Wingspan - Oceania Expansion

This is a must have edition to the original base game. If you are thinking of getting an expansion for Wingspan but are unsure which one to get, this should be your first choice. It adds an extra resource to the game in the form of Nector. It adds another element of gameplay and more options for gaining points. Oceania also come with new player mats to incorporate the new gameplay elements.I highly recommend getting this expansion, and will no longer be playing the game without it.

Mandatory if you enjoy Wingspan, especially if you're in NZ!While the European expansion added mainly more birds, this expansion adds some really nice new features: new player boards which offer you more choices & slightly earlier benefits which help gets things moving faster; nectar of course; co-op rules (extension of the solo rules) & additions to the solo rules; interesting new goal tiles; and 95 new birds of course!I feel like this expansion really completes the game and smooths the whole experience, particularly if you enjoy playing this solo. With the European expansion, you will now have a ton of birds & goals & bonus goals to keep each game fresh, and the new rules & play mats make the game itself more enjoyable.

A great expansion

Unlike the European expansion this expansion changes the base game quite a bit. Building in different habitats has been altered to add more weight to food and cards. There is also more interaction between players here. Not huge but more than the base game. You also get a new food type which is quite interesting as it can be used in place of any other food and the amount you spend works towards end of game points. This expansion has been a great addition to the base game which we will bring in and out to give us different game play options.

Adds a great new dimension to the base game

With the addition of nectar, the new birds, the game-end bird types, the new bonus cards and round-end goals (among other stuff in the pack) - this is a really worthwhile expansion to grab. It adds a lot of extra strategy to score points from, which just expands the original experience. Definitely recommend this if you enjoyed the base game

And the yellow eggs!!

Fun new expansion for the original Wingspan! Offers new playing mats, food and of course, more Birds! This gives a new way to score points by gaining and spending nectar. I really like that you can even play the original game with these new mats. Fun expansion!

Excellent expansion.

This adds a lot to the base game; much more so than the European expansion. As well as all the new bird cards, you get new player boards which have evened out some of the inconsistencies of the originals - it is now easier to get food, eggs are harder to come by, and both food and card tracks have options for resetting the bird feeder/card tray. New food type - nectar, which acts as a wild card for food, so new dice are provided. You get a few new bonus cards and end of round goals - all of which are clever ideas. The new birds include a new power colour - yellow, which give players a one time ability at the end of the game.This really is a great addition for experienced Wingspan players.

Excellent gameplay expansion.

Highly recommend picking up this expansion. Game play expands significantly with new game boards and the addition of a food source that is essentially a wildcard. New birds provide awesome variety and the bonus of "game end" powers. We played the original base game for several weeks before expanding and won't look back!!

Great Addition to Wingspan

The expansion adds a lot of fun new birds. Many of the new “bird powers” are ones that benefit all players so it feels like you end up doing a lot more while other players take their turns. If your group likes to play “nice” cards to help each other then this makes it easy. But it also requires more strategy if you want to benefit from a card and prevent your opponents from getting what they need too.The new Nectar food fits in well, and it is nice having a wild food. Overall the expansion just felt like Wingspan with more birds and some minor additional rules to learn.

Oceana does for Wingspan far more than the European Addition

This is hands down the best expansion I have purchased for any game in the last several years (and I do buy a lot of games!). There were some game mechanic items in the base Wingspan which could cause the gamers frustration without the ability to "do anything about it" which is not satisfying. The overreliance on egg production for scoring, the one food and one bird card are features that cannot be easily overcome if the birds available or dealt need too much food to put down. This has been addressed by the new game board in Oceania which definitely "helps" with food product and getting new bird cards drawn (water habitat) as by the second column, the gamer is pulling "two" of each with one action. This makes the game play less reliant on getting cheap, one food ... MoreThis is hands down the best expansion I have purchased for any game in the last several years (and I do buy a lot of games!). There were some game mechanic items in the base Wingspan which could cause the gamers frustration without the ability to "do anything about it" which is not satisfying. The overreliance on egg production for scoring, the one food and one bird card are features that cannot be easily overcome if the birds available or dealt need too much food to put down. This has been addressed by the new game board in Oceania which definitely "helps" with food product and getting new bird cards drawn (water habitat) as by the second column, the gamer is pulling "two" of each with one action. This makes the game play less reliant on getting cheap, one food birds down at any cost to "just get to the two food or card level". The change to one egg award on the first column slows down that tactic and the inclusion of a wild card food type (nectar) is more unusual as it expires at the end of the round, the player starts off with one "free" at the very beginning which greatly assists if one gets "3 food" requirement birds dealt, and the separate tracking of 5 or 2 point awards in each habitat based on nectar usage per player is another scoring mechanism not in the original game (or European). This adds a bit of strategy as when to hold nectar and when to keep the normal food becomes a timing need as one can be kept into the next round where nectar expires. New end of game cards (these have a yellow stripe) are interesting, but do not seem to be that vital and can also be an exercise in frustration if white cards (no powers) and yellow are what the player gets with the luck of the draw. Included is yellow eggs, four more round objectives and additional bonus cards. Of all the items, if asked by the publisher, I would suggest forgoing the additional eggs and see if adding more round objectives could be considered. The "no goal" is great if it is the 1st turn but the having "left" or "right" beaks (based on card art) seems a bit odd when there are a number of other goals that could be written that would have added more. In addition, there are some bonus cards that the scoring seems "off" and the player may question the need to bother (getting 3 or 4 points for having 7 of a bird type or laying 4 eggs on each bird card just doesn't "feel right"). Beyond these minor issues, this is a fantastic addition to the game, introduces other oddities such as "flightless birds" and does not cause the game to play longer. This is particularly welcome when playing game in the evening after work. Finally, unlike the original Wingspan where the habitat playing boards warped (ours did after less than four days, and they warped badly), these new boards are absolutely fine after 35 games. Highest recommendation possible!

Wingspan: Oceania Expansion

We love Wingspan, finding it more or less the perfect two-player game, and expanding the original with the two expansions has been really fun. With Oceania, the additions of new boards and nectar as a wildcard resource make play much faster, with us getting birds out and building engines more quickly. The new Game End bird powers also add a fun new element to work towards. However, playing with all three decks does seem to make games a bit more subject to randomness, with us finding that luck plays a bit more of a role than with only one or two sets. But the attention to detail and quality exhibited since the original game remains, making Oceania a great expansion of an already brilliant game.