by W. Eric Martin

Get ready for another round of "If you like game A, check out expansion A:#" and weigh in on whether you really want more for A — or just more A, if you get what I mean:

▪️ In a May 2025 newsletter, designer Elizabeth Hargrave notes that she's "finished the design work for the next Wingspan expansion, adding "It's going to be beautiful, and the latest round of playtesters all loved the twist it adds...but that's all I'll say for now."

In an early June 2025 newsletter, Stonemaier Games states that both a Wingspan and Finspan expansion are due out in early 2026, with a Wyrmspan expansion coming before the end of 2025.

▪️ Capstone Games has released the Age of Innovation: Faction Enhancement Pack, which Feuerland Spiele first released at SPIEL Essen 24 and which leans more toward being an accessory than an expansion.

This item tweaks three of the factions in Helge Ostertag's Age of Innovation, with the Moles, for example, now gaining 2 points, plus 1 point per player in the game instead of 4 points no matter the player count. As Capstone Games notes: "Casual players will not benefit from this Enhancement Pack." Yes, I can imagine needing many plays to feel the difference between these effects, which is similar to how cards in Innovation have been tweaked over the past fifteen years.

▪️ Paul Dennen and Dire Wolf are inviting players to dive deeper into Clank! Catacombs to discover Clank! Catacombs: Underworld, with the description not giving you much to go on aside from "this is more":


▪️ Rose Gauntlet Entertainment is crowdfunding a second printing of co-owner Isaac Vega's 2024 title Wild Gardens, with the new Foraging Club expansion adding four new playable characters, eight unique game-changing player abilities, and a new game mode.


▪️ Another company crowdfunding new expansions is Bézier Games, which has Maglev Maps: Volume 2, a six-pack of expansion packs for Ted Alspach's 2021 title Maglev Metro, on Kickstarter until mid-June 2025 for release in mid-2026.

These maps will be sold in pairs on the retail market, with Maglev Metro: Barcelona & Chicago challenging you to upgrade two aging rail systems; Maglev Metro: Nanobots, Inc. & Nanotech University either giving you special powers as the game progresses or taking them away as you construct the university; and Maglev Metro: Ghost Train & The Outback, which has you delivering souls to the afterlife and building a map as you all explore central Australia.


▪️ Following other titles announced in late May 2025, Avalon Hill has revealed one other new item to look for in Q3 2025: HeroQuest: The Crypt of Perpetual Darkness, which is technically called HeroQuest: Joe Manganiello's The Crypt of Perpetual Darkness to take advantage of the celebrity status of actor/designer Joe Manganiello.


This expansion features ten quests designed by Manganiello, which are summarized in the following: