Wingspan

Each player is a bird enthusiast filling three habitats on their own board: forest, grassland and wetland. On your turn you do one of four things: play a bird card into a habitat, or take an action in one of the three habitats to gain food, lay eggs or draw more bird cards.

The clever part is that every bird you place makes its row stronger. Birds have powers that trigger whenever you use that habitat, so a well-built row turns one action into a little chain reaction of food, eggs and cards. The game runs four rounds, and each round you get fewer actions, so early choices matter.

At the end you score points for birds, eggs, cached food, tucked cards, end-of-round goals and secret bonus cards. There's almost no direct conflict: you're mostly building your own engine and watching what others take from the shared birdfeeder and card tray.