Wingspan

Each player has a board with three habitats: forest, grassland and wetland. Over four rounds you play bird cards into those habitats. Each of the 170 bird cards is a real species with its own picture, point value and food cost.

On your turn you do just one of four things. You can play a bird from your hand by paying the food shown on it. Or you can use one habitat: the forest gains food from the dice in the birdfeeder tower, the grassland lays eggs on your birds, and the wetland draws new bird cards.

The more birds you have in a habitat, the stronger its action becomes. Many birds also have powers that switch on when you use their row. Early turns feel small, but by the last round one action can set off a whole chain of bonuses. This is what people mean when they call Wingspan an 'engine-building' game.

You get fewer turns each round (8, then 7, 6 and 5), so every choice matters more as the game goes on. Each round also has a goal, such as having the most birds in one habitat, that scores extra points.

At the end you add up points from your birds, bonus cards, round goals, eggs, food stored on birds and cards tucked under birds. The highest total wins.

Green Elephant Games is the authorised distributor for Wingspan in India, in both English and Hindi, and its website links to TableTop Universe to buy. The English edition is made abroad, so Indian specialist stores charged ₹5,199–₹6,200 for it, against a US list price of $65 ($55 on sale at Stonemaier's own store). The Hindi edition was ₹3,999. On 4 Oct 2026 every Indian specialist store checked showed Wingspan as out of stock. Board Games India offers to source it on request, and Amazon.in is the other option, but check that the seller is genuine.

The current Stonemaier printing of the base game includes the Swift-Start Pack: guides and extra bird cards that walk new players through the first turns. There is an official Hindi edition (विंगस्पैन) from Green Elephant Games in partnership with Stonemaier, and an Amazon.in listing for it (B08ZJGLN1F). Expansions: European (2019), Oceania (2020), Asia (2022) and Americas (2026). Asia is unusual because it also works as a standalone game for 1-2 players, with a 2-player Duet mode, or it can stretch the base game to 6-7 players with Flock mode. Asia was listed at Board Games India for ₹5,000 (out of stock) and at TableTop Universe for ₹4,799 (sold out), and Amazon.in has 'Stonemaier Games : Wingspan Asia Expansion' (B0BH72GXZ5). TableTop Universe also listed European and Oceania at ₹3,299 each (sold out). Related games from the same publisher, such as Wingspan Pocket, Wyrmspan and Finspan, are separate games.