– Stonemaier Games | Wingspan 2nd Edition – The Stunning Relaxing & Strategic Bird-Collection Board Game for Adults & Teens, a Games Night Essential | 1–5 Players, Ages 14+, 40-70 Mins

I see this expansion as a "must" because it greatly improves the base game, completely revitalizing the engine-building strategy. In terms of complexity and strategy, the addition of nectar as a wild resource and the redesigned player mats make the game feel much more fluid. It smooths out the early-game resource bottleneck without making the choices feel watered down. The gameplay feels rebalanced, especially since the new end-of-round goals and bird cards offer much more viable alternative paths to victory beyond just spamming eggs in the final round. The instructions are crystal clear and easy to digest, making the new mechanics seamless to integrate right out of the box. There is virtually no extra assembly required; you just shuffle the high-quality cards into your deck and swap out the dice and player mats. Speaking of components, the appearance and overall quality of the box, pieces, and cards are top-notch, perfectly matching the beautiful aesthetic of the original game. Whether you are playing solo or with a full group of five, it scales perfectly and keeps the playing time right in that sweet spot of 40–70 minutes. If you love Wingspan, once you play with this expansion you wont want to go back

We Really love this game. The pieces are really nice and good quality cards. The board is nicely decorated. For those who love the strategy games like scythe, ticket to ride, Catan, this is same sort of ground. You don't need to be a bird lover but if you are, double bonus! My daughter in law loves playing scythe with us and being a nature and bird lover I thought this would make a nice gift and it went down a treat. A valuable addition to games night!

The most addictive board game. Such pretty playing cards. Easy tutorial videos available. No major family disputes!

Brilliant addition to the game. I bought it primarily because I live in the UK and it is European birds. However, it is more than just bird cards. There are new actions that make the game more interesting. It makes the game a little harder but still maintains it's laid back feel. The art work and quality of components are superb.

As sure as eggs is eggs this is a game that everyone (14+ years seems high) will enjoy - if they can make keeping birds work towards the variable targets. There are points for lots of different things at the end of a round and at the end of a game. Games can be quick (30mins-hour) or leisurely fun with conversation. This is a great game. It looks nice and friendly and is at that. The mechanic of the game is well crafted to reward careful planning and responding to options that arise. The turn (8 down to 4) cubes keep each round (of four) well policed and allow everyone to keep track of what those around them are up to. Some bonuses depend on what turn options are covered by cubes and how many cubes. Playing some bird cards gains an extra bonus target. Most birds have some ability and when you find a synchronicity between them you make out like a bandit. The cards are standard size for those that like to sleave. I would have liked to see less plastic from such an environment educational game (should be zero rated for customs/VAT for that) The resource storage trays could have been cardboard. I understand the card trays are now egg box card (apt). The eggs could have been wood. Otherwise this is a perfect one (yes solo with automa opposition) to five player game. Grown-up social gaming.

Note: There is a very well made software version of this game available on PC, iOS and Android for a much lower price than the physical edition if you’re just looking to try it out, or maybe get a tutorial. Well worth a peep. Wingspan is a fairly straightforward engine building game in which you play birds into a choice of habitats (woodlands, grasslands, and wetlands) for points which are all counted up at the end of the game to decide the victor. Each bird has its own special effect, which over the course of the game combine with the effects of other adjacent birds to create large combos to more efficiently gather food, eggs and more bird cards to play. The first few turns don’t feel particularly rewarding, but as your arrangement fills up, it creates a satisfying system of synergies - “I will do this, which gets me this, and this too, and because of that, I can do this and that and get these as well.” While this is undeniably fun, it’s not particularly competitive. Some may relish the chilled layback nature of just playing their own little game on their own board which is almost entirely self contained (with just a few small exceptions) and just comparing at the end who did the best, whereas others will lament that lack of direct interactivity with other players. This isn’t a game for those that relish sabotaging other players around them as much as possible. The games components are really quite lovely. Little food tokens that have their own little lidded tubs to keep them in, dinky colourful eggs that look like they should contain chocolate (but don’t!), and a nice container to keep all the cards in, but the real pièce de résistance has to be the little dice rolling tower in the shape of a little wooden bird house. It’s a really nice touch that makes the whole game feel very classy. Neat as a pin all around! In terms of strategy and balance. I have very little negative to say. Because high scores can be achieved in a number of different ways, players are very rarely in a position where they were doomed from the start, destined to fail. It CAN absolutely still happen, but the elegant design allows you to circumnavigate those obstacles most of the time. In the approx 30 games I’ve played so far, I’ve only had a fully fledged starting fail 2 or 3 times max. If you pivot your original strategy soon enough, you can nearly always come out with a respectable score at the very least. So yes, all in all I heartily recommend Wingspan. It’s really quite straightforward once you’ve played a game or two, and works quite well in a more social gaming session, allowing people to just chat and have fun without having to spend the entire time obsessing over what everyone else is doing. It’s lovely to look at, easy to set up and pack away and is very replayable. Good stuff!

Really nice game like other Stonemaier games. Easy to get to grips with and has a nice relaxing feel to it with the eggs and bird information. Definitely recommend.

Wingspan is an outstanding board game that’s both relaxing and engaging. The artwork is absolutely stunning and the components are excellent quality, especially the bird cards and the little wooden eggs. It has a great balance of strategy and engine-building without feeling too heavy or competitive. Every game is very different thanks to the variety of bird powers and bonus cards. It plays well with just two but also scales nicely for larger groups. Easily one of the best games in my collection. Highly recommended for both casual and serious board gamers.

Adds extra birds to the game~ buy this after you've bought and played the base game and the Oceania expansion a number of times. Overall Wingspan is one of my favourite games so i would recommend this expansion to see more cute birdies

Amplia muy bien el juego base, lo suficiente para sentirse diferente con las nuevas cartas de ave y los nuevos objetivos de fin de ronda. Aunque es algo complejo notar las nuevas cartas durante las primeras partidas. Lo recomiendo si ya se la han dado bastantes partidas al juego base.

I bought this game against my GF's will (she said we had enough games). Well, for the first time in a long time she was wrong... She and I (I don't really love board games) fell in love with this game. It's nice. Not 2 games are the same and there are a thousand ways to win. We are considering buying the expansions too

A must have for every board game lover :)

Fantastic addition to an already fantastic game. I highly recommend wingspan and it's expansions.