Wingspan Pocket

Unfold a portable sanctuary of avian majesty, draft magnificent birds to your micro-habitats, and optimize short-burst ecological chain reactions in a fast-paced, highly portable adaptation that brings the celebrated engine-building masterpiece down to a sleek, travel-ready footprint.

Wingspan Pocket (designed by Elizabeth Hargrave and published by Stonemaier Games) serves as a brilliantly streamlined, highly accessible stand-alone pocket edition that distills the beloved bird-collecting strategy of the original game into a tight, travel-friendly package. Moving away from massive tabletop footprints and heavy dice towers, this elegant card-and-dice draft plunges 1 to 2 players into a brisk battle of wildlife conservation. The core objective remains a delightful quest for ecological balance: players must draw bird cards, gather specific food tokens, lay eggs in nest sites, and execute clever habitat synergies to assemble the highest-scoring wildlife reserve before the swift round timer runs out.

The primary strategic hurdle centers around building a high-yielding point engine within a severely limited number of turns and tight hand limits. The design cleverly compresses the core three-habitat system into compact dual-purpose cards and multi-use dice, forcing players to carefully evaluate every single action. Because action cubes and turns are strictly constrained, you cannot afford wasteful plays; every bird played to your forest, wetland, or grassland must work double duty by feeding off previous placements or setting up crucial round-end goals. True tactical mastery requires adapting quickly to the random dice offerings in the birdfeeder, snatching versatile species that bridge multiple habitats, and squeezing maximum efficiency out of every egg placed over an engaging 15-to-30 minute session.

Game Specs at a Glance:
Age Range: 10+ Years
Publisher: Stonemaier Games
Play Time: 15-30 Minutes
Player Count: 1-5 Players
Complexity: Light-Medium (Engine Building, Open Drafting, Hand Management, Multi-Use Cards, Set Collection)

What's in the Box?

• 70 Bird Cards
• 1 Travel-Sized Folding Felt/Neoprene Mat
• 5 Wooden Food Dice
• 30 Mini Wooden Egg Tokens
• 1 Mini Round-End Goal Deck
• 2 Set of Player Action Markers
• 1 Pocket Rulebook