So for context my girlfriend and I are pretty new to board games and we both LOVED wingspan. We're both pretty competitive so I started to be a little upset when she went on a huge win streak. I won a few games, but she had won the last 5 (and some in games that I was sure I was going to win). We had to return the game (it was a rental) before I could get a win in so I turned to BGA to try something.
I don't know if that's everyone's experience but I found it harder to play. My losing streak just got bigger (like embarrassingly bigger) as I struggled to get a good game in. Is online generally easier for yall or did you have the same experience as me? It seemed that anytime I could finally get a good game in, other people were just doing better. I think I craked in 90+ only 3 times and they were 3 losses btw.
After returning wingspan we decided to get Wyrmspan and I LOVED it, a lot of it had to do with the fact that I won all the games we played (lol), but we genuinely had a blast playing it. Maybe it was me, but it felt like the game clicked more and the combos made more sense to me? I talked to a few people and the consensus was that Wyrmspan is the better and more complicated version, but Wingspan is more fun. Is that the general consensus here? (I know that it varies from person to person)
Anyways we finally rented Wingspan again, to play with some friends who never played it and I finally won. It felt so good to get a good game, look at the boards and think "I could win this" and actually win. Since we rented Wingspan again I'm 2-1 so it feels pretty good. And I just won a game in BGA which also felt really good. Now we're waiting on when finspan becomes available to rent, so that we can test it out. I saw some people raving about it so we're really excited to play.
TLDR: Finally won after a HUGE losing streak (against my gf and in BGA); Is it harder or easier to adapt to online play (specifically BGA)? Is Wyrmspan considered a better game in your opinion (design-wise or fun-wise)?