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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)
Featured Accessories:
Wingspan's box measures 30x30x7cm, and it weighs 2.4 kg.
Release Details
- Wingspan was released to retailers worldwide on March 8, 2019 (MSRP: $55; SKU: STM900)
- Tabletopia digital version available now
- Tower Rex wooden dice tower
Prints of the bird art can be purchased directly from artist Natalia Rojas.
Copyright 2019 Stonemaier LLC. Wingspan is a trademark of Stonemaier LLC. All Rights Reserved. This content is not authorized for posting on Steam.
Photos courtesy of Kim Euker. Typeface Cardenio Modern designed by Nils Cordes, nilscordes.com. For media requests (interviews), please contact Jamey at firstname.lastname@example.com or Elizabeth (the game designer) at email@example.com. Review copy requests should follow our standard form procedures.
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Hi there! We recently bought Wingspan and LOVE the game. However, our game set is missing one of the clear plastic clamshell cases. How can I get another one of those? Thanks!
Love this game!!! This game need to make 6 player please! We have a family of 6 and one of us is always missing out. You don't need to change anything, just add another board, more food, eggs, and 1+ dice. I'm so glad that this game isn't about killing birds or something twisted. It's not highly competitive but enough that you want to strategize yourself to earn the most points. Tips: I always win with the most eggs by the end of the game.
Hello big fan of SM games. I was looking into Wingspan and noticed there were misprints ("Photographer" bonus card, "Omnivore Expert" bonus card, "Spotted Sandpiper" bird card). If I bought Wingspan with the European Expansion right now, would there be any such misprints or misspellings?
Dear Jamey
Congrats on your first game translated into Danish. This month the danish version of Wingspan was released.
Normally, people in Denmark speak and understand english at a fair level. The hardcore boardgamers have absolutely no problems playing english-texted boardgames. But when a non-translated game hits the table with family or "normal" friends, who only plays boardgames once in a while, language often becomes a problem – even though they speak excellent english. But many words are boardgame related, and not used often in everyday language. E.g. token, adjacent, deck etc.
I will definitely buy this version. I like it when the other players only concentrate on tactics and remembering rules, rather than using brain activity (and time) translating what is written on the card they just picked up. So I just want to say thank you for the danish version, and I hope there is much more to come in danish – especially the expansions for this game(?) ;-)
Have a nice day and keep up the good work :-)
At last a game for Bird Lovers and one to play ona stormy winter night
Love this game!! Can't wait for Oceania to come out. Was hoping for a tropical bird addition. Such as Amazon birds or birds of paradise. The game is addicting and I have learned so much about birds in my area! I HIGHLY recommmend!
Love this game. Learned so much. Super aesthetically pleasing. Please make a dinosaur version. I strongly feel this would be greatly popular and the board game enthusiasts likely overlap more with Dinos than birds.
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I'm in the U.S., but learning Swedish. Where can I find out more about the coming Swedish version of Wingspan?
Hello! I bought this game almost 2 weeks ago on Saturday. It still has not arrived nor have I received any notification about it.I can't seem to track it either. Is it likely that my order got lost or has it really not sent out yet?
Also, what are your thoughts on the Android app "Wingsong"?
Do you know when the Switch version will be released?
Will it have local multiplayer (hotseat)?
If I buy from you how soon will it be shipped?
is the eurasian eagle owl included in the european expansion?? it's prolific throughout europe and asia. cool bird.
When playing automa version, am I using the green goals board's tiles to judge how I did that round, or am I using the end -of -round goals automa card to judge my success (a totally different parameter) ? If the automa card, why are there 2 sets of goal symbols for same round in some spaces? Or does the automa use the card based on what I have done ( since it will never have eggs on its birds, or birds in wetlands, ect. ),along with its cubes as its score, while I use the goal tile for my score as in normal play?
I am loving this game with family, and have just tried automa. This is the only thing in the directions I don't understand.
Hi Laura
You compete with Automa for end-of-round goals the same way you do in the multiplayer game. You compare how many you have of whatever the goal tile is asking for to see who gets different amounts of VP. YOU simply count how many you have, as normal.
AUTOMA does it differently. First you look at the end-of-round scoring card. Find the correct card and side of card for the current round. Then, match the goal tile with the icons on the card. The value shown there tells you 'how many' of the thing you are comparing (eggs, birds in a habitat, whatever the goal is) that she starts with. To that number, you add any cubes that she placed there (because the Automa cards told her to with the cube icon).
Compare that total to how many you had to figure out who did best and score accordingly.
I hope this clears it up for you.
Best wishes,
Thank you so much!
Hi! Im glad to see Wingspan is being translated to Swedish! However, the release seems to be uncertain (some say aug 2020, some nov 2020). Is there anyway to know? Either way, great boardgame!
Fantastic game! One of my absolute favourites! The mechanics of the game are amazing, despite playing it well over a hundred times I still find no game is the same. I love the way everything is so balanced and that you can have such close scores a lot of the time despite everyone making different decisions and different plans. Props to Elizabeth, she did a fantastic job! And the art work, absolutely amazing! As a fellow bird watching enthusiast and board game lover I must say the images of the birds are amazing! That's not to say that you need to be a birder to play this game, some of my friends have no interest in birds and still think this is the best game ever.
I have a suggestion for a future expansion, probably Oceania as this bird would probably come under that. For the new Caledonian crow, which you will have to do sometime 😂, you should make it like the raven but give it the ability of paying one egg for two food or paying one food for two eggs!
This game needs a unboxing instruction. The game setup is not sufficient. I spent an hour opening/unwrapping things in the box. Some things like the light blue flimsy plastic box, I wasn't sure if I should open them or not since the booklets inside don't say, but I took a chance and it seems that it's to hold the cards. After an hour of trying to figure out the unboxing and being puzzled why there's 4 plastic boxes and not 5 since I'm assuming they are for the food, my daughter walked away and said, "I guess we're never playing this." and I went online for help. I'm now at 2 hours of trying to figure this out and I finally have the birdhouse assembled. I still don't know what's up with those 4 plastic boxes and I'm ready to shove this all back in the box, if I can get it to fit back in there in frustration. I've been looking forward to this game for quite awhile. I enjoy strategy games and puzzles. I do not enjoy the unboxing and setup of a game being a strategy or a puzzle. This game needs an unboxing step by step. the birdhouse needs better instructions, including ones that show you pictures of what you are doing, not just notes attached to the punch outs that has us trying to line the punchouts back on the card after they were punched. I was going to also get a copy of this for my inlaws who love games and birds, but this is not the kind of gift that you send to the inlaws unless you hate the inlaws.
Hi Valerie.
We were equally frustrated when receiving the game. In retrospect it wasn't as difficult as I was making it but I completely understand what you're experiencing. I want to add that this game is worth every bit of aggravation you may feel as you begin to learn it.
I am grateful that my husband was willing to persevere as we began our Wingspan journey. It was worth it a thousand times over. It is just a wonderful, but complex at the start, game.
I hope you'll be able to get past these initial feelings and give it a go. It does get MUCH more enjoyable.
Take care.
