These board games are slow paced and perfect for unwinding.

Between so many different cards and resources, there’s a lot to take in.

That’s why we’ve created this comprehensive guide that has everything you gotta know to play Wingspan.

Split image of Lanterns the Harvest Festival, Flamecraft, and Parks board game boxes.

However,for each bird card a player keeps, they must sacrifice one bird token.

Additionally, players maykeep one of their bonus cards, but not both.

Once this is done,you could begin playing!

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Whoever has the most Victory Points wins the game.

There are many ways to do the above, which will be detailed below.

In the event that players are still tied, they share the victory.

The cover box art for Azul.

These turns are represented by their action cubes.

At the start of each game,each player has eight action cubes, and therefore, eight turns.

On each turn,you may use one action cube to make one of four different actions.

The Wingspan board game cover, featuring a bird spreading its wings.

Wingspan via Stonemaier Games

You may take any of these actions once per turn.

We’ll detail all of these actions more below.

Some bird cards have powers that sayyou may activate them once between turns.

The board for Wingspan.

If this is the case, you only use this power once on another player’s turn.

Additionally, at the top of each column, you may see an egg icon.

You must alsomake sure you’re placing your bird card in the correct habitat.

The starting player token in Wingspan.

Overall, there are three habitats.

Remember, these are always optional.

Additionally,each bird card has a nest typeon it.

The bird cards in Wingspan.

These are important for scoring end-of-round goals and bonus cards, so keep an eye out for these.

These earn you points at the end of the game.

Bird powers can be activated inone of three ways.

Bird Cards in Wingspan.

The Wingspan Appendix has a breakdown of every single bird power available for reference.

You willscore the end-of-round goalby placing one action cube on the goal board.

Play the following three rounds as normal, after which, the game ends.

The food tokens in Wingspan in trays.

Wingspan is all about synergy, and making decisions that capitalize off one another.

Ultimately,there’s no one hard-and-fast strategyfor winning Wingspan.

Don’t get too hyper-specific!

The player mat in Wingspan.

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Differences

Automa

Wyrmspan

Finspan

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Various bird cards in Wingspan.

The food dice in Wingspan.

The end of round goals board in Wingspan.

The bonus cards in the tabletop game Wingspan.

Cached food tokens on a bird card in Wingspan.

The cover art for the tabletop game Wingspan.

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