Finspan - How To Play

[@5192aaron]

"Stonemaiar, this is the third time you brought Wingspan to show and tell." "Yeah. Cuz we NAILED IT."

[@dranawor]

Watched it before, and I'll do it again!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thank you kindly - that really helps!

[@pippinmew]

Not that I likely wont watch again once I get the game but re-watched for you Rodney to keep the engagement up for you. Excellent work as always my dude!

[@WatchItPlayed]

I really do appreciate that - it is a kind gift for having to pull down and correct something in the previous version. Thank you very much for helping!

[@TimChuon]

i literally jumped for joy when i saw you covering this! Thanks so much Rodney-going to send this over to my family tonight for this weekend's gaming sesh! 🙌

[@WatchItPlayed]

I hope they all have a great time playing, and don't go too hard on you. I don't know about your family, they mine assumes I'll be good at games... knowing how to teach the game isn't the same as knowing how to play it well!

[@aleksandarjevremovic2384]

I've been watching your videos for a while now, but I've just noticed that your shirts match the colors of the game box. 😄

[@WatchItPlayed]

Nice catch!

[@FaxtorRein]

Dam! What a fintastic explanation! I’m hooked!

[@WatchItPlayed]

You win a prize for this puntastic comment! I'm not sure which one, but you win it!

[@virgofortissima]

And thank you for all the close-ups on the cards! Fish are incredible! Kept pausing to read all the trivia!

[@WatchItPlayed]

It's fun to read through all of the fun facts, right?

[@peteshirey9816]

rewatched! Thanks Rodney!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Really appreciate that - thanks Pete!

[@virgofortissima]

Excellent video, Rodney! Super excited for this game!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Not much longer to wait now!

[@farci_val]

Let's DIVE into this!!

[@WatchItPlayed]

I see what you did there!

[@SurvivorsQuest1]

A video so good it had to be uploaded twice!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Ha! Well, thanks for coming back the second time too :)

[@nikolaosvougioukas8405]

Great video as always! Thumbs up Rodney! 👏

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thank you kindly!

[@henriwhitehead]

Great video! Leandra will be excited to see this spinoff.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Living on an island, where seafood is a primary industry (and having grandfather who owned a fishery), this theme was immediately of interest to me as well!

[@loganseagroves8490]

I love this channels videos!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Ah, so nice of you to say, thank you!

[@eepopgames2741]

Game seems interesting. I would say that I personally am more a fan of Wingspan's method of writing out in words the abilities of the cards rather than relying so heavily on iconography like Finspan does. My extended family loves Wingspan, its the first game we always play and have played it hundreds of times. Of the dozen or so people that have played it in my family, I would wager more than half would have problems really grokking the iconography and even when they do, its likely to slip out and need to be relearned each time. And even then, I would say only three of us are game-brained enough for it not to be additional effort to use the iconography over just being able to read the ability in plain language. I get that traditionally this kind of thing is a production concern trying to make one edition that can we sold internationally or such. But between the names, flavor text, and ability type headers (when played/when activated/etc), I imagine they will still need a localized deck. It probably is cheaper to localize less text, but for my group, I think it will make it less likely to catch on. My wife is definitely going to buy it anyway, but I fear it will languish on the shelf subconsciously as a result of this iconography decision.

[@knitlobe1305]

Many youtube reviewers already put this game on top and put Wingspan on the bottom of the “span” series, which is a “cult of the new” take. I dont understand why so many “reviewers” have issue witht the bird feeder, doesnt the game give enough flexibilty to exchange any 2 tokens to any 1 token? And pay cost with resources make senses, I am not a fan of playing card by paying cards. Its too bland and simple and not thematic at all. Also not really understand what is the purpose with playing with hands face up. Thanks to Rodney with an amazing tutorial video that help me confirm to pass on this game and only keep Wingspan.

[@nerdyjawsh]

Well it might be cheaper, but having icons only means kids that can't read can still play because they memorize what the icons do. Also I'm sure it's easier for non English first speakers.

[@eepopgames2741]

@@nerdyjawsh Several of the folks I mentioned would be classified as kids (my own and nieces/nephews). Maybe they are all anomalies, but they understood how to read the text of wingspan far better than they understood iconography similar to what Finspan is using in other games. I can concede the non english speaker point as it is outside my experiences. But I might counter that it is at least conceivable they might themselves prefer a copy with text written out in their native language rather than iconography.

[@elainetyger]

Interesting difference from Wingspan and Wyrmspan that you cannot deny benefits to the table by denying them to yourself.

[@onyxkrow]

Board Game Yoda strikes again doesn't he? Already got the game, the game just doesn't know it yet lol.

[@awezfarhad7331]

Hello mr Rodney smith, can you tell me your opinion on the game Arcs?

[@WatchItPlayed]

Hey, thanks for the interest. I tend to avoid giving personalized recommendations. What I like, someone else might not - but hopefully you see a few games on here that might be what you are looking for! And I suppose in this case: I haven't played it.

[@biffybeans]

I want it!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thanks for checking it out!

[@mikeshomegardening8150]

I still cannot believe this is a real game. Pretty cool though.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Very real!

[@shepd1999]

Don't know why this disappeared before, but hopefully, it is up for good now

[@WatchItPlayed]

It should be. There was an example on screen that showed a card in an incorrect place, and I wanted to correct it after someone caught it. It should otherwise be up for good, but I will always pull down a video if I have a chance to correct something. I always want you to have full confidence that the tutorials here are as accurate as humanly possible.

[@andypies]

Only saw half of it earlier!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Welcome back! Had a visual I wanted to correct (a card sitting in the wrong spot). No rules taught incorrectly, but a card displayed in the wrong row. Glad to have been able to update it.

[@richlather6911]

I appreciate the explanation, we also got about halfway through before it was taken down earlier today.

[@garethevans6667]

Wait, Finspan is real!? I thought it was a prank! 😂

[@WatchItPlayed]

This is not a drill!

[@zocktol]

Thanks to your tutorial, i am now waiting to purchase the game :/ My poor wallet.

[@WatchItPlayed]

Have a great time playing!

[@DrMcFly28]

This tutorial is a bit fishy

[@WatchItPlayed]

🐟🐠🐡

[@joculescu]

I can't wait to play the game myself. And maybe I'll make a video about it too.💪💪

[@kom1nidade]

First like!!!!

[@WatchItPlayed]

Thanks for checking out the video!