Hello! We found it all very easy luckily! We play 2 players and we use just some of the plastic containers, one each for each different coloured eggs *we only use 4 colours* two deep ones half and half of random food tokens, no need to organize them, we put all played bird cards face up in the card container and the shuffled ones face down meaning we dont need to reshuffle until we have gone through all of the deck! The setup and down is very quick and simple, everything fits so easily into the box, we leave the bird feeder together and pop it away, its our favourite game now! With all the containers you just use them the way it works for you =)
Great game, beautiful art, fun to play. If you are not an experienced tabletop gamer, *double* the time required for play. We are birders not gamers, and at first could not get through a game in a single night. It's getting a bit faster, and we bought the quick-start pack to help friends learn. But I can't even conceive of 3-4 players getting through a game in under an hour. Otherwise, recommend it 100%.
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I just wanted to thank you for this game. My partner and I have been obsessed with it since we bought it, and our bird-loving 7yo begged us to teach her to play until we relented. She wants to play every day and she has started winning, which is no mean feat in our house. 😏 She is now angling for a stuffed griffon vulture for Christmas. Thank you so much for Wingspan!
When playing a bird, do you also take the action on the space? For example: I play the first bird in the forest. I place the card down, pay the food. Do I also get to take one food out of the bird feeder?
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Hi, I was wondering if the cards only exist in English, or if they also exist in other languages? Thanks
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When will Wingspan be available to play on an iPad?
I am looking forward to playing this, but so much plastic though! :-(
When will Wingspan be available for Nintendo Switch. The release date(s) thatI have seen have passed. Thank you!
Have you considered face masks? We'd buy some.
I bought wingspan plus the mat and expansion back in May (the 6th) I haven't had any updates with receiving my order? I hen might I expect it to ship (to Arizona). It was a birthday gift for my wife. Today is that day and she was hoping it would have arrived.
I wrote earlier that I was giving up on Wingspan (too difficult for a non-gamer). Now I'm seeing what I think is a new video and learning that the box I bought should include a SWIFT START packet for people who are having trouble getting started. My box did not come with this feature. HOW CAN I GET IT? Thank you, Beverly email@example.com
Hello. I have pre-ordered Wingspan with expansion to ship to India in May…are the games in stock now and when will it be shipped??. My family is waiting for this game to arrive like crazy!! Really counting days… something to look forward to in pandemic lockdown…..Also I want to thank Stonemaier games for shipping all across the world !! I wish the copy reach us before 23rd July it will be perfect birthday gift for my 9yr old !!
We were able to buy a copy of Scythe recently and we cannot stop playing it. Even my 9 yr old keeps thinking of strategies all day, that he plans to use in next game! Thanks for such a great boardgame !! It is a brilliant design 👌
When is this hitting Canadian stores? I've had this on pre-order since January.
I'd like to be able to order additional accessories like spotted eggs, additional egg colors, and additional bird cards, maybe a migration expansion pack.
I love this game so much! I bought Wingspan to play with a group of friends who all are avid board game players and we absolutely loved it! But I also introduced the game to a new group consisting of my siblings and their partners who were not really into board games before playing Wingspan. But Wingspan brought them so much joy, they really started to grow into board games as well and bought their first games! We introduced a 'Wingspan Saturday' that brought so much joy during the Corona pandemic (and of course in the future)! For my birthday they bought the European expansion and that made the game even more enjoyable and brought more variety and play styles. Just wanted to share this :)
Hello Wingspan makers!
I love the game, but can I make a suggestion for a possible expansion?
What about an "Ocean expansion", with Arctic terns, Southern Ocean penguin species (there are ~19 species), Shearwaters, Albatross, Ganets, Boobies, Skuas, Frigate birds, etc. Some of these birds are highly migratory, others form massive colonies, others are highly predatory. Lots of cool attributes to guide game play.
But, I gather you are also working on regional expansions in Europe, Australasia, and other places. So fair play if you don't see yourselves working on an "Ocean expansion" any time soon.
Thanks a bunch for the game it's great,
I am sure you've been asked this question too many times to count, but I made an preorder for wingspan, expansion and some mats last month. Could you give me a guess when you'll be getting in a shipment to send out? Thanks in advance!
I recently got a copy of Wingspan for my birthday, but after laying it out to play and reading the rules I realized that there were no food tokens in my box! What should I do?
We like birds but are not "gamers." As hard as we tried to figure out how to play– looking at videos, setting aside time to really study the directions–we have decided to call it quits. We would be happy to find a new owner for our game which, BTW, is beautiful, high quality, and well-constructed. I paid about $90 for it. Would someone make an offer?
When do you expect the Nintendo Switch version to be released? Thank you!
Hey Jamey
When using an ability of "Repeat a brown power in this row" (northern mockingbird, grey catbird) do you repeat the power as if it belonged to the mockingbird or the grey catbird? Or do you repeat it on the original bird you are copying.
Example if you repeat the power of the golden eagle, "look to tuck from the deck if under 100cm" and it was successful would you tuck this card under the catbird or mockingbird since they are repeating the power or still tuck it under the eagle?
I would not buy this game from this site. I love this game (played with a friend) but I bought it from this site for $65 and never received the package. I messaged the seller and they never replied to me. Wish I would have waited until this game was back in stock with amazon because they would have actually remedied the situation.
After further digging, it turns out I bought from another "company" that was a scam. Stonemaier seems to be a safe company to buy from and they have reached out to me to help remedy the situation.
When another player activates Anna's hummingbird, Can I as the player who does not have that bird on my board choose to gain no food from the bird feeder?
I would buy from your site but im Canadian and the conversion rate is horrible, and you charge 14 buck for shipping. I think im done waiting for wingspan, I cant find it anywhere. This is a game my wife and I wanted to enjoy, but its out of reach.
We got ours from a local store in Blackfalds Ab. Dad's Day Off games and hobby. Give him a call
Okay…I am really at a loss. We just opened ours. The birdhouse roof doesn't fit without a lot of bending of tabs. The birdhouse itself doesn't fit in the game box unless you leave off the box lid. AND…there are 10 bird cards in a separate pack, each of which has a gray mark in the lower left corner. Nothing about these in the directions. We had looked forward to this game and feel exceedingly disappointed. Please someone help us find the joy here.
I think I have figured out the gray-cornered cards. Not listed in the Components list, we have found an additional 4 'mats' that indicate they are to be used to guide a new player through the first four rounds. Note to designers: Label this NEW PLAYERS START HERE and list it in your Components list. It appears the separately packaged gray-cornered cards are to be used with these mats. Seems a grand idea but without clear labels it creates unnecessary confusion. Still would like hints on how to store this birdhouse without continually stressing the bottom tabs & the base slots.
Will wingspan become available to play on an iPad?
I love this game and I'm finally purchasing my own copy… As I do, I'd like to mention how heartbroken I am to find there is no Prairie Warbler in the base game. Is there any plans to include the Prairie Warbler in future editions or expansions?
Hi I have ordered Wingspan and it's expansion just now. Delivery is to India. Btw, I am not able to find this game anywhere in India nor can I get it shipped here.So you cannot imagine how happy I was to see that you ship internationally!! How much time do you anticipate it may take to ship in current situation? I believe most international shipping has resumed… Anyways, counting every day and looking forward to playing this with my family very very soon! Fingers crossed!!
Hi! I'm looking forward to play Wingspan, the reviews are great and the look of the game gorgeous. Please help me to purchase wisely: what's the difference between Wingspan and Wingspan Revised Edition? Thanks!
Another question, are there also South American birds, or will there be in a next expansion?
Hi! I ordered Wingspan today and am so excited. It says US preorder is July. Does that mean it ships July 1, or how will it work? Will I be notified when it ships?
