Forests are magical places where different spirit animals live...
In Whispering Woods, you have to build trails for your spirit animals and thus complete missions that will benefit you with victory points. On each turn, you can collect two landscape tiles for your forest, or one quest tile with a particular path to be able to score in the future. You will also be able to complete several chain rides with your animals, which allows you to obtain career goals that will benefit you even more.
Grow your forest, and walk its trails with your spirit animals. Good planning will allow you to hike several trails consecutively — but take care as a planning mistake can cost you dearly.
Whispering Woods includes a mode for solo play.
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- animals
- nature
- whimsical
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- one of the best if not the best boss battler out there
- this is the must get expansion if you're only going to get one
- you've never seen dragons quite like these they are stunning
- Simone Luciani strikes again
- freaking brilliant
- one of my top three favorite Thematic settings in board games
- live the best life you can
- be the best human being you can
- probably my game of the year
- there is no way it doesn't make it into my top 10 of the year
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- strong thematic depth
- family-friendly presentation
- forest guardianship and mystery
- a magical forest
- adventure with secrets to uncover
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- task completion — collect items and complete tasks to win
- tiles/board exploration — explore sections of the woods to progress
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- Happy Birthday time for Grant.
- We love you so much.
- We are taking OVER THE WHOLE HOTEL.
- The Omaha Gaming Convention will be right here in Omaha, Nebraska.
- Meepleathon here we come!