Episode 5: Listened to all four episodes? Play another bird!

Episode 5 is live!


Listened to all 4 episodes? It's time to play another bird as we dive into:

• the fan-made mini expansions
• the bird with the lowest win percentage in the game
• and we tackle the zero point opening hand conundrum.





Bird of the week: The Spotted Dove.


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1C_b5...






Episode 5 opening hand - 3 player game, going 2nd.


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1li37...





• Ruddy Duck. When activated: draw 2 cards. If you do, discard 1 card from your hand at the end of your turn.
• Budgerigar. When activated: tuck the smallest bird in the tray behind this bird.
• Rock Pigeon. When activated: all players lay 1 egg. You lay 1 additional egg.
• Oriental Magpie-Robin. Round end power: for every 3 eggs in your grasslands, gain one wheat or worm from the supply. You may cache up to 2 of them on this bird.
• Black Redstart. Round end: Choose a habitat with no eggs. Lay 1 egg on each bird in that habitat.





Bonus cards:

• Backyard Birder: birds worth less than 4 points. 7 or more birds: 6 points.
• Oologist: birds that have at least 1 egg laid on them. 9 or more birds: 6 points.





Opening tray:

• Grey Butcherbird. When activated: look at a card from the deck. If its wingspan is less than 40cm, tuck it behind this bird and cache 1 rat from the supply on this bird. If not, discard it.
• Wild Turkey. No power. 8 points.
• Audouin's Gull. When activated: draw two cards from the deck. Tuck 1 behind this bird and keep the other.





Episode 6 opening hand - 4 player game, you are going first


https://drive.google.com/file/d/1mHUY...






Opening hand:

• Rose-breasted Grosbeak. When activated: Gain 1 wheat or 1 cherry from the birdfeeder, if there is one.
• Rainbow Lorikeet. When activated: Discard 1 nectar to the “spent nectar” space for your forest. If you do, gain 2 food from the birdfeeder.
• Violet-Green Swallow. When activated: Tuck one card from your hand behind this bird. If you do, gain 1 card.
• Bell’s Vireo. When played: Draw 2 bonus cards and keep 1.
• Burrowing Owl. When activated: Roll all dice not in the birdfeeder. If any are rats, gain 1 rat and cache it on this card.





Bonus cards:

• Forest Ranger. Consecutive birds in the forest with ascending or descending scores. 3 consecutive birds = 3 points, 4 consecutive birds = 5 points, 5 consecutive birds = 8 birds.
• Wetland Population Monitor. Different nest types in the wetlands. 2-3 types = 3 points, 4 types = 5 points, 5 types = 8 points.





In the tray:

• Spotted Towhee. When activated: Gain 1 wheat from the supply.
• Southern Cassowary. When played: Discard a bird from your forest and put this bird in its place (no not pay an egg cost). If you do, lay 4 eggs on this bird and gain 2 cherries from the supply.
• Trumpeter Swan. No powers. 9 points.