Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Command flocks of birds, jostle for treetop control, and score the forest by timing powers across shifting locations.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Area Majority
Compete to have the strongest presence in areas that award control or points.
Deck / Bag Building
Add new pieces during play to improve the cards, tokens, or dice drawn later.
Modular Board
Build the play area from interchangeable sections that vary between games.
Variable Set-up
Starting conditions, resources, or layouts change between plays.
King of the Hill
Use King of the Hill as a recurring structure for player decisions and resolution.
Roles with Asymmetric Information
Use Roles with Asymmetric Information as a recurring structure for player decisions and resolution.
Read the full game description
Perch is an area-majority game of birds competing for the best branches in a modular woodland. Players add birds from personal bags to contested locations, use asymmetric flock powers, and trigger the abilities of the places they occupy. Because every placement can change several majorities at once, a seemingly quiet perch may prepare a decisive migration or topple a rival from the king-of-the-hill position. The bag-building arc gradually changes which birds are available, while variable player powers and modular locations keep the contest fresh. Scoring rewards control across the forest rather than one overwhelming stack, so the strongest plan combines tactical displacement with careful preparation for later rounds.
