Anything from Leader Games and illustrated by Kyle Ferrin (Root, Oath, Fort…) feels like cheating but still, I absolutely adore their art style
Everdell, Photosynthesis, Parks, look nice as well
I also bought an updated edition of Costa Ruana just because of the illustrations: https://www.pamwishbow.com/client-work/project-four-yjynj-pafyx
Great question!
I really like when the games art immediately pulls players in. Everyone wants to play Flamecraft because the art work is so damn cute. Players are already engaged with the.gsme, before it even started.
Everdell is great too!
I have a soft spot for C1 Carcassonne. There’s something very elegant in the simplicity of the tile art, and it’s the version of the game that got me hooked in the first place.
Off topic, but what’s going on with the feddit.de instance? The main site (usually) just says
server error, but I still see occasional posts and comments from communities (such as this one) and users on that instance in my feed. Is there a meta community where this is discussed?The feddit frontend has been offline for months, but the backend works just fine, so if you use another ui (such as an app) that instance can still be used. It’s a mess.
Man, that sucks. Do the admins have a (tentative) timeline on when the frontend will be fixed? Is there anywhere I can follow for updates?
I really like Spirit Island. It’s a grest game and the art style really adds to it as well. It really adds to my imagination not only to read the cards powers but to see the detail in the tiny art box on every card.
When it comes to card art definitely Dixit. When I Dream also has really nice illustrations (and is pretty fun too).
Brass: Birmingham - the art quality and dark Victorian aesthetic of the board and cards are evocative of the early industrial revolution. This game also gets the “most improved” award, when compared to the original edition. The add-on iron clays are fantastic. The other components are very average though.
War of the Ring - beautifully painted over-sized cards
Pax Pamir: top notch, unique components and a cool cloth board, but the card design could be better.
Everdell for the card art, of course. They give you the feeling that there is a story behind the game.
Beyond the Sun. Just kidding. It’s a great game but the art is pretty much non-existent.
There is only one edition of Brass: Birmingham. Are you thinking of Brass: Lancashire?
Could be. I’ve seen a copy the original one, which may have just been called Brass. I can’t quite recall.
Maybe I’m just a bird man but Wingspan is absolutely stunning. I bought second copies of the base game and addons to put cards into a binder
Being a bird fan is just the healthy sane thing to do, it isn’t a niche hobby it is a pleasure of being on earth that everyone should enjoy.
Wingspan is gorgeousssss.
The app is too!
When I first heard about Wingspan app I dismissed it in an instant - why do I want to sit in front of the screen instead of being at the table? As someone working in IT boardgames are my escape from virtual world. But the game is phenomenal - cards have animations, birds make sounds and in the Polish version they have hired legendary Krystyna Czubówna (most famous voice actor) to read bird trivia. 10/10.
When I first heard about Wingspan app I dismissed it in an instant - why do I want to sit in front of the screen instead of being at the table? As someone working in IT boardgames are my escape from virtual world
I agree and I think that dynamic is definitely at play but it is eclipsed by the immediately evident truth that the digital game is as much a genuine love letter to birds wearing the disguise of an awesome strategy game as the board game itself.
A love letter is a love letter, the details of what medium the letter is written in doesn’t matter, and what better crush to write a love letter to than the birds bursting wild and free into even the most terraformed artificial human environments.
…Do you think you could teach a crow to play wingspan?
