Corvids Game Review

Corvids is a set collection game, ideally played with tweezers. The tweezers are not mandatory, the rules make it clear that you can use your fingers, but the tweezers do add a certain je ne sais caw to the experience. You play as members of the family Corvidae, pecking and picking at a pile of refuse, working to assemble a collection of paperclips, bottle caps, buttons, crumpled up ticket stubs, and the like. While Corvids did not ultimately leave much of an impression, using those tweezers to pick through the detritus on the player board is its own kind of magic.

The board is covered with white cards bearing pencil illustrations of the various bits and bobs that attract the interest of birds such as yourself. It’s easy to see why you’re drawn to them. The bright-white cards are striking against the matte-black cloth mat, and the juxtaposition helps to beautifully emphasize those illustrations. The first thing you do every turn is Peck at those cards, grabbing any card—covered or not—and flipping it over. This will often, should often, create a chain reaction, sending other cards flying.

Why do we Peck the cards? Well, besides for fun, you mean? Most of the cards in Corvids are double-sided, and the ones that aren’t are worth more when you pick them…

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