When I heard that this game was coming out I worried that it was goimg to be too similar to Wingspan and Wyrmspan, However, I needn’t have worried. as it is enough like Wingspan to learn fast how to play it, yet the game is so different once you start to play it that It feels like it is it’s own game.
I felt that the game play was more straight forward and easier than Wingspan to play. yet with the complexity of the bonuses it has a complex intricacy and beauty all of it’s own. All who played the game there with me and there was five of us in total, we all thoroughly enjoyed our game and the feel of the of it was superb.
You have to put the fish at the correct depth (there are symbols on the cards) and as you place it it has a cost of either fish, eggs or young fish on it. Also your card gives a benefit which might be as you place the card, when it gets activated, (on a dive) or at the end of the game. You can choose to dive one of three columns and gain the benefits of them with any bonuses from any of the bonus fish placed in that column.
This is a really nice game that plays well. There are exquisite pictures of the fish and it comes with cardboard discs of eggs, young fish and of schools of fish, there is a pack of wooden tokens which can be gotten to upgrade your game components, this makes a wonderful improvement.
This is a wonderful fun game and it is a totally different than the original games. You can order it as well as the extras at: https://www.bgextras.co.uk/other-games/finspan