not forced to talk about everything if you are not interested in.
Second, I think that in one's collection there is place for both kind of games: the ones that give you something new every game and the ones that plays moderately fast without making your brain burn every round, with linear, relaxing pace. I know many people go about only the first ones, but I see value in point 2 too. I think the rating should be splitted, among those two different audiences.
What I can see others not liking: The fact that this theme was made.
Yet we love games about pointless murder. That theme is fine.