Hi, I'm really interested in this game but I'm from the UK and would ideally just like to have European birds in it so I can justify this as educational in content as well as through gameplay for my sons! Is there any chance in the future you would make a base set with just the European birds in, like how Ticket to Ride has a Europe version, so we wouldn't need to buy both the base game and expansion?
My order said june when I placed the order. Are we looking towards the beginning or the end of june?
Wingspan! Probably one our most favorite games. Gameplay flows well, easy to catch on, a great "engine building" type game. We can't wait for the third expansion later this year, (2020). It's now time to discovery another Stonemaier game. Any recommendations?
Hello! We can't resolve the dispute over getting food tokens. If I perform the action of getting food from the feeder, I can take 2 dice and there are 3 dice: 1 mouse and 2 fish, then taking 1 mouse I can reroll dice because there were only the same, because I can take another feed?
Hello Stonemeier Games.
I really enjoy the games that you make and think that the creativity and look of your games.
Especially Wingspan, and the exspansion. I have seen that you are also publishing wingspan in different languages, for exsample i believe the danish version comes out this fall. And I wondered? Do you have any plans of publishing the expansions in other languages as well?
Best regards 😊
Hello :-)
I like Wingspan very much, with the Europe Expansion. When you make the Oceania Expansion, please don't forget the threatened "Kakapo" (live in New Zealand)…
Kind regards :-)
Hi Guys,
I am living in Shanghai, China and I am trying to buy the game in English. I don't suppose you could recommend anywhere that stocks it? I have looked on the Chinese version of amazon (Taobao) and they only have the Chinese version.
Thank you,
Hello, I recently purchased your swift promo pack as I purchased the original wingspan which did not include this. I would like to say thank you for the quick delivery of this product which arrived safely around the time you said it would (being in the current situation we are all in and based in the UK this is much appreciated, as is the UK based distribution centre).
I have a question related to the birds which can be turned sideways (new for European expansion). Do these count as 1 bird still even though they cover two slots? This came up when playing a game a having the end round goal total number birds in woodland. One player had a side ways bird so does this mean their maximum is still five if all five slots are filled or just 4 (1 side ways bird and the rest played normally)?
Thanks again and looking forward to seeing future expansions soon :).
Kind regards
Awesome thanks! Any bird feeders out there too? Couldn't find them on the site.
We have been playing Wingspan almost daily with our kids 6 and 8 years old who have become not only game experts but birders in the process too! We are out of our score cards and our bird feeder is falling apart. Any chance we can order new ones?
I am a big fan of Wingspan and though this might sound a little pathetic it was one of the highlights of my 2019.
I have recently bought the European Expansion and if you'll have it, I would like to share a suggestion with you. Though the extra tray and storage boxes are nice I found them to be ultimately not necessary and therefore it felt like a waste of plastic and cardboard (for the bigger box to accommodate everything). To be less wasteful would it be possible for the Oceania Expansion to not come with this and to make the extra tray with lid something that can be bought separately for those who need it? I have no doubts that I will be buying the Oceania expansion but I hope there won't be even more waste of unnecessary components and overly large boxes to hold said unnecessary components.
This game has such a feeling of nature awareness and I love how proceeds from this new expansion will go to birds affected by the Australian wildfires. It seems like it would only make sense that the game itself doesn't leave a bigger negative ecological footprint than it needs to.
Thank you for your time
While playing with the European expansion last night, a question came up we could not answer using the rules. One of the end of round powers is (I'm paraphrasing): if you used all four actions during the round, play another bird and pay its normal food and egg costs. If you play a bird that happens to also be a bird with an end of round power, do you use that end of round power immediately or do you have to wait until the end of the next round to use it?
Would love an Australian or Australasian version of the game.
What's the difference between this and the "European Expansion Board Game" I saw on eBay?
Hello, is there an ETA on when this game will be back in stock both here and at OLGS? Thanks!
Can you clarify something about delivery. I am in the UK looking to buy a copy, and the game is out of stock (or very pricey to buy). Can you clarify when the distributors will have stock to sell again?
Quick question: the Norther Mockingbird's and the Grey Catbird's power says to repeat a brown power. does it have to be a power that was already activated that turn? or can you just activate a brown power of another bird in that habitat?
sorry I realize the answer is in the FAQ.
Hi, I'm really interested in this game but I'm from the UK and would ideally just like to have European birds in it so I can justify this as educational in content as well as through gameplay for my sons! Is there any chance in the future you would make a base set with just the European birds in, like how Ticket to Ride has a Europe version, so we wouldn't need to buy both the base game and expansion?
Amy, expand your son's horizons with birds of the world. The artwork for both editions is fantastic. We can't wait to see the upcoming "Australian" version later this year!
Hello! I am an passionate
player and I have a few questions about the rules, if I may.
1. Regarding the card "Repeat a brown power on one other bird in this habitat". If I would repeat a power such as "Tuck a card behind this bird. If you do, also lay 1 egg in this bird.", would I tuck the card and place the egg on the repeated card(1st one) or the repeater(2nd one)?
2. Also regarding the bird "Tuck a card behind this bird. If you do, also lay 1 egg on this bird". If I don't have space for the egg, can I still tuck a card?
3. Can the bird "This bird counts double towards the end-of-round-goal, if it qualifies for the goal." double in its habitat in order to complete two columns for the end-of-round-goal "filled columns"? (of course, if, on those 2 columns, there are already all birds necessary in the other habitats.
a passionate*
Hi there,
I apologise if this question has been answered but I ran into a bit of confusion when scoring for Automa: with the end of round goals, how do you determine if an Automa egg has been placed on a relevant nest? I just counted how many nests could have eggs on them and did it that way.
Can replacement cards be ordered?
I apologize if this has been asked/answered already but I was teaching Wingspan and at the end I couldn't find an answer to having the Historian bonus card and the Vaux's Swift? I assumed based on the flavor text that it SHOULD be scored. Love the game as much as the other two I own so far. Thanks for an excellent game.
Hi, do you sell the set of goal tiles? We have lost a few.
Nevermind, I see you answered the question below!
On Your page I have found only three translations , in the box You are writing about dozen .
where are they ?
I am a huge fan of Wingspan (being a lover of birds, nature and boardgames) and have the main game and European expansion (looking forward to the new expansion, coming this year).
My question is related to the expansion- several birds come with the power to be played horizontally so cover 2 areas of the habitat board, this may be obvious but do these bird count for one or two. This can be applied if the end of round goal is number of birds in a certain habitat (we have been saying it is just 1 point but effectively it is covering two spots so could be 2)?
Thank you for your help and looking forward to your next expansion :).
Hi, we have somehow misplaced 3 goal tiles. Can we purchase another set of goal tiles?
I apologize if this question was already posted. We have a family of 6. Is it possible to purchase a set-up for an additional player?
Video suggested I read the Automa book to play alone – thinking I would be teaching others to play. Picked out the sixteen cards specified from the shuffled deck. Goal board is now green side up. Removed the Automubon Society card. Ten Automa cards left. "Only the round section for the current round will be used." So, card drawn has a single egg in Round 1. Gave Automa an egg. Then I discarded all three face-up cards from the bird tray and took one from the pile and placed it face down. From there on, instructions are beyond my comprehension, like "…will perform the 'Draw Cards" action and then remove…from the round 3 goal tile…" I am beginning to think that I do not have the intelligence necessary to actually play this game. Looking ahead, I can't even intuit the objective of the game, let alone the strategy. Worst of all, I won't be able to teach anyone else to play. Very disappointed as I had mistakenly assumed that a game appropriate for a ten-year-old might be something I could play at seventy-seven. There must be a great number of people out there with skills sufficient to play – 4.1K people like this? I read several current comments that reveal others do indeed get the idea sufficiently to ask questions! Anyway, I will box it up carefully and send it back to you.
