Wingspan Asia
115 questions players ask about Wingspan Asia. Pick one for the answer. See also the full rulebook.
Updated 2026-11-03.
Setup and Components
- Can I play Wingspan Asia without the base game, and for how many players?
- Where do I get the end-of-round goal board and tiles for a game of Asia that isn't Duet mode?
- Which side of the Asia player mat do I use?
- Should I remove the base game's Historian bonus card when mixing in Wingspan Asia?
- What if I run out of egg or food tokens?
- Is the number of bird cards in my hand public information?
- What do the red corners on some Wingspan Asia cards mean?
- What does the pink flower symbol on the Asia player mat mean?
Duet Mode
- Can both players put Duet tokens on the reset space, and how many can it hold?
- Can two players put Duet tokens on the same space of the Duet map?
- How many times can I reset the feeder or bird tray with Duet tokens in one turn?
- Can I place a Duet token on the reset space and spend it in the same turn?
- Which Duet map space can I place my token on after playing a bird?
- If a bird costs wild food or any food, which food space can I take on the Duet map?
- Can I take a Duet food space if I played the bird without paying its food, for example via a power?
- In Duet mode, when do I place the Duet token relative to a bird's when-played power?
- When do I place a Duet token, and when not?
- Where does a Duet token come from if I play a bird on top of another, and what if I run out of tokens?
Flock Mode (6-7 Players)
- What does the star on the Flock mode turn-order dial mean?
- In Flock mode, can my pink 'once between turns' power trigger while I'm an active player?
- In Flock mode, how do 'all players' powers work when both active players trigger one?
- Are nectar ties friendly in Flock mode when using Oceania?
- In Flock mode, what do I share with the other group, and what do I only share within my group?
- How do 7-player Flock games handle odd turn counts and adjacent active players?
The Four Actions
- Can I use the 2-for-1 food exchange when a power plays a bird, or only on the Play a Bird action?
- When a power says to draw or gain a bird card, can I take it from the tray or only the deck?
- When is the bird tray refilled after I take cards from it?
- When can I reroll the birdfeeder, and does a reset reroll dice outside the feeder?
Bird Powers
- Does the Verditer Flycatcher count an invertebrate I gain after I activate it?
- If I repeat the Verditer Flycatcher's power, do I get fruit each time?
- When a power says 'roll any die', can I take it from the birdfeeder and where does it end up?
- Does a worm/seed (or other split) die face count as either food for a power?
- When does a push-your-luck (hunt) power count as a success, and when do pink powers react?
- Can an Asian push-your-luck draw take cards from the face-up display?
- Brahminy Kite: if my first roll fails, can I roll again?
- What happens to eggs, food and tucked cards when a power moves a bird to another player's mat?
- Can a bird that copies a migration power move into a habitat it couldn't normally live in?
- Can a bird power lay an egg on a bird that is already at its egg limit?
End of the Round and Scoring
- What is the correct order of end-of-round steps and game-end powers?
- If a game-end power plays a bird with a round-end power, does that power trigger?
- Do round-end (teal) powers trigger every round and in any order?
- If a round-end power plays a bird that has its own round-end power, can it activate straight away?
- Are bonus cards scored before or after game-end bird powers?
- How are ties broken at the end of the game?
- Do the Eurasian Green Woodpecker and other double-counting birds count double for every goal?
- Can I take less than the full benefit of a power, such as laying fewer eggs, and still keep my goal place?
Bonus Cards
- Do Asia's Cartographer, Anatomist and Photographer cards replace the base game versions?
- How many points does the Asia Anatomist bonus card score for four or more birds?
- Do name-based bonus cards (Anatomist, Photographer) count words not on the card's list?
- Do equal scores count as ascending or descending for Asia bonus cards like Forest Ranger?
- How do the Red-crowned Crane and Great Indian Bustard score bonus cards when played?
- Which birds count for the Endangered Species Protector bonus card?
- When do Indian Vulture and Greater Adjutant look at and copy another player's bonus cards?
- What happens if the bonus card deck runs out?
Automa (Solo and Duet)
- Does the Automa's Hoard example in the Automa rulebook return 2 or 4 tokens?
- How does Automa's Hoard handle paying and gaining tokens in one power?
- Which special Automa cards are there and how many can I add?
- Can I combine the base game's Automa deck with Asia's, or discard one?
- Does Automa place multiple Duet tokens when it plays several birds in one action?
- Why do I remove the edge-of-map Duet goals when playing against Automa?
- On the Duet Automa tracker, what does the third icon (wingspan and beak) select?
- How do I count black cubes for Automa when a bird like the Dunnock asks?
- When can Automa trigger my pink powers?
- Do I have to use Automa's Hoard when playing Automarazzi?
Compatibility with the Base Game and Expansions
- Can I play 3 or more players with Wingspan Asia plus Oceania or Europe, but without the base game?
- Can I mix Wingspan Asia's birds, bonus cards and goals with the base game and other expansions?
- Can I use base game or expansion bird and bonus cards in Duet mode?
- Can I play with only an expansion's bird cards?
- Are the percentages on bonus cards still right when I mix sets?
- Can I use the Oceania player mat side without playing with nectar?
Wingspan: European ExpansionExpansion
- Does 'honey' count as a color word for the Photographer bonus card (European Honey Buzzard)?
- Does a sideways bird (European Roller, Grey Heron) count as one bird for goals and bonus cards?
- Does the Historian bonus card count any bird with an apostrophe-s in its name?
- Do the Snow Bunting and European Goldfinch trigger when another player tucks a card for any reason?
- Do I shuffle the European Automa-only bonus cards into the bonus deck?
- If a power lets me play a bird for a reduced food cost, do I still pay the egg cost?
- Do the purple eggs in the European Expansion mean anything?
- How do I score the European 'white and no powers' end-of-round goal?
Wingspan: Oceania ExpansionExpansion
- When can nectar be used as a wild food?
- Where does nectar go when I spend, discard or cache it?
- How are ties scored for the Oceania end-of-game nectar bonuses?
- When is unused nectar discarded relative to goals and game-end powers?
- Do Oceania's Data Analyst bonus cards allow equal wingspans in a sequence, and how many sequences score?
- Do I discard leftover nectar at round end when using Oceania dice with the base mat?
- What happens to eggs, food and cards when the Southern Cassowary replaces a bird?
- Why do some Oceania pink powers pay out at the end of the other player's turn?
Wingspan: Americas ExpansionExpansion
- Do I need Oceania's nectar dice to play Wingspan Americas?
- How do hummingbirds count for bird counts, wingspan and empty spaces?
- Are the hummingbird actions after a row action optional?
- Can I play Americas without the hummingbirds, and what do I remove?
- Can I use Americas hummingbirds in a 6-7 player Flock game?
- Can the Americas Automa have 6 birds in a row, and how far can its hummingbird track go?
- Does attracting a hummingbird count as playing a bird (Hoatzin, Toco Toucan)?