Say goodbye to birds and hello to dragons in Wyrmspan, a scalier take on beloved strategy card game Wingspan

https://www.rockpapershotgun.com/say-goodbye-to-birds-and-hello-to-dragons-in-wyrmspan-a-scalier-take-on-beloved-strategy-card-game-wingspan

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CubitOom@infosec.pub · 9 pts · 78d (6 replies)

Hasn't this been out for a while?

I think wingspan is cool cause you can learn about the real world.

I would honestly rather see a plant or mushroom version of wingspan.

popcar2@piefed.ca · 7 pts · 78d

Yeah I was getting serious dejavu reading this title. Wyrmspan has been out for ages.

domdanial@reddthat.com · 3 pts · 78d (1 reply)

It has been out for at least a year. I think it's a good marketing play if nothing else. I know a lot of people that wouldn't play that bird game but would play a dragons game.

CubitOom@infosec.pub · 4 pts · 78d

I get it, dragons are cool, but I wish people would take the time to learn more about nature as much as they do imaginary creatures.

As a kid, I knew more Pokemon than I did birds and looking back on it, it's sad. I've been learning more about birds, insects, trees, plants, and fungi as I get older and it has been like unlocking aspects of the world.

This is all to say, I think the original wingpsan is a good game, and I hope to see more like it that can teach actual facts.

Wrufieotnak@feddit.org · 3 pts · 78d (1 reply)

Definitely, there is even already the sequel to Wyrmspan out: Finspan, which is again about real world biology, this time fish.

CubitOom@infosec.pub · 2 pts · 77d

Oh cool, I hadn't heard of finspan yet

Nelots@piefed.zip · 3 pts · 78d

The article is about the digital version on Steam... not that it makes that very clear. I'm like 80% sure the author has no idea this is a port of a physical board game. But yeah, the digital version is new. It's not even released yet.