Wingspan Reviews

4.9 Rating 61 Reviews

Wingspan is a competitive, medium-weight, card-driven, engine-building board game from designer Elizabeth Hargrave and Stonemaier Games. It is the winner of the prestigious 2019 Kennerspiel des Jahres award. You are bird enthusiasts—researchers, bird watchers, ornithologists, and collectors—seeking to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves. Each bird extends a chain of powerful combinations in one of your habitats (actions). These habitats focus on several key aspects of growth: Gain food tokens via custom dice in a birdfeeder dice tower Lay eggs using egg miniatures in a variety of colors Draw from hundreds of unique bird cards and play them The winner is the player with the most points after 4 rounds. If you enjoy Terraforming Mars and Gizmos, we think this game will take flight at your table. Please join us in the Wingspan Facebook group to discuss the game! Featured Components: 170 unique bird cards (57x87mm) 26 bonus cards (57x87mm) 16 Automa cards (57x87mm) 103 food tokens 75 egg miniatures 5 custom wooden dice 5 player mats 1 birdfeeder dice tower 2-piece Game Trayz custom tray 1 goal mat 8 goal tiles 1 first-player token 40 action cubes (8 per player) 1 scorepad (50 sheets; 1 sheet used for all players each game) 3 rulebooks (core, Automa, and Appendix)

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“Excellent game Quick delivery”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Great components, I really like the attention to the details and the fact that the cards are all different!”

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Posted 2 years ago

“Brilliant game even when only 2 people are playing. Keeps all ages in the family entertained (from 10 years to 70 years). Highly recommended.”

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Posted 2 years ago

“My partner and I absolutely adore this game and it's really charmed any friends we've played it with, although can be a bit complicated to get started with people who aren't so into board games. I would say while the pre-built rounds designed to help people learn can be useful initially learning, it is easier to teach other players by going through a few turns as the engine then becomes very self-explanatory, and the guides are wonderfully detailed for any confusion with card powers or challenge cards. All the components are really wonderful, very charming and detailed art and very colourful, and it's a lovely game to dedicate a relaxed long afternoon with, and the excitement of collecting the birds and the cute little egg tokens always gets everyone in a good mood. I think it manages to balance pleasant gameplay with a little competitiveness really well so it's always fun, and it's really been a gateway for me both into board games and some casual birdwatching, overall it has been really enriching and rekindled a lot of love for nature. I'm from the UK and very eagerly got the European expansion after a few months too see a few more familiar birds, but honestly I've been really delighted seeing the wonderful illustrations of birds I've also never heard of. A bonus is that it looks lovely and intriguing on your shelf, I really hope this to be a favourite with my family come the holidays.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Great game. Looks complex on first appearances but actually quite easy to pick up. Excellent as a two player.”

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Posted 3 years ago

“Very detailed boardgame, fun to play and easy to learn. Would highly recommend!”

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Posted 3 years ago

“I was given Wingspan for my birthday and we played it for the first time yesterday- we enjoyed it so much that we're playing it again tonight! We used the first-time player guides as none of us had played it before and it makes life so much easier- all games should include these! These guides give you the actions for your first four turns (which makes up half of the first round), then leaves you to finish the rest of the game yourself. This let us become familiar with the game, and we didn't need to check the rules once during the entire game. I was a bit worried at first as there looked to be a lot of parts and information on the cards. But it's easier to play than it looks and you're always prompted so that you can find the right bit of information easily. Even the people that usually struggle to learn the rules of a new game, and can find the first time playing a new game stressful, said that they really enjoyed it last night which was really nice to see. It's also a surprisingly tactile game- even the rules feel absolutely amazing, plus the artwork is lovely. It just feels really good quality. My only complaint would be that, like many games, the writing on the cards is a little small and was difficult to read for some members of our group.”

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Posted 4 years ago

“Another brilliant game from Stonemaier. Out of the box it looks quite complex and can be daunting, but once you start playing it turns into a reasonably simple card driven game that is engaging and has some seriously impressive components and artwork.”

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Posted 4 years ago