I feel the same way. Really struggling to learn this. Could it be in the translation of the directions?
Hi, I ordered wingspan on the 13th and haven't got a shipping notification yet! The order confirmation said itd take around 7 days. Are you guys now expecting further delays? Obviously understandable if thats the case! Just checking. We're so excited to play!
I love Wingspan. It gets the most play out of all my board games. I have a few questions about the rules that came up every so often in the past. Thought I would post them all here at one. Some of these may have been answered before so apologies for repeating in advance if so.
1) If a bird's brown power says "Repeat a brown power of another bird in this habitat", does it matter what the position of birds in the habitat is? Does the bird that is being "repeated" have to be to the right or can you "repeat" any brown power in the habitat even if it hasn't activated yet?
2) If a bird's power says draw a card, that means from face up cards or deck, correct? Only if it specifically says draw from deck you couldn't draw a face up card?
3) Normally when you get food from the bird feeder by taking a forest action, you can re-roll the dice in the feeder if there is only one die left or the remaining dice are all the same food type. However, what if you use a bird power (Humming bird for example) that allows you to take a die from the feeder and there is only one die left. Can you re-roll or in this case do you have to take what is there?
4) Blue Power "This bird counts double for the round end goal". If the round end goal is most cards in hand at the end of round, would a blue power "This bird counts double" card unplayed in your hand count double in this case?
I hate to sound like a cheap-skate with this question during this crisis, but with the expected Switch console release I figured it's worth a shot. We bought the board game (LOVE LOVE LOVE IT) and received a coupon for 30% off of the Steam version of the game. We don't use Steam much, if at all, so haven't used it. The Steam version (not the Tabletop DLC version) is also not yet released, so that also affects using the coupon as well. I digress, if we don't want to purchase the Steam version when it's released and instead want to purchase the Switch version when available, is it possible to trade-in the Steam coupon we have for a Switch code/coupon for % off the Switch version? Thanks so much for such a great game!
Couple more games and a couple more rule questions…
1. Do birds that can nest anywhere (star nest) count toward bonus cards totals for birds with specific nests (e.g. ground nests)?
2. If yes, if you have multiple bonus cards for birds with nests, e.g. you have both enclosure builder and platform builder, can you count star nests towards both bonus cards?
3. In solo automata game, when the automata action is play a bird, if no birds match bonus card, do you still discard all cards from bird tray?
Can you explain what it means to activate any bird powers "from right to left"? Is there something different than just activating any bird power?
Played once and love it already!
Question on scoring round goal… if the round goal is number of birds in a specific habitat, do you count only face up cards or cards tucked as well?
my wife and i are loving Wingspan during our social distancing. Please settle a household debate for us.
When using a card such as Clarke's Grebe which reads Draw 1 card, if you do discard 1 card from your hand at the end of your turn. However you're other cards played in the wetlands have abilities that result in you having tucked all of your cards therefore leaving none to discard. Is this acceptable? Or must you leave on card in your hand so that you may discard?
how long is delivery to the uk?
Hi. Just wanted to know if Wingspan is available to buy right now and how much time it will take to recieve it within USA at this time. Thank you.
Are you experiencing order fulfillment delays due to the current pandemic?
Hi all,
I was given the game as a gift yesterday and it is stunning! The art is truly spot on and the game mechanics are riveting. Well done!
My only disappointment was that my game did not include a set of blue action cubes. As I have a large game group, this loss is sorely missed.
Would you send me a replacement? The game was fresh out of the box.
Best regards,
If a bird power says draw a card, but does not specifically say from the deck, can you take one from the 3 facing up? I'm thinking like the Robin, "tuck a card, draw a card."
Whereas other cards specify it must be from the deck.
Hi Jamey! I am from Lithuania(eastern Europe). If I ordered Wingspan right now, how much do you think it would take for the game to arrive? Because other re-sellers take aaaages. And when would the European expansion be available? Thanks in advance!!
Hello 2020 now and the 2nd edition is mostly sold out worldwide. I could pick up an English edition on ebay for about £100. Is there any new on a 3rd edition to stave off the hunger for this great game?
This might have been answered earlier, just wondering if the percentages of birds remains the same with the expansion added to the core game. Thank you. Love the game :)
Will the kakapo be included in the Oceania expansion?
I hope so!!! I love those green parrot-like birds. Oceania will be an instant buy if the Kakapo is included!!! :)
I didnt get bonus cards.
Who do I contact?
Why are there only a few cards with gray corners in the top right and bottom left? I have to know! It's bugging me to death!
Hi! I am no Joe or Jamey, but I think I can answer this one! There are a small number of cards that come with the swift-start promo pack. These cards are distinct and so can be added to the base game and the European Expansion without issue.
These cards come with the little grey corners so that they can be separated from the main game's cards if you ever want to use them (along with the instructions provided in the promo pack) to teach someone how the game is played.
If I am off anywhere, I am sure Joe or Jamey will correct me. :)
Hello – will SG be releasing new Wingspan neoprene player mats with larger slots for sleeved cards? If so, when are they estimated to be avail.? Thank you!
Little confused – if I buy from this page today, will it get sent to me in the next few days, or will I be waiting till May-July?
Oops, just read the comments below and answered my own question! Also while I'm at it, I just want to say that I appreciate your candor Jamey with all thats been going on lately (both with the virus and with Asmodee), and it definitely makes me want to support your business. Knowing that I'm buying from a company that has integrity and does the right thing is really reassuring. Gonna buy Wingspan today (cause my wife will play it with me) and Scythe if/when my free government money comes in haha. My wife and I are resident physicians in the pacific northwest, and with everything thats been going on we have less and less time to see each other, and we worry about each other's health every day, but when we have a couple hours at home together away from the trenches, we play board games to help us get our minds off of all this madness. Thanks to you and Miss Hargrave for bringing this game to the world! Really appreciate it.
What is the full list of predatory birds in the full expanded game?
I live in St. Louis, can I come by the fulfillment center to pick up a copy of Wingspan? I feel justified that getting this game is "essential business" for my family.
Hi! Wingspan is a favorite of mine. I have played quite a few games since getting it, and I will be writing my review of it over at BGG soon. However, there is a review that just went up ( https://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/2395082/it-great ). The review is quite positive.
The reviewer does bring up an interesting point about the way eggs are scored in the game.
This is a point I think is quite valid (I say so in a comment under that review). So I wanted to post this here for two reasons:
1. I think it is a good review.
2. I was hoping that you might give some insight.
What I mean by #2 here is this: we have another expansion coming out for this game at some point: Oceana. I am really looking forward to this product! What I was hoping to find out is a bit more about what we can expect to see in that expansion. Obviously, I am guessing it will have more birds (with perhaps a new mechanic or two), more bonuses, and more goals. But will it include anything like alternate rules, variant scoring, or anything to that effect?
In the context of the review: will anything be in the Oceana expansion that could address the issue this reviewer has with the egg scoring?
Anyway… love the game! Keep up the good work.
Rule Clarification Q, regarding "Ecologist" Bonus Card.
