Elizabeth Hargrave is somewhat of a star of the hobbyist gaming world. We all (nearly at least) agreed that Wingspanwas the best game of 2019. It even won a Kennerspiel des Jahres, which may as well be the prize for the coolest game of the year. It’s rare for a designer to have so much success with their first game, for it to be so universally acclaimed, and also, to have not put a foot wrong with anything else they’ve released since – albeit the small but perfectly formed Tussie Mussie.
Hargrave has spread her wings, a little, with her new game – Mariposas – and while we’re no longer in the world of bird portraits, we are at least migrating, and there is a bit of egg laying too. Mariposas takes us on an epic journey across the North American continent, following the multigenerational migration of the Monarch butterfly. Hargrave introduces the game for us.