A turn-based game about building a bird preserve with three different habitats. I bought the physical board game that this is an adaptation of, and there was a discount coupon for the digital version and I figured I wasn’t going to play the physical board game in a while, so I got this.

+ Unlike Tabletop Simulator, this game is designed to be just one game, so it doesn’t suffer from being a physics simulator. Maybe some people enjoy the rolling dice animations some other games have, but this game doesn’t have it and I’d say it’s a good thing. The game keeps track of all rules for you, so any possible interaction is brought to your attention so you can’t ever say “oops I forgot to activate X ability.”
+ Literally instant set-up and clean up. Duh, it’s a video game, but this makes for a world of difference when actually playing the game and is one of the things I appreciate the most.
+ The sounds, bird calls, voiced trivia, and music are all very appropriate and calming.
+ The limited animation on the bird cards is neat.
+ Tutorial makes learning the game easy. Even if it’s the same as the physical game’s tutorial, it’s implemented well.
+ I haven’t tried the multiplayer, but Steam’s remote play together feature works well if you don’t mind playing with revealed hands.

- Not a lot of player interaction so it plays a lot more like a solitaire game. The only cases where other players matter to you is when they take cards from the communal pool, take food from the communal feeder, or trigger abilities that give you resources. It’s very difficult to play around other players’ actions and they don’t feel like they matter a great deal. Maybe some people will like this?
- Like many board games, swingy based on random draws and rolls. Not being able to get a card that you need despite playing the best possible game, or not being able to roll the right food two turns in a row for the feeder despite setting yourself up is not a great feeling. Don’t even get me started on how the raptor cards are literally “roll a 1 on Xd6 to see if you get any extra points.” Most of the time you won’t get anything and can do very little about it. In fact your best odds are 4d6, and that translates to 51.77% chance to get an extra point. Rolling dice in real life can be fun, but I don’t feel that way in a digital game. And a late-game bonus card can either give you 8 points or just never give anything: it's random.

? Where’s the European expansion as DLC?

Have you ever wanted to play a board game more than four times? This is how you can do that. Furthermore, birds are very important and this is a great way to look at birds and maybe learn something about them. Recommended.