How to Play
The 5 Step Summary:
#1. To start off each round, all players draw a hand of five Resource cards.
#2. One player is the Judge for each round. They draw a Situation card and read it aloud.
#3. Everyone takes a moment to think. Then each player takes turns telling their story of how they plan to use three of the five Resources in their hand to resolve the situation.
#4. The Judge chooses a winner and awards them with the Situation card.
#5. Everyone replenishes their hand, a new player becomes the Judge, and the next round begins!
PDF of ALL Rules
for Wing It:
Sneak preview of wing it
Some of our favorite Resource Cards:
Human kidney
on ice
Bible signed by the Pope
Box of Kittens
Eight-pound
loaf of fudge
All Miss Manners columns of 2002
Nine corporate CEOs
One large bucket and one smaller bucket
Video of a Southern Baptist megachurch
Some of our favorite Situation Cards:
You are hosting a picnic for a chihuahua enthusiast club, when suddenly a pack of hungry falcons takes notice of your party and begins making dives for the dogs.
You are the daughter of the governor of a British trading port. Late one night while returning from a party, you are snatched from your carriage by scoundrels and taken to their pirate ship in the harbor. Now they are holding you for ransom deep in the ship’s hold.
You are a burglar, and you have just broken through the window of a grand Victorian mansion, only to find it occupied by your ex-significant other cooking up a tasty dinner.
You're babysitting on a houseboat in a lagoon in Florida. While the baby is sleeping inside and you're tanning on the deck, an alligator crawls on deck and then hits the water with your purse in her mouth. You're locked out with the baby asleep inside!
Playing Wing It is a little like this:
It takes a village to raise a penguin.
Thank you to:
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All our Kickstarter backers for believing in us and in Wing It!
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Our early play testers
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Amanda Rinderle, Tess Hart, and Paul Bender for their Kickstarter coaching.
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Zoe Chance for business advising and enthusiastic support.
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Paul Bender and the entire GtG staff for lending their warehouse space and teaching us how to use it.
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Mary Couzin (President and Founder of Chicago Toy & Game Group) and Todd Medema for great mentorship.
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Keith and Karen Zeff, and all Zeff, Aschkenasi, and Emmenegger siblings for their endless ideas and encouragement and for enjoying the wild ride with us.
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Isaac and Eli Emmenegger for sharing their creative vision for Wing It's zombie promo video, and to them and their friends for a stellar performance in this video.
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Sara Mann, Michael Cannon, and Denise Field for relentless support, writing consultations, and free legal advice.
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Andrew Zorowitz for sharing his wisdom, enthusiasm, and booth space at all hours.
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Matt Cave for his great advice, enthusiastic collaboration, and incredible advocacy.
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The rest of the retailers at the bar that one fateful night in Reno for giving us our big break: Anna O'Keefe, D. Veloz, Shane Munyer, Michael Caffrey, and Justin Vickers.
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Andrew Zorowitz for sharing his wisdom, enthusiasm, and booth space at all hours.
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John Stephens for great advice on next steps for our game.
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James Takenaka at Hit Point Sales for taking Wing It to the next level.
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Dan Yarrington, Founder of Ship Naked and Hit Point Sales, for giving us space to exhibit at GAMA.
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Dana Chaykovsky for envisioning and creating our website
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Yuliya Kim, graphic designer extraordinaire and mother of Angus the penguin, for consistently exercising positivity, patience, and excellent artistic judgment
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Alan Belsky, Gideon Klionsky, and Daniel Byers for great work on our Kickstarter videos.
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Brian Eisenstein, Danner Claflin, Shalev NessAiver, Annabeth Carroll, and Josh Luckens for coming out during flooding rains to make the Kickstarter video.
