This week on Full Tuck: The Wingspan Podcast:

• an extended discussion around the opening hand challenge
• the Pileated Woodpecker makes an appearance on bird of the week
• responses to fan feedback - have Adam and Aidan mischaracterised the Australian Raven?

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Bird of the week: the Pileated Woodpecker

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1fY4KmzVtiA-29Vr81kkRe-jkXyLfKRFF/view?usp=sharing

The Mill, fanmade expansions discussion:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_S12N8xnR60

Episode 8 opening hand, 2 player game, going 2nd:

⁠https://drive.google.com/file/d/1unsme9iPvMVH8PkZxPrmv2_OhgqqW1V7/view?usp=drive_link⁠

Opening hand:

• Carolina Wren. When played: Draw 2 cards.
• Rock Pigeon. When activated: All players lay 1 egg. You lay 1 additional egg.
• Common Goldeneye. Round end: Lay 1 egg on this bird for each other bird with a cavity nest that you have.
• Goldcrest. When activated: Discard 1 card from your hand. If you do, play another bird in your forest. Pay its normal food and egg cost.
• Sacred Kingfisher. Once between turns: When another player takes the “gain food” action, gain 1 grub, fish or rat from the bird feeder, if there is one, at the end of their turn.

Bonus cards:

• Winter Feeder. Food remaining in your supply at game end. 4-6 food = 4 points, 7+ food = 7 points
• Photographer. Birds with colors in their names.4-5 birds = 3 points, 6+ birds = 6 points

In the tray:

• Lewin’s Honeyeater. When activated: Choose 1 other player. You both gain 1 nectar from the supply
• Desert Wheatear. When activated: For each bird in your grasslands with an egg on it, roll any 1 dice. Choose 1 type of food you rolled and gain 1 of that food from the supply.
• Audouin’s Gull. When activated: Draw 2 cards from the deck. Tuck 1 behind this bird and keep the other.

Episode 9 opening hand, 3 player game, going first:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1LaiI37ZIXCYhxPj6qd-pFXfT67FSb_XU/view?usp=sharing

Opening hand

• Black Redstart. Round End: Choose a habitat with no eggs. Lay 1 egg on each bird in that habitat.
• Autralian Owlet-Nightjar. Once between turns: When another player takes the "gain food" action, gain 1 grub from the birdfeeder, if their is one, at the end of their turn.
• Yellowhammer. Round end: If you used all 4 types of actions this round, play another bird. Pay its normal food and egg cost.
• Pheasant Coucal. Once between turns: When another player takes the "lay eggs" action, lay 1 egg on this bird.
• Green Pygmy-Goose. When activated: Draw 2 cards from the deck, keep 1 and give the other to another player.

Bonus cards:

• Wetland scientist: Birds that can only live in the water. 5 birds = 7 points.
• Rodentologist: Birds that eat rats. 2 points per bird.

The tray:

• Wood Stork: When Played: Draw 2 bonus cards and keep 1.
• Moltoni's Warbler: Round end: If you used all 4 types of actions this round, play another bird. Pay its normal food and egg cost.
• Silvereye: When activated: All players gain one nectar from the supply.