Ecologist Bonus card says "Birds in your habitat with the fewest birds" 2VP per bird. In the Appendix, the clarification notes "Count the number of birds you played, in the habitat where you played the fewest birds. If you have two habitats tied for fewest birds, you may still score this bonus. For example, if all of your habitats have 3 birds in them, your habitat with the fewest birds has 3 birds in it".
Our question is: If you have NO birds in your Wetlands habitat, 5 birds in your Forest, and 4 in your Grassland, does this bonus score 8 VPs (for 4×2 birds PLAYED in your Grassland) or 0 VP since there are no birds in your Wetland??
The discussion (which is not hypothetical, this occurred in a game) is around the following line of the clarification: "Count the number of birds you played, in the habitat where you played the fewest birds." In the scenario above, the habitat where the fewest birds were PLAYED was the 4 in the Grassland. The Wetland was not PLAYED.
Thanks in advance for the clarification!
Ordered Wingspan Monday night and Tuesday by lunch it had already shipped out and it's supposed to arrive Friday just in time for the weekend quarantine!
Thanks SM games for being so efficient even in a time like this.
Do you have Wingspan in stock right now? With current parameters how long does it take to ship to Washington state?
Hi Jamey,
With the shutdown announced for St. Louis starting today, will any more Wingspan orders from last week be sent out until the shutdown is over? I order a game for my friend's twin 10 year-olds birthdays and want to know if I should start thinking about a back up present instead.
Just wanted to say thanks for a great game – and also a game which actually works to play virtually. Siblings and I bought a copy for my mum for Mother's Day, and as We're currently all avoiding each other in this Covid-19 world, We attempted to make it virtual across 2 locations which was surprisingly easy!
We had one camera on the dice tower as shared info and it took a little longer as we all had to say what we were doing a lot more. Bird cards wise, we adapted it slightly, but it worked well :)
Looking forward to the Oceanian expansion!
My group has been playing virtually via Zoom across 4 locations (3 states). One site (a group of 2) is pulling bird cards for everyone and the face up deck – and we're finding them in our decks (in advance, we're organizing the birds by power type, and then by VPs – the bird is called, "brown power, 3 points, yellow-bellied sapsucker". This same group is also controlling the dice tower (with a camera on it so we can all see). We're all tracking everyone's plays on our boards. Sure we all know everyone's bird card hand, but it's still been fun (and pretty competitive still). It is adding to the play time for sure though (about 3 hours to play a 5 player game).
Hi Jamey, I have another rule clarification question – this one specifically related to the following three bird cards: Gray Catbird; Northern Mockingbird; & Hooded Merganser.
My question is related to the "Repeat" aspect of these birds power and where the card is played on the player mat. Do these birds only trigger repeat powers to birds that are played to the right of them? (i.e. something that has already been activated in that turn?) Or can they "repeat" an action that hasn't been activated yet in a given turn by a card that is played to the left of them? i.e. Can they repeat any brown action (for Catbird and Mockingbird) or predator action (for Merganser) in the given habitat no matter where it is placed on the mat in relation to them?
Hi! First of all I love this game! But I had a terrible accident with the dice and I can't use them anymore. Is there a way to buy o ly the dice? Please help me! I love the game and I already have the expansion but I can't play now!
Any chance we'll be seeing this as an iOS app soon?
Hi Jamey, my husband and I love Wingspan, in fact we play it so often we have run out of score sheets. Is there anywhere I can buy another please, I'm in the UK?
Question about Dice Tower in between rounds:
From the rules, it is clear to reset the 3 exposed bird cards between rounds. However, should the Dice Tower ALSO be reset? Our group has been resetting it, which seems to make sense, but the rules do not seem to say it should be reset. Thanks for the clarification!
Australia has many pollen eating birds. Would love to see a new food type appear in the upcoming Australasian expansion – "pollen" or "nectar" perhaps, with a new dice or two to match
Ok – totally makes sense – thank you
Jamey – as Wingspan adds more expansions/card decks, are there any plans for some type of Larger deluxe storage box, organizer, etc.? Awesome game! Thank you
Thank you Jamey, So all new reprints will be STM910?
Another question for the future is if you will have localisation for the Scandinavian languages?
On Amazon.co.uk there is two versions, STM910 and STM900, the latter being more expensive. What is the difference? It says that STM910 is the second edition with mixed colors? But its cheaper? And STM910 is in stock but not STM900.
Sorry for the many questions but I am having a hard time to understand how the lead time could be six months (i ordered Jan 4th from a retailer in Sweden and now it says May or even July). So therefore I am looking into other options …
I played this game for the first time at Christmas and just bought myself a copy of my very own. I am so impressed by the quality of the game as a whole. From the little bird house with the wooden dice (I love them!!!) to the cute little eggs, this game has it all. The eggs look like Cadbury eggs or those candied almonds that you get at weddings. They are so real looking that my sister-in-law tried to eat one (thankfully we stopped her before she got her teeth on them). The packaging is so thoughtfully laid out and so beautifully made. The carefully crafted box that houses the cards, the game boards, the tokens…all lovely. The artwork on the cards is also beautiful. This game is truly beautiful and worth every penny I just paid for it. Also, I understand why it takes so long to make it. I have played several Stonemeier games (mainly Scythe and Viticulture), and this one by far is the most beautiful. Great accomplishment here.
We would like to get Wingspan as a gift for our daughter-in-law in Washington DC. If we order it now, do you have a sense of when it will arrive? Thanks!
Aww, too bad you guys didn't get Elizabeth Hargrave's new Mariposas game being in development with another company.
Oh, well. Whatever happened between you two… it would have been cool to have another nature game in here.
Is there anywhere yet to purchase replacement bird decks? At the rate that my wife and I are playing, our cards are going to be worn out in no time. Thanks.
I played this game with five friends for the first time last night (1/26/20) and it was very enjoyable. I loved the bit about turkey vultures "projectile vomiting" so this became the first Wingspan card I ever played! Perhaps it is a bit taboo to mention non-aves species, but it would be cool to see a few bats added in a future expansion. Lastly, given that birds descended from theropod dinosaurs, naturally, you should have a dinosaur themed expansion… Perhaps, dare I say, to build some kind of Jurassic Park.
My wife and I are big fans of this game. My wife purchased it as a wedding gift and waited over 6 months before she could get it. We love the birds and spending time in the outdoors. I've been bird watching for a very long time and this games is perfect. I do have a question. There is a European expansion, but will there be others? I used to live in New Zealand and would love to see a New Zealand expansion; the birds there are amazing and incredibly unique.
Polska wersja tej gry planszowej nosi tytuł "Na Skrzydłach". Przyznam szczerze, że bardzo mnie zainteresowała i jeśli będzie tylko okazja to wykonam jej recenzję. Ta gra planszowa prezentuje się bardzo ładnie wizualnie i mam nadzieję, że podczas testów związanych z recenzją potwierdzi to, że działa tak dobrze jak wygląda :)
Any plans for releasing the game in even more languages? Swedish would be awesome. :) Thanks for a great game!
When will Wingspan be back in stock?
Hi, are there any plans to use UK distributors for the promo pack? UK retailers are stocking the new version with it included, but not separately. I'm guessing UK shipping on a £5 pack from you direct isn't going to be very efficient…
This sounds counter-intuitive, but I cannot find any list of birds in the game with their images. A sort of guide book. I understand the cards have these details, but not all cards are open and I would like a list which I can show my children before, during or after the game. A list with a couple of unique points, if not all the game stats. Is a pdf list possible?
