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Finspan - Sharks and Reefs: Review Information: Mechanics: Engine Building, Set Collection Player Age: 10+ Player Count: 1 - 5 Players Time to Play: 45 - 60 Minutes  Game Designer:  Michael O'Connell (II) Game Artist: Catalina Martinez, Ana Maria Martinez Jaramillo, Mesa Schumacher Publisher : Stonemaier Games  Expansions: Yes Year Published: 2025 BGG Weight: 2.31 Introduction : Finspan is the fish (sea life) equivalent of the famous Wingspan. For the original review click here. This review will focus on the first expansion for Finspan; Sharks and Reefs. In this expansion the cards have increased from 125 cards to 200. With a lot of these new cards focusing on a new reef addition. Reef : In the middle of each player's board. In the twilight section a new board overlay has been placed to include a reef overlay.  Each reef will have a different coloured coral assigned to each dive track. Each coral token will score the players an additio...

Finspan: Rapid Review Information: Mechanics:  Engine Building, Set Collection Player Age: 10+ Player Count: 1 - 5 Players Time to Play:  45 - 60  Minutes  Game Designer: David Gordon (I), Michael O'Connell (II) Game Artist: Catalina Martinez, Ana Maria Martinez Jaramillo, Mesa Schumacher Publisher : Stonemaier Games  Expansions: Yes Year Published: 2025 BGG Weight:  2.31 Introduction : Wingspan has been a global hit for Stonemaier with four large expansions and countless small accessories and expansions. Wyrmspan went for a deeper more complex experience than wingspan. Finspan is the third of the trilogy and went for a more approachable game than Wingspan. I personally find Finspan at the same complexity weight, while still creating a simpler flow. In Finspan the player is no longer going across a track, but are now diving deep as they go down a track. Finspan in its own rights is a widely popular game, that I have already missed the boat when it com...

Wingspan Asia: Review Information: Mechanics:  Engine Builder, Hand Management, Drafting, Dice Rolling Set Collection,  Player Age:  10+  Player Count:  1 - 2  Players 1 - 7 (with base game) Time to Play:  40  - 70  Minutes  Game Designer:   Elizabeth Hargrave Game Artist:  Ana Maria Martinez Jaramillo, Natalia Rojas Publisher : Stonemaier Games Year Published:  2022 BGG Weight:  2.69 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the publisher. Introduction: The group of expanding avians has reached its way to Asia’s habitat and engulfed new birds and new goals.  More importantly than this, the expansion changes the player count to seven with Flock mode, and reformulates the way a two player game plays. This allows the Asia expansion to actually be used as a standalone jumping on point for individual play with two players. Flock Mode: Flock mode uses the components a player has from the Asia expans...

Wyrmspan: Review Information: Mechanics:  Engine Builder, Hand Management, Drafting,Set Collection Player Age:  14+  Player Count:  1  - 5 Players Time to Play:  90  Minutes  Game Designer:  Connie Vogelmann,  Elizabeth Hargrave (Designer of original game). Game Artist:  Clémentine Campardou Publisher : Stonemaier Games Year Published:  2019 BGG Weight:  2.66 Disclaimer:  A review copy for the game was provided by the VR Distribution. Introduction: Stonemaier Games is well known for a bird-watching game called Wingspan. Wyrmspan is a spin-off game with a similar essence of engine building but with many changes that creates a different feeling game and allows room in your collection for both. The two most notable changes are the lack of dice and the introduction of a new currency called silver coins which will determine how many turns you have per round. Game Anatomy: Silver Coins: At the start of every round, players ...