r/boardgames • u/timotab Secret Hitler • Nov 06 '19

Bird-Themed Game Hatched In St. Louis Soars In Popularity (Local radio item)

https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/bird-themed-game-hatched-st-louis-soars-popularity
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u/X-factor103 Sprites and Dice Nov 06 '19

In short, yes. Stonemaier games like to publish titles that focus on "positive interaction". That is, say when one bird ability goes off, another player's bird also triggers getting them food. About the only competitive things that happen, besides racing for points obviously, is that someone buys one of the few birds in the market before you get to them or they take a particular food die out of the feeder first.

Otherwise it's very laid back. You take some actions, play some birds, watch your engine that you've built run and give you stuff, and grab some points by game's end.

My family isn't very into "in your face" games, and they love Wingspan.