WINGSPAN vs EVERDELL - Best Gateway Euro Board Game

Wingspan and Everdell are two family weighted Euro games that are perfect for beginning board gamers. With its cute and fun animal theme, there is is a reason why they are both in the top 5 family board games on Board Game Geek. Worker Placement, Card Driven and Engine Building games are all mechanisms that are featured in these two games. Wingspan and Everdell are both games that players often encounter when wanting to dive deeper into the board gaming hobby especially when it comes to Euro Games.

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Wingspan Board Game Review

Wingspan and Everdell are great entry level games into other Euro Games such as Agricola, Caverna, Castles of Burgundy, Terraforming Mars, Ark Nova, Brass Birmingham, Grand Austria Hotel, Scythe and Great Western Trail.

In this video we compare these two very popular board games to see which one is better and which is the best fit for you. Come join me as I share my thoughts and experiences with these two great games.

The Board Game Sanctuary is a family friendly board game channel that aims to introduce the board gaming hobby to new and seasoned players in a light, fun and humourous way.

[nemery]

You and Maggie and Amy of Thinker Themer are my favorite board game reviewers - what is it about all you charming Australians?

Your channel is especially helpful since I am a novice, trying to teach myself about board games. My first was Wingspan and I agree on it as the gateway, as it was all that my friends and I could handle, but with the starter kit and a few playthroughs we got the idea and enjoyed it a lot. Isle of Cats and Parks were also hits with them. I can see how those could start to feel repetitive though. I bought a used copy of Everdell from someone locally who was culling their collection but haven't played it yet. Might still be a bit complex for me at the moment, and the typeface on cards might be hard for my friend to read easily.

I have to keep looking for player groups so as not to wear out my friends. Went to the Queer Board Game meetup at a local store a couple of times but it was hard to get in at the right level (there were party games, and then very heavy games).

I would like to try Atiwa since the theme appeals to me (fruit bats in African villages for the win!).

I finally got a table dedicated to games and puzzles so I will try to learn some more games solo and then maybe can introduce them to friends.

[rolling.reggie]

I love Wingspan and Everdell is still on my wishlist. Thank you for this well-done video!

[nortiger]

I own and love both of these games. I have all available expansions for Wingspan and I have the Everdell Complete Collection. I really love the contrasts you provide and you have given great insights for a buying guide for both games. Keep up the great work!

[joegerba]

Great video! We have both of these games in our collection and personally I’m going to choose Wingspan every time. But they are both great! Keep up the content!

[siksith]

I was just looking for this exact recommendation! I've been too overwhelmed with the idea of euro games and long ago decided it wasn't for me, but I want to genuinely give it a try. Might choose everdell if it drops in price a bit. Thank you!

[djoj]

I actually found wingspan lacking thematically. Some of the bird actions seemed rather random

[unlimitedrabbit]

They say everything happens for a reason. It wasn't that I put off buying Everdell because I was lazy. It was because I was destined to get the Everdell Complete Collection that's coming out.

[slimk]

Everdell complete collection is on pre-order and I am so pumped to finally get around to it

[matthewellison]

Love everdell, don't have wingspan because it just hasn't appealed to me yet. The everdell app that just came out is superb too

[dallastexas]

I have both and enjoy both. I’m not always up for playing Wingspan but I’m always down for Everdell. Never considered everdell as heavy though because everyone I’ve introduced to it picked it up quickly.

[jkturtle]

Where did you get those mini easels from? I need some for my Canvas game.

[apollonia]

Hi !,
What do you think of Creature Comforts....bought that one instead of Everde!l ?
Btw: Pressed subscribe and it is still showing Red😕
Also: More solo game s please. Thanks.

[Greggiexplore]

Ok...now I have to buy both games LOL :)

[dennissein]

Impossible to read the small writing on Everdell.cards....had to sell mine.

[drewfinkbeiner]

Where did you get the resource counter?

[BoardGameSanctuary]

Hey friends, Which of these two board games is better? What are your experiences with playing Wingspan and Everdell? New to board games, I'd love to hear from you. Comment below :)

[ertai]

Who needs either when you have Terraforming Mars 🤣 I own TM and all expansions but the gf wouldn't enjoy playing it with me. It's a bit too complicated for her.

I also own Wingspan and all the expansions as well. She much prefers playing that over pretty much anything else she's tried. It's a fairly simple game you can kinda just shut your brain off when you play once you've gotten enough experience with it.

[ianwng]

everdell.

second choice: also everdell.