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Rocky Neumann and Mia Scharphie for sharing their living room.
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Angus V. Stoudt the Penguin for dreaming big and never letting reality get in the way.
Wing It was brought to life
by its early supporters:
Aaron Cannon
Abe Faham
Abigale Reisman
Adam Chilton
Adam Levine
Adi Feen
Adin Nelson
Alan Belsky
Alex Kragie
Alex Savtchenko
Alexandra Romano
Alice Mitchell
Alicia Rasys
Allan Press
Amy Ammar
Amy Englesberg
Andrea Wiggen
Andrew Molina
Andrew Stout
Andrzej Rattinger
Angelina Cardona
Anna Grace Barry
Anne Jonas
Anthony Frank Samaha
Anunay Sahay
Anya Brickman
Ari Bildner
Ari Dauba
Ashley Brookman
Ashley Tugade Tucker
Aviva Fellman
Aviva Mann
Aziz Twaijri
Benj Kamm
Benjamin and Nikki Zeff
Benjamin Groisser
Beth Blackmore
Beth Maylack
Bethany Kwoka
Bob Saris
Brandy Frie
Brendan Kelly
Brendan Sargent
Brian Eisenstein
Brian Shaw
Bridget Hogan
Bridget Tannian
Butterstulle
Camellia El Antably
Cardboard Fortress
Games
Carlos Villafuerte
Carrie Stalder
Catherine Epstein
Chase 'Talcerase'
Eichhorst
Chris King (Kidcafe)
Christopher Green
Christopher Lavery
Christopher Weeks
Clare Schlegel
Corey Carmichael
Craig Johnson
Dan Secor
Dan Thurston
Dana and Eric Emmenegger
Dana Silverberg
Daniel Byers
Daniel Forman
Daniel Wilson
Daniel Woltanski
Darcy Nayler
David Cannon
David Slusky
David Sven Woodland
Davie Lustig
Debbie Schlueter
Debra Caplan
Denée Decker Tyler
Denelle Cooke
DG Christensen
Dugan Murphy
Ed Kowalczewski
Elie Woolf
Elizabeth McFall
Ellen Gordon
Elliana Krandel
Elliot Ortiz
Emika Abe
Emily Harris
Emily Roycraft
Eric J Brignac
Erin Borg
Erin Eastgate
Eszti Braun
Evgeniya Kim
Franne Kamhi
Fred Firestone
Fred Kukelhaus
Gaf, Lilia and Zavier
Gerald Layher
Gila Rachel Jacobsen
Glen Loper
Grant Merkel
Hannah Newman
Hannah Turner
Harpo Jaeger
Heather Douek
Hilary Gindi
Hilary Wang
Hinda Leah
Ian McFarlin
Jack Miller
Jacob Rosenblum
James Williams
Jamie Lichtenstein
Janet Turley
Jared Petravicius
Jarrett Byrnes
Jason Blackman
Jason Green-Lowe
Jason Lai
Jason Pollens
Jason Walcutt
Jayson Uppa
Jeff Amann
Jennifer Heilbronner Muñoz
Jennifer Koerber
Jennifer Raidt
Jessi Abrahams
Jim Mathis
Jim Walsh
Joe Abraham
Joel Holland
Joel McIntyre
John David Sadoff
John-Paul Julien
Jon Leiner
Jonah Mann
Jonathan Evans
Jordan Rodriguez
Jordana Goodman
Joreigh Botting
Josef Komissar
Josh Bob
Josh Mellits and Lauren Brodsky
Josh Patton
Josh and Theresa Wegner
Josh Weinstein
Joshua Abrams
Joshua Zelinsky
JP Tingey
Judy Johnson
Julia Chartove
Julia Plumb
Julie Hocking
Julie Vallimont
Karen and Keith Zeff
Kassandra Sparks
Katherine Meyers
Kathy Kennedy
Katie McNally
Kaylie Davis
Kelly Batchelor
Kelly Equality Fernald
Kevin Bernfeld
Kevin Hong
Kori Perten
Kristen Klein
Kyle Coston
Laken Hottle
Laura Bowles
Laura Fletcher
Laura Werner-Larsen
Lea Mara
Leah Foster
Leslie Millrod
Linda Kastan
Lindsey Tomsu
Lisa Kaplan
Lise Stern
Liz Burianek
Lizzie Horvitz
Lorraine Fryer
Louella Estillero
Maayan Bar-Yam and Talia Apkon
Madison Johnson
Maia Elkana
Malcolm Littlefield
Mari Black
Mariela González Álvarez
Marisa Harford
Mark Shilansky
Marni Portner
Marta Herschkopf
Masami Otto
Matt Carl
Matt Diogenes Hamilton
Matt Groth
Matt Holden, Indie Game Alliance
Matthew Cain
Matthieu V Hausig
May Helena Plumb
Maya Fayfman
Meeple Farm
Meir Brooks
Mel McKibbin
Michael A. Burstein
Michael Freiman
Michael Reisner
Michael Shafir
Mike Bezold
Mike Sedlak
Mike Wessler
Milena Garganigo
Miriam Attia
Miya Perry
Moises Cohen
Myron Lo
Nadav Yuhjtman
Nathaniel Seelen
Nicholas Andris
Nina Harper
Nina Lambacher
Nora Newcomb
Olivia Harding
Paolo Busi
Patrick Sheehan
Peggy Frank
Pete Fanelli
Peter Stein
Phyllis Wilker
Pinnapa Satitpatanapan
Quiet Geek Girl
Quinn Raymond
Rachel Asarnow
Rachel Gordon
Rachel Gutin
Rachel Neumann
Rachel Panitch
Rachel Weiler
Rebecca Harlow
Rebecca Linfield
Rebecca Philio
Rebecca Schulz
Rhona Ceppos
Rich Steeves
Richard Cleary
Richard Lajoie
Rob Resnick
Rob van Vlokhoven
Robert Schepis
Roberto A. Cipreni
Roberto Rodriguez
Robin Leonard
Robinette Schwei
Russell Canlas
Ruthie Nachmany
Ryan Mott
Sara Deforest
Sara Mann
Sara Rose
Sarah and Carl Aschkenasi
Sarah Lieber
Sarah Mermelstein
Sarah Reid
Scott Rosen
Shaina Forman
Shalev NessAiver
Shana Tinkle
Sharon Cannon
Sharon Oster
Shayna Keller
Sheela Nath
Sheryl Kluberg
Shilpa Kobren
Shira Winter
Shoshanah Schein
Siobhan Climer
Sonia Saraiya
Sonja Vitow
Stan Forman
Stephanie Kinkel
Stephen Kump
Steven Harris
Steven Slaughter
Steven Tarr
Su Doyle
Talitha Burchart
Terry Bernstein
Terry Castongia
Terry Huffaker
Tess Hallowell
The Uncommons
Thomas Pinto
Tilda Mann
Timothy Vollmer
Tina Murtha
Todd Nelson
Tripp Miller
Tyler Godoff
Tyler Mentzer
Vanessa Joiner
Vardit Samuels
William Calvert
Yakir Reshef
Yavni Bar-Yam
Zachary Reiss-Davis
Zan Donovan
Zander Ebin
Zane Relethford
Zaynah Qutubuddin
Zoe Chance
Zoe Lloyd