What is Wingspan

Wingspan is a board game that has become even more popular over the last few months since winning the 2019 Kennerspiel des Jahres award.

Wingspan for those that are yet to play it. is a competitive, medium-weight, card-driven, engine-building board game from publisher Stonemaier Games and designer Elizabeth Hardgrave.

In Wingspan, players take the role of bird enthusiasts, researchers, bird watchers, ornithologists, and collectors that are seeking to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves.

Players win the game by collecting the most victory points at the end of the game by collecting eggs, playing bird cards and completing bird card actions.

This is a fantastic board game that I really love and would highly recommend it’s just a really fun. However the games components have the same challenges that most games face in an effort to keep the game at a reasonable cost a lot of the components that could be plastic are cardboard.

This has lead to the creation of some very cool custom components for taking your game to the next level from plastic Birdhouse dice towers to all sorts of innovative solutions for storing your components.

Now 3D printing can be expensive but there are some really great ways to optimise your 3D printer, I am not an expert in this however but I can use google so here is a link to a great post that I found that helps explain how to keep these prints affordable.

Check out the post here

So with all that said and done, Here are 8 ways you can really take your copy of wingspan to the next level using a 3D printer.

Print an Owl First Player Token

Owl First Player Token

To start why not create something fancy for your first player. Check out this amazing first player owl token that will replace that cardboard disk with something players will be converting.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3442331

Print a Custom Dice Tower 

Wingspan Plastic Dice Tower

This is a bird-feeder dice tower for Wingspan board game according to the original cardboard one that comes with the box that is a lot more durable.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3548111

Print Custom Bird Tokens 

Check out this modified bird model transforming a basic design for a bird model into a custom bird token to replace the cube tokens in your wingspan game.

https://boardgamegeek.com/filepage/178450/3d-printed-birds-replace-action-cubes

Print some Custom Birdhouse Tokens 

Mini Birdhouse Tokens

These Mini Birdhouse tokens will look fantastic on your board replacing the current player cubes and providing something different for your game.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3396680

Store Everything in a Custom token and Egg Holder 

Store your Eggs and your resource tokens in this cool storage box

Store your eggs and resource tokens in style using this custom printed storage box. No more of these plastic tubs but instead you will be the envy of our your friends.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3700341

Go Plastic with Awesome Custom Resources 

Resource Tokens

These resource tokens are amazing they look so much cooler than the cardboard ones and are a lot more durable. So you won’t have a panic attack if you spill your drink all over them.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3539538

Print a Custom Card Holder 

Card Storage and display Holder

Feature your cards in style with this custom cardholder no longer will your cards be stuck laying on the ground.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3789066

Just Print a Whole Custom Box Storage Solution

Why not take print an entire book storage solution and stop your components from moving everywhere around the box each time you pick it up.

https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3714113

What are your Wingspan Printing Suggestions

Have you created or printed something very cool for Wingspan? Don’t keep it to yourself share it with us and let us know in the comments below.

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