Finspan

Plunge into the shimmering oceanic depths to document vibrant aquatic life in an engine-building strategy game that utilizes a card-as-currency economy and a layered marine breeding matrix for the ultimate tabletop diving expedition.

Finspan (designed by David Gordon and Michael O'Connell, developed with Elizabeth Hargrave, and published by Stonemaier Games) expands the universally acclaimed World of Wingspan universe beneath the ocean waves. Moving away from the dense food resource management of its avian and draconic predecessors, this streamlined title swaps woodland forests for three distinct marine layers: the colorful Sunlight Zone, the ghostly Twilight Zone, and the pitch-black Midnight Zone. The core objective is beautifully scientific: over a four-week research expedition, players deploy scuba divers to gather data, discover unique marine species, and cultivate a thriving underwater ecosystem to maximize their research prestige.

The primary strategic hurdle lies in managing your hand of cards, which uniquely pull double duty as both your biological subjects and your primary financial currency. Instead of gathering specific tokens to play a card, you must discard other fish from your hand or consume smaller fish already present on your player mat to fund your placements. Once your tableau begins to grow, you send divers down onto action-driven dive sites to trigger cascading row benefits: harvesting new fish, discovering freshly laid eggs, or hatching those eggs into vulnerable fry that can be consolidated into high-scoring Schools. True tactical mastery requires balancing the strict 4-week round timer with your personal engine development—maximizing collective player-benefit triggers and racing for localized end-of-week research achievements across a smooth, accessible 45-to-60 minute session.

Game Specs at a Glance:
Age Range: 10+ Years
Publisher: Stonemaier Games
Play Time: 45-60 Minutes Per Run
Player Count: 1-5 Players
Complexity: Low-Medium (Card-Driven Engine Building, Closed Hand Management, Worker Placement Diving, Set Collection)

What's in the Box?

• 5 Ocean Diver Player Mats
• 1 Central Goal Achievement Board
• 125 Unique Fish Cards
• 10 Specialized Starter Fish Cards
• 30 Wooden Scuba Diver Meeples
• 90 Dual-Sided Cardboard Egg / Young Fry Tokens
• 40 Cardboard School Tokens
• 9 Cardboard Achievement Tiles and 1 Week Tracker Token
• 7 Nautoma Solo Decision Cards
• 6 Ravel Mode Scoring Cards
• 1 Internal Plastic Storage Tray Organizer
• 1 Rulebook Booklet