At the back of the rulebook are credits. In the credits are listed resources used by Stonemaier Games for Wingspan, including: allaboutbirds.org, the Audubon Guide to North American Birds, the Sibley Field Guide to Birds of Eastern North America and Western North America (core game) and Birds of the World Alive (www.hbw.com) and the Collins Bird Guide (European expansion).
Thanks Oliver, but I was looking at a compiled list specific to this game with images. It's of course possible to source each one, but it won't have the images used in the game, and it's like redoing the effort when lists are out there, but without images.
Hope that helps.
Seeing a post that says Stonemaier will donate a dollar for every email in support it receives for Oceana expansion. The link looked suspicious to me so came here to see if I could find it. I may have missed it, but I'm wondering if it's legit. Post is in the Dice Tower facebook stuff.
I love this game. Been playing it for a while and just bought the European expansion. My only comment would be that it's a shame the eggs and the card box are plastic. For a game like this with a focus on nature, it seems odd to add unnecessary plastic. The card box could have been cardboard (e.g. similar to the bird feeder), or omitted (it's not needed, really). The eggs could have been cardboard tokens or wooden. Otherwise, it's just the perfect chillout game.
In response to LordScree's thoughts on components, there needs to be a tactile pleasure to a game which I do not believe carboard eggs would provide.
Wooden eggs would have been preferable, but would they have been practical? The method for making flat wooden "Meeple" is well known and understood, but they could not have been truely egg-shaped without considerable further expense. Sorry, but I don't see a practical alternative to plastic eggs. The game costs too much already and the wooden eggs would just push it all further and further away from my aching wallet.
Card box? Well I like having those, and on balance I agree true card could have been used for it.
Been loving this game for a few months, my SO and I play all the damn time. We always go at least 6 rounds when it's just us- any thoughts on creating an expansion pack that would give 6-8 rounds of play? 4 never feels like enough to us-by the end of round 4 we're just getting going! We usually have to play cards to the right of our mat to go past 6. It works we've made our own set of rules for the addition rounds- paying 3 eggs and food cost to play past the mat, etc..
Also curious if anyone else has these feelings on a 4 round, 2player game?
That's not how the game rules work, but anyone can do whatever house rules he wants… For me, rules are rules and I assume the game is balanced in this way…
Got to play this at PAX Unplugged and I fell in love. Only minor complaint is that there are 4 trays for 5 resources. Super minor, but here we are.
The game is amazing; however, I was surprised not to see birds of the American continent such as the toucan, condor de los andes, quetzal, cockatoo, macaw, etc.
saludos desde Guadalajara, México.
Hi, when you get a "tuck behind" card, can you tuck multiple birds behind, or just activate that once and have only one card behind?
We received wingspan as a gift. We have 10 bird cards with gray corners in the upper right corner and lower left corner. We can't find them anywhere in the game rules or description. Can anyone tell us how these cards are used.
In my Wingspan box there were several clear plastic "bubble" containers that are two-piece snap together containers. They are not referenced anywhere. What are they for?
Chris: Those containers are shown on the organizational chart on the side of the box (the box bottom). Two of them store food tokens and two of them store eggs.
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Could you give me an estimate on delivery date for "post-Christmas delivery"?
Hi! Will this game come to Sweden?
Do you plan to add components for additional (more than 5) players (cubes, mats) in some future xpansion? It would be great.
The woulden dice are great. They look great and are consitent with the nature theme of the game. But why do you put the cards in a plastic box? Plastic is certainly not consistent with the nature theme. It would be enough tu make some carboard barriers in the game box to store the cards. IMO it would look nicer and leave more space in the box for expansions components.
Nevetheless I love the game. Plastic box is the only negative feature.
Can we get a rough estimate on when the Wingspan Steam version for PC will be available? I love playing wingspan but for those times my friends/family are busy, would be a nice alternative to scratch that Wingspan itch. :)
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Any idea when this will be back in stock? The store says early December. Its early December! :P My boyfriend wants this for Xmas..
My family and I were playing with the European Expansion last night and we have a question about the European Green Woodpecker. That bird has the end of round ability where it counts twice. So if the end of round goal is to have the most cards in hand does that bird count as two cards even though it has not been played and still in your hand?
Curious, once you sell all of current Wingspan Neoprene Player Mat (5% too small), will you continue sell with the corrected size prints in the future?
Good video going over the game. I love birds and love the bird theme. It looks like a good game.
I was bummed about the Wingspan Neoprene Player Mat — printed 5% too small. I noticed the picture of the mat — it's quality seems the "cheap" kind. The first playmat I bought was Scythe's — it's pretty thick (heavy weight) and edges are stitched. I didn't know what's better playmat that time. Until I bought a few playmat for a different game — that is when I learned the true quality of playmat. Others were so thin and edges are not stitched which looks like Wingspan's playmat. I guess those are standard playmat out there. Jamey, I hope you will consider to use the same company who made Scythe Playmat — thicker playmat (heavy weight) and stitched edges are better! I would prefer "quality" over "cheapness." Now, I know only buy thick playmat and stitched edges like Scythe's one. Maybe you should make that standard for SM's games — thicker (heavy weight) and stitched playmat.
How would this be for people who don't know anything about birds but would like to learn?
I am a huge fan of your games.
Can you please tell me when we can have the Greek's rules translation?
Thank you very much for creating so wonderful board games!!!
Please keep it in this way!!
Hi Jamey,
Above you said, "If you have the first or second printing of the game (i.e., you received your game in April 2019 or earlier), you can get an update pack here."
How can we tell what printing of the game we have to know if we need the update pack and/or the swift-start promo pack? I see the description of how to tell on the Shopify page, but I don't have the game with me and am not sure I want to look through all the cards checking for the misspelled "betweeen". Do ALL of the pink-ability cards have the misspelling?
We got our copy of the game at an event in Alton, IL back in June that had to be moved from the Audubon Center at Riverlands. Can you tell from that what printing we have?
my teacher told me about this game and I loved the idea of a bird board game.
I have unfortunately lost one of the wooden dice. Is there any way I can purchase a replacement?
Thank you
Hello, I saw the new "With Swift Start Pack" version. Are you going to sell those 10 promo cards separately? Regards.
I see Wingspan European Expansion has 15 purple eggs. Hope you have a plan to sell "Extra Purple Eggs" as well?
Any idea when we will get an announcement for the Wingspan expansion? Will there be N opportunity to buy before release, as with Tapestry? Love Wingspan and can't wait for the expansion.
I have been hearing about this game. i would love to have a copy of the same. I am in India, unfortunately, games done reach here fast and when it reaches its damn expensive. Would be grateful if you could help me out.
Thanks a lot for this great game; it is my current favorite. Congrats also on the spiel win; well deserved.
I'd like to leave some feedback about the game and my hopes for future expansions:
1. The coupling between the cards is a little loose for my taste. Each card is generally evaluated based on its stand alone value. I rarely see myself building combos or a real purposed engine, my engine just gets stronger in a general sense as I play "good" cards.
2. The cards that foster or depend on player interactivity are few and weak (more so at lower player counts). In most games, the brown cards outweigh the pink cards by a mile and the brown cards that give things to all players could be considered disadvantageous to play at all.
The good news is, Wingspan is still a great game and both of these issues can be addressed by introducing more cards, I also freely admit that the above issues are based on my personal tastes and not outright "problems".
My hope for Wingspan's future is that each set of expansion cards has a distinctly different feel. It would be amazing if, for example, an African set were released that has a lot of interactivity and even "take that" mechanics; there are %75 pink cards in this set. Next comes the European birds that have a high degree of co-operation were people are giving each other resources all game long. Then, hopefully these Continental sets, each having it's own flavor, could be played together or separately allowing me to tune the game to the feel that I want.
Thanks again for a great experience.. I've gotten so much value out of the base game already, that whatever you do with the expansions will be an automatic purchase for me anyway.
The fact that there is so much price gouging because of the forced demand really questions my fesire to buy this game. I have played it, its fun but im tired of forced demand…
Just make enough for us all to buy… you know there is a demand
Which vendors will have Wingspan's expansion available? I know you haven't announced a date yet, but I'm checking sites religiously. We want it so badly. I just need to know where to look.
Hi – I just purchased a copy at the standard $55 plus shipping from The Audubon Shop in CT. This is a small birding store that is not part of the board game scene, so I don't think anyone realizes they have some copies available. Feel free to give them a call: 888-505-9056
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Are you going to offer a deluxe edition in the future with the upgraded wooden pieces?
is the expansion of the wingpan game available at spiel '19?
When will it be available to purchase again? Was going to order from your site and it says it is sold out again.
If I buy from you guys how soon will it be shipped?
Played it last night and really liked it. Will buy the Australian expansion on day 1
Pls ignore my comment. Sorry. I found the place to purchase them!
From this you tube video (1:44) there seems to be a deluxe version of the game with awesome player tokens and food icons. Do you sell them?
Please ignore this. I'm sorry!
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Hi just found out about the game and it sounds perfect for my 22 year old birder daughter-with each new printing is the same wonderful quality that everyone is talking about going to be same?
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Can I order a game on the website and pick up at GenCon?
We're going to play our first game with an internationally known ornithologist this weekend! Will those of us with first edition be able to purchase "error correction" pieces once the bugs are ironed out? Thanks.
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Hi Jamey,
We are a party of 6 very fond of SM Games (from Viticulture to Scythe and many more). We love the mechanics and the aesthetics. I am myself very much interested in 'cuteness' of games, and that leads me to buy the upgrades on mats, dice, resource tokens and coins. They have just gave me Wingspan as birthday present in the Spanish version from Maldito Games. I do not know if there is any difference with the materials but I have to say that I don´t particularly like the thick paper goal mat. I would have expected that mat to be the at least the same cardboard material as the players mats. Have you got plans to offer an upgrade for that mat? It seems to me that it won´t last long.
Thank you and please keep releasing such good and beautiful boardgames.
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Just played it for the first time tonight. I lost, but I can hardly wait to play again. It's a really good game.
A question arose when we were playing this evening. Can a player use one of the "Once Between Turns" effects after your last turn in the final round if someone after you does something that would normally trigger it? Technically it isn't "Between" your turns, but the implication is that you get an effect "on another player's turn."
Going to the beach in a couple of weeks – perfect time to take a board game…I've been waiting for a rerelease of this game for months. Why is it taking so long?
So I need to call around and see if anyone has it? Because on Amazon it is still over $100
So my local game store was told by their distributors that Wingspan should be in their hands in June. What's the veracity of this claim?
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Can't help but feel like there are similarities between how the Xbox 360 was released and how Wingspan was released.
We are trying to get started but are stuck. The Overview says "pay the bird's food and egg cost" but we can't figure out how the eggs are distributed, The Setup has us getting five food tokens, then discarding as many as the number of bird cards we want to keep. However, I don't see how we get the eggs for the first action.
Seems like a great game but we are unable to get started.
You only have to pay eggs if you're playing a bird in columns 2-5 (see the very top of the player mat). You must play birds in the far left of each habitat, and the first column has no egg cost above it, so you don't need to worry about the egg cost at the beginning of the game. After you've played a bird, you can take the "Lay eggs" action to lay eggs on your birds.
Thanks! Very helpful.
Wow, I own a one-man, international birding guide company, I give talks about birding to the Texas Master Naturalists classes ans well as to the local schools and organizations. I'd love if you could send me a copy of your game so I can review it and promote it. I grew up playing a now obsolete game "Gone Birding" and it was instrumental to getting me where I am today. I'd be honored to help the kids of today do the same with your game. My website is http://www.huthavian.com; please check me out and consider letting me review your game! Thank you!
I can't wait to play! Beautiful!
Hello! The online retailer Cardhaus has an estimated release date of Apr 30th (https://www.cardhaus.com/wingspan/), is that info correct? Or will the next print hit stores in summer? Looking forward to get a copy of Wingspan. Thank you!
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Are there any plans to produce a version using European birds?
I was just wondering if it's known how many (or what percent) of the preorders will be completed with the second printing? I know it was previously said that it would go into the 3rd printing to cover them all, just wasn't sure how likely it was to get one from this shipment. I'm just trying to figure out how much finger crossing I need to be doing next week…or if I need to just plan on waiting until next month. Thanks!
Hey Jamey,
Just wondering if the copies of the game that were being air-freighted for impatient gamers like me were on schedule and if I should expect my copy this week?!?!?! (sorry, very excited).
Got my replacement cards today from meeple source……real shame I don't have the game yet…… lol
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So at the beginning of the preview it says it is 1-5 players, but in the middle it says 2-5. Which is it?
Any estimate when round 2 will be hitting stores?
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So here are the facts:
Air freight compared to ocean freight; 60 cents per lb. versus $2 per lb. at most.
Which would be a cost to you of $5 for air freight AT MOST. the cost of ocean freight to you, ($1.50), was obviously factored into your MSRP of $55 (most retailers sold it for way less).
Why not just add on $3.50 at most. this smells of extortion. Never a clever business model long term.
So I would like to order Wingspan through Stonemaier games online but the only option I have is to be added to the list. I would really love to buy the game so I ordered on Amazon just so I could secure one. However, the price is $104.00 and they are not expecting the game to be delivered to me until October 2019.
I am glad Elizabeth has created and produced such a beautiful and fun game.
Is there a way I can order through Stonemaier and receive Wingspan before October 2019? Just wondering…
Thank you
Please make more….. we are waiting to try it..
I know there are tons of possible worthy expansion zones, but I'd like to put in a pitch for a Hawaiian avifauna expansion! We often feel left out of stuff. :)
Received Wingspan yesterday. Awesome game, seduced the whole family, and good French translation too. Only one drawback : we live in France and most of the birds are American species (even though a few are worldwide). Would have loved to be able to play with the European species we are used to. Do you think an add-on will be available one day ?
First play yesterday, with 4 players.
Overall comments were very positive. They game plays very smooth, with a clear ruleset.
This one is definitely a keeper. I am already looking forward for the expansions.
Darn you, Stegmeier!!
LA County is WINGSPAN-dry!!
(Game is so good – just gotta find my own copy!)
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Hi I have pre ordered through my LGS and would love to see a bird pack expansions for other country's birds ie Europe South America, and Australia
So when is Wingspan Migrations, and Wingspan The Big Year expansions coming?
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Heya Jamey, we played this for the first time the other night.and this is now one of my favorite games I have ever played! Even though we were unable to finish the game because the store was closing, It has been quite some time when I played a game for the first time that left me with such an Amazing and Intriguing first impression!!!
Growing up in the late 70's early 80's, I used to collect those little pocket sized illustrated books, my favorite being Birds of North America. Wingspan to me is like a board game translation of that book:)
I finally found a site that have preorders available for the March 8th release, so I hope to get my copy next month. Either that, or I hope there will be copies at BGGC Spring here in DFW I can pick up;)
I can't wait to play this with my Wife and Stepdaughter and once again, such an amazing game from Stonemaier Games:)
Looking forward to review this.
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I almost canceled my preorder because of a change in my financial situation. Then I saw Rahdo's review and decided to keep the order. I'm so glad I did because it is so freakin' fun! I loved it and so did my gaming buddy and her 11yo boy. He caught on faster than we did. Amazing game! Kudos to Elizabeth and the team.
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Great game! My wife and I have played it three times since receiving it two days ago.
I haven't yet seen anyone mention it, but their are some typos on cards. The word "between" on at least some pink abilities and there was at least one bird card where "bird" is spelled "brid".
It doesn't dimish the game for us.
Thank you!
Got to play this today and it was a lot of fun! I look forward to playing it regularly and purchasing it when it becomes available. Great game :)
Just played Wingspan for the first time – fantastic, beautiful game.
I noticed a few typos on the cards eg. brids rather than birds on the Oologist bonus card. Is there anywhere I can report these typos to so that they can be corrected for second edition? (I think I found 4 in our first game).
By the way I love the attention to detail – the graphics are stunning.
Thanks Jamey
I played this at Handycon UK yesterday, it really great.
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Hey Jamey, very excited about this game, and somehow missed the original release. I have pre-ordered through an online retailer, and came across your open letter on facebook. I hope I misunderstood a little. Will the retailers be able to meet demands on March 8th? Or would I be better off cancelling and looking into another option? You mentioned that they have over promised, but I was unsure if this was for this release or the first round.
Just played today with a coworker during lunch today, we were both quite surprised at how much we enjoyed it. Huge fan of everything you release, yet this game left us stricken by it. I think the best way to describe it is that the game flows naturally. Turns, Actions, and Rules almost do all the heavy lifting on their own. I wouldn't hesitate to break this game out among ANY group. Bravo!
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Buenas. Como aficionado a los juegos de mesa y aficionado a las aves estoy entusiasmado con este nuevo juego y quisiera darles la enhorabuena. Aunque tengo una gran duda y es si posiblemente pronto se ofrezcan expansiones con aves de distribuciones de otros continentes. De ser así este juego se convertiría en un referente magnífico para ornitólogos y aficionado a las aves además de contener una gran capacidad didáctica.
Gracias por su atención y disculpen mi idioma, ser no lograr entenderme trataría de expresarme en inglés aunque de peor forma.
Un saludo.
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I accidentally fell in love with birding when I was in college, and have since seen (and sought out) many of the birds in this game. So I obviously had to have it. The fact that it's getting good reviews is even more exciting! Thanks for taking a chance on an interesting and different theme. Too bad there isn't more enthusiasm for our avian friends! I can't wait for my copy to arrive.
The substantial question: what's the carbon footprint of this "ecological" board game with thousands of heavy copies sent worldwide?
Hi, Wingspan looks amazing, from the art to the gameplay! Do you have a release date for the french edition?
Will this be available on Amazon when it's released?
Heya Jamey. Will you be working with Phalanx again to make the polish edition of this game?
even though I would probably pay less when this gets to UK retail I decided to get this direct. Great to support the developer and with the bonus of getting it at least a month early.
Can't wait for this. Love TM but hadn't heard of this until New Years Eve. Wish I hadn't bought some other games for Christmas now! after watching #Rhado and #slickerdrips playthroughs and #dicetower reviews I think this is all I am going to want to play for a while. We
Coooool! I'll wait for this game for sure. Nice concept! Definetely buying this one.
Preordered yesterday….literally throwing the $$ at my screen, lol…..super looking fwd to this, congrats on a great launch!
Is the plan to start shipping Champion preorders today? Unless I read it wrong in the update from a couple days ago.
Will this be available on tabletopia for iOS at some point?
Many thanks for the swift reply! Zip-locks will do the job! …just can't wait till Jan 2nd :)
Ciao Jamey, season's greetings from Rome! I will be a day one backer, and with that said…I love to have my cards nice and sleeved and by watching your unboxing video, one doubt arose: will the tray be able to fit all the cards once sleeved? …it does not seem so :(
Will we see any review videos of Wingspan before the Jan. 2nd release? I've heard in multiple places that Rahdo is saying good things, but he isn't publishing his video yet. I'm looking forward to his perspective on a 2-player play through.
Do you have an EU distribution centre, or do orders ship directly from the US? Trying to work out if I'd end up paying VAT and customs charges if I were to pre-order.
Sorry if this may show up twice because the comment didn't show up on the page after I posted.
I'm not a Stonemaier Champion and I was wondering if I preordered how long would it take to ship and deliver? My birthday is Feb 2 and I'm having a big game day weekend to celebrate and this game fits up my alley and the people I play with. If it could get to me before then I would easily preorder but if not then I'll just have to pass and wait for retail. Looks beautiful, great theme, nice to see a female designer as well!
Why wouldn't you just sign up to be a Champion? It's like the cost of shipping so it equals out. Plus we get other bonuses. It's a no brainer.
I'm hoping to preorder but I'm not a SM champion. How long would it take to ship and deliver? My birthday is Feb 2 and I'm planning on doing a big board game weekend and this is up my alley and the people I play with. So if I was able to get it before then I would easily preorder.
Do you have to be a champion to pre-order it on January 2nd?
Hello Jamey
The game looks great and the theme is one that is being explore much. I am not a bird follower but I will get the game for sure. Just the artwork and the eggs makes me want to have it.
Great work!
Hey Jamie,
This looks totally amazing :)
Do you think there is a Chance for a German Version? Maybe Essen 19? :D
Greetings from Cologne :)
Super excited to pick this one up to play with my wife and boys! Very unique theme, appropriate play time, and fun mechanics. Thanks, per usual, Jamey, for putting out such high-quality games, both in design and components. SM proudly lines our game shelf.
I think if we take into account that My Little Scythe has a $50 price tag, with all it's miniatures, game trays, a decent number of cards, as well as a good deal of quality plastic and card board components; I think it's safe to say that Wingspan won't cost more than that. I'd be surprised if it we're more, but I'll be budgeting $60 so I have a bit of a cushion .
Hi! This looks amazing. Any kind of rough MSRP so I can start budgeting?
Hey Jamey, can you tell me the size of the cards so I can have sleeves ready to go? They look standard but just want to be sure. Thanks so much!
Already a SM Champion and will be placing my pre-order day 1 ….. very excited, since TM is my most fav game, this is gonna be awesome. Jamey, if you can, mind listing some of the more rare birds that will be in the game ? (And also, does the rarity in real life make them more powerful with better abilities and powers in the game ? ) Just curious :)
I know you've posted that pre-orders will be available Jan. 2nd. At the top of this page it says "Notify me when available: in January from Stonemaier; in March from retailers." Does this mean only pre-orders in Jan., and shipping in March? How much earlier do Stonemaier Champions generally receive their purchases?
What about long-tailed tits? :)
Will the distribution mainly be US for the first run or do you have European distribution?
How many copies will be available for pre-order/first printing?
Without having read the rules as off yet, is there any "take that" elements in the game?
Shipping one game to Australia is expensive. Would you consider offering a discount for a box of games (I not sure how many Wingspan units fit in a box but whatever makes sense from a logistics point of view … 4 … 6 units?) so that we can organise a group buy, share the cost of one shipment and land the game for a reasonable